The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-05

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Special Correspondence e( Ae Iatei!t0tneo.b,,a i3
HosroS, April "A stranger III quest 0
political information here Is soon iiemiEde,
TIM! he is not iii a Western city, where ev
erybody Is up on politics and willing tt
conyerae about 1t by the hour 4 There il
that In the atmosphere Of Boston which af
fccta to regard politics as a "dresdiul trade
not to bo named except with p,thetic con
tempt by, lips polite: 1t Is tho only thing
i know, Of that q Bos.onian admits he doet
not know Ill about, and OF this he is not !
little proud. His eye kindles and his
words flow classically IN mentioning every
other topic, whether ancient or modern,
sacred or projane. In ahort he considers
practical politics, or the ordinary labors Of
politicians, as disreputAble business,
scarcely less 10 than gambling, horse rae.
Ing aud Drunkenness, At the Parker
Houae, except by h select lew professional
politicians, one never hears politics named
except with a shrug Of the shoulders and a
contemptuous tone. Indeed, If you ap.
proach the cultivated gentleman Of Boston
on snch forbidden topics, they seem to take
1t rs 8Idownright insult, and arc not slow
to Assure you that all such matters arc for.
eign to their tastes and studies. One who
would make long evening entertaining
discussing with you the merits OF Lonrfel-
low or Emerson, will suddenly stop aud
become silent and morose at ths introduc.
tion Of political topis. r-yyS So
THE GOOD OLD DAY5. I..-...i
On theoretical politics, as upon oil other
speculative subjects aud abstract theories
Of law ecience, government, religion and
manners, all you meet here are ready to
converse freely and intelligeutly by the
hour. OF colonial and revolutionary poll,
tics they are never done talking; for he it
knewnIthey religiously believe Slate GOV.
ernment under their Adamses suddenly
reached perfection, and tha! aimee that
there has been Q steady. uncsssing and dc.
plorable decline in everything that Der.
tains to 1t. There was, they admit, under
Webster and Sumner, a Temporary rem.
naisgsnce which stopped short al thor
death, and con never be reyiGed. Out.
side Of Massachusetts they, see no good
thing except what she has eraciously lent
the country. tor its redemption and adorn-
ment, anu TO cave; 1t from an utter lapse
into barbarian: Harvard has had bonds
OF intellectual compassion and yielded no
her sons annually for twice hundred
years for the salvation OF the Republic
from the gross darkness and Ignorance
which. cover all States except "the Com.
monwealth OF Mueaachusetts.d tftTES
? Inc day or two after | came here I
found that i wanted to icel The public
pulse when approached one OF these ele-
giant old gentlemen who have deyoured
libraries and written books, that 7 had the
wong Dov by the ear. # hayo not used
that expression .audibly III Hostou elso |
had been shown the satea o! the citv,rif.
indeed, the uttcraucs Of such Western
,Vulgarlsm had not thrown some usstheiic
hearer into fits All my efforts on the
line OF asking questions will O. view to get
answers that calne down to the level OF NV
vulgar understanding resulted so disas.
tranely that I vas compelled to change NY
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THE BoYs WHO run TlrISas,s 81
ITO be sure there are LboysI who 10 run s:rl
the machine here as elsewhere, and who
understand the inhibited pe.ois Of the ceu:
Gus and campaign as we'll as the most yul-
gar Congressman or editor in all the West,
But they arc in the background. They
have no blue blood, nre an ostracieed class,
and like q few Africans Of the slower. order
in dsnso population ni whites, they can
scarcely call their liYes their own, and Is
the elite Of the uniyersitiea deny that such
things posgees souls Mt all and have no
more OF other living principle within them
than 30 many toads or grdsshoppers, they
are hustled of by themselves like children
when visitors appear. Imight venture to
sen to the far West an expression or two that
Iheard from theasgood fellows Of the plebe-
ian stripe, but to report what one OF them
would say here wonldonly provoke apuck.
cred mouth, IN ppturned chin and CLASSY
stare that would freeze common red blood,
such as freely own is tho best that | can
houst. Their opinions have no weight
here, aud i will not taks tho trouble to
send them. e,,, .a...
DE0 LEADERS ALL-DEAD. ~
Lettme giveyou an example or two, con.
versing with one General B. l hlun,ly
asked the old veteran what he thought OF
the political outlook. . @'% !" l9Sa '
'Itwas never better, sir. We shall elect
the President, and what more would you
ask ?"
"But," said I. General what do the
political leaders here say as to whom they
desire nominated?" The General smiled,
"You are" said he pleasantly, "but Il
very young man and from the West or
YOU would meyer ask that question. No
matter We. have no leaders h,re any
longer. Our, leaders are all dead and in
their graves, and all Massachusetts, ID doing
or3hss been doing 10. many ysaru Is to o
worship their canonizsd bones. They rule
our little commonwealth from their urns.
Do you know that these educated gentry
thin they !; have better blood than you
have, and that ;yoEFs and mine is no Bat.
ter, as Napoleon oncesaid Of another, than
dish water? 1t is q fatt D-a il their
colleges rule the State. That is the reason
Of Blaine'o unpopularity here. He is the
son Of nobody by nobody, and bis blood is
not blue. He was from and reared in the