The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-18
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We Trust They VIII PaFlAhe OF II and
Feel Stimulated 10 PFeHh EKsFiIOnS.
KHuSWha GLzstts
II the Charleston and Wheeling rail.
road lie built, as there is almost every
probability that 1t soon will be, It will be,
in the largest measure, due to the efforts
and influence Of Hon. J. N. Camden,
whose elevation to the Senate, 80 far from
diveTting Lis attention from matters Of
practical interest to his people in State al
lairs, has given additional Impetus TO his
energies in that direction. West Virginia
has not made mistake in sending Mr.,
Camden TO Washington, 1t has only
given him better vantage ground from
which he can and will more strongly and
effectively use his superior business tact
and ability to promote the essential well
fare Of the State in legitimate, prac-
teal form. 1t Ia well for our
State that 1t Is not represented in
the United States Senate by men
that are or aspire to be mere pc.
litiCal bosses, achieving notorlety by
tongue.and.wind work In furtherance Of
their own selfish ambitions, which results
In no advantage to themselves, their con-
stituents nor the country at large; and
which, when analysed with any degree Of
common sense, reveals an emptiness Of
substance and vanity Of purpose, both
disCreditable and dlsgustinR, West Vir.
ginia needs not congressional vaporing,
but honest work in behalf other interests,
And she has Senators who are eminently
suited to her wants. men who neither feel
n IN ! AMI al m
In idle discussion Of trivialities and meaner
things, but who silently, seRsibly, persist
emily work for the good Of their own PEG.
pie, as well as OF the country at large
Our Senators are now pleasingly and legit.
imately engaged In generous rivalry for
the promotion OF the development OF our
State. Senator Davis is successfully
promoting the building Of line
Of railroad from the Baltimore 4
Ohio to the Chesapeak & Ohio In Green.
brier county, through region Of our
State that Is now entirely locked up and
undeveloped. Senator Camden IL pro.
noting the building OF railroad from
Wheeling 10 Charleston. II may be sug.
gesLed that these are not occupations per.
tanning to or connected with the duties
and position OF United States Senator.
But that would be a mistaken view. There
Ia nothing that adds more TO the power
and resources OF the General Government
than the development and increase OF the
resources and wealth oil the States and
their citizens. In TACT, the greatness Of
the General Government depends solely
and entirely upon the wealth and resour.
Ces Of the States. Every mile OF railroad
built, every mine opened, every manufaC.
tory started, every farm won from the
Wilderness adds just that much more to
the stability Of our Government. The
only true, legitimate object Of the
General Government is to advance the
interests Of the States and their clLi-
zens. And a Senator or Representative
cannot moro fully do his duty as such
than by using the prominence and inhu.
ence attaching to his high position In AZ.
tracing to his State the means and CAPT.
tai whereby the interests Of his State are
most surely and rapidly advanced. West
Virginia would be q loser II she could or
would exchange her Camden and Davis
for two such as Conkllng and Logan,
West Virginia wants hor valleys filed
with people and not the Congressional
Record filled with speeches OF her Sen.
atOrs. She wants her mountains bored by
tunnels, and not her ears bored by tupen.
ny thunder. New York and Illinois did
not become great empires by the Cavort.
ings Of such men IS ConkllnG and Logan,
but by the earnest labors Of silent, per.
sistent, practical men. West Virginia
wants steam power and not windmills;
Herculeses and not Hyperions.