Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-21


SATURDAY MORNING, JULY q, 1861
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trim outtemsiks upon The aeiion Of luz CIV
council, we Of coutse refer TO The malotllS o. 'na'
body, lbose who BY lteit votes control anu else
tone, detection end puthotlIy 10 It's ACTS We
know that there ate Individual me'pbets WHO are
not obnoxious 10 Tho remarks we have been CON-
peliei to make about This august body. They oil
course. will know how 10 appteclate our Eetnafks'
and retet with US and the city ihal bet afTaifs
ate Id lie keeping Of men who ole 50 reckless In
ihtit administration and 90 blinded by Eayoillsm
NJ 10 saetiics lhe city interests thereto.
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rive inset, Tho communication Of "stoay
p9intp and In doing - must say that his reasons
inf Il DOT satisfactory We do not pretend to IN.
dettAu,l exactly what The writer is OIL His COM
municatioa seems well intended Of least, and %
such we insettit, though some Of his terms Of OIL
fusion IL US ate mol usual Ia communications ad'
dttssed 10 lie tjtoL II was clear That The Gazette
was teratded aS The organ during The late contest
hete, though Il wos neyet officially announced IS
such, for Il assumed 10 speak for them and was
not conitalictel BY that party. All will Fenlela'
bet The su.hoilatiyeR.ss VI It's announcement OF
the taet that tlleie would bs Know Nothing
county ticket &c., &c, We neaa simply that tie
0ase..s has been generally recognized here as The
organ, and as such, justice requited that The pub
lie should know whether Il reflected The sehIi.
ments Of The American patty here In liz frstsoil
abolition ho:thef6 d0cltlhes. This Wss the reason
Of our call and II has been answered In or paper
u Yesterday and We ore glad Il hos been answered
thus.
we want no abolition party In Virginia, and
hope there neyet may BE, and no matter how
much that OF any other party may be opposed w
uA we yell are gtatihed al finding them tight up.
afthis vital question. With the sentiments Of
Sec. 10 Of The Platform we heottily eoncut lex.
presses The sentiments we have ever held upon
thai question, and The tue national sentiments Of
the Union. The party stands then upon no new
gtounl, These sentiments ate held by The South,
Irrespective Of party, and ATE lhetelote The ptcu'
lat cieed OF no one party. We ole glad tllen that
the party here hos repudiated the sentiments Of
The Gazette. we ore glad that they have done
50 tot their own sakss, howeyet much they may
treat us as opposed, fot whiIeIwe cannot approve
Of some Of theft principles and practices, we ate
Glad 10 fnd them, Ia common with US, entertain:
Inc and ptomuIsOting some principles which
commend themselves 10 all tue American cit.
liens, We all along supposed Tia. The ed
itot Of the Times and Guzette was ptonIi'
nept member Of lie American Order. We have
70 spoken and written OF him, and hare never
heatd Il eonttadioled OF even doubted. We IN.
dststaRd also, that he Yves very leslfous Of being
selected as the delegate Of The order from this city
10 thv Philadelphia National K, N. Convention;
and when The selection fell on another, he even
endeayored TO make arrangements with The actual
delegate by which he would stay al home and let
him, the editor OF tue Times and Gazette, go oil
in bis place aud represent The order here IN that
convention. Now, these things being true, wete
we mol tisht In holding The order In some measure
responsible fot the editorials appearing from time
10 time In The columns Of The Times aud Gazette.
We had no teason 10 think otherwise than that they
we're authorized BY The order, and that lie was The
legitimate oisan Of the party, aud knowing the
abolition ptocliyities Of The man, aud thut all his
writings were in opposition 10 lLe 18th section oil
the platform Of that party, we asked to know Il
the American party In Wheeling was on abolition
party. In lie Times and Gazette OF lie 18Th we
ATE answetel In OH Article OF more lhan column
III length, which, when dIyesied Of Irrelevant mat
ter, says plainly "yts," and lays down Tie follow
Ing platform, and says 10 substance that mol more
than one In Ten Of the American party IN this city
will DO with US In our opposition 10 his principles
This is a bold ayowal 10 10 made IN The Stale u
Virginia. Think Of II. Niue out Of ten Of tht
mehbets Of that patty In Ills city ayowed abo'
lAionistsl Shame on The man who, IN Virginia
could wtte and publish 50 base sIandeE Bu
here Il his platform 10 lie own words. (See Tines
and Gazette Of the 18th July, 1861
"t'he severance Of the Genetal Government
from slayely,
"'rhe repeal Of the fugitive slave law.
.'Ne more slave territories
"Ths purchase and nSnumisson Of slaves IL
the Dislflcl Of Columbia OF the removal OF tue sea
Of Government 10 fee tettitoiy.
There It's, word fot word, and on Il HE edito
sayshe Is willing 10 sink or SWIM This Is a step
piDg.,t0ut Of something IL something, II lie OF
der IL tue 10 It, allegiance to the PhitpdslPhi.
platform, then time alone will show Us 10 pha
end pittt theI editor Of the Times and GastIt,
wishes 10 step.
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