Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-07-15
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5 For The Times
. The members OF theHopeFire company desir
: to present thus publicly their compliments I,
4 the Editor of the Argus, Tor the article publish
Z Ell in his paper on last Monday with reierenc,
: 10 the fire on last Saturday 1t shows an uttcI
ignorance OF facts; design to prejudice anc
mlsiead, and an impudence in ialsehood un
: preceden'e except in those editorial column:
t where the genius OF Maclanc shines like a
4. rotton carcass by moonlight. He fly blows
all he touches, and leaves as the best mark of
: his nature, the maggot behind him. We are
c charitable enough To believe, that at the par.
ticuar time at which he wrote thc editorial
he was laborlng under one OF his Characteristic
: fits OF meniaciy, and like milestone mis-
placed could not by any possibility tell the
truth.
, He SAYS there was riot and figlt AT the
fire in question. That will 10 for begiaiiina:
; but he goes further and SAYS that he GOOD
honest soul) has seen "diSpOsition among
many OF our young aud valiant iiremen to raise
riot rtgh, alter the fire was conquered"
We say that II is not So; and we challenge
him, or any one else, 10 declare the circum-
stances upon which 50 pitlful idlsehood has
even pretence To rest. Ii is not enough that
the body OF which he speaks (the firemen)are
subject oall kinds of dangers and privations;
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hours, and at all seasons in defence of private
and public propcrty;-to risk health and life
and limb, IN the fearless discharge of their du-
ties, but It's members mustbe subject TO the un-
just public condemnation of those who stand
with their hands in their pockets TO carp and
md iault, stretching their ears a little longer
and stTalnlng their vacant eyes half ont OF
theirsockets 10 exc out any paragraph to excite
public attention towards pitiiul newspa per:
whose very types have learned tn blush overits
monstrous ialsihcations. We appeal To every
man who was present at the time, whether
any thing al all more worthy OF comment than
that which usually happens under the excite
ment necessarily incident TO most fires, when
men are under excitement aud say things.
aud sometimes do things, at which the Judi
clous grleve. But what we complain OF, is,
that the whole company isinvolyed nd made
responsible ier the act OF one or two persons
who were thouglIllessly carried away by their
own impulses. The Engine men were order
ed by the proper authority TO play upon the
house, and II was not tor them, or the Engm-
Ger to refuse to obey Acting i'm obedience TO
commands. some little water was thrown up
on persons who were OF the roof, but that the
water was thrown Intentionally, or in the way
the editor of the argus mentions. is one OF his
own peculiar creations; one which does him
Infinite credit as an ariiicer OF lies but, how
ever disdgreeable, we send il back TO the
throat from which IL came. lie may lick il
over II again; swallow il again; and belch il
up, with a less sgre;able flavor than il now
wears.
The editor Of the Argus, with an impudence
!. which every one can see but himself, has OF
ten spoken OF his paper, and the benefit il has
, conferred on the CommCniiy; il has been one
OF his boasts that he has elevated the charac-
Dt he. ftf fl.uf 10. kay u. 4 III.
name Of the people, the banks, the manuiaclu-
ring establishments, and every thing that per.
tains TO us; how then does il happen that he
has so suddenly deserted his holy Office, that
he has glorlcd on this occasion, at least i'm
spreading before the world the most injurious
representations against the character and rep
utation Of the Wheeling Firemen!
! Once on the wing, he never knows when
TO alght. In speaking OF the companies at
the lire he says the North Wheeling Hose
were the first; but. good honest creature, he
mas the condescension to confess that he was
not there soon enough to see who threw the
trst water. Now, the fact is that the Hone
Company, with both reels, were there. and
had too hose pipes playing on the FIRE before
the North Wheeling Hose had one The
Hope Engine arrived afterwards. Where ALI
labor 50 faithfully as the liremen OF Wheeling
in the discharge of their duties, il seems un.
Just to claim exclusive precedence; and we
regretted To see the TACT publicly noticed or
we should not ask for a correction. Ii has
been the bad fortune OF the Editor of the Ar.
gus 10 do more to excite injurious discrimina-
tons IN the community, than any one else
Mobs and riots seem to b. food for bis imagin-
alton. lie breads them almost insiinctiyely:
breads them, perhaps, because he has an in.
tnnsic conviction that ia the removal OF pub.
nc nuisances, Ice would not himself csrape
, Ia such an event we advise him to drop all
the virtues he has about him 10 his heels.
T They viii bea lar better protection than either
his head or heart We advise him, too.
10 sell of the first as soon a. possible: to
take any discount aud supply himself With
common decency and common sens. Pre-
paatOry 10 these desirable changes. tie Hone
Fire company will be very happy to accon.,no.
date him al any time with q baptism OF COLI
water which will wash every thing except Tie
bones out Of bin. THE BHOYS."