Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-05


the tyrannical inquisition which Governor
Wise had established upon the Baltimore
road and its probable effect upon the East
and West people of the free States, VIC re-
marked
eve cannot but deplore such state of
the public mind, because it is detrimental
to the interests of those who had no agency
| in such tyrannical enactments. Its effects
will not be so immediate as they will be
lasting. Northern people, unless called
especially by business along the line of
the road, will probably for months and
years cherish such prejudice us will eN-
cite them against the route when travelling
East and West. We trust that such will
not be the case, but we greatly fear that it
will be So"
We reproduce this because We discover
in the Daily Union an attempt to put us at
loggerhcads with the road. While we do
not feel disposed to seek any misunder-
standing or difficulty with the Baltimore
road, VIC assuredly shall not go out of our
way to avoid stating the truth, rs we be-
licve it upon credible sources of informa-
ton. We have not made single state
thority for. What we said in Fridays
paper was by way of comment on the
despatch from HNrpcr's Ferry. What we
said in Saturdays paper was called forth
byitcms Conformation from Bellair and else
wherelodged with US by responsible andre
spec table authorities. There was but one
item of ourinformation that turned out to be
false, and that was that Esquire Kelsey. of
West Wheeling, had been over to get
ticket, and having been asked to get
certificate, refused to do so. All our
other statements remain just as we stated
them. We try to be quite guarded in i'm
Portantmatters from making anyh asty state
ments, but it is sheer impossibility for
live newspaper 10 be always prompt, and
never mistaken. Those who take up our
animadversions upon the character of the
despotism which was temporarily cstab-
lished by Gov. Wise over the Baltimore
road, and try to put cnmity between us
and the road on that account, do so be-
cause they have an axe to grind, and from
no higher or more honorable motive We
wish the Baltimore road no harm. We
are not among those who believe it de-
triment TO this city, but, on the contrary,
IL great benefit. Still, we are not going
to close our mouths when a wrong is being
done to citizens, even though it should
involve the mention of person or COM
pany who arc in no wise responsible for
the wrong, but who, simply, are so unfor-
tUnatc rs to be connected incidentally, yet
innOccntly, with it.
To show that We have not written care
lessly nor rccklcssly, we deem it proper to
subioin in this connection the following
note, which, better than anything that
VIC could say, establishes our claims to
reliability;
Editors Iufelligeneer :-TIaving learned,
on Saturday, that your statements to the
effect that, by an order of Governor Wise,
parties passing over the Baltimore Road
had been required to bear with them ccrti-
ficRtes from the agent here that they were
proper persons to travel i'll the State, have
been impugued, will state that, on Fri
day last, went to the ticket Office of the
Baltimore Il Ohio depot, and after having
purchased ticket for one of our members
of the Legislature %. NJ. Edgington Esq.,
| was told by the ticket-scllcr that it had
been strictly ordered by Governor Wise,
that all persons purchasing tickets should
also procure certificates of character from
the agent. l declined to comply with the
order, and in my place one of the en-
plOyees of the Company went after the
certificate for Mr.. Edgington.
RpaDprtfnIlv vOurs