The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-11
THECROw EATER.

THE CROW EATER.
The Statesman, paper Published at
Martinsburg protesting to be Democrat
ic, but really a political nondescript,
seeks to gain notoriety, and has very
successfully accomplished its ends, by
throwing dirt. lifts efforts in this, what
seems to be its favorite pastime, were
directed exclusively towards those whose
garments wou not be def led by COM
ing in contact with the smirched hands
of the eminent "stool pigeon" or "ring
puller" (both favorite terms of that
journaD who drives the quill for the
Statesman, the mud ball fight Nigh go
on without notice, although it would not
be particularly entertaining to more
genteel people. But what we
desire to notice most particularly, is the
Inconsistency of the Statesman. While
it is the full embodiment of fossilated
Bourbonism, finding no invectlVes too
bitter TO use in denuncation Of those
who do not hold to its antique ileas, 1t
presses to its bosom rs favUrIte Presi-
Dental candidate Judge DAVID DAVIS,
lifelong Republican, and whose only
prctention to fitness for the Democratic
nomination for Presidency, is that he
was the bosom friend Of ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN! This is one remarkable incon-
sistency.
Again, it is bitter in its opposition to
the nomination of Acknowledgement
MATTHEWS for Governor on tho Dem
ocratic ticket, and even threatens u
bolt in case of his nomination, be-
cause that gentleman, as the law officer,
of the State gave his opinion of the con.
struction to be given to the Insurance
laws, which was favorable to the views
entertained by the Auditor who had been
;-r---Laa Co. ,-;oi-t;-, ths"r. got i. shO
s,me breath is profuse in laudatory ex-
pressions for Senator EASTMAN, who,
sitting as member of the Court of I'M
parchment, voted to acquit the Auditor
OF the charges preferred against him
We do not mean to draw an invidious
comparison between these two gentle
men, because we believe they were both
honest in their judgments and to-day
stand on an equal political footing. We
merely direct attention to this second in,
consistency of the Statesman.
In the third place it attempts to make
point against Hon b. f. MARTIN, be.
cause he was elected u delegate and is
sitting in General Conference of which
Bishop HAVEN is member, when with
the same consistency point might be
made against Mr.. faulkner or any of
our Democratic Congressman for occupy
ing seat in the same body with BLAINE
or MORTON. We do not care to follow
this lne any farther, as it is quite evil
dent that the jewel Of consistency Is not
among the treasures Of the Statesman
But there is suspicion that filthy lucre
is one of the dirty things that this
journal is fond of handling and
there is rumor that its an
tipaihy to Major MATTHEWS grows
out of the fact that when candidate for
Acknowledgement four years ago, he re-
fused to submit to some blackmsiling pro
cess, of which the Statesman has some
knowledge. While We do not vouch for
the accuracy of these reports, ana md Ell
We care nothing for them, we do submit
that paper whose editor Is an open and
avowed enemy of both the State and
General Government has no right to in
terfere in the selection of its officers. A
journal which never imbibed true DEM
ocratlc sentiment has an immense deal
of cheek TO presume to dictate
the policy OF the Democratic party;
an organ of no recognized political
standing, but the mere mouth piece and
fiddler for political jig dancer is en-.
gagged in dirty work when defaming
those whose aspirations bring them in
the way of the unbriddied ambition OF
its monitor, and it is the sorriest cant
to preach reform when the would be re-
former lacks the essential virtues to
make him such.
We feel that we owe An apology to
our readers for having devoted so much
space to political bushwhacker, but
continually obtruding itself upon our
notice, we were inclined to think that 1t
occupied the position Of the hummer who
was continually pushing himself
into the society of gentlemen, and
so continually receiving snubblng by
contempt and silence, at length backed
himself up 10 one Of the party and plsc.
ing himself in proper position requested
the gentleman TO make q vigorous appli-
cation of his boot to the neighborhood OF
his under coat tail, stating that he pre-
ierred that kind Of treatment from . gen
tleman than NO recognition at all
Having given the political crow eater
our permission to feed on grass for the
remainder Of the season We dismiss it
without further notice; with promise 70
oSf readers that in the future we will
deve0 our columns to more entertaining