Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-12-01

FOR TuU COMPILER.

T
PERM. me take passing notice OF
your remarks 10 relation to my statement
Of the proceedings of the late meeting a.
Wheeling. I have no disposition to enter
INTO a personal controversy with you Aiy
aim is higher have other employment
which deem more necessary aud respec-
table than bandyUg personalities. Aud
If in future y0n discover any tgc; for ihst
species Of warfare, I shall leave YOU Ia
the uncontested possession OF de field.
Tam not aware that I le0 any thing for
conjecture 10 my communication VIA,
meant said stated what considered
The proceedings Of the meeting, when !
wished TO sec published, that people who
were not present might have q to'.ra5'y
correct view q what had taken place.
Did any thing advanced By me author
Use an lq@inuglion that desired a pubIca.
uou of the speeches delivered on the occa-
m2 DO they form any part Of the re-
corded procccdiHEs Of dehbcraiive asssH-
5'iesl Do bc Journals oflhe Legislature
conuiu tie speeches orthc mcnhcrs! Yet
I presume It viii be admitted That they con-
tain the proceedings of that body.
Your applause of Capt Coyie's speech
think Justly mernod. And ! am pleased
TO embrace this opportunity Of adding a
tribute Of respect to the patriotic sentiments
and manly eloquouce displayed by him
lis arg,,ago brcathed a spirit Of rePu"li
ran freedom, and indeUendCnCc, worthy 0l
a revolutionary paGiot-a character which
understand he susiaIn5.
IfMr McFerran's proposition was for
mally withdrawn, | must confess it was
unknown to me, and think TO many 9th
ers. Ny hearing Is not very acute yet
think if the withdrawal had Jccn puJhcEiy
declared by the mover, or announced by
the chair, it would not have escaped my
observation. Sill, however, J am Of OPT
Mon, that in a meeting on 4 subject OF
such magnitude, every important motion,
whatever might be lis fate, ought to be pub
lshed for the Information Of persons a.
broad, who are interested IN the issue.
Did any thing contained IN my letter
furnish Il necessary or reasonable ground
for charging me with personal Ill will TO-
ward the people of Wheeliug1 Or was IT
4 mere mr-letched spectre of the brain,
coniured up for the purpose Of Juggling m
tho late election, with tho laudable cxpcc-
taiIop OF producing some retrospective NOR
n6cation! Such an object would be be-
meath my notice. But since the occasion
IS introduced, il may seasonably admit q
word or two of explanation.
entertain fof the people OF " heei'H2
no unkind feeling. In our social inter-
course a comfortable harmony subslsis'--
Indeed ! nave received from The citizens oi
Wheeling generally, those respectful al.
,crtions In private life, which cannot Dut
he grateful TO heart of sensibliity; ana
sincerely reclprocato their manifestations
If Good feeling. Politically they have MOI ,,
been nv friends, and the cause Is We"
l,nown anolg ourselves. At The late cleo
ION had built 30 very high Estimate o.
,bo support Of the voters in the upper emu
en5 Of the county. The occasion vas d.
rectly calculated to arouse those ancien,
local iealousies respecting the remo'ai o'
tho court house, which never slumOer WIG"
danger is supposed to be aPPrQaehingf.-,
III was at all disappointed IN The resul' 81
that trial, the free and friendly Per .i
con(erence and assurances OF the junior
o5;,or of the "Compiler" may have Gonui-
bnted to that disappointment. And Me s,
T",'1 n, mo ass,re Won and my fellow
Zen. Zen, generally. that if the issue OF the
80. Sa,e,or,ol election has troubled no one
more than myself, the repose OF Tue u'' -
mas not been greatly disturbed by II. =.
! nose full confidence IN the INTEGRITY e. A.
iideEty of the gentleman chosen; anu 10 ~
mo our whole canvass a good unoe.
standing subsisted, aud not nars ,.,. - .
preston passed between US. IL sou'e - =
ms unworthy adherents DESCENDED - 80 80