The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-14
the New York City Gas Company. He Is
an amiable, excellent citizen, but lacking
In decision and other administrative quail

IIlutluH NhN luScpSANFNh u'i "'N
thought this gentleman was getting more
than his hare,-this gentleman Is u col
lector at Santiago, Texas lie was u lail
soldier Of the union.s Z. "a US 81 80
The present Congressman from this
State arc Duyal, OF Wellshurg, above
Wheeling, and Witcher, Of GuyandottC
on the lower Ohio, (b0th Generals In the
war;, and M"GrGw, q banker,
W. L. Stevenson, tue present Governor
Is plain, substantial farmer from tho
Parkersburg district-a Republican,
while John J. Jacob, tho Democratic
GOvernoreIcct, Is from Romney, on the
South Potomac. 1t Is thought that
WiIlcy's successor In the United States
Senate will he Daniel Lamb, orWheeling'
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t" HON. DANIEL LANm.
Mr. Lamb is o leading lawyer and high.
" respected citizen here. Inmany points
he has no equal among his competitors for
the place. He is aSman Of ability and
method and Of great industry. lie has
been u laborious member of our Constitu.
tional Conventions, and nearly every
Legislature since 1861, and the impress OF
his head Is on q great deal Of our legisla.
ton. Up to the session Of 1865 lie acted
with the Republican party, although
strictly speaking, never o Republican, but
claiming always to be a Union man, lie
switched off entirely from the Republicans
on the question Of dislrauChisCment In
1865, and since then he has c0.opcrated
with tho Democracy, acting fora while as
Chairman Of their State Central Com.
miucc, and regarded by tho public us the
Attorney General Of the party If lie
were politician, and especially n tactIclan
hc might stand at least fair chance Tor
an election. But he Is not much oI either,
and hence some Of the smaller Try may
go around him aud secure the place. II
6c were manipulation, for instance, like
Faulkner, his chances would be worth
seven per cent moro. And this last re.
mark leads mo 10 say d word or two about
that distinguished gentleman.
suON. CHAs. j. FAULKNER.
Mr.. Faulkner is one Of the most accom-.
plislled men Of the State-perlaps the
most finished lawyer and public nun VIC
have. Hc Is a Caleb Gushing sort Of n
man, possessed OF fine natural abilities
and endowed with q genius for work. 1t
Is now well on to forty years since he en-.
tered public life. DO you recollect IN
anti.slavery speech that he delivered at
Richmond In the Virginia Legislature,
after the famous Southampton massacre !
For that rash act, because he disclaimed
It and was penitent," the Democracy long
ago forgave him. Since then he served
several years In Congress, where, owing
to his being rather politician than u
statesman he made no special record.
\ Ou remember that Mr.. buchanan sent
him as Minister 10 France to succeed
John Y. Mason, who died there. You
remember also what poor record
he made MS an American at that court
when our troubles broke out. How
he never said q loyal word nor wrote n
cheering line. You remember when lie
came home that Mr.. Seward tinkled that
little bell Of his and had him arrested on
suspicion Of some official, or semi.ofIlcial,
completely with the Southern Conleder.
acy. But / guess tho arrest did not pay
expenses. The ex.Minister had not been
at The Court OF RichGlieu and Mazarin to
come home and be caught mapping. He
carried things in his head, not in his trunk
that is, providing there was anything
10 carry, which Is doubtful. All w0 know
Is that his sympathles were with the re.
bellion. That much was proven by his
going to Richmond and exchanging him.
self lor Congressman Ely, and aferwartl
becoming IN amateue Adjutant on Stone
wall JaCksOd's stall. But NIr. Faulkner
did not go TO Richmond with any inten-
tiOn to "do or die" for the COnfGderacy.
Not he. That Is not his style He has
no objection TO doing for q cause as long
as in so doing he can do anything for him
self, but when It comes TO dying Tor II he
would be prone 10 say. with the darkey
at Fort Donelson, "What Is u guvamcnt
to q man when the bref's out Of him!"
Hence II was that hope deferred made his
heart sick during the war, and that he
grew weary enough Of the contest before
L closed 10 be willing 10 avail himself Of
q side door that Marshal LamOn opened
into our lines by Mr.. Lincoln's consent.
And thus II was that, when the Tower OF
Sloan fell, In the shape Of the Southern
Conlederacy, our distinguished friend was
not found beneath Its ruins. IIowas high
and dry in his old quarters at Martins.
burg. -...,..g
Since the close Of the war there has
been some riystifcation in regard 10 Mr..
Faulkner's exact political status There
Inns been some billinga and cooing between
him nnd the Republicans. lie was not
one Of those rebel attorneys who came
under the ban Of the lawyers test oath.
llc had escaped from the oonfederacy in
time to avoid that ban. This escape put
him on the list Of practlcing attorneys In
our Courts, along with the faithful, md
thus established distinction where, per.
llapS, there was no meritorious difference
between him and other ex.ConIederates
Then, too, MIR, Faulkner being q philoso.
pher carries none Of his prejudices into
social or professional lite, and hence was
well met and on good terms with thcpub.
liz men OF the State wherever hc fell
In with them This characteristic mixed
him up u good deal, Of course, with
the ruling element and made him ap.
pear be on probation In the Republican
Church. And this appearance was
strengthened by Ills being retained Us
counsel for the State In the case Of Vir.
ginla r. West Virginia, In the matter Of
their disputed Jurisdiction In Jefferson and
Berkeley counties. Being cosmopolitan
by virtue Unnatural breadth and large and
long contact with tho world, he could not
very well be partisan, and hence l
am mol prepared To say that had
Mr.. Faulkner been rendered POSI-.
tlon In tho United States Senate by
tho Republicans Of West Virginia TINT he
would not have excepted II, Just as he is
now willing 10 accept tho saine position at
tho hands Of the Democracy Perhaps,