The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-04
CROAKIRG.

From he ". r. ComHseret1I AtpsrlLIer.
We are warned. on the most sacred
authority, that woe will be our lot
undoubtedly lriile suspicious when
an individual suits all hands, seems 10
'till the entire bill, tread on no ones
corns,' and 80 silVery, bland, AMI un-
cautious that hts very ur6Anlty and
goodness hints at some design. There
ls no immediate apprehension that our
country or any country, Is likely 10 be
SO admirably governed that every body
will be satisfied and give In his approY.
al. We are OF the opinion that u gov
ernmAnt that was faultless, and fur.
nished no ground for dissent and re.
buke, would be rather tame, with a
strong bias toward stupidity. We have
never been able to get up enthusiasm
for that good time said to be coming
when all things will move by clock
work, every one wearing the smile OF
content, and year follow year without
anything to grumble at, and no excite
ment even to the mild diversion OF q
'rumpus' In 'womRn's rights con-
vention.' We think, in that placid
condition Of affairs we should sigh for
copy OF the World, with Its daily dish
Of constitutions destroyed 'satraps
ruling free people, and 'libertIes In
DANGER which we fail 10 appreciate
now. In an ArCadiAn state, we fancy
that u 'hrst.clHas' croaker would be
relief, and would be received with
shouts OF welcome. CroakIng has this
rGdeemlnE feAture-lt teaches US how
much 'wlckedness there Is In high
places, how 'lmbeClles are men In
power how much prollgacy and COR
ruptlon ln political regions how much
tyranny and oppression the masses
endure, and yet how well, on the whole,
we all get on. Take up Democratic
journal In the morning, and II, by any
stretch OF the imagination, a person
can believe what 1t says, he will
come TO the conclusion that Sodom aud
GomOrrah were patterns OF pIety
aud perfection compared with us, and
that u WiSe Creator would instantly set
10 work to wind up and close out Il
nation so besotted and sinful as ours.
But, somehow, we get through the day
take home 10 the family, after toll, a
basket OF blushiug peaches, now 10 be
had, fortunately, at reasonable rates
and we manage 10 have pretty good
time oflt In the main, Notwithstanding
the horrible state Of public affairs. aud
In spite OF the awful calamity Ofa Presi.
dent that goes 'clambaklng' and Junk
etlng' over the country, the. grumblers
themselves get fat over Surrounding
human misery, aud the 'croakeri
thrlves amid national ruin aud indi-
vidual degeneration. Another Consola-
tlOn is, that bad as matters are to day,
according to all accounts they mover
have been much better. The late
Josiah Quincy, who did some Of the
'lallesp croaktng OF any man that
lived, and whose accomplishments
In that line ought 10 make Pendle.
ton and Packer blush for the weak
and watery efforts they produce In our
time, said In 1872: is there any couu-
try more afflicted than this with the
vermin that breed in the corruptIous OF
powef7 Is there any In which place
and official emolument more certainly
follow distinguished servility at eleC.
tions, or base scurrility OF the press?'
Yet Quincy lived flfty years after that
sweeping attack on Madlson's admins
lstratIon, and died just as his native
land was triumphantly emerging from
o vast civil war, and he left, As ne be-
lIeved, the republic stronger, grander,
and purer than ever before.
II Is not worth while to get into q
'lever' when our Democratic friends
deal out their regular assortment OF
enormltles. We shall survive the
oroakiugB OF the present, as We have
outlived those OF the past.