West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-05-04
COOPER VS.. CHANDLER.
Fiery Eloquence OF the Former and
Pedigree Of the Latter.


Col. Matt NJ. Cooper. formerly ed
itor OF the Old Guard, OF Clarks-
burg, HOW editor of the Mountaiaeer
at Ravenswood. The Colonel served
IN the Confederate army and lost
a leg, and is fair specimen OF the
fiery Southerner. lie is an un-
compromising Democrat, aud the
way he does up rascally Republi-
can, when he lays himself out, is
shown below:
The proposed attempt on the part
Of the Republicans Of the Senate to
investigate the charat ter of Senator
Roach, of North Dakota, is such a
supreme specimen Of hollow hypoc
risy, and cold blooied check as to
make horse laugh or q niger
blush. II there were not u graver
side TO the question. The fact that
Senator Roach in his earlier life
was q defaulter, (though he made
good and with interest every dollar
he is charged to have embezzled
from the concern with which he
was identified, and though his life
since has been sufficiently blame
Tess and pure and brave as to have
secured for him scat in the Sen
ate oil the United States, elected by
Legislature opposed to him polit.
Icallv) cuts no figure in the contro-
versy. Under the flmsy plea of
upholding the moral dignity Of the
Senate there turks the subtle poison
OF u baae and brutal and damnable
purpose and plot to thwlrt the will
OF the peonle by wrestling from their
seats their lawfully chosen repre-
sentatlves, and To usurp the politi-
cal control OF the Senate in order
to embarrass Mr. Cleveland, and
70 cast clond of popular contempt
over his administration which gives
such positive and solemn and rndl.
ent assurance of faithful and fear
less Devotion to the highest and
best interests of the country as TO
give us clearer visions and stronger
hopes OF the political Millennium
which is the happy heritage of re-
publlcs at some period IN their DO
iitical history. They have employed
and exhausted every arrow in the
qniyer, and every shot in the locker
OF bribery, fraud. and armed in.
timldltlon and violence to retain
the flesh pots Of political power.
and now that their last resource
has vanished, and their last hone
He'd. they have donned the sombre
cloak of morality under which they
hope to hide their hideous and hell.
lsh purpose to stifle the people's
voice, and to strangle by unlawful
and unprecedented legislation their
emphatic and imperative decree,
aud to continue in power politi,
cal party which has been driven
ike an infectious leper from the
haunts of honest men. and c,n
demned by all the ordinances Of
heaven to an Immortality OF infamy.
What an edifying spectacle
What an elev iting picture Cband.
Ter, of New Hampshire, whose small
soul is blackened and blunted with
every crime calculating coward
dare commit, posing before the
country as u champion Of public
morals, and pleading for a higher
moral standard as u condition nre.
codent TO political preferment and
trust. The people we'll remember
tue infamous part played by this
coHsummatc political outlaw and
yilllIn in the thoft Of the presi.
dency = that ghIstliest political
crime IN the history of nations
they well remember how in the
naked MONDAY Of our Christian
civilization he Yves dispatched on
his mission OF iniquity and infamv
70 Florida, and how blcked bv Re-.
Pablican bayonets he maninnIated
the electoral vote Of that State and
eaus d it to be cast contrary TO tho
sclemniy expressed will Of her peo-
PIE for man whom they had ON
pifgtIcIliy ard overwhelmingly ro-
Paliated q. the polls. The peonls
nave not forgotten how by methods
1t onco infamous and revolutionary
he caused 20 be counted ont Dem.
ocrstlc Governor Of his own state
Jnstly and lawfully chosen by The
p~Opie.
Nor are they uumindfuf Of his
corrupt administration OF the Nav
bureau, how he enriched coptrac.
tors aud builders OF unseawortbv
and worthless vessels, how he featb.
ered his own nest, and m ,ds the
naval office a harbor for lobbvisfs
and scOundrels which scandajizoJ
tho country, and brought reprosob
upon the American name. Yet
this notified and speckled and vice
staino culprit who has been pant.
ing Tor cell in the ponitentiarv
for 10 these many Yeas, with The
gall Of = government mule and the
pitiless cheek Of . prairie cyclone
essays tbe remorselcss role ~ !
Torquemada Of The InQnjsition.-
au impiOuslY self-styled casuist to
resolve clsos Of cOnscience--to in.
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