Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-11-04


THE Indianapolis Journal thinks that the De.
mocracy have Overdone the Harper's Ferry
affair; and gives the following as the reasons for
its opinion:
They have not used the material furnished
them by the instruction with quite enough
show OF desire.to simply get out the truth.
ana leave 1t to do its own work. They have let
It appear entirely too plainly that thew were
disposed to play every card in their hands for
all It was worth, and little more; in other
words they were willing to cheat little. in tho
nope OF making the game surer. A few instan.
ces will illustrate the blunder.
FtFst. The magnitude of the Instruction was
exaggerated at one time, being Democraticallv
never over %.
Second, The telegraph shows little too plain.
" the side it is working for No one who has
watched the reports with any care has failed
to gee how openly it lends itself to the De.
mocratlc use of the Instruction. At one time
II tells US that Gov. Wise has found a bushel
OF letters in Browns house, which imnlicote
large numbers of Republicans" At another #
tells US that Andrew Hunter has found another
Oushel OF letters containing roll of the cons
splrators, and "a receipt from Mr. Greeley for
letters thus by inuendo duplicating Mr.. Gree
| ICY. After this dirty lie has had chance to
travel all over New York, and do all the harm
possloIe' the same reporter tells US that ''the
receipt is probably for letters written to the
tribune" The contemplate whelp knew lust
as well when he sent the first report that the
receipt was simple business paper with no
manner of connection with the riot. as he
knew 1t on Friday when he SO admitted it to
De- put three days of lie just now are worth a
gooI many Democratic votes, he thinks, and so
ne tNes. ms IS specimen of the Yav the
Democrats use the telegraph, which has ron
utation tor lmpartiality and can therefore make
lie go farther than their papers could do. ia
make capital for the New York election. Al
sun another time we are told that Mr.. Forbes
mas made revelations duplicating Mr.. Seward
nF. Cnase, Gov. Fletcher and ever SO manv
Republicans. When the revelations annecr
they show that Forbes may have told his Inn,
foreground railroad" plans, not an insurrection
taough, to various Republicans, but it shows
that they let him starve in his scheme for he
complains bitterly of Seward and others for
not supporting him and his family while he is
engaged th In niger stealing. Again we are told
10 a"S c Drown mas made confessions, and Sher
III campbell has obtained information imnli
eating large number Of leading Northern men
and when published they will make preat
sensation" Why are they not published
simply because they are just such trash as thf
constitution published And it will do a grcot
1eal more service in New York to tell what the
letters will do, than to let the public see fhe
L. "A
through the whole affair the telegraph has hint
ed at awful revelations and sensations and grea
Republican injuries in connection with the riot
ana shows in every respect disposition to al
inc public with terrible apprehensions, lust il
time for the New York election, but has neve
un"b any OF the revelations that would produc
Such great results This feature is significant
The Democrats have played the Telegraph a Iit
tie too strong for their good 1t is a great carr
undoubtedly, but they have let the public sc
~nat they are doing with it. They have trie,
100 ha1d to squeeze blood out Of turnip,
mat Is, they have wasted great deal of iabo
n 1 nna aHg completely in the instruction GU
findings SO "stock," and out of Mr.. Seward
ana Mr.; Chase's knowledge of an ssundercronn,
railroad" scheme, derived from Forbes n ven
ana a half before, and which they appreciate,
SO mighty as to let him severely alone to sucl
an extent that he abuses them in round terms