The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-02
FROM THE CAPITAL.

vide--.Ferguson Standing on Solid
Grounl..The Enfant Terrible from
Jefferson.
The Senatorial Cesar.--Veni, Vidi,
VIci..A Couple Of Bottles Of SoOlh,
ing Syrup. b.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 30, 1871.
Correspondence OF the Intelligencer
As l told you in my last letter, the
Flick Amendment passed the House; and
the Ohio county democracy, at least were
fully represented in the vote on both sides
their Senators voting for the amendment
and their Delegates against it This
suppose Is a good thing TO unite the some
what demoralized unterrifed in your end
70: the State. The same modifying effect
will be produced on the party in other
counties, as the members Of the House
woOled and tugged each other in the fam.
ly quarrel on this question TO their hearts
content, and at the end of II presented
the charming spectacle OF unity by "a oI
them voting tor the amendment and II
againstit. When Democratmeets Demo.
crat then comes the tug Of war. 1t was q
regular pitched battle between the oppos'
ing wings Of the Democacy-the Repub'
Hcans taking no part. With the excep'
ton of the incoherent rawlings Of Wilson
of Jefferson, the discussion was nm able
one. Judge Ferguson roasted this infn'
rated youth until he sprang to his feet
and shaking his clenched fists at tho
Judge screamed out "sir il you say tina,
OF me you are a"-.but the sound
of the Speakers gavel and mcrriment
produced by the wild gesticulations of the
speaker drowned the balance OF the SEN
tcuce, II indeed the word was spoken.
Consequently this little unpleasantncss did
not result In an affair Of honor. The
speeches Of Lewis, Barr, and Morrow
against the amendment were well pre-.
pared and well delivered, and withal iair
and dignifed; but no one could fall to sec
in them the loreshadowing Of the revolu.
tionary policy ofthe ultramontane democ'
racy. The most powerful. speeches in fa'
vOr of the amendment were made by Fer.
guson and Brannon. The speech Of the
latter gentleman was purely a legal one,
and completely swept away every position
taken by his opponents. Ono portion Of
Judge Ferguson's address produced q
marked sensation. He said he had been
accused of being the author Of all the pro.
scriptive measures he was now seeking TO
repeal. He wanted no one to mistake his
position upon this matter;he was not the
author of these measures, but he had voted
for them and sustained them, and II he
should be placed in the same circum.
stances he would do so again; he was u
Democrat who believed with Andrew
jackson, that "By the eternal the Union
must and shall be preserved" he warned
the revolutionary Democracy who threat
ened 10 nulliIy the the Constitution, that
il they undertook to execute their threats
they would soon find themselves under
the dominion of United States bayonets.
He said he had not done single act, nor
spoken single word in reference to these
disabilities placed upon rebels that he
would take back or change; he believed
they were right at the time they were
adopted; but he had always said they
should be removed when danger to the
public peace was passed; that time he be-
lieved had now come, and had brought
with 1t the scene witnessed upon tue floor
Of this house to-day-those who placed
these restrictions upon the rebels doing
all they could to remove them, while
those who professed to be the special
friends Of the dlsfranchised were resisting
this removal with all the power at their
command.
On the passage Of the Amendment,
there were 3S votes for it, and II against
II, all Of the Republicans and some over
half of the Democrats voting for 1t.
The Senatorial fight Is ended. The smil-
ing Senator came, and saw, and counqucr.
ed. The Democratic caucus merely went
through the programme that has been
fixing up for the last two years. The
knowing ones in the ring expected this,
But that the friends of Lamb, Smith, Ed.
miSton, jackson, Camden, Thompson
should meekly submit to the dicker pass.
eth all Except q Democratic) understand
ing. Whatever may be said about the in.
tellectual power Of Mr.. Davis, and his
best friends do not regard II Us prodi-
gious, he certainly has IN "unboundcd
capacity for ways that are dark, and tricks
that are vain" Besides having his own
party, is he said to have six who call them.
selves Republicans pledged to vote for
him. Bribery and corruption arc free.
" charged, but these are common explain,
ations in such cases, and l do not make
them because l have no proof that un
iair means were used.
ThcltriumphAnt Flickites hayc placatct
Mr. Lewis by giving him the nomin'
nation Tor Superintendent Of free schools
and the lacerated feelings Of H, s, W
have been mollihcd by giving him the
public printing, He now thinks the Flick
amendment rather good thing, and once
more Stands erect and looks upon the
stars" aSlch il life" HoN, X.