The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-01
soaa AS a CAnPAINaER.

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the writer (slthoughit Is now nearly
d generation since he moved from the
oity,) will be recognized by many of
our citizens as belonging TO one who
was highly esteemed as refined gen.
tleman and accomplished scholar, and
whose memorysis-stilIc cherished with
the liveliest and warmest emotion:
and acknowledged value in our pres
fdential campaigns but Its general em-
pIoyment for eIectionaering purposes
dates, believe, only, as far back as
1910 when the Hero OF Tippecanoe"
WAS fairly sung Into the chair OF the
nation, The extent TO which 1t was
carried at that epoch of our history has
never been equaisd sinee;a nor, In fact,
approximated, until the present year,
when the enthusiasm enktndled by the
name of our great standard bearer has
once more walked the lyresto our poets
and the echoes Of & almost forgotten
sopgs. 1t is bpndoubted that more gor
tiers ola certain temp are stirs
red 10 action and duty, and more freF
quent > cpnversl0ns made from the
ranks Of Official opponents by truths
set forth, init maybe-somewha
rough but effective verse set to an old
faYorite, OF a, new and rousing time,
than by all The duller but more logical
appeals OF argument and. ,oEatery 5nds
dressed 70 the reason and the UNDER
standing. This fact received abprectf-
cal Illustration under my own obser7
Walton = in the jneyer-Lo-be.f oEgOttep
campaign of1S40. i was then In Westi
ernS Virginia, and the great eventB ant
tictpated from the resulI OF the vote of
that year reused the apathy even of the
"Old Dominion" te-a degree unprece-
dented In thats:deadaliYe. old-fogy
commonwealth, etF4.,s,,,- a..t,tg'
The wings Of Ohio never did better
thing during the. canvass to further
their party interests han.empIoyIpg y
splend1d vocalist, named Brown, TO
tfaye Lse the doubtful and Democratic
dlstrcts with q large and varied stock
OF songs, arranged TO well known and
favorite tunes, and give free concerts In
every eligible place where an audience
could be collected Virginia was con-
laidered o doubtful State and was cer-
tainly good field over which to mis-.
si0nate in the practice of the musical
l.experiment. Posters one day announO-.
ed in the, city OF Wheeling that Mr..
Brown would sing on a certain evening
at Masonic Hall, the largest at that Time
in the place. Tho vocalisps fame in
Ohio and further westward had proceed
ed him, and n tremendous outpouring
of men of all political creeds was the
consequence. Even the TaukeSt parti=
sans OF Van Buren gathered to hear the
wonderful voice of the solo performer,
though they would have taken the s1g-
gestion OF their befugin sympathy with
the sentiments of his melodies as an in
suit, Among these latter was one Cap
tain Pollock, an old soldier and officer
under General Harrison, who had had
abundant experiences OF the last war on
the frontier, and was wounded on that
dark November morning when the saw
ages thought to have repeated General
HHrmer's defeat, upon our little army
bivouacked upon the banks of the TIP
pecanoe. The INSERTION had been re-it-
Grated by all the Wing presses in the
land, that no soldier who, had served
under General Harrison had been found
llwho contemplated casting a vote against
his old commanded. Captain Pollock
WAS so ingrained a hDemocfaEl as to
Iplume himself upon being one excep-
ltton, Mt IeastJ- and=had,4i the Demo.
lcrntic journal iof the city, expressed
IhimselC to that eject y gaining great APP
lplause from hts partY-for So doing-Hfs
infexIble purpose, so avowed, was tho
cause or his receiving IA nomination on
the Van Buren, ticketto some munich
pal Office, and by The Wings he was
considsred an irreclaimable subject,
upon, whom argunlent, was brealh spent
utterly in vain. -, - $500 ~
But Captain Pollock had one soft
| plhC6 ne
loved a good song, whether, comic or
sentimental, and therefore turned out
| with tho thropg to hear this ma rvelous
Mr.. Brown. 1t CHANGED that he occu.
pied the nearest seat at my right, and
the effect Of the music on that singular
man became to me most interesting
study. The first portion of The pro.
Igramme was mainly comical and satfr-
teal; whereat Capt. p. was soeely tried
between bis 9dmiration of The singers
wonderful ability and the ridicule he
poured in his selection upon the demo.
cratic faction and its candidates. His
attention was entirely absorbed; but he
set his teeth when the audience ap-
Plauded, and at the close Of each piece
! muttered malediCtion, on. genius
that could stoop to SO vile self prostra.
ton. It was evident that thus far he
was only the more confirmed in his
at length, toward the close of the ex-
ercises, a song was resched which was
a parody on the charming old lyric.
"The, English Gentlemen, skillfnlly
adapted TO the deeds. merits and man.
ners of Gen, Harrison. There were
some sig or seven stSr5as eaSh closing
right fine old tgeneralYA u man OF oldeIi |
time. -, AS 1t went swelling up, verse |
after verse, in the singer's iinimitas
bly, expressive rendering, Captain |
P.s attention became more and |
more fixed, and before the piece
was half finished, he seemed almost |
spell pound. he leaned forward in |
his seat, his eyes fastened on the per. |
former, and ere long his handkerchief |
was produced, ostensibly in behalrof |
his nose, but really to keep bis eyes |
from a threatened overflow. He would |
slyly turn his head downwarls and |
away from me, and with hasty mo! |
ton brush something that would dim |
his vision in.spite OF himself, accotn- |
pRnying the act within short, ejacula- |
tory cough indicative OF effort TO re- |
press emotion and preserve equantm-
ity. AS the melody neared It's close, |
his absorption made him entirely in |
different to observation. Large fears |
welled up and rolled over his swarthy |
cheek, no longer restrained by the for |
gotten hahd kerchief, which he held |
tightly grssped in his hand. At length,
when for the last time the words
SIN Heightened .sweetne long drawn outh.-
80, he's a fine old general, &C.,
were uttered, and the irrepressible fer,
yor OF the audience sroared ont their
FaptuEous applause, the captain
Drought his broad palm down withla
tremendous slap upon lis thigh, and
broke forth with q voice which startled
all around him-.I can't stand that
I'll vote for hlmI Yes by Joye will?n
And he did. E. w. b. e.
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Il zens murdered IN Cold nIoods
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