Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-24

Il 18wfts IOlQ LelSIt uaYS drteFtlL WuSu unu
that with the influence of my name, he Of
the Messenger received my letter. In eight
days he received my letter, at dis
tance of about an hours ride from my otfce.
That was what Judge Field told me the day.
before left. have inquired with regard
to the other letter to the Cincinnati Gazette.
and have learned that there has been no
such letter received in that quarter.
FEElAND JOHN DROWN. 7Fs
What further? NIr. Fec is stated here
as sanctioning the raid of Brown upon Vir-
gsnia. IA voice on tho outskirts-"Hur-
rah for Brown!n Let us be llonesti Fee
is nm exile; he is native Kentuckian; he
llns, away from this, explained himself, and
l-have received report of tic speech Mt
| brooklyn, and he there stated that while he
| admired the self-consecratiOn, or in. other
words the devotion, of John Brown, he did
not approve of his course, nor of his way of
settling the slavery question; in other words,
lie was opposed to insurrection. 1t was his
view of the matter that be should go to
\ Shareholders, and by aTgumentinducet them,
!, and by the force Of divine teaching, PER-
| suadc them to relinquish their hold upon
| the slaves.
! al SORRY HOAX.
Well, gentlemen, the report reaches us
] of boxes of Sharpc's rifles having been trans
/ ported through the ordinary channels Of
commerce into Derca. Alto these menare
removed, we are now told that this was all
! n hoax. All liaYc to say about that is That
it VAS n very sorry hoax. sony Leak as
| far as Fee is concerned, doing linn great
| Injustice imputing to him II criminal intent
/ that he did not entertain and purpose he
did not design. and. SO far rs the cCmmon-
wealth is cunccrncI. certainly it is II sorry
| hoax.
So much in connection with that subject
! / admit tlat cr, nj many Very respectable
! ernIltme,t M Tic county 8t Madison were in
] Ills .iI:,i,--n,.n f,,, whose character and
| iy,S i2E.y, :, I,,t,,,,, Ics,.,s.t 1,,rsoruily.
n,.I ..on,j {,eIi,-. and triCuG,L Mn. An / can
SAN s ma, / r,er,t ON their account. this
;. nr,;,,, In mnr, csn,r.iofly do rtpltt
/ tIt,. ii,t,url. fi.-s llit!a must have ~ ul the
| lurur class a .l.c ptuii,cof Tie ool.lliy, vic
w,St sim Ii,c hon, fiji al tLe Ccucatioi
/ ,lut th,,c men were hcstCwiup Mi.
/ F,,. Lo. ,,otI,Ir,, In lrst--hc viii 20 MlUIc
he viii l., ,,,,;t, NJ +, time sewing nan. or,is
7 ntIi,,. ,.rrat.E,,- NJ, Gc.1eI ,f Christ. htt
Il, ~. ,l,r mur,l,,cntcd, c0rsiitCsirr
-,I,,r,fs ,t ,v,,,r ,rLo,n ,hijd i,.tLc m,,.l.-
t.i,,. ,rn,,,d tI.f ii;,Iec c,}ony. will be t!,e
s,,FI,.,"rs hy lis .1scrcn
iHh NJ" """
We are tod ais" III mat report 'ha' 'll'e
man Imported nsw g"u-'hat INC si"E.-
holders god was not good enough lof M" n
and his nssCclnteS, ana thls is t'I'ou'e'' 40 40
a ICpToach. knew the community III Nhu
around Bcren whenI was boy ana FGy
that they were lof the most Nlcio"s people
that cvcrl did know: drunken tGb"cco-
chcwing, wlrisly-drinking people; deb"uch-
cry anu fighting could there he seen as
plainly as the noon day sun. Butn how
is all this changed The price OF land has
| advanced as these gentlemen themselves
admit. and morality rcIgns where olsoEuor
was predominant. why slr' thSy nave TS9 IN
yaded the great State OF hentucky' hoM
With SharPe.s rifles, pistols anu I noMle- .s'SI1.
knives! No! but with the testament s,I'll.
the school house, the chm Gu ana inc s,1"- siH"-
mill. IL mas even Deeh "N4CG1eu ,;I 'h"t my
were erecting sa~-miii: where ueiote,
windows and viii, mud floors, these men
have introduced. neat frame buildings. The
cIil,Ircn that beforc were. in,ulring in idle
ness and destination. had been reformed,
mud wore -ro;nr 10 one Of tho best schoolsin
Madison county. .n,I,in so saving, l mike
no sinrle exccniiou. A certain degree of
eaIf reenc,t Inns l,ecn inspiretI in the pcople,
ond / venture to say that now there is no
| .Lotter ngonlc in ti,c State thau71iosc who
srrrouI,d thc colo,v of Berca. in the county.
of Madison. This is the ntw god they in
!! trodrcrd No. sirt no new god has hccn.
! tntroduced 1t is tlIe same God who before
tho lone centuries created the heavens nnd
! che rn,iL. who hhyed His Thrurc upon the
| itcrnaI n,.incjples of Justice md C,larcd il
| in the undying beauty of harmony, liberty
and love. -r
Well. ccntlcmcn, with this personal cx-
rlnnaticn, proceed to the main argEmcnt;
/ md for. the nurpose Of brcvity, IshNlI group.
together the allegations made by the Gov