The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-23

Of the Registers Rejected MS.-s
CalhOunism vs.. the PrinIiRg.sAnd
Other Matters More or Less Divided
Between Public and Personal.
To tho Editors OF the Intcllgepccr:
We presume your many readers will be
pleased to get u line occasionally from
Barbour county. In our mountain re-
Cesses we have ut last heard that the Leg.
islalive session at Charleston has closed
fts Hercuieau labors are said, through
the yeritable sources Of Democratic in-
formation, 10 have very much Frustrated
the masculine energies OF Judge Camden,
reduced the fine physique OF ]. NJ, Benz
nett" and barely failed TO affect Nc
MILAN uniavorably, by reason either OF
his superior mental and nervous vitality,
or his evidently superior prospects Tor the
U. S. Senate, over these as well rs all
other competitors. Sic transit gloria
DgmoodtiGe ; though Us to Mcmillan, be
is iuvulnorable. His constantly improving
chances are regarded here, however, not
without jealousy; and certain noted
chairman OF pre.cminently honorable
House Committee, who figured so con-
spicuously in the salons Of Charleston last
winter with the q. U. D. Of the Pan.
handle, and a certain eX.member here, Of
two Unconstitutional Conventions, in
time past, and who both asplres, and sus.
pires, through the whole catalogue OF
official honors Iron A TO lizard" look
extremely wistlul, and awry, whenever
McMillan's name Is mentioned in this
connection.
AS ~ the results Of the legislation last
winter, We hear but pointed denuncia.
ton OF its doings, or apathetiC ChuCklGs,
and EXPLANATIONS about it, indicating
sheer indifference; but not IL syllable Of
cordial approval from any one. / may
add that the Liquor Bill, coming as II
docs from Democratic source, is the
marvel of the day, and by every one con
sidered an inexpliCablG anomaly. The
Tri.WCekly Register, Of the 18th inst, is
out in an editorial declining 10 pub.
lish certain comments Of decunClatOry
character upon the acts Of the Legislature
from zone ofthe most talented and earnest
Democrats Of the State" Ito adopt the OK
prcssive language Ofthe RsgISter) residing
in this county, Tho talented young
Democrat referred TO, is understood here
10 be Mr.. Isaac johnson, tho clerk OF the
Circuit Court OF Barbour county, He Is
young man, who was a commissioned
officer in the StonewalI brigade, and
fought the war through with military
Callaniry, aud is n sensible and popular
gentleman Notwithstanding that irretriev.
able error. When the truthful delinea.
tions of such Democrats as "Josb
Squash" are excluded from the Register,
there Is significance apparent, that
speaks sad forbodings, as to the future Of
the party in power The Register and
Courier firm, however, evidently consoles
itself with the reflection that though the
Calhoun Democracy die, the public
printing remains intact; and in tho last
ogonIes OF the former, the latler may, in
ali the sublime self consciousness OF Mr..
Webster in the hour OF his dissolution,
hug itself and exclaim, II still live"
Your readers, however, should not be led
to misunderstood that the vital qualities
Of the public faith, virtue aud patriotism
OF our people, have especially changed,
They believe still in tho immutable and
cardinal principles Of self government Us
enunCiated and eXemplilied In the lie,
teachings and character Of Mr.. Jefferson,
and that man, in the legitimate expansion
OF his Unborn virtues and the due culture
Of his intelligence, is eminently capable
Of becoming his own best law giver; and
they are now prepared to accept in It's
practical operations and results the
sublime truth to which his political phi
lOsophy led him, that ali-human beings
are created, and should stand equal be-
fore the law. The gun and bayOnGt alb
sOlutism Of an overstrained and unrGA.
soning radical faction, and the equally
tyrranous aud vastly more crafty and cor
rupt Kingdom ol MOrrall, Williamson und
Woods, in this county, arc alike offensive
to our people; and happily are Of the things
Of the past, These, like ancient Babylon,
with all OF its oriental magniticenCe OF
palace, and hanging gardens, are no
more conspicuous; and they themselves
are now merely hung up to dry. BY the
way, the immaculate sam, or as he Is
more commonly dubbed, since the
Charleston Convention, "Ben. Woods" Is
now cripple from the CiveciB OF ten
denCy on his part 10 grAvitate, 10 which
he is occasionally. prone, like more COM
mon mortals. In other words, he has
had the bad luck 10 suffer what his COM
PLEASANT and obsC Quous friends term Il
fall from horseback; and halts almost as
awkardly in his gait, as he has so visibly
In his lifC's conduct. 1t is londly hoped
here, by tho many friends OF the Univer-
sity Of West Virginia, that that lustitu-
ton will not rctrbutivCly abolish from its
text books, the works OF Sir Isaac New
ton, because that great law OF nature, OF
which he was the gifted opponent, some
times bring Sam down TO take u fresh
swig from the breast Of his mother earth;
and did thus prevent him, in all the pan.
oply Of his accustomed pride, pomp, and
circumstance, IRON putting in his over
aweinc appearance, and presence before
the Circuit Court OF MOnOngalia county,
in tho case Of Hoffman ctrsas University.
There is occasionally visible, ON the
part Of the Democratic Rebel Kingdom
hero, before referred TO, spasmodtc
effort 10 resuscitatO its waning power, by
mighty attempt at selt'e%a!lanon
Some lew weeks since, there was publish
cd In the Register, communication from
here, embodying an encomium on Judge
BTaunon, Of this Judicial Circuit under
the new Constitution, so iulsomc aud sy-
Cophapiic IN terms, that the RtgIS'e'
in publishing II, with more frank
ness than "a usual for Il, characterize
II in tho heading To il as u Puff
on the Judge. While he deserves
due credit, iUT the manner in which he
has assumed land 1t Is TO be hoped, will
continue TO dischargo) his judicial iunc-
tons, his own good sense and taste, will
impel him to deprecGte the III timed acI
OF any friend, in pulling him, at the OK
pense (ss in.lhe case in question: OF eight
other Judges, his peers atleast the Circuit
Courts Of the State. This laudator Del
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