The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-17
THE CONGRESSIONAL FIELD.
Candidatcs in the Fsrst District.

THE CONGRESSIONAL FIELD.
Candidates in the FSrst District.
1 TO tho ITheeiing InteRIgencsr:
\ 1t is by the earnest solicitation of n
friend, ut the close Of Il hurried c0nvcrsa-
tion some time ago, TINT write o few
lines touching the present Congressional
campaign. These few lines must be from
n personal standpoint, with an expecta-
ItiOn, ut the same time, Of retlectlng tho
Lvicws Of Others. ....- -....-
All proposed are deserving, as fur US !
1 know. I'VE want the leading man.
tCould this point be settled, the choice
would be easy. 1t Is still an honor to
represent the people in Congress. The
people owe Il debt, we shall say, TO all the
gentlemen proposed. But the people can
not pay all they Owe-all debts Of this
kind, | mean.
Let us look around and outside Of the
gentlemen proposed, with no desire OF
bringing others in-enough are before the
pubifCSunlcss we can find q apre.emi-
nentlv stronger man, which we have no
desire to find, at present. Howcvcrmuch
such u parsonage may be needed, and
needed nowhere more than in the halls Of
Congress ut the present time. Z
We seem 10 have many deserving men,
Probably few who ever cast ballot for
Chester D. Hubbard, ever voted with less
reluctance. Yet his triends-G we are
all so,-have no aspirations :or him. They
point to his record with pride When
needed, hc is again ready. He makes no no
prctenslons 10 oratory; yet the writer VIII
never forget the effect produced upon nun
by his story OF his experience IN the Nicn. ,:
mond Convention; and the qulvcrlng lips
rs he related how our lag was dragged
through the streets OF that city, which
has since met ncr measure OF reIflDutl0h
All this neryed the writer more on INC
field o. battle, tllln dld INC IcaacTShlp oi
the Generals alongside Of whom he had
the honor Of charging. Hubbard is ! cltl'
zen who upheld the arms OF the citizen
soldier, US the latter went forth to battle for
our common country. -...... ,.-...
We pass other citizens for whose more
silent workings We can never pay. They
remain in the background. Those OF us
who ure soldiers cannot too highly apprG;,
CiGte this.modesty. Our own motives sitted,
will not, IN many cases, be Us pure us inc
motives o. 'those whom GircunsEanGCs C !st ttls
behlnI. AS soldier, l nave d rl8nV 10
speak ~ nsWay. -
~ eon hlo" leaSs lkseens nc - y
taIKer' IheSc we neeG IN congress. "A
member nas very @ iule inlueheo ,t Ii;.,,' tnsrc'
ana scarcely uocS JuSIiCc ~ nls constltG
cnts, uhleSs III Gun IalE. Dus 1nctg "Slus
without l9eas make lalK less ioIclOle tli'h ~!
silence. Let tnls Iot De taAen "S I'LL Ill
slnuGllon aSalIsE Geli, Ioil; ~
,r ~ o 10 ~ thot Son E"T Mill % ,'ot S,,i, ns
r., Ct. I"or SonTroos "toIi II ID nrcs,n,oI tbnt
sUoII .Ul SSo56ons Trow him Fhcir rcosons
- ;un I"itiSr HS noI;tic or necessary to state
80 ~ 80 "V''AN' f''''
''oTS Prro, r;yo0 cor Harr;s fsuIts Tknow
80, "'T, 7 Lo;,o Soon him mnjor tho ,noeI trv.
nv ;r'. o,rc,'s,,stoncns @ IN tho hsttIe.flrId Snd
tnSnd S him irne TO persons moi well nc.
"mnimtad ] Win him hisdarinp on the field
,ros I"S'H" " SSrnr;so lie sccmin9lv mild mn.
w." w." " oonToyoJ on an onnos;to iSco When
s,,torSailcJ 49," S on M the Pptnmsc sIthourb bisi
soIGieTs nrotcsted Il seemed 10 affect him,
NOT 10 have n stranger come In and assign
lhim to u lower position.
IL no,,l,o .tcrr,cd :, modal, cbristian
soidios L ~ TSis mov In ratinT him hioI or
~ low according n ! snectScIes looked
tbrouCh One Thing seems eyident, model
christian soldiers did not give the rebel
lion It's death blow, and the writer became
convinced from his own observation and
experience during tho late war that pro
fcssed christians did not make our beSt
soldiers, and therefore that war and chris
tianity arc oppoStteS a lr ..! 1,,4 .f .1,y' '..'
There was class Of men in the army,
hospital soldiers and hangers on to the.
hospitals, the latter no doubt thinking,
they were doing God service, who were
more at home win a Dowl OF soup tnan
with minnie, and ha4 more tracs 10 gus.
tribute than either IS Is q Stubborn lact
that tracts were needed less than some
suffered Gy Su t%a SU Srnrood VI irso o'oI"n Ms
tIHCt CdlllClo WIN WV CAN''"SS" N'NA'I''