Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-16
lie WuEElI,:e ANers vINpIcATEs rnE GooD

EScg.-We published yesterday an extract from
the Weston Herald, charging upon this city the
heneous offence of hiding and abettiug in the
publication of a hercticai newspaper, issued from
this Office, and urging that in consideration of
that fact the said city was wholly united to
be the site of the Trans-Alleghany Luuu,ic
Asylum. Of course, an editor that writes so
foolish paragraph and pushes it forward to the
eyes Of mis- patrons as a serious criticism, must,
byall rules with which mental caibre is judged
OF, be held to be unmitigated ass. The case
is this, and when stripped of all the tawdry of
Blended and twisted and useless words, is only
this, viz: that because Wheeling, ms a city Of
considerable size and Importance, having within
her limits the usual contraricty of public senti-
ment, finds expression for the various shades Of
her public opinion in city press Of correspon-
ding shades, why that, therefore. she is not fit to
be the custodian of State institution. This is
the whole marrow of the matter. 1t is, in
effect, to say that in this State all people, cities
and towns are expected and required to square
their opinions upon any given subject of State
policy by the formula of majority opnon-or
1niling to do so, they are to pay the penalty by
being prescribed as unworthy to share either
the honors or emoumentS of this ancient COM
nonwealth. Such is the doctrine OF citizenship
as laid down by the Weston Herald, sickly,
backwoods newspaper in this year of grace,
1868
But we turn from this refreshing sample of
narrow minded provincialism, to the consdern-
ton of the subioined quotation from the Wheel
ing argus, published by way of reply to the
structures OF tho Herald. 1t takes upon itself
gratuitous curatorship of the fair name of this
city in the following apolegetic paragraph:
"There is it is true, black republican paper
published here. 1t Eliminates illusions hostile
to slavery, too That is a misfortune to which
the city is subject for the time being. Whether
it is to DC perpetual Incubus over us, and be
continual cause of reproach to US, time will
show. OF one thing however, can assure
our contemporary of the Herald, and that Is,
the black republican sheet has about as much
effect upon the politics of this section OF the
State ms the bite Ola mosquito would have upon
the hide of Rhinoccros.
In reading the above quotation, we confes to
some perpexty in determining which is in ex-
ccsS-the hidc-bound ignorance of the Weston
Herald or the tlippant and patronizing assurance
Of the Wheeling diyus. Behold how the mighty
argus comes forward to the rescue and excu-
patton of this community! He says, with his
hands stuffed deep in his breechcs pockets all
his hundred eyes turned moon.ward and his
whole countenance ovcrspread with profound
rrmfnation-'tS true, It's too true, It's lament
ably true, brother H5r,t8, what you say, but
az is misfortune 10 ,ohich tic city Is subject
(oui5O fer The time being" For specimen of
decayed dignity commend us to the Wheeling
Argus. The assurance and the sanguineous fore
boding displayed in the above quotation actual
" EFFORTS q smile from as we write. What
symptoms of decay the double intensified optics
of our hundred eyed organ may have seen in
our sheet lately, passes our ability to say, but
no doubt some latent semblance of Passing
away" not yet within the focus Of ordinary Wis
ion, has revealed itself to the Organ. TWAS no
doubt, with view to preserving some memento
of our existence, that, inithe same number of
the Organ from which we quote, there is visible
about n column and half of Iitelligencer
matter-worked for and paid for by US, yet
transferred body, boots and brecchcs into the
columns ofthe Organ, without so much as quo
tadon marks When we're dead and gone we
hope our neighhor will often think of us as he
reads our Council and Geographic reports of
that day, We only hope he will find in orr
successors as valuable contributors to his col
umns.
But to speak seriously, is it not quite re.
freshing in the Organ to be making disparaging
remarks nbont our political influence? We
feel inclined to spare the afflicted memory of
our neighbor, else would proceed, in detail,
to remind it of what an immense influence it
has been welding hereabouts lately Especial
ly would we cite the result of Its Sheriffaity
endeavors-how one half of its own partisans
secuted its ovegtureS and went off after other
Candidates also we would call to mind the
close hold which it has upon the affections OF
Ine Government at Washington, which, through
the Congressman of this district, took away
from it that small crumb Of comfort once al
lowed it, in the shape of the pnblic printing
We might, in fine, dwell at length upon the
general symptoms of plethory and robustness
and indications of long life which are every day
so visible in the Organ-especially as to the
manner in which it's constitution stood the re-
lapse from morning into an evening paper,
sifar ,,rovAinr. the cnnrSa with ne for ol,o,t .