Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-21
WHEELING, VA. MONDAY MORNING. (


Fellow citizens, if with these views you
elect me, shall be placed under renewed
obligations to you. If-I am defeated, /
will at least have the satisfaction of find
ing out who are my friends. As expect
to continue my residence here for some
time to come, without the secession army
drives us out, this will be dissideratum.
For the last three times have been a can
didate-for Clerk of Circuit Court in 1865,
for Clerk of County Court in 1858, and for
the Convention in ls6O-there was no OPP
posing candidate, consequently am not
aware but.what all are my friends. Since
this Indictment has been found against me,
| notice some few, very few gentlemen,
who have been holding to my coat tails in
times past because-I suppose was a
man of some influence, but who notD pass
to the other side of the street, looking as
if they believed somebody was guilty of n
mean trick. thonght it was they and
perhaps they reciprocated the favor. On
the other hand, many au honest, hard
working man has met me with more than
usual cordially, and, after informing me
that he had heard reports derogatory to
me, stated that us l had never acted dis
honorably with him, he should continue
his confidence in me until it was proven
that | had given the lie to my former char
acter. The friendship of one snch honest
heart is more priced by me than that of
thousand such as first mentioned.
Iregret that feel compelled to be a can
didate, because several gentlemen are can
didates with whom ihave ever been on the
best terms, and whose aspirations do not
desire to interfere with in the least.
shall not personally visit you to soli-
cit your suffrages, for feel that it is in
some degree an interference with the fire.
dom of the elective franchise, in which
have always believed there should be the
most perfect freedom. And were l even
disposed so to do, might not have the
privilege for know not what day may
be arrested by the United States Marshal
and taken before the Judge, when aud
where do not know. l suppose my of
fence is not too grave to deny me bail,
without the District Attorney considers me
II "toad spotted traitor" and interposes his
objections.
warn you against any new reports
which may be gotten up between now and
the election. | want you to understand
that SOLITARY and alone put this ball III
motion"-that belong to no cliques, eth
er town or country-that not having so
eleNuteu pOSlllOn rs my ulslluBulSueu
and honorable friend, Mr. Wiley, have no
devoted friends who have such u high opin-
ion of me as to solicit me, by public card,
to become candidate-thAt, when n man
has such friends he must be on the road to
success. and not under tile ban of suspi-
cion-but that I, having gone into the
world on "my own hook before was 10
years of age, have learned to think and act
for myself, and, so far as the engineering is
concerned, expect to "paddle my own
conoe" and not trouble others with my
troubles, nor wait for their advice. Ihave
an abiding confidence in the good will of
the people, and whenever a fair opportu-
nifty is given them for investigation, aud
to them alone look for Justification or con-
demnation.
j desire to receive the good will of the
whole community, if entitled to it, but ex-
pect little from "store box" and "bar room
patriots-men who exhibit their love of
country by battling at home with their
tongues against their neighbors instead of
marching to the field of battle.
Fellow citizens, this card is already too
long was too much hurried to make it
shorter. Ihave left unwritten many things
which might have written, and have, per-
haps, written many things which should
not have written. The result is now with
you.
Your fellow citizen.
MARSHALL NJ DEST