Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-01
To am EHor- CiGs,ns:

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Mr.. Wiley, em'IIsI Il cnInmu, Ir,ur.,t
--rrIa,us Il Irpmt N cirrulafnu l.arn.l
his private chnlacrrr. III rri-n.rr Il, the
git III 4 hot'r, &C.. &r. WHEN IL
hcsr! the report | .iid mt b Iiryr t.
-up1o!ed That il wlnn5 r"nHru''l"n h.ri
vera placed UPON tt,- unns w'i. II Net
io b:i'7Se tat the ','ur Mr.. Vile, wrhr
EuId I''"t"'I"n, n AwAj that urtr
,hIn one inan II iwrnlt livr IN ,lr rm,,t,,,
had hraId said rrpnt. mar that nnf" dam
one man "ni ut liily whnh-ari b Iryr,i
1t. have Ia uhjrrIun IL Nj. Wiley ,
Ia>in! TriuIrd 'ail rhargr, III iJri. til nL
that !" should haw. dunr 80. IIri he
DOM IN, AMI nnlhing more. wuuli not
LAY w"rt but am sUtr,, ,rry .auv.
,ha' Mi. Wllle,'S remarks in rirIrllrr IL
raid report cotnpels m" 10 lltuw myself in
M attitude Of srli.drirnrr, aud causes
me to f''vlrw said paper. for the purpose Of
IeprliinS some insinra,ions therein con.
tanned. invidiOu!ly lmown at M.
Nj. Wiley must certainly think that
his wrll."arned reputation is very easily
lost. Ag"ntleman wholas pracIlsrd law
in this county. for several years: been
clerk OF the Circuit and County Courts
for over len wears, filing other honorable
offices III the mean time "a gentleman
known, far and widp. for his Christian bear.
ing, his liberal donations 10 charitable Oh.
jpcis. and his elrqnrn, plTuIt<, in hrlialf of
religion and morality, must certainly think
--,iDt the community who would believe
such a charge against hin, esther veIy
ignorant or dishonest.
Gentlemen, | think that | car see ,llro'
the whole matter. Some Time ago. Mr..
Wiley, (lhroueh the influence Of friends,
actuaied by the bcs, Of motives, but hay.
ing more zeal than knowledge: you will
please bear in mind that this is only my
opinion, for | think that he was certainly
not governed By his own good sense Ian
nouncro himself us candidate for Clerk
ot the County Court, and wrote a Circular
presenting his claims for your sutfrages,
in very respectable manner.
Thinking that Mr.. Willcy's claims we're
Aoi so COOL for said office as some Others,
wrote Circular announcing myself as a
candidate for the same Office, in which |
reviewed his claims, as urged in suid Cir
rular, in as able and impartial manner us
was capable of. think, and the people
generally believe, that entirely demol.
ishcl his platform: hence the necessity
Of patching up another one. But he had
10 material 10 build with, until the report
in reference 10 the horse got out, and |
suppose he considered il a pretty good one,
especially il he conveyed the idea that !
had "hatchr,l' said report, and ] hereby
notify Mr.. Wiley that he will have to
patch up better hobby than an old lame
horse, for he cannot ride into office on tina,
one, no way he can fix it. And now for
the paper entitled u "calumny reluted."
Mr.. Wiley commences with giving you
his intention. as expressed in his former
Circular, "to let the people decide tor
themselves, without dictalion, and with
out harassing them with personal sollcIta.
lions" and that he twas sorry that any
necessity has arisen for departure from
such a coursc.i' But foul and nlam-
Gus wlumny. Matched on the eve OF The e.
lection, for the purpose Of defeating him,
requires that he should, in yindlcalion OF
his reputation, as on honorable man, re-
flute it," He llmn proceeds TO give 4 state.
mani of The case: then cites his bcnevo-
lence with money, advice, Sc, to the
poorl which no one who knows him doubts
ascontradic,ory of said report, all Of which
isvery good, il he had only stopped there.
But he again says, "and yet, on the eve
Of the election, which il was hoped That
time for contradiction would not be al,
ioriled, this base and un(oumled charge Of
opprcssing Mr.. Spencer. has been spread
abroad, as | understand, through every
nook and corner Of the county"
l,appeors 10 me that thirty or forty days
previous 10. is moi on, the ere Of the rirc'
lion. and tina, plenty time is afforded Tor
roniraaicting report. ut least one which
but very few believe.
Then Mr.. Wiley says, "When accused
in one of the numerous Circulars receifiy
%bli.hcd, Of beng engaged in swind-
Iinp on grand scale let it pass, because
i, was made in reference 10 my pubic
character, las Clerk. knew that yon knew
!, 10 be false,-thcreioro lett II 10 run
mt lis shor, course. It soon did So
INV. Gentlemen, Mr.. Wiley draws an III
ference from a remark that made III my
Circular.-an unjust inference. ami one
lba, he knows to be incorrect; | venture
10 say that moi another man oil good sense
in his county, would draw such an inter,
rnce excep, il were lawyer, and we all
know thai they can conslrlie any'hinsLno
difference wha, it means-to suit ihc'f
own notions of things. Mr.; Wiley states
farther, offence the necessity Of ha'chl's
n new project Of defamation. a sl,rus. AZ
nv nriyate character wus no doubt deemed
Tho most difficult to be conntcractsd, &c.
Fellow.c,lizcus, here is an insinnG'ion'
that the same person who "rhaTsea nun
with swindlins' lus "halchcd this new
nrniec, as the other one was not susla'I''
I'd, &c. deny this charge in toto el'lls.
,le matching or 'cifculaling; and no one
who knows me, will believe it.
Mr.. Wiley then goes OH and says,
Fellow.ci,izcns: ! have one w1 {,
to say, in conclusion respecting %m {n TINS
,liur of "swinlling." You E'' u,
'n'"s .,,n.o Inns bcen nothing Of the
s .n; either grand or small, in the
Clerks c' Office, since have had d, the ne
custody of it. 1t might T.; DC ,r wG'r aU,