Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-23
WHEELING. Jan. %, 1854.
To,bo voter. OF she clay of wheeling.


FEILOw-Cr rzETS Through the Kindness anu
pa;tiality of very large number at YOU lhaVe
been again presented 10 your consideration as q
candidate for CITY Sergeant; an ONCE nave nIleu
IN connection with The canvass, which coGS'Get
!, NV ,,nty 10 lay publicly before you, and then 10
taEe sucl action as may UNI the clrc INSTANCES
SIN, 10 me best. am charged with making my
Office the depot for the assembling aid arriving q"
,,,s,ns who we're engaged III manIfcYtIHg dISnppI0
t,iiou against BEDISI in his late visit 10 tS c5'
Aud on tie other hand, am accused WIN "0t sup
r,ssin,, The demonstrations winch wee niaut
nine, The said l3ediIi around washington nan
o3 The night OF the Catholic SGprer' bo'n
cboIges ar,. utterly untrus;-but, III the course l
bayr laid down for my observance at present 10
mi CONCEIVE Vt necessary TO Gull upon eente'nen
for afiduvitS TO sustain tue rum OF every Wolu
r,ovssv Whent the present excitement shall nave
,,oS,,.l away-when the minds oil the FTuteSlahL
rs we'll as the Catholic population Shall oe pre-
nared TO hear tie testimony which VIII, anu SNAIL
yindica. e my action as public othcet' may Throw
,nySeif before yOU, and claim tiut SLOW OuI sure
,,,Llic Justice which you have never yet Withheld
ar denied. For the present, VIII merely content
InVs If with saying that on the nlSht OF me us
t,,Tbanc. in question, Alderman booth was IN my
office during the whole day, aud slept there that
uIt and he IS prepared 10 Prove that neither up.
on tLat occasion nor any other was there any CIT
cumstance to Justify the accusation that was III
any way prvy 10 the breaches oil Tue Punlic peace
which occurred. The charge Is almost loo shal-
violation of my official oath understand how
ever. the influence by which ithaS been manulac-
tnTed. and shall recOllect item hereafter.
With respect to the other branch OF the allega-
,,om. have only 10 say that at the Washington
Hall acted under the immediate orders oil The
Wavnr. and he was perfectly eosnizant OF every
stem took. Had ATTEMPTED 10 exercise any Off
cal authority over an excited crowd OF shtee oL
Tour bundled nen;-had even arrested one oil
thsm M nelson on earth, i'll TIE conditlou things
an ere. could have prevented bloodshed. The
IovoT f.It this and so did l; and my orders from
him wer., therefore obeyed, because under The GU
cumsiances u mild aud compliant course was TIE
onIv means TO preserve the peace OF the clty:
i am unwilling TO continue canvass IN wnlch
religions prejudice upon the part oil FroteS!anIs as
well sS Catholics forms vast a component pat1.
jomunwill,ng 10 submit any claims, I may De
,nnoseiI m have, to tue heated Sectatan zeal oil
the hour, feel that my duly as PUBIC ollcel'
has been discharged, in this and MI DINER
and ON ILat rep0Se; but it is obviously 4st ~
me- 10 be involved i'll the present I.n
at The poIlsin religious controversy OF ~,
DIM is pa,l when the minds Of The people laL ieaS.
a large i,oStio., of them) will not tegaru ca.lty
tb. defence which could make, have ue Itiini
ned 10 .EeIieYe Tou of all endorsements.
been supported by you hitherlo generously IN. nnu
-confdingIy. am surrounded now oy warm wan.
friends, and the certainty Of a-seiieIous
In tie slep an about TO take many cI y:,;i;t.:
blame ne. ! take j. on my own reSEonSlV'''''