Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-15
G0rrs,Poneenes Of the WAce'izs TTnes
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Octotef 10Th. $40

Oe0ber 10Th. 1910
Desr Sri have just returned from u meeting Of
me Loco Feeos. hold in our court house and shall Ut
tempt to give you outline Of the p.ocseding- Af
ter retailing the usual of Binsseate against
Gen. Harrison and the waig purity. the; were about
to adjourn. when a sailed Lewis Steenrod.
('ince has delivery in Congress, ecliped impoSsble)
made his appearance IN the House. Ia a short time
ne was requested to make has speech. la compliance
ne TOOK the siand-'ook frCm his bosom nearest his
heart bundle Of papers-loJked 'nother an Law"
rs BulweF would say; and commenced unfolding them
Don't be scared amt going to read them all" saw.
he. and then solitary aud alone he laughed nj IN.
own attempt at vii. after selecting one called the
Wheeling Times" he began; gents IL h,v. been
absent as You aware Cor two or three weeks was
IN company with Richard NJ Johnson considered
At y duty 10 20 to Ohio 4 Michigan ard enIghten
the people there in the god cause bot Ihave been
siandered and abused by the accredited organ Of the
vale "hig party. rs would not coniescenl to
notice the editor but arragR the whole whig party
for this "aiiac," my character" lie theo common
esd reading awful disclosure thinks l. but no II wa,
tn. article IN reference hi. Great Western EIped
ton simply informing the citizens Of Western Virginia
Of the libel upon their character in Detrot by .s,urn
ing the lofty bearing OF true vrgnan "a character
every whore resPected) and then showing the white
fea'hrr lie then ~ ID extract from peiroi, pa
per. believe; (query. who was tho su,lorD telling
seouihe arvh extraordinary in that Vice President
IN company with the Hon. Lewis Steenrod Rerrc.
sentative ~ Congress from Virginia. The eI,rnc,
was inior!a'dsd with expressions OF the most gross
and 'ervie aIiery. in'epersed with glazing and fl.
some ad4la'on; such /" witty quizzins Belle. would
apply 10 shallow plied. brsinl.s. fop And vet he
read it all himself The man who held the candle
hushsd have no doubt. his best friends blu.hed
for him, but when he laid down the paper aud ,.nt
on TO say that tins not all for he had been borne
in triumph upon the shoulder. of the people amidst
the shout. Of 10000. think they all wished most
heartily that he had ssid nj home Mehigan-or
been al the Devil. He then reiterated kiI charge
against Gen. Harrison, I say his charge for no man
except himself has had the ignorance impudenee To
proclaim TO an American Audience such libel upon
history sstha' Gen. WIN. Henry Harrison never wa.
battle A fresnan upOa the spot told hi IN he was
La, and no ~ allowed The charge. We, citizen, of
the West Descendants Of those who stood b, the
aide Of Harrison at Tippec,noe and Fort Meiys. who
leaned u ron his arm for support. whss wars shrll
msnt, on our western frontier Hear il. Levi. stcen
rod by virtue Of his office Hon and by the grace
God. Representative from the 2l,t Congressional Dis.
risi OF the Old Douinnion in the presence Of the
'embl.d citizen. of Eizlbethrown. stated that Gen
VIM II nry Harrison ncrer iSas IN battle"
might give his speech IN deta--I nigh, tell how
much he feared that your paper containing the para
graph here alluded would be circulated to tn. pre-
Jndice of the good in Mchis an-:h.t it would
be posted up in every srog sho? and hell in the Land
that the editors ofths Wheeling Times wasu't in
The Van. to do all the dirty jobs fr the whig,-;ha
ne would not spit un such man. DC. But WHY
should repeat epiIhsI known only to the proficient
in Blling-ga,e slang and the graduate OF Grub street,
They can certainly have no other effect upon those
concerning whom they are sPoken than 10 provoke a
smile Of contempt for their piIifll suho: A. 10 Secn
rod. II Is evident 10 all who wish TO SEQ way he pnr
sues the COURSE he does. The evil is to annsey 10
cover his dciurmiy; and he Who Looks ma; r,ad He
wants To raise the Sud, and having signaIly failed in
every scheme that ignorance could invent; aud m7u.
dsnce curry odi, throws himself upon Li. pfe.,p,
eonre ls dernier resort Yol can't come it Levin,
over the citizens OF Mirshal The bodness Of your
Iessnis only eqnslled by the imbrcily of It's rSccu
Aoh' LF4gings t. Let uHfaTH'shef" 10 too palpably
written on the front par, Of your Uranium Oh Lewis
Lewis II sou have regard for The cinzen. OF the
District yon Hisre5re;enta least for the honnr Of the
i'Fm you "ea'." the time you resd that elo-
quent extract mat tells much about the accomplish
! dfoung Virglnian." The eloquent Representative
in CongIess from Va try aud blush little. and then
when you tell the bumper about the citizens Of chi
gan carrying you on their shoulders. and shouting
color up lirle. at least for the sake Of the hono,,
hearted wolverines Lewis.
Very respectfully.
Your obedieni servant
a MARSHALL COUNTY BOY.
jas l. WH4Rros ESQ