The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-18
nLooprrn Po1rrIcs.

And How II Il Carried ON In California.
A lively state Of affairs prevails in Cali.
iOrnia' Speaking Of scalawag members Of
the Legislature and Congress, the CAron.
ieis says 1t has heard them
Talk themselves hoarse in abuse Of the
monopoly, only to gain position worth
selling, and then have seen them sell out
to the same monopoly at the first tempt
ing offer"
The idea conveyed is that a good deal Of
that sort Of thing Is done in California.
Describing a man named White, the
Chronicle says;
ale il, like Kearncy, an lrishman, from
Limerick, and an office seeker by nature
He resembles Kearney In egotism, assur.
ance and the slenderness Of his mental
skeleton"
Speaking Of Kearney, the Chronicle calls
him "tho cowardly little bully" and adds
OF a Convention over which he presided;
mo intelligent, well.bred American
workingman would let his dog accept q
nomination from such collection Of
slaves, and towards, and knaves, and igno.
ramuses. Their nominations are like let.
tens OF introduCtions from lunatic or a
thief. They represent nothing in the
world but the will Of one man, and he
among the dirtiest Of blackguards and the
worst Of 'pieCe.Club' sneaks,"
"Kearney has not the attributes OF q
leader OF men. 4 leader should be, first
OF all, intelligent, well.posted and unset.
fish. This fellow is as ignorant as Rus
sian sert, as impudent as monkey aud us
selfish as hog. He does not lead he
drives; and his education as mate on
ship.hoard qualities him to drive like the
overseer on a southern plantation before
the War. lie treats his superiors as infe.
riors, and his interiors as dogs. Ills com.
mon speech is blasphemy aud SANDER
His methods OF reform are all seditious
and Contemptuous OF the laws Of the coun-
try, and the rights Of persons and proper.
IT,"
In the meantime Kearney has had post
ers put up through California denouncing
the Chronicle. The poster addresses itself
ITO the producing classes Of the Pacific
Coast" and contains resolutions unani.
mously adopted by hoodlum mob on the
sand.lots, as follows:
RtsOlred, That we dcnounce, abhor and
condemn from this time henCeforth the
San Francisco Chronicle as u low.lived,
obscene and disgusting specimen Of de.
graded journalism, daily illustrating with
type, paper and printers ink the total
depravity to which the ''art preservative
OF all arts" may be debased and subsidized
BY the corrupt tools OF corpOratiOns-im.
ages OF men-callous to self.respect, totally
devoid ofthe least vestige Of the attributes
OF manhood.
RcsOlred, That we pledge ourselves one
to the other, with raised hands, ON the
honor OF men, and call upon all honest
men and women interested in reducing
taxes, equalizing the burdens Of the PEG.
pie, opposed to Grantism, aristoCracy, and
who believe in strict adherence to the
American Declaration OF Independence,
and the enforcement OF the provisions OF
Calitornia's new Constitution, not TO con.
tinue out subscriptions to the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle, and furthermore, not to ad.
vertise therein, nor patronize firms who
do, as we declare it to be our mature dc.
liberation that the San Francisco Chronicle
is public enemy, a moral assassin, and,
like the Chinese, must 60"
Rcsolrtd, That any tool Of the Chronicle
that hobs up in the State Convention to
be held in San Francisco, JuLe >, be fired
out unCeremoniously.
ReAoired, That the Executive Of the ".
P. G. be authorized TO have 10000 copies
OF these resolutions printed and posted up
in the States Of California and Oregon and
adjoining Territories, with as much haste
as irontiersman would warn a defense
less village OF women and children Of saw.
ages, or a ministering angel would
bugle the approach Of smallpox or black
plague.