The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-18
The Capital Question at Benwood.
BENwooD, July Is, 1877.
EJitors of the RI gister.

Editors of the RI gister.
On last Friday the Hon. j. ). CARTS g
and the Hon. John J, Davis, OF Clsrks'
burg. addressed an attentive audience on
The permanent location oil the capital
On t-s, sight one would take Mr.. Gar.
! sle as IA honest survivor Ct the od
hickory school OF statesmen. his inuur-
snc, Tor making long speech ~ not
air would indicstethst the development
of has physical powers wss not neglected
whilst pushing forward the RAPID
culture of his mental faculties
In his eloquence ne gave US
psnorsmic view of the distribution OF the
State institutions. ard proved that the
Third district was fairly represented 10
the pepitentiary, in the asylum, &c, ana
consequently that that district mad no
special claim on the Capital. But the
bulk and pith of his argument consisted
in great effort to prove the non-eXist'
eoce of any remunerstive mineral deposit
ia the ksnawha Valley. When We
surveyed the speaker and sketchea t'e
outlines OF the mighty work that lad be-
fore him, we got lost IN astonlsnmehI 81
bis courage, and in the next breath we
sud. if ms cause was as good, ne was
more brave than David when ne
went out with sling 10 tight Gohah'
He went on to give n minute description
o. the geological formation OF the coal
strata in the Ksnswha basin, and itthere
Was thicker vein o. coal there than
q ghteen inches, with alternate layers OF
slate and rock he forgot 70 say anything
about it. Well, blessed are they That
b ,lieye sad do not see. We always bellev-
eli thst nature ha stored up coal enough
in tbs Kanswhs Valley to keep the peo-
OF this republic warm tor centuries To
c ,me. Now if such authorities rs Mr..
Carlisle keep on teschlLg us. We won't be
leye ANYTHING at last. IL Mr.. Carlisle has
told the truth our $40, 900 WAS squandered
il vain at the Centennial, and the repu-
,tion of the intelligence OF the state Tor
truth telling will be badly discounted
and the world will say that our Centen-
nisl commissioners were the agents oil an
organized ring TO gull and swindIe capi
,Ists. But we hope, for the credit oil
oar people and for the future welfare OF
our Common wealth, that the everlasting
hills of the Kanawha will yet give eVl-
dence that it was Mr.. Carlisle who was III
error and not the men who exhibited
the mineral wealth of the hanawha Oa-
sin at the Centennial.
The people of Charleston were slightly
c.osured tor the lack OF enterprise. 1t
was men with arms like his and ours
tast were needed IN that locality, and
not the Capital. This WAS a compliment
:, MS worxiBg man. In l845, the speak
a. SAID. there were 40 salt works running
ia that region. now ten, and only eight
working.
This did not rouse our prejudice
against that people, for we know that
capitalists are sensitive clsss, and We
know that the fresh beef we eat in the
past demanded the use OF salt. Now
o Ir beeves alive are following our ma
tional credit, to be est for us by our
English cousins, where salt is plenty.
The honorable speaker would suffer
his right arm 10 be pulled out OF the
socket before he would say aught to in
iure his friends of the Third district.
"bru US was An honorable man. but
he stabbed his best friend, Cesar
The speaker regretted that Judge Fer
gusoa had so little respect tor the intel
ligence Of the pc ople As TO flood the State
with certain statements. We regret
that MIR. Carlisle committed the same
error. sud il ne prayed like Robert Burns
snd say:
oh would some power the g!it 10 gee US,
70 see ourselves a. others see us,
ne would not add to our misery by put
Ii " II lower estimate on our Intelligence.
Mr.. Davis LOOKS ike statesman ofthe
present age He sail that the pc pie OF
Clark. burg did not come as p,upers
dressed in rags, begging for
sny tavors that we NIGH. deem
Mt to throw into their lap,
and left ourselves to draw differences. lie
urged the necessity OF u central location.
and the accessibility which his town
offered; where the Legislature would be
under the vigilant and wholesome in
auence OF u wealthy class, OF course.
We did not catch this bent either. be.
cause we knew before there was such al
access TO the seat OF government rs now,
our Legislature WAS as high in moral
sea q a. it is to day, and to our sorrow We
know that 1t Was not poor, honest people
that exercised the greatest influence on
our governments, State or national, tor
the last ten wears On the whole, we think
that the speakers lett us more Charleston
voters than than they found among us,
and We misunderstood the sentiment OF
the workingmen here and elsewhere if,
on the eth of August next, with their
ballots, they don't utter n protest and
hur thuuderbol. against the system OF
IL .lslation that removed the Capita
from the ksnawha Valley.
This is rather long synopsis of the
speeches, bI. b lng - working man |
hadn't time 10 make it shorter.
Respectfully,
Lara RpCguI