The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-02
ANOTHER FROM ION.
He Discusseth ofGranaers--LOuisi
and Politics-Stops Short.
EprrMA Gent. "a. 1874

and Politics-Stops Short.
FkEEMASsBukas Sept. "a, 1874
Editors N the R.SistdK a NztA :
vWitslair. III eftim{Ay and brsches
fortified xwit6co btfs, and with No.
l6 lodSel Of Gsa&aers :o6 Ld4s %unnty
seated IN pleasant izpve nd piles Of
In gecds thingsSf It'd 9TH; eAes y
m$ right Summer Sweets to my left,
huge melons to my back, boiled and fried
chicken to my front, estraddle barrel
of cider fresh from the press, could scat
ter worlds like ha-pennies. WHO, !
ask, would not endure hay seed and
cookie burrs so situated. Nary dream
Of lankness; no ghost Of want crosses
nv pathway Being toe full for utteranee
I whisper in melodies low and sweet, "Be
Changers, all We sons OF earth" 1t Is
said Changers war on the " middle man"
A truth, BY troth. But ask the stomach
Of "Ion," as ever and anon since the
18th his middle parts groancth with the
violence and war of Grangers.
But aside from all this, let me assure
YOU, Dear REGISTER, the country is safe
in the hands of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry. The principles advocated by
them are sound and just. They band To-
gctber for the greatest good to tho great,
est number, and war neither On political
or religious opinions. Had you been
with the Sixteenth Grange Of Lewis
county. and heard the speech of Israel
Simmons, of Lewis, that bright, sensible
and leader Granger of this section, and
the interrogations propounded by equally
sensible gentleman, anti-Granger Mr..
Paxton White. Well you would have
simply said each cmbodies sense worthy
of a Statesman.
MIR. J. W. Woffndcn, editor of the
Dsaocl'at, was there and made speech,
and WIS there i'll II speech, noting the
"Flor.s," "Cerescs," and "Pomonas" with
attention rivctcd on crowd of people,
rs noble. honest and true Ms ever the
light of Heaven shown upon. L asked
them in conclusion TO subscribe for the
REGISTER, with a promise Of no more
Beecher, Tilton or Moulton scandal, and
no articles even on Darwinism or review
of the Calvinistic catcchism.
Lutte do ] think Of national politics
Yet | have Il fain. memory of the Gov,
eminent as it formerly existed; studied
the Constitution Of the United States al
school in my boyhood days. But the
| Constitution Of to-day-is it The Consti
tuition of our fathers? las Ben Wilson
would ask once knew Louisiana
and in her Metropolis l once dwelt. Blu
to-day give me home in the wilds o
| Webster, beside the spring, so full Of viz
tue, (as described by your Sutton cor
rcspondcnt). "Lct bears, panthcrs, ser
penis, Mteliigencers and fitch for dinner,
| bc my companions. in preference to room
TO in the st. Charles Hotel of that once
glorious and yet historic city
Cotton bales, Jackson rs. Packing
hams, &c. Don't these words awaken
recollections of the past. But nature!
like indiyidualS-are promote to forget
and be unGratclul. Grant may lingo
at Long Branch, Attorney Genera
Williams enjoy his Siesta at the Capital
vet shame, mingled with contempt, sor
row and grief, mixed with tears ovc'
/ lost greatness, shade the countcnance o
! virtue. honor and intelligence OF TINS ma
ton. But Nero tiddlcd while Rome wa
burning. The once grand and mos
noble Republic wccps, while its Chic
Magistrate drives his Spanking Bays
with more affection manifested for TIT
same, than for Sovereign state. Let IL
! draw the curtain.
( Dear REGISTER, am going to an
nouncc n fact. Mansfield McWhQrtcr
the Republican candidate for The
! Legislature in this county, n
per Tia" present status will b,
! elected hv three hundred majority. VIII.
So, ask You. Simply because we have
three Democrats running for the same
office and all determined to run
Might give lecture here, hut de:iSt
! AT, irrespective Of party, color or rncr
Did vou; hut III stop short. Ion.