Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-17


AtFulton, tomorrow "Wednesday even
ing, at o'clock.
At Triadelphia, on Saturday afternoon
at o'clock.
At the Court House on the same even
ing, at o'clock.
Men of all parties are respectfully iuvi-
ted to come out and attend these meetings.
THERE was curious sort of time, po-
litically speaking, out in the ancient VIII
lage of West Liberty, the whilom capital
of this county, on last Saturday. On
that day two weeks before, there had been
a Joint debate between the friends of Lin
coin and Bell. The debate was not the
result of any previous appointment or ar-
rangement. 1t was more of an accident
than anything else. The Lincoln men
had called their meeting through the pa
pers and through hand bills. The Bell
men had called theirs by verbal announce
rnent, we believe. When both sides came
to toEn Joint. discpssiQR9v Mgas s7V RrQRg99sea
off very pleasantly, and everybody of
both sides seemed we'll enough pleased at
the turn things had taken. Mr.. Edging-
ton had the closing speech of the discus
sion, and in concluding his remarks, an
nounced meeting for last Saturday, and
he was universally understood to say that
on that day he would meet the friends of
Lincoln again if they wished it, or, at all
events, that he would give them the Same
chance which they had given him and his
colleague, Mr.. Cranmer. We say that this
was the universal understanding. for we
did not meet with man, or hear of one,
no odds what side he belonged to, who
understood Mr.. E. differently, although it
is but fair to him to mention that he con-
tends he had no such understanding. He
meant simply and only, he said, to call a
Bell and Everett meeting. The conse-
quence of this misunderstanding between
Mr.. Edgington and the universal public in
the regions around about West Liberty,
was, that there was no debate on last Sat-
urday, as everybody thought there was
going to be, and as every body came to
town expecting there would be.
The Lincoln men were of course some
what indignant to think, as they them
selves expressed it, that they chad been
fooled" and to think that while they had
surrendered up half the time of their day
and their meeting, that now their spe akers
could not get chance to be heard in re-
ply to all that Mr.. Ellington and Mr.. Rich
ardson (the two Bell and Everett speakers)
might choose to say about them. We
suppose that considerably over half the
crowd in attendance were for Lincoln, and
i was with difficulty that the organization
of separate opposition meeting could be
prevented. And it was only prevented by
the steadfNst refusal of the men who come
70 speak for Lincoln, to address the people
n any. other way than through a joint de-
pate, as had been understood. To cut
ong story short, the result of the whole
hing was just what might have been ex-
pected. The meeting collapsed at once in
! POINT of interest The people of all sides,
cry generally, wished and expected the
J lebate, and when they couldn't get that,
. hey didn't want anything else So they
: licked up chips and whitfield them, lit
. beir cigars, talked horse and sheep, and
discussed the returns from Pennsylvania.
Ehe more ardent of the Lincoln men, and
:" everal of the more imprudent of them,
:, ept singing out every once and awhile for
9 heir speakers, while all5of them chuckIed
\ their sleeves at the good thing they had
8 the Bell men, which was, that they
= ouldn't get a fairand square stand up fight
a ut of them, and all of them were anxious
patwe, Individually, should show it up in
-. g pc 4nteltfgencer; and tell the people of
81 hio county that the opponents of Lincoln
ould not meet his friends, after having
=, eused it to be understood that they in
ted rather than Stunned discussion, We.
ldividually, did not feel inclined to re-
A pondt these suggestions of our friends.
,ol pd in consequence said nothing on the
ii lbject, either in Mondays or yesterdays
sWs eper. But as some of them have taken
lnsiderable trouble to come and inform us
e at general misunderstanding prevails
IO to the reasons why there was no debate,
-! some bitter opponents of Republican,
= 2 are taking advantage of our silence to
: II Ehejr own tale about the events of Sat
Lsy, we F9ye thought it worth while to
III Isl 2 the general palAlie With Ibis much of
ID latter e that is Of no Very greet aeaopnt
irs interest to enybedy,bat Hose immeS,-
It ysoneerned. The simple Hact, dG ii1fT al
pen there ia of IT IL .iuot tLt. a.! al
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i f"ln men understood that they were 10
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