Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-28

wears. Il is discourtcous, disgusting and IN
the highest degree revolving TO every reader VINO
/ has been taught to observe truth, justice ana
decency. We presume, however, that the an
thor is some niserably cracked. Drained Old
thing whose gnobIe birth, defInct intellect, and
wonderful propensity for drawing on his anidgt-
nation in the absence OF truth, have won Tor
| him, not ouly the beautiful and honorable appel
latlon of '.ignoramus, but the profound con-
tempt and the most perfect disregard OF his
fellow citizens of ShinnSton- y proud insignia,
( that God knows, that so far as am concern
I ed lie is heartily welcome 20 it lie has earned
1 it. Who else would have been kind enough and
brave enough to Jiither that dirty letter. No
one, am sure Therefore say, inc lnsisGla
! is Justly his own. Let MIN have it. Yes let
him have it! Let all the people in Shinnston
and IN the vicinity thereof iit up their voices
and cry aloud unto hiIn-''brayo, bTavol =" No,
We don't want it at all II is too repuislve lor
FairmOuters to envy. Who would envy him
such an exalted position in the estimation oil MS
ShinnSton fellow citizens? IL 'All OF Us ever
reads the Bible any-and we doubt the has
certainly forgotten the commandments therein,
or else he openly and wan!oniy violates them.
] lie mas surely forgotten the commandment
t'lhou shalt not bear false witness against thy
ineighbOr." Shinnston IS quite small Nlage,
and is / think, almost old as Clarksburg ana
three times as old as Fairnont, and yet, All OF
/ Us" Informs us that it is still infested with
+ ''clan of lawleSs, untaught, uncIvIllZed crea-
lures" that they have rendered the name
I Of that part OF Harrison county "odions and
/ infamous :" that "neithcr life nor property IS
/ safe there that 'the immediate prospects OF
/ the country are blighteG by the influence Of this
miserable band Of wretches;' that the "oihcers
entrusted with the issuing and execution OF the
process oflaw are corrupted and fai. to discharge
/ their duties" that it IS "indiSputahle TACT
I that intelligence is conveyed TO Everson lthe
leader of the desperadoes,) of the issuing OF the
warrant before it reaches the hands of the OIL
/ GERS" that '6cyoad uU doUJt," some one who
/ is intimate with the clerks Office at Fairmont
has been guilty Of the act;H &c, &c, &c. Vow,
/ after reading the communication signed Ali oil
| U.s." n stranger might conclude that Shinnston
\ is 4 place as far removed from court oil justice
as from the center thrice to the utmost pole
! Not so, however IL is within about ten or
/ twelve miles of Clarksburg, the county seat,
and if am not much mistaken, the people OF
Shinnston arc a people, generally speaking, OF
good wholesome morals, aud not given to quite
as much vice as "All Of Us would make them
lappear. ShinustOn, IL is true, has perhaps
more "isms" than generally falls 10 tie lot OF
| most villages. She has her good men, her
] Methodists-Oid side and new side-heT Pres
| bytcrians, her BaptistS-iron side, hard shells,
and solts-her Free Thinkers, her Shaking
Ouakers her TitrHeritcs her Catholics,-and
| then she has a roody share of heretics devils,
and fools. These "isms," most of which have
tno organization have n tendency to keep
! hurly-burly among the people allsthe time :
I There are quite number oil political "lSnlS IN
ShinnstOn. ] am told, though do not believe
/ It. that Black Republican would feel perfectly
at home there. presume then, Shinr ston has
I her Whigism, her Know nottingham, her Free
Soiiism, her Loco(ocoism, and, fOrsooth, her
| Blqck Repu5liedHism.
! Is that so, Mr. Gan of Us?" | am cnndidly
1 of the opinion that IAN Of Us being exceed
I inrly anxious to write a letter, and not knowing
: - ohnu4 pnuplulpl aAUltcl into
jackson Eyerson aud his clan Of miserable
wretches To doing which, no one presume,
would have raised any objection whatever. But
| il does seem that he has pitched into FAIR
mont and CInrksburg becausc-because-b
tcause-well God only knows why, for am
| sure don't. One thing l do know; one
! intimate, or unintimate, with the Clerks Office
of Fairrnont ever put himself to the trouble to
| notify Eyerson of the writs about to be issued
from the office against him. MIR Thos. u Wat
son, Clerk of the Circuit Court OF thus county,
1 and against whom the charge rests Is gentle
man in every respect and he looks upon the
conduct of jackson Everson, ike every one else
/ in Fairmont, rs in keeping with desperate
who should be brought TO justice. In thIs case
/ An of Us" has evidently violated the com
maudment "Ihou shalt not hear false witness
I against thy neighbOr." believe, also, that he
I has written falsely concerning Shinston, for l
do not believe that the people are SO far Bt'ee
/ ReDubiicdHi=eT that they wish 10 pull up
stakes aud leave FOR some place where 1t Is not
penal offence to teach black children to read"
',All Of Us" did not say black children, but
since there is no law prohibiting the education
Of ,eAi6 children, he of course intended to write
the word 6lack. I would advise him to use
! the adjective the next time. People would
understand him much better. As l said be-
I fore, | am candidly Of the opinion that Mr.
"All of Us" has written falsely concerning
] the condition Of society at Shinstnn. There
may be, it is true, u few lndiyiduals-say
/ eight or tcn-iivng among them who nre in
4 fact great cause Of annoyance 10 the citizens.
! But what of that? l. that any reason why
: Mr. Gan of Us" should write letter for the
I Wheeling IAteLigsaceF, and head it "A Village
in Arms" and then tell the readers that it is
all on account of eight or ten lawieSS persons
who infest their village and that the people Of
Fairmont and Clarksburg are 10 blame for all of
it. Well, if Fairmont contained SOME four or
i've characters like jackson Everson, know
the people would not allow them TO prowl
around the town at night, nor walk the streets
during, day time, without bringing them 10 jus
iice. If however. we should hc compelled TO
organize might watch" in order to enforce the
the law against few lawless persons, am con-
iideut, Messrs. Editors that none ofour citizens
would DC found who would be silly enough TO
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