Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-06-16
rha rlmes and .eazette.


has seen proper 10 make its attack upon the Edi7
TOR of this paper in the manner which it has en-
plo ed in its article of yesterday unless it's that
he feels schagrined at the failure of himself aud
correspondents to enlist this paper in his mad ca
reer against the Catholics. Perhaps the editor
has been led astray by an article, which acciden-
tally appeared out of its column in our paper of
Tuesday, alluding to the correspondents, &C., of
the Gazette, and has joyfully seized upon that ar
ticle as tile occasion for a continued exercise of
his wilful and perverse misrepresentation of our
motives and actions, commenced before the exis-
tence of our paper and continued upon every pos
sible occasion since that period. In our article of
Monday, (the only one we have written on The
subject we intended TO speak our views plainly,
and the Gazette of Tuesday contained the only
notice from the editor, which we supposed we
should receive at his hands. Since that period
however. he seems to have acquired new ivigor,
and. as wss the case with the giant ofold, he has
probably acquired new strength from his contact
with his mother earth, or some of her blandish-
mentS, and comes forth on yesterday conquering
and 10 conquer. lt4may be true that tsthere are
some persons who have no conception that they
can elevate themselves without detracting from
the merits of othes,' and the editor of the Gazette
10 II Tue
practice of years can make him perfect. e - =
He charges us with being the s'organ of the
Catholics; defending.l heir measures, &C." Now
the editor Of the Gazette knows this charge to lie
false when he makes il, and has made it for put-
poses of selfish promotion. We have said that we
are no party TO charges that have been made
against them, that we concede 10 them the right
TO worship God in their own manner, unrestricted
mt
same concession. Does it follow that because we
do moi accuse we must defend them2 Does it fol-
low that because we do not see proper to enter
into religious dispute TO suffer our paper to do
SO, prostitutng alike our design and object the
establishment of our paper, that because we do
not see propert to allow either Catholics or Protes
tants 10 quarrel in our columns, that therefore,
we are the organ of the Cath olics? We were well
aware that the Gazette would attempt this turn,
and prepared for it. To illustrate position,
suppose some one were 10 accuse the editor of The
Gazette of being defaulter or swindler, or any
thing oftIIdt kind, would we, because we declined
saying anything on the subject, be held either as
his advocate or accuser2 We think not, and we
think that the public will oRree with us in this
position.
One ofthe Gazette's correspondents has said "he
that is NIT with is against us,' and the Gazette
adopting this conclusive dictum, has located us &C
cordingly. Now the correspondent orgets that some
things and some efforts are so Insignificant, as
wholly to escape observation, and still "he that is
not with US is against u.s." is the cry. 'sHe that
is not for our common schools is against them."
We learn here for the first time, that the schools
needed any aid, and we had supposed that the
auspices of their putative father, the Editor of the
Gazette, they must be far above all danger Yet
here that question is sought to be made an issue,
fer the same purpose ofmaking capital against u.s.
But the Editor shall take nothing bythat motion.
We have ever been, and are yet, the advocates of
the most enlarged system of uniUersal education,
though, perhaps, may offend the ssgreat pro-
iectory' when we say that we consider our school
system far from what it might be. We have "for.
got' nothing about the different churches, we have
simply said what we mean TO adhere to, that we
mean to hare nothing to do Nth religious discus
SIGN. When circumstances alter we may see
proper to change our determination. The Gazette
may take its The editor of this paper has
nothing to sayeither of his acts or his motives,
simply stated what was our course. So long as the
Catholic amy other church confines itself to re-
lgion, so long il has right to do so, according TO
The dictates of the conscience ofits members. But
when that church, any other church, departs from
the worshipo God and seeks tointerfere with our
civlinStitutons, that moment we opposed to the
effort; but SO long as we acknowledge the great
principle of our revolution, SO long as we remsm
Der what it was that planted our forefathers upon
Plymouth rock, SO long us remember, in the
language of our bill ofrights .that religion, the
duty we owe to;our Creator, and the manner of
dischargingsit can be directed only by reason and
conviction, NOT By piolenes, and therefore all men
equally entitled 10 the free exercise of religion,
according the dictates of Conscience and that it is
the mutual duty of al to practice christian for6sar
Gnee, lore and eharity torOards each oher so long
1--WE acknowledge The members.of any church as
citizens, entitled with US TO the common and in
deIeasble rights, guaranteed by the constitution;
50 long as we desire to see our citizens move on
in their path of progress, as bard of brothers,
rather than as aliens, long shall we forbear to
asperse the religious motives of any, even though
by our silence we subject ourselves 10 the false
imputation of being the organ of any particular
Sect zt7 . ~ 80
If The proprietor of the Gazette has been mis-
represented by co=editor, he ask for proof,
but we have we. TO learn by what process of NOR
ally, the modern s'ng of morals" the Stentorian
Cyclopean Don Quixote of religious knight
errontry, can find itin his heart to make against
paper, whose silence is complained of, the false
charge of being organ, unless itbe, that the ed
yhas created new organ, the organ of silence.
What can have become of the "post Office con-
cern,s' ..theo organ ola clique" and the organ of
halfaic Iiquesa Truly the editor is an organ ma
kerr If not an organ grinder. The editor of4he Ca
zettemay be preacher. we make no such pre-
tensions. he may feel ..called,'' we have. had no
such visitation, moi even spiritrap has limited
to us that such was our mission. and prefering
under these circumstances to let the religious com.
munity, far better qualified then we can hope to
be- 'fght lis own battle on its own battle ground,
weagain decline going forth either to teach or to