The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-12
A Visit from GIMP

called on US yesterday. Coming event
cast their shadows before, and hence thi
visitation was not unexpected. For day
previous We had been receiving scraps o
bis peculiar chirography, the redeemint
feature Of which is It's illegiblllty, indicat
Ing to US that the veteran gasometer wa
again loose in the land and heading thi
way. At high noon yesterday he put Ii
an appearance. Coming up the steer
stairway that guards our sAnctum from
the intrusion Of oil save the very able
bodied, the great exploder wound bill
ponderous way. As he gained the las'
step Of the difficult ascent he stopped tc
survey the situation and draw breath
Turning those huge eyes upon us, and
shaking that Comanche head Of hair
about foot and half long, he heaved
his manly breast three times and ejacu-
lated in deep gutteral tones a few obser.
vations of personal nature, indicative ol
the disgust he felt in coming 10 town and
not finding the public properly prepared
Tor his arrival.
modestly inquired whet her be had
not seen a paragraph in our columns
announcing his coming. "oi course l
did" he replied" ," but do you suppose
will speak on paragraph Why didn't
you have leader setting forth the i'm
portance Of my missionH" This was q
very pointed query and we found 1t dii-
ticult to frame q reply sufficiently diplo.
matte to meet the case. ~. N" saw our
embarrassment and was apparently soft.
ened. Stepping forward and offering US
his sledge-hammer hand he said in
lower tones, u am used to this prejudice
and Jealousy ofthe press" To a philoso.
pher 1t amounts to nothing. can await
my time" Saying this he smiled for the
first time. We really felt better to see
the storm cloud thus lifting from the great
howlers weather beaten face, and were
encouraged 10 inquire as TO his
success in converting the world to
his invaluable theory Of the late unpleaa.
antness. This inquiry was the signal for
a terrific outburst Of oratory. We never
heard anything like It. He stood over
us like Colossus and delivered himself.
With look of lofty disdaln he flung back
the inquiry upon US, and then tossing his
ragged ringlets to the right and left like
some volcanic trsgedian, he went on 10
roll down remarks upon US expressive OF
his sublime indifference TO praise or
blame. "The world Is coming to me-"
said he: "whst care for the world? l
have borne the pressure for thirteen
years. The scales are falling from the
eyes ol the North at last, They seee now
that they must accept my theory in re-
gard 10 the South. That theory Is that the
South was right from its standpoint and
the North right from It's standpoint, but
both wrong from my standpoint. My
standpoint Is the standpoint OF reason,
philosophy and history. What will the
historian care about your Grants, your
Lees and your Lincolns; about your Stars
and Stripes and Stars and Bars2 He will
ask as to the abstract right and wrong Of
the case, and he will put aside all that
has been said by JEVF DAVIS and ADRA-
HAM LINCOLN as mere partisan literature,
and will inquire for the truth as have
expounded 1t to the people Of the North
and South Tor more thSn dozen years"
Alter saying this he executed an ener.
getic pivotal sort Of movement, and then
fetching right about face sweep Of his
entire majestic physique. he said, "put
that In your paper. Make leader Of 1t.
Put 1t in strong. Give the people the
light they need. Will you do itP" We
assured him that we would. Enough
said, then" said he. 1 must go and call
on the Register. My mission Is TO the
Jew and the Gentle; to the Repub.
lican and Democrat. They are
all one TO me and that means
that they are all nothing to me. forgive
them, for they know not what they do.
They deal with the petty issues Of an
hour. My mission is to dispense immortal
truth. ! depart on the $40 train for Co.
lumbus. Ityou properly prepare thepub.
llc mind will come again on the 10Th Of
September. If not, will not come at
all. 1t is a matter Of indifference to me.
Good bye" ~.-...---r.s .r4.