The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-23
cor. BEN. MILsoN.s

cd into the directors Found&, hpild
COL. BEN. WILSON
III. speech up In naasosis, ' eeseaplatsrseme
comments on The Nan and Ills Remarks
by one who y PostedSrrp Al Beth oaSib
NEw ~CuNBERlASp, w NAsSeptllsso
OF all the wonderful works OF thel Crea-
for man is saidito be the most Wonderful,
and Of all tho various kinds Of men tbe
professional politicians Of the Ben Wilson
kind are, in some respects, themost sihgu-
lar. l wonder sometimes What, they were
created for4wha endthsss answer They
toll not neither do they spinp ETheyadd
nothing to thcsworld's stockot knowledge,
do not certainly improve the moral tone
Of society, and achieve nothing save their
own notoriety and aggranditemmt What
were they made for, anShbwfo Mas'ttto
prove to the intelligent and thinking men
who hear them speak how completely
dcmagogucry possesses the land andhow
small is the measure ,ofyconseience aud
intelligence required Insecure an election
10 the American Congress? Well might
the great historian have exclaimed, what
must a people bc whose rule and jaw
makers are such men as ~: Ben; ,Wilsan1i
This gentleman, who represents thisdis,
trict in the lower branch Of our National
legislature, made, o, speech in our Town
Hall here last night, More than thalfoi
his audience was madenp,pf Republicans
and, with that cunning born 81 long eS;
periCncc in seeking out and playing upon
the weakness OF human nature, and recog.
mixing the fact that he was initheleoodtotd
Republican county OF Hancock, he made
il a point TO deal largely in high falu-
tin praise OF the bo~ys.insblne, tanafta be
complimentary totheo old dag, iustas 4 The
Republicans of Hancock county had tort
gotten, or could ever forget, Col. wilson's
whole record during the wal. gave the lie
to every wori that he said last night Of q
patriotic character. tMhenithe' "old flag
needed a word Of cheer in the dark aays'oi
1851 Col. Wilson was in Richmond, Va
aiding and abettinG those who weteAseek-
ing to tnil its .tbroad stripes and bright
stars in dust and shame, and at notifhe
throughout the long andn dark contest
with rebellion, from 1851 up to lSe5, did
any man ever hear from his lips a. good
worl for the cause in which the boys-in-
blue were bleeding anddSing. Now, how
ever, with characteristic assurance, he
comes into tho Panhandle where the Peo-
pie were most loyal 10 the flag during the
war, and undertakes to play cheap John
Us the soldiers say, In hopes, il not 10 win
their votes, TO at least disarm their hos.
tility. That is the sort Of n ,dsmagogue
Col. Ben Wilson Is, and every voter in the
First Congressional district OF West Vir-
ginia should know Il He may suit well
enough the men who voted f6r, secession,
who fought in the rebel army, and who
still sympathiEe with the lost cause, but
think that the majority OF even Democrat
look upon his h~arangues upon this agio,
iousH country as very'thif. =,
HARD TINE.
Colonel Wilson goes upon the theory OF
Petroleum V, Nasty, when he leaves the
soldier business and the dear old hag, and
gets down to his regular set line Of ne
marks upon the hard times. Nasty says
NnAt IL IN HfAUVO. Uut HCNGItllGlGc6 uuCN
,hSt tho p~eonIe never seem tb Know how
hSTl lines rCaliy, are until some orator
like himself ar Hen WILSON, comes aionc
and draws the picture for them. They
then begin to realize the full extent Of
their woes. The easeis like that q the
man in court, who never knew how
wrongcd he had been until he heard his
LAWYERS speech to.th6 Jury, II was then,
Tor The tint fine. that he began to got real
fighting mad M the other side. Colonel
Zen ns;nts MI the rionds a black: M
silver IininS, exespt 10 eiect him IA Con.
v1SSs S"S;ns NO Rennblican IKE Hnbbard
nor GHssnI;srter iiss Bassell I'm \ the
rnnrtrs and mako hnsinpss god ana fines
nrNsTcsonS. only CoioneII I'm wilson he
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