The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-29
The Candidates for Congress In this
- District.

The Candidates for Congress In this
- District. r
Davis replied to GofF lat Glenyillel in
a'speech Of two hours, and handled the
youthful General very much Ns the g.
ants Of oldmiSht have handled the pig.
mies-C Clafhbory C0nSerVutice.
There was once a "giant Of old" who
was.ralled "Goliath Of Gath" The scrip.
tuFeS contain q very Entertaining account
of-how he "lipndled" a young, mano the
name of David. Did our cotempoFary
cverhear Of the circumstance9 And does
I've know that the moral Of that little story
lsthat right makes night
Fhc Democratic papers Of the District
take great pains to encourage the idea
that Mr.. DAVIS. is o sort ee intellectual
Goliath. 1T maybe so, but Nj DAVIS has'
never shown it in any way. He has
twice been in apositiodto exhibit capaci.
ty II he had it, he came 70 the Lcgisla!
turc last winter heralded BY this imagt'
nary rcputationf for ability. Yet what did
he 10 that showed even ordinary sllrewd:
ncssl He was~a bIunderer from the
tleginnfnglo lof the session to The end. lie
set out with the idea OF leading the Demo
cracy in the House, and yet he had not the
address to carry them with him on sin.
gle important question. In the first place
he lad not the practical sagacity to SEQ the
strong side otquestions. s by a sort of I'M
practicable perversencss, utterly devoid Of
common sense, he got on the wrong side
Of every question that came up, and then
suffered the modification OF being voted
down by his friends in almost every in
stance. lie manifested d lack of the
intellectual qualities that make u man
q leader. Dir. JACKSON, OF ParkersbuEg,
was the leader OH the 7Deupc in
the House, and Showed himself4f ID &yTs;
superior at every turn. The only notable
thing Mr.. DAVIS did in the Legislature
was to make a. set speech in opposition to
all the results, ,of tBeywar and in support
OL the secession theories tAab brought II
on; and this his friends all realized even
then, was the greatest Of 0ll his stupid
blundcrs during the session; and it was
then considered by sagacious Democrats
as having rendered him utterly unRyailai
bic IS candidate for anything before
the people. Mr.. DAVIS is one of the
Sir Oracles.%., He supports ponderous
dignity to hide his real shallowness. He
looks much larger from Q, distance than
upon close inspection. He is one 6f the
cases where distance lends enchant-
ment". I'll had stayed away from The
I9giAshkssAe anightshaye kept up lIe
lcl6si0n that attributes tohtm Capacity
as a statesman, There, is nothing
SO fatal to the pretensions Of medi'
ocrity as term a in deliberative
public body. The disguises that serve
elsewhere, are here stripped off and the
pinchbeck isdetected at once. 1t was
so With Mr.. DAVIS in the House last Win;
ter tonlysialent he showed 9ass y
ItdeRtiof incapaeity aud blundering: He
was sort Of boomerang who was much
more dangerous to friends Than foes. That
all thisis trps5aGy Feguiah attspdahton
the, esaionS oEtNe l9stE Hopss car testify.
Mr.. DAVIS IS not the superior Of his an
tagonist in.any, particular, not even as an
effective speaker on the stump, although
he has lGddasa smdygof tl1g 9iclb Of
oralorH Hes empl6ys REbtIltel md
Initiated style of defamation which
passes with many people for force
and supplies the place Of real thopglt
and sdBsantAlsfackS Il sBLrgD GV1ssRe5e
q mSn 81 4eaf Sabfiity {as he Ban6b It
would be oil the more reason for his defeat
The more brains possessed by JEFF. .DA'
; Wis ahl his cotnpeers iii congtdss when
they were plotting for the rebellion
the worse it was for the coun-
Try. ."r ThsfeSyaS much more, reason
I foflkieking Satan over the battlements Of
heqyen thahL LucHer, AIr,, DAyIF is sosls
L,icilct, ,bdtlf Ge'hads The bans Sf sata6
.as he has his evil intents, there would be
= all the more reason torhot entrnsting him
with powers he docs not conceal his pu-
pose to use to. the injury Of the country,
The gteat diGetchee which tha re6pe
Will mhik bbtwscnfthss gentleqien 4
that Corr represents and speaks for the
Governmental as it bstands and for the ,peo,
pie who defended itin its peril. He
speaks for the Union and loD thaequality
Of an is citizens before, He'h'SS;; il%tqr
tho mainteh&ncell Of the asottlediepl
that, has been; Z made Of question:
4 that had disturbed the country frotl
: tho foundation Of the government, and
" for the welfare and TRANQUILITY Of, thf
country On 1! basis bf genuine Repnblt
canism. DAVIS represents and speaks for
Tie element, that &Agsd tle'iIAr, AZ alGgdiAs
the Union o(as he did while that war wa
, nglng.) classing 11liimselE with tllos'
, who were beaten In that sLrBSElle XII II
refuses to submit 70 the defeat or abide IL
7 consequences. He refuses to accept th'
decision ofr,tlls sword as final, and pro
poses to try,it'oE6r BY rlesO5fpssnthg Tie ques
tions involved, and renewing the agita
country int6 S6R6A Aan goHdQ Qg01E1ti