Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-06

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cro,or D. Pastries. editor of the Louisyille
ts-,sl. sipst now tile object of theI Interest de
'anri.icn by some of the Louisville apers and
I, !. norton of the Louisville people. on account
IRIS editorial course in the Ward ana Butler lin.
a, Ills alleged that he did moi, announce The
s5ps of Butler in terms ofptoper severity ngansl
r,J. and that while wart!w was in custody await.
his trial, he did not pronounce him gully Of
4. crime imputed 10 him, ndinvoke public wrath
4 Indignation upon him. We are constant
..lsr ef the Journal, and Of the other Louisville
,,.rs but do not know whether we can form a
.,,aet opinion as 10 occurrences there, thoul /,
sn the FACT of our distance from that place, we
,,btlo be able 10 form an impartial one. We re-
.,eet that tie first account we read OF Tie killing
tBuIer was that in the Journal, and from tia,
.diele we formed the opinion that tile act " as
.,ae as atrocious as we have been induced to re.
rIit by any subsequent publication elsewhere
&. oo,ice thai while thetriai was proceeding, The
t,nal did mot teen viii positive declarations of
s.suiIt Of Ward. and withyiolent denunciations
,,culated to exasp, rate the public mind, and
,r,y The decision of the Jury, neither did " ever
.,pything in lie Journal which sal dire city or
i, iapication that Wand was innocent. This
mich for hal we Lave seen OF The angry and nn
nn6table wolfate now going on among the onis.
Tile paners, and of the anathemas which some
p.Oplr are heaping on the b. atl of -PRExTIcE. As
10 e killing of Bnter, from all that we can learr
i6resarl 10 it, we believe il 10 have been a. un-
iusIfsble homicide, though we know how difficult
4 is 10 gel an unparalleled statement of all the
circumstances hen the public have been wrought
b ,he highest pitch of excitement Icy lnflammatory
affiliations, and when the statement comes
trough he channel of those very publications
.hich planted themselves immoyeably against
Yard long before lis trial. Still, this is our belief
. regard 10 the affIIr. aud if the jury were awed
i deaded by the ingenious argument oil sSard's
oulsel, or induced by any improper infiuences 10
kinder an unjust veidict. their action is proper
sheet of exception aud Comment But why
AOull an editor be denounced aud held up 10 pub
le scorn, because he did moi assume the preroga-
I've Of court and jury, Take the prisoner out The
hrseusoIy. pronounce him guilty aud cs,mnand
IL public to execute vengeance u on hini2 There
Is 100 much of this mischievous intsrfereneei and
aogant pteiudgng of cases undergoing an iinyes-
f.ldon teiore legal tribunal, by conductors oil
Tie pErsS no urss-rat4ud bnAv 10 get lit a mob
aid gOrily their own lawless achievements much
better Than they Understand the dignifed and re-
rspOaSiTle position and du,ies of an EDITOR
lfNl. PRENTICE did not choose to exhaust the 20
eabualy Of denunciatory adisctiyes, and thunder
tsth columns OF statting and ginaamatory sinvec-
i've, in speaking of a man who was in prison
sustug his trial, it was with him a matte. OF
har. on subject where he had perfect right 10
exercise his taste. If he was not inthe habit OF
ldulgug in that style of wriling ON any occaSion
ecOuld not be expected 10 doit ondhe one in
QUESTION, and if lie has The faculty TO a greater
stee than some others, as he mos. certainly tas,
Il saying iE a brief. dignihed and forcible manner
lIthatis necessary to be saitfpn subject, it is
ksulty, though constituting ADHERENCE between
kna and SINE others, for which, we submit, he is
Et % denounced. II acertain number of excited
sEOas suggested that he should change hisstyle, |
Waetrtain number of lawiesS ruffians demanded
hahe should adopt their course, we applaud his
Hanines and indep, ndence IN telling them 10 go
'iOattheir business, and he wsuld attend TO his.
abe has been attending tot for the lastetwenty
ran Ksse
lEalleged that Ma. PRENrfcE was under pecu-
lnV Obligations to,the Walds. and was therefore
ahiai TO them. We know nothing about this. |
AlttUn Ma. PRExrIcE's pecuniaIy! condition we
Iase atsuchis moi the case. Butthose whomake
Ne charge should do MIR. Prentice the justice |
Eiecall the fact that when Professor Bliss was
hled by Godfrey Pope, the, victim vas Mr.. Prem
PES bosom friend, the murderer, his de ably enc
y, that he then, an editor, trea'ed his deadly
eenY as he has .reated Ward-abstainsd from
hsndary publications against him, aud left The
lsslon Of his case 10 iuryiof his connhymen.
sehave no feeling on this subject other than a
Efe TO indicate the principle which forms the
assOt the true position of an lndepentisnt-edi
sAsr Than an abhorr nee of the tyranny of an
aeitd crowd-the worst tyranny that was ever
attempted 10 be imposed upon man, and which
AOusu letEliy and inimidate an editor into making
hS'aauence subservien, to tn, downfall of Law aud
Ssaet and The bloody triumph of nobocracy. This
a'u may bethe vereSt Scoundrel that ever went
unAans Tor anghi we know. for we know NOTHING
Ao'l' Asm; he may have been guilty of the foul,
81 murder that ever blackened the annals OF
t'ue, iof speaking with referencesto a positive
nroE'edge we know nothing about the affair
we Csners from all that wn can learn, that in
A,0i passion he shot> down Butler, and that lis
','ae was at least unjus,ifable homicide. A jury
" us countsymen las not so pronou, ced ii. 1t is
.malleI for him and them 20 settle hetmeen Their