The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-10
THE LAST DYING KICK OF RADI-
CALISM.
We believe in doing Justice and

we belleVeln doing justice ana speak
Ing truth. Therefore we are ready to
confess admiration for the desperate
efforts of the Radical party, made under
most lamentsbly adverse circumstances,
at whistling TO keep their courage up.
GRANTS U. S. District Attorney. Gen.
eral NATHAN GoFF, JR., (heis called Cen
eral by courtesy, the Radical nominee
for Governor Of West Virginia, and the
lamb which has been SO often led to the
slaughter, was advertised to speak to an
Ohio county audience. 1t was meet aud
proper that his appearance on the field
OF his former disastrous defeats, should
be delayed until the last mo-
ment, for with an acuteness for which
they desire credit. the Radical leaders ap-
preciated the fact that great many pa
triots who would plunge political dag.
ger in the heart of the man who had so
presistently and obstinately voted them
to political disfrsnchisement-thereby
depriving them OF their God given rights
as American freemen-would be anxious
to.ook on the face of their victim ere they
consigned him to political death. Their
conjectures proved correct. True, the
reception gwen to General NATHAN
GoFF, jr., which was entirely engineered
by Radicals, and in which the Democ-
racy had and felt no interest,
was rather discouraging 10 the
little Brigadier At that time, "A party
of about fifty men, each carrying avery
dirty, and unlighted torch by daylight,
acted as guard of honor. A band Of
music accompanied them, and made GER
tain amount OF noise. Arriving at the Nc.
Lure House, said squad separated in two
ranks, their dirty kerosene lamps dang
ling about uneasily as they moved, and the
nstty little General, NATE GoFF, Jr., was
driven up in state (?) to his hotel, where
he dismounted, not amid the plaudits
of his fellow-cltiZens. Here Mr.. CAMP
BELL introduced him TO the audience, as
sembled by their curiosity to view the com
ing sacriicial lamb, and as he appeared
on the balcony feeling of sympathy for
his untimely political doom induced the
crowd to give him faint cheer. He
made very few remarks and retired,
and thus ended the first lesson.
This set back however, seemed to rouse
all the feeling which their desperate con-
dition could call forth The Radicals
felt tnat they must make final effort or
die. They felt that their cause was slip
ping from their grasp. Visions of los
ing fat official positions; of yielding up
greenbacks which heavy taxation had
put in their pockets for so long time,
made them determined to make final
effort; so every energy was
put forth TO get up some
thing like decent showing after
dark. Hence torches were called for,
and after long ringing of bells, much
music by the band, and every other
means of getting up crowd were ex.
hausted, about 2G0 men wearing caps and
bearing torches, filed into line aud the
fun commenced.
All around the torches, however the
streets were thronged with Democrats
actusted, as before by curiosity to see
the gubernatorial candidate Tor defeat
They had to wait long time, for much
to the disappointment OF the crowd, Mr..
Campbell introduced Hon. Mr.. Hamp.
bell, of Cancock, instead OF Gen. Gotf,
Jr. That gentleman commenced TO
speak. And here, in passing we must
stop to admire his individual plu k,
which was rivalIed only by that of bis
party in having meeting at all. He
spoke about-well, Heaven only knows
what he did speak about-all sorts OF
things We defy his most intimate per-
sonal friend to tell what he did talk
about Ii WAS fearful and most incom-
prehensible harangue, and the way he
proved that corruption ruled rampant in
the affairs of the nation. was enough to
cause to quail the hearts of all the Radi-
cal torch holders present. He continued
though, and the constant cries for Cot
which interrupted his harangue did not
disconcert him in the least. lie kept on
and there was very decided feeling of
relief manifested when he finished. At
length though (for all things save hoop
must have an eRd) he retired, and Mr..
Thomas Hornbrook, in his peculiar msn-
ner, proceeded to say that General Con
would appear and exhibit himself Ee
appeared. He spoke for an hour and
half. He was exceedingly gentIemanly.
He was poetic. He spoke of Mathews
ve-y kindly. He dealt in glIttering gen.
eralities. He made pretty speech. lie
said nothing. And though he told a
story occasionally which made his au-
dience laugh, and caused the 200 and
odd torch bearers to cheer, he created no
further impression.
Mr.. A. ". Campbell followed him in
short speech, and the Democrats dis.
persed TO their homes, while the little
squads of torch bearers took up the line
of march for their respective head
quarters.
Thus ended the second lesson and COM
pleted the final act IN Mr. Got, Jr.s lie.
@More votes were gained to the Democ-
racy by this last dying spfrt of Radical
ism in West Virginia than were lost.
Sunset to day will see Hon. Henry Mason
Mathews our Governor elect, and Mr..
Gotf, Jr., will be retired once more TO
private life, there TO remain forever, to
vote Cor thu disfranchsement OF his tel-
.,A rlti1..s of West Virginia, never
more. And thus will end the third and
last lesson of the history OF RsdicaIism
in this State.
There was meeting inside the Court
House, at which a dIstinguis he'd orator
/ (see the remarks Of the chairman OF the
Republican commtteel spoke. We
learned it was a Mr.. lngersol. Not To
original blssphemer, Bob, of that name,
| but another man, 4 namesske and con-
nection of his. He didn't amount &c
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