Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-01
SENATOR THURMAN AS A WEST
VIRGINIAN.

Prof. Richard Randolph Mcmahon,
the Poet and Orator, who has been
spending some months IN Maryland,
hls zone up iutOthe mountains OF West
Nirrnia t1 look after State politics and
stir M the animals IL is hall suspect
ri that his trip has something % do
with a scheme % induce senator Thur
man o. leave the ungrateiul State OF
Ohio and take up his abode IN that
Democratic Gibraltar West Virginia.
NJ the Professor succeeds IN sending Mr..
Thurman % the Senate he will deserve
well Of his country, which already owes
him three OF four hundred thousand
dollars on account Of patriotism.-Bldi-
NOR. GU-f..
The iiea Of having senator THURMAN
migrate In order 20 secure his continu-
ance i'm the United States senate origiua-
ted, we believe, not with Prof McMAu-
oy, but with one OF the It. Louis jour
mails which had I'm mind the example of
General SHIELDS. who was compliment
eel bv the Missouri Legislature with a
few months of Senatorial life by way OF
adding 90 his reputation As migratory
senator.
The suggestion in the case OF senator
THURMAN Is prompted, We have no
doubt. from a sincere regret shared 10y
Republicans as well as Democrats, at
the thought of losing statesman OF his
standing. ability and usefulness from
the.hall- OF the National legislature. 10
is quite certain that he will rot repre-
sent his own State in the capacity of
senator after the 4th Of March, 1851. At
least, IL is morally certain, that it he
does. il will bee through a different sscn-
en- than the Legislature which cOnvenes
at Columbus, next winter.
But senator THURyAN's influence and
usefulness, II hc lives, viii not De blasted
for that reason. Ii Lc were a
man whom accident, OF political favor
.-i,m. or luck had brought into promi-
hence and high position, there would
r. abundant reason for specializing that
his rsI.,iraI career is about wound mp.
Tar kind ot talent and craftsmanship
possessed bv Senator THURMAN, how
ever. does not 'peter out. IL is not So
common in this country that IL can be
hidden away as worn ont furniture. IL
VA, Co~FyuUs who exclaimed, chow
..n % Man De- coucraIcj,' The inquiry
is sin rg-tiucn, In this day and coun-
r~. 4 real man is not snutlcd out as
aund.a. lie may Dee dropped down
ami lost sight OF among the masses Tor a
time. Iut win come 90 the top again as
certainly o. win cream upon a bowl ot
mills.
senator IurEvAN does not belong
alone to Ohio. but o. the country. His
opportunities and his prospects torsery-
iu- hl~ country i'm high position are not
III, boz concluded 10y the verdict of the
Tum.uau, party of his own state. There
is more that is practical in the sugges-
ton that hc could secure the Senator
shin from other States than may appear
n. first thought. lie would be recog-
nizel as q leading man and statesman
I'M any State of the Union where he
might choose 20 take up his abode. We
are assured that such would be the case
I'm We-. Virginia. Our state would be
proud 81 such an acquisition, and adopt
h.m az once as myOrlte son.
We Go not say that she would make
him her representative in the United
States senate, but ii he were there as
her representative, We know that NO
state i'm the Union would be more high
Iv houored.
Bnt the matter Of migrating for sue"
q purpose is, Of course, very foreign 10
tine thoughts OF Senator THURMAN. He
E., no, that Kind of a bird. lie Is not SO
dependent upon official position, or 50
fond OF il as that he would turn carpet
ba,-er in the search Of political honors.
., will not be necessary for him TO hunt
honor or position in Yves, Virginia or
elsewhere. He Will find them at home
ami his home is the country.