Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-22
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publication Of the Wheeling Union.
The Grst lssar nov before US, 10 Sery
pAsSAbls number. aud gives assurance of
both ability and spriShtllness. Certainly
it manifesu no snail degree Of energy and
confidence, IN starting out as candidate
for public favor and support, at q time
when many Of the oldest aud most firmly
established journals in the country are
going down before the pressure of the
times. Just here wo may say, that many
suppose there is, or is to be, rivalry be.
tween the Prr.s and the hfeliyHeer. II
this means Jealousy, We beg to say, on our
part, that nothing Of the kind exists. We
never believed in trying TO build ourselves
up by pulling others down. We believe
Wheeling eau, ought to, and will support
two good newspapers; and SO aoon as the
timeI get easier, will support them we'll.
Any rivalry, farther than an honorable
emulation TO no cKcelled BY none In giving
our patrons tho greatest possible return for
their money, We must diSclaitn altogether.
As the PrtII 10 its salutatory lays down
the platform Of principles upon which it
proposes to stand, We take it that ii would
not be offensive or improper for us to say
word In reference to It's position. We
understand the Prem to declare itself in
favor of an unconditional and devoted
support Of the government in maintaining
tho Union, and we are truly glad that il
thus boldly takes that POSITION that ono
moro unconditional Union paper Ia added
to the few already in Virginia, and one
more engine employed for the rescue Of the
State from its present Ignorance and con-
fusion. We say this not as mere matter
Of courtesy, but mean Il heartily and earn.
e'tly. WO suppose, indced, no paperwould
now end II healthy or profitable To take
any other position here In the Panhandle,
or in the Northwest anywhere, Secession
Is In such bad odOr hereabouts that any
public journal advocating 1t even indirect.
ly would not be very hearty or long lived,
but would shortly GEO the way of all the
world and the Wheeling Union.
While We thus recognize our new co.
temporary as being fully and unequivOca!ly
with US on tho great question of maintain.
ing the Government intact, AMI as earnest
lydeVotcd to the preservation Of tie Union
OF the States in itS integrity and the com.
plets putting down Of tho rebellion, as wo
are, Candor compelS US to crilicise, Just
the least in tho world, lis SSlulAtory article.
We think II bctrays tribe Of bad taste,
to say the least, in its frequent illusions
TO Northern sectionAlism," "SOrthern
AbohtiOniSm," being "detNced with the
Gllms OF AbOli.iOniIm," &c. IftheIe tsrms
are applied to such men As Garrison, or
Phillips, or others Of their TX, there eau
be no objection except 10 the matter Of
taste, for they arc avowed diSunionists;
but II 1t meauS the whole North land It
ssemA to, for in the North there are many
"phaSsI and mutation" of /" AbOlitiouiim,' ~
then Its injustice must be apparent to eve
~ impartial mind; for tue Northern PEG.
pie are not all AbOlitionists, nor any con.
siderable number Of them; and never In
the history Of the world did any people in
mass eIhibit such loyalty As have the
people Of the North aud weat 10 rallyluE
10 the rescue OF their Government in thu
hour Of It's deadly peril. We DO not in.
innate, for We DO not believe. that it
WM the design by the use OF such phrases.
TO pander to prejuilCsd feeling preTa.
hsht among certain class In this commu-
atty and section. We take II TO have been
simply matter OF taste. We consider
such Glluiions ont Of place At any time,
and especially now. It 10 10 bad taste 10
30 address community as Intelligent
as this for the people about here all uu-
dsrsIAud that sort Of thing perfectly; and
the employment OF these ssedy and thread
bare ePi,hs,s, which so long and sueeeU.
fully served the purposes Of the covert en-.
smieS Of our common country, implies a
wait Of respect for, or appreciation Of, tie
understanding and intelligence Of the PEG.
pie to whom they are addressed. Nay We
not say that We hope this old stock in
trade Of the now deceased Uaioa is MOTTO
he used along with Its type in iOrw4tlluS
the good cause IN which we all have sulsei
90 much.
The Prs' proposes to "isaorS ali party
affiliations" THIS is right; and that Is
the duty Of all true men, whether on paper
or OG oft. But lsthe Prsn quite consist.
en-. 10 thus "igaorinE" aud in the rex,
line dsslaiming against the abolition.
ist'" who IL must be confessCd. vampires
and EhOal' as they are, are doiug very
SrsaIiable work towards helping to save
'he government, hSd whose strong arms
And naguaaIaitT have done no little to
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