The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-01
sAxINGs ANDnOINGs.
"There's chiel amang ye, takin' notes,
An l. faith, he'll prent en-"

concerning immigration. Upon my
arrival there, l observed several little
knots of people gathered here and there,
evidently not a little interested and
somewhat excited about something.
Az passed near two or three OF the
groups, heard the terms, "Yankee,' -
"Captain," Colonel" and "Out-
siders'," frequently mentioned. in a
loud and excited tone; so that 1 soon
gathered that my report of their CONVEX
sation on immigration was the exciting
topic.
AS everybody seemed to be falling
into some one or other of these groups,
naturally followed suit. 1t so hap
pened that the first group mingled
with was gathered around Gov. Jones.
The Governor was clad in suit
of grey, afIording not much con-
locks. His appearance was dtgniled'
though highly excited, and his manner
was that of q man accustomed to be
listened to without question, albeit
there was a sort of subdued and melan-
choly air about him. AS there were no
IDENTIFY was highly excited, the first
thing 1 heard came in the shape of an
oath
Damn the Colonel, most of ali i
He has some claim to be a Virginia
gentleman. And that he should listen
to such talk without knocking the Ru-
thor of 1t down, is unaccOuntable. The
of no account anyway. He is Just as
bad as the Yankee, and worse. These
are high times into which weare fallen,
when the South is ground to the dust.
under the tyranny of the niggers and
Yankees, and is compelled to endorse
SUCH lying misrepresentation, from a
pack of thieving scOundrelsH
stood their
in their breeches pockets, their heads
bent forward, and their mouths open,
uttering now and then sort OF grunt-
ing but emphatic approval, as the Gov
ernor went on tor a considerable time
In similar strain, ringing various
changes on much the same IDEAS. The
hearers having, apparently, nothing
new or different to say, lett him TO do
most of the talking. at length great,
brawny fellow cried out
Il say, Gunner, lets clear out the hull
consarn OF all these damned carpet
baggers and SCAlawags, and tho kurnel,
too, and every body else that's bringing
disgrace on Old Virginny!'
'Ah! my good fellow replied the
Governor, unfortunately this isn't Old
Virginia. That's the worst of it all,
that taking advantage of the mistor.
tunes of the South, set of mean. white
Iivered sneaks and scalawags, helped
on by II deIestable Rump Congress put
the knife to the living child, and cut
the glorious Old Dominion in two
well, never mlnd,' broke in the big
fellow, let's clear 'en ouIl'
I'D like to see it done. But they've
got us down and we can't
i say we cam WAS the response.
NC! We'ro Overpowered. There is
no use. We shall have to submit. But
| il is humiliaIinR. l never thought 1t
would come 10 this. 1t is past endu-
ranctn
Passing from this group. came to
uDorher, surrounding tall, command
ing form, with nu unmist"kable mill
tnry bearing. He, too, was too much
excited TO use common speech.
] It's too damned bad - was the first
expression l heard. After we've stood
up against our brethren of the South,
aud fought this war to the end, and
after wee've consented to the enamel
patton Of the Niger, and sold our South
ern bIrIhright, all Tor the sake of these
cursed Yankees, they must not only
force uipger equality upon US and let
| him vote. but add insult to injury by
talking about the superiority of the
North !"
AL this point, quiet looking fellow
in the crowd, addressing the speaker
said:
Major! may l ask you a ques-
tion?'
| 'IDpfe'S not lOE uucS-
tiuns now But what is il?'
Where said the quiet individual,
does the most of cur Oest. school teach
eIs come front?
4 scowl gathered on the Majors
| brow rs he jerked out
'I'm not sure as we're much the
better off for the swarms Of Northern
| school teachers
In that said the questiouer. you
only differ from the must of the world,
and our own folks. 100, are beginning
to believe that the educating of the
poor as we'll rs the rich, in the Com
mon School, is a common blessing
The Major evidently didn't like the
interruption. Bat somehow there was
II quiet power in tho speaker, that
wouldn't be frowned down; and he
ConIin ued-
And from which part of the country
does most OF our most useful inventions
come?
Il don't know, ard ] don't care
groWled the Major.
Il don't mean to offend, persisted the
quiet individual, but ! believe, Ma jOr,
you have Travelled some in the North.
Suffer me TO enquire in which part of
the country there Is the most improve.
ment, thrift and culture Generally-the
most railroads, the most machinery, the
best stock, the most productive farms
OF the same number of acres, the finest
houses, for both rich and poor
The Major couldn't endure it any
longer, but dra wing back his sinewy
arm. broke out
I'll most culture you, if you don't
make yourself scarce, interfering where
you're not wanted pat which the quiet
individual moved off, and left the Ma
jOr and his friends alone in their glory.
l, too, passed to another and larger
group, in which no one individual
mOnOpoliZ2d so much of the talking
and attention. Each one seemed to
have Il mind of his own and, though
there was therefore considerable
variety of opinion, there was less OF
boISterOusness and of passion. The
first man beard said -
THE fact is, most OF what the Yankee
said is solid truth, and we can't deny
it. But I'd a little rather not be told of
it. Aud 1 wonder at the EDITORS pub
cd the article, and quiet ~ advised the
Yankee to keep STILL
'FOr my part put in Il rather angu-
lar fellow, Il don't SEQ the use of sup-
pressing the truth. Let it como.
like 10 see you take it. l told you,
Years ago, about all this
Bat, Ben, said another, Il don't see
rs you profit any by ii, or did any bet
ter than the rest OF u.s.
What if L didn't! l told you so, any
way
And, l Think said still another,
that we had better profit by what out
sideTs think of us. We've been trying
these many years to get along without
foreign interference, as we have called
it, but really help, as iC ought to be
called, and We haven't succeeded any
too well. lis time we perceived the
iOily OF any one State, or part of the
country, setting up and trying to live