Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20
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cLARKsDURG, FRIDAY, nov. 20, 1885, :
The Fairmont .Yirg1nian. The Enqui-
rer; Senator Hunter and Ourself.

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rer; Senator Hunter and Ourself.
The last Fairmont Yirginian, in speak
ing of the position the editor Of this paper
has taken on the U. S. Senatorial ques-
ton. has the following: ,dsia
Now. as you claim what we do not
deny to be so Independent Of the Enqui-
rer, we should like for you to give US a
candid answer to this interrogatory If
the Enquirer had not raised question as
10 Mr.. Hunters soundness as a Demo
crat, would you have done it? If so,
you would not have done SO without
good reason; and that good reason must
have been something the Enquirer has
not taught" you. Let US have that
good reason, and we'll agree that you
have not been misled by the Enquirer.
but have been wandering astray by the
light OF your own luminary. If that is
not a fair offer on our part, neighbor c.,
then we are mistaken.
Certainly : We are in favor of the an
swering of interrogatories, you know; and
unlike what seems TO be Mr.. Hunters po'
sition, we have no concealments to make,
and will give.'a candid answer"
AS we never published the interroga-
tories put to Mr.. Hunter by the Enqui-
rer, it is altogether probable that we ne
yer should have questioned him ourself !;
though his rumored opposition to Mr., Bu-
chanan's administration Uould have in.
duced us to have objected to his re-elec-
ton, unless the rumor proved false one.
We were pleased to see the Enquirer,
from its high position as leading Dem
ocra,ic paper in the State, take the re-
sponsibility of giving Mr. Hunter an op-
portunity OF correcting this rumor. What
was proper in the Enquirer might have
been presumption in the Register. A
long time elapsed after the questions were
put, without any response. This silence.
to us, seemed to confirm the rumor and
indicate guilt; for say what you will
about Mr.. Hunters ability and influence
in the Senate. (and we will not quarrel
about that. he is still but an erring hui
man being, like the rest Of us, and liable
to go astray. His past record proves this.
His silence, then, indicating to our mind
a want Of friendship to Mr.. Buchanan's
Administration, and believing that the
Democratic party of Virginia almost uni
versally (quite SO, in this section. sup
ported that administration, we conceived
it to be- our duty to add our mite towards
calling the attention of the country to the
questionable position that Mr.. Hunter oc>
cupied. We then, and not till then, allu.
ded to the matter, and expressed a hope
that Mr.. Hunter would respond to the in
terrogatories Of the Enquirer. disclaiming
at the same time, desire to be consid.
cred as taking either side in the war be-
tween that paper and the South" An
answer, or what his friends claim to be
an answer, at length came TO the inter"
rogatories of the Enquirer; for, say what
} ries of that paper. Mr.. Leake's letter is
not given, and the only clue the public
has to its contents, is the statement Of
Mr.. Hunter that its questions are similar
TO those propounded by the Enquirer
; The most important of these interrogato'
ries was unanswered, except in an equiv
ocal manner, subject to several qual6ca-
tons which are not justified by the thus
far developed administration of Mr.. Blu
: chanan. A second letter has been writ.
ten by Mr.. Hunter, in response to the
Rockingham resolutions, which is entirely
!: silent upon the question at issue, and tc
this day, we do not know that Mr.. Hun.
ter entertains single kindly feeling to-
wards the present administration, while
we have every reason to believe that he
does not entirely approve it. He says he
hopes to be able to support it in the main
If we understand this language, he has
no hopes of being able to support it in the
entire-i. e.. that he expects to oppose ii
in part while he gives no assurance that
he will support it at all. To thus blindly
elect a man to the U. S. Senate, more
than one year before the time for taking
his seat. without knowing what position
he will take upon question of vital i'm
portauce, but with the chances against
US. is an extent of "man worship" we
hope never to be guilty of. Others may
think as they please. but we would not
place our destiny in the hands Of man
whose dignity" will not permit him to
answer plain question in a plain way,
but does answer indirectly and equivocal-
10 If Mr. Hnntar is q friend tn Mr. Ru