Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-04

What, we would ask is the force of that word
'.tfrstlr It certainly means something-and by
every rule ofgrammatical construction, it means
that having fyst tried other means, then let us
burn them in efigy.
sowo are to have ''Piug Ugly or dead
Rabbit demonstration. are we-with the 1Imi'
editor at its head! Isn't that a dignitied-a
commanding, an enviable position for jour
nalfyt-an instructor of the public opinion; for
4 man who by his position should be conserya-
tor of law, good order and good mOrals' Wear
well nigh ashamed of our calling-when we see
its possible good and its known power prosttu-
ted 10 such purposes.
Now, Mr. Times, we want you aud all whom
you would have think otherwise, to understand
distinctly, once and forever, that we are not, by
interest association rehabilitation, in any pos
sible shape, Influenced by the Gas Company
We believe that they arc honorable men, and
do not buy influence. One thing we do know,
that let them be honorable or dishonorable, they
have given us credit for being above approach
of any kindly never intimaGng such thing
as interest to us.
So far as relates to the patronage which the
Times boasts of having received in consequence
Of its course, that is matter of no complaint
or trouble to us. We have no fault to find with
anybody who prefers the reading which that
journal affords over what our own furnishes
but we cannot fail TO recognize its systematic
plan of covert insinuation, in the comments
upon note which it seems one Of its exhausted
subscribers has been scnding it. Here is u
sentence:
Suppose the friends Of Gas reform should
discontinue their patronage to every paper IN
the city which does not reflect their views, how
would the Gas Company and its minions like it y
Now we must suy in respect to all the hue
and cry which the Times from day to day utters
about 'proscription," and the manner in v hieh
it has sought to misrepresent our position, that
its course savors much more Of the low arts Of
demagogisn than of high toned, Independent
journalism.
But to conclude with q practical remark
Turning aside from the credit or discrcdit Of
such warfare as the Times pursucs, what, we
would ask both its readers aud our own, has its
course Accomplishment Nothing-just purely
and simply nothing. Mr. Paxton's report and
his indications of it in and out of Council,
brought about reduction in the cost Of the gas
I IN the puulC iihb was - bONN yN'N
and equitable good. But tho course of the
Times has only inaamed the minds of the Di-
rectors of the Gas Company, and made them
resolule in their stand. We do not say, for we
do not know, that any approaches to them would
have secured reduction; but We do know that
the course of the 7JmeS will never effect re-
duction. The Gas Compsny will, so far as we
can learn, in all probability, sink every dollHr
of their stool, before they will yield to the yio-
lent demands of the Times. 1t isnot in human
nature to be bullied and kicked into terma-
Cancellation aus argument may do mu J, but
blows nothing, iu.such cases.
We beg pardon of our readers for what we
have said at such length on this subject. We
have felt that something was due to ourselves
and our course throughout this controversy. -
We assure them that it is not our wish or in
tention to inlet upon them long articles upon
hacknied subjects.