Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-07
The WashIngton E1amIner.

States.
The Warrington Examiner
The Washington CPa.) Examiner pro-
tests violently, not to say venemously'
against our thinking it or CHASING it as
neace sheet We can assure our cotempo-
rarv that, with all his rampage sepblnnce
If outraged loyalty, we are not convinced.
Not that we do not want to be, for, per-
sonaIIy. we have warm side for the junior
editor, and would be sorry, indeed, to do
him injustice. But our impression of the
Examiners position has come to US from
frequent reading and examination of its
columns. And all we have to say is, that
if it is war paper, it is strange that the
reading of it and the reading of the Louis
Vile Journal or Democrat should contrast
so strangely on our minds. Certain
ly, if it Is proper to class the Inteii-
qencer with the Boston Li6erGtor or
Pine and Palm, 1.-TWO papers We never
saw, and but one of which we ever heard
off, the two Louisville papers cannot
be so classed, and the tone of those two
papers has differed toto cdsIo from that of
the Examiner ever since the war broke out.
We cannot believe that there are two diff
fcrent ways of editing a devotedly loyal
paper these times, and it certainly is every
mans own fault if he is misunderstood. 1t
is impossible to mistake the devotion and
loyalty of Prentices or Harneys paper, or
the St. Louis Democrat or the Baltimore
Patriot, or any other papers like them
People do not differ about them-neither
frieuds nor enemies; all recognize them as
uncompromising champions of the Union.
Now, do the people generally so recognize
the Erumlner9 That is fair question,
aud we put it it to the candor Of the Exam
ner to answer it, We are sure that we
wish we could truly know that its
influence had been, and was even
now being cast heartily and enthusiastic
c,lly for the WARRIOR certainly the cause
of tue country needs united and devoted
support-bnt we have not been able to see
either the Examiners selections or editori-
ais in this light. If we were alone in onr
view of lis position we might mistrust it.
Bat we are not, as the Examiner well
knows Those who are nearer to it than
we, and who have additional advantages to
understand, If there arc any advantages over
and above the reading of II paper, are even
more firmly persuaded than ourselves of
the GOODNESS of the Examiners war policy.
Had it been all that II great and patriotic
community like Washington county had Il
right to expect, it certainly never could
have spoken of the election of David
Tod to the GoverAOrship Of Ohio as
it has. There was no taint of Rcpub-
licanisn about him that could afford
pretext for even paper published
and sustained in Il Republican county
| to abuse him. He was known to The
loyal people of the country as par ex-
cellencc a life long Democrat-nOt one
who would sacrifice couutry to party-but
one who like Douglas, was willing to sink
party and rally heart and hand to the res
cue of the republic.
1t was impossible then, that observing
such remarks, and the tendency of such
remarks, that we could recognize or class
the Examiner as devoted Union paper.
Personally, as we said, we wish good
fortune and prosperity to our contemporary,
but we are unwilling to see his teachings,
or rather, perhaps, we should say, the eff
forts of his teachings, debauchiug the 10y
atty of our common border.
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