Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-08
A LIBELLER OF VIRGINIA.

A LIBELLER or VIRGINIA.
il 81 possible that the following can be true Ii
must be. 1t is from the Detroit Advertiser, the scene
Of action. the scene Of the occurrence. Here we see
MI S'eenrod. a virginisn. mo. God knows there i.
no Virginia blood in him pardon Us. all honest Viz.
ginians' for calling him such) not con,eni " ith going
from hall TO valley, from forest 10 hamlet recoiling his
stale ISLANDERS upon the citizens Of Wheeling. and up
on the defender Of the Northwest.-not content with
having been whipped for slsnder in the streets Of the
city which he has disgraced by his residence. not con.
tent with being posted for a liar and scoundrel chat he
Is, must 60 abroad. must leave his own state, aud 90
into the very field of Gen. Harrison's fam. to SANDER
Tim. He has gone To Detroit. and before the CONS
whose sires and mothers Gen. Harrison defended from
Tie savages' has denounced him as hcoward. and there
suffered himself to be posted a. a liar. We conceive
I to be the duty of yirginians. especially those of hi.
own district. 10 di-own him publicly aud befnre the
world.
THE VlRGiNTAL ~IBELLER.-The loco Ebcos have
succeeded in lashing themselves into a considerable
iermeni' because We deemed il our duty 10 denounce
'heir orator, Sieenrod, of Virginia, "a eonsHRl1lax fool
or q deliberate lar" for having asserted tina, .G,n
Harrt>on Uas nerer IA q balae." And what adds IN
their wrath, is the fact, that We addressed a note 10
Mr.. >. informing him Of our intention To Do what We
ai'erwards dd do. And we were led 10 do this. be-
cause he asserted, in the opening Of thus speech. thai
for some things which he intended To saw. .he ,ro,h5
probably Be eLAeda LIAR By pIig editors and vh;y
orators after he had gt The Guy, Dur natTHEY DARE
NOT DO so WHILE HE WAS HERE" Under.
SANDING that Mr.. s.. in company with Col. JoHSsoy
intended to leave for the West early in the morning.
and apPrehenslve that he would not see our paperb,.
fore he left, and so make good his prophecy, that mo
one DstLd ddre eoAhIm a liar UhrLe he Uas here" We
sent to hun the following note during the afternoon of
Monday
Detroit. Sept 26al, 1910.
Sir intend TO publish you lo-marrow "a cun,um.
mite fool or a deliberate liar for having asserted l,at
Gen. Harrison had never been ia a baIlle.'
l give you this notice now because / have heard
'haI you have asserted that you would probably he call.
ed a liar after you had left. but that no one world dare
do 50 while you were here. Yours. &c,
r. DAWSON.
The gentleman was quite ~sloqueni in his wrath.
when he received this note but his wrnth Was soon
apPeased By his own eloquence and the counsel Of his
friends and he departed for Ann Arbor. yesierlny
morning at O'Clock to probably repeat the foul cnlum
ny which he here uttered against The brave HAsEI.
son
In his speech, he had a great deal TO say about Vjr
gina chivalry, and the prompIness Of all Virginians
10 resent insuiis-from which We infer that eiihoJ Mr.
>. Is no NITginian, or that he deemed the note nothing
IN re than he deserved forhaving uttered ~ bare FAC.
Cd u falsehOOd, against 30 brave q man.
What 10 the reason that the sapient editors Of the
Globe and the small FRY Of The party have become 10
much alarmed at what they style British power over
the Whigsi Is II not that they have some scheme of
British influence and purchase concocted among them.
selVes' IL is most certain that an immense amount Of
money has been brought into Ohio from Canada 10
create a rise in Wheat for tho express benef, of the
sub-trelsury law. Is it 10 be supposed that tho yyhi4s
brought it there' Probably no one will be 30 silly /
rs to think so. What object can the Wings accom-
plish with British Gold Il is not ccrainl ~ their Oh.
to increase prices just now. for the said Globe De.
rlarcs that the whig banks are trying to put down
prices TO affect the elecIion. The Globe will M,
certainly charge the people Of this country with being
open to direct bribery. That IL a stretch Of impu.
fence that Amos would not be guilty Of What uss.
hen, have The wings for British Goldf None. Will.
he other party can use il to advantage to raise the
PRICE Of produce or to buy up q few Of the leading
iemagogues for the contest
MEETING ~ BALrIHoRE-Thc meeting in Bait.
more on Saturday evening last. IS described in the
and must have been a most magnificent affair
fifteen Thousand people were SAID 10 have been pres.
M, and received Mr. M'Mahon, with The most en,hu.
iasuc cheers. lie addressed the vast coneourss oil
'eople in the most eloquent strain Gr abou, three
lOurs. When he closed, though late IN the evening
be audience was as large as when he commenced
would like 20 know whether our opponents think
ne speech was nothing but coonskins. Was the .
peech Of Mfr Webster at Now York. published IN :
paper. nothing but coo1skinsi Was the speech d,
& Mr. Clay, at Hanover and Nashville. nothing bot h
Are the speeches made by Gov Tyler a
andida,e Or the Vice PresdeBcy. At this place. coil q
mb0s, 81 Chir-vile AID S,subepviIIe. %not,pg '
90 coouskiusi IN fine, are the ftolslpd s.und yr. Z
arguments used beiOrs Inc public ib. 81
nothing but cOonskiasi Are they not mths, the %
arguments Of men 0fcIalted talent. against hi. Y
'rrupt administration and 10 yrannicsl messu,esy II !,
ey are not. srgumenf was never used n ,,cy ar, n
81 there . ~ argumeni on oauh. ib'