Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-06
The Trsaehery Of Nevzspaper.


PIs,s Newspaper So tar as that sheet
desssti the pstb Of digufssd Journalism
to make psrsooAl illusions 10 the editor Of
this paper. We should sot regard them
Worth uoiieing 10 = public manner .bu.
when its whole capacity and scope IS given
OPP to persisteut nIsrepresestAsions OF
loyal people aad Of the purposes Of the
Government, thus insidiously aiding and
encouraging rebels here and elsewhere,
indignation add duty alike forbid that We
shall remain silent.
Onee sgain We vii; say tha, so far as
relates TO the editorial conduct Of that sheet,
there is uotbiag manly, or digui6ed, or
even honorable 10 Il. The late infusion Of
pious Conservative has not helped it in the
least. We speak very mildly when We say
that It hsbituaIIy resorts to the lowest
tricks known to the profession 70 heep up
brs1sn front and serve is ends. When
We urge With sarHest-sod honest psrpOse
that men who have been arrested AID inn
prfso1ei Tor the highest crime known 70
tbeIaW shall be pnuisbed, The Press becomes
factions and proposes that the, Editor OF
Ibts paper be made "e1eeatioper ebteGT
thus striving to mock and belittIe one
Of the gravest subjects 20 our people
here. aud one in which they haves faac-
dlate concern. OF course such fiugs are
soothing 10 the rebels here. So it deals
With neaEly every question Of practical,
local interest; as if their we're no issues
amongst uS bat personal and trivial ones /;
As If men could not be animated by any
Olber spirit than that growing out Of indi-
ytduaI interests or personal jeaioG1fes
But the most intensely mean and despi-
cable thing we remember ever to have
seen in print, appeared IN the Press OF
Saturday morning land is alluded to and
quoted in ano,hsr departmentj. Tie para
graph IS headed. s'Tbe way il goes, and
sets forth that as Mirrors men we're pass
ing through the city to the depot on Fri.
day, the infantry on foot as usual, two ne
groeI accompanying them rode Ieisurely
along on fine horses whence 1t concludes
that this is 1.-THE 'nigRers' war; aud that
they are to "ride on horseback aud look on
while the poor white men SIGHT the bat
ties" The facts 10 the case are simply
thar the negroes we're oaieers' servants, and
were peFfofmisg the mental service Of TAX
ing care ofithetr horses while they were
attending 70 business elsewhere.
The eonrss OF the PSsgs in its dealings
with the rebellion, and il aIIusions to, colt
lateral questions, ii jast as treaeberous aud
disloyaI TO the Uuited States Government
aud the loyal people o. the. nation Is /.
dare be or can b., with its limited amount
ofeapacily.5 ItEould. ueEer psint line Of
honest truth II it could always make false.
hood and perver1iou suitits purpose better.
10 political sense We have nothing to say
ofits course but there is nothing political
now before the country. We have gone
far beyond mere politics All such qass.
tfous are trivial compared with the one
great issue Of life or death to the Republic,
which sWaIIoWs up all others, as Aaron'a
rod swallowed up The rest 10
state iefgWar, and IN all thfpgs relating
70 such coalition, there Gao Be bat two
sidsssand they rauged in bold aatagoaisu.
Where the issue is 90 momeutous as with
rs now, all other questions disappear o.
are beId Ia GbeyAuee unIfi the great issue
ifdstermined, Northern srattors have all
along made the claim 70 freedom Of speech
sad iieeTty Of the presl their prete1t FOR
opPostng the proSeeuiion Of the war, aad
susarrsssing The Government. They have
70 right 70 claim such privileges now
There il ouIy oas aaestfon nov before
tbaleohatty. asd that Is whether The gov!
eFuaest sball sgstaia itself o. conspiracy
tsiaaph- Aiiosbsra STE eoaprsLead.d ia
Ia Sons oftbe nsiEHboriag States con.
tesf p gong ~ utfH great rlneorlfSr the
election o. ~en64rs 10 Ooagress. win
sny fair sad eabdid aao say that political
Issues are pitted 10 these eIeetioas7 No;
tbs easdsdases are divided Is the people ar.
on The war We win dIgress here 50 far
70 = tbatfu ait vars .vh9tssr igafhat
rseeitios Of foreign powers, there are other
iHstrumsatAHues Invoked than arr,ies in
the esla,- Diplomacy often Effects more
than artillery. Inss Kuverauaeat Whose
PoEeptqEe % sNidely. distributed among |
the. people q ouIu, tbiS is stniaeatIy So
One ofthe strongest isdueemsuts the South |
had TO rebel, We tbe promise Of eo-oPera-
tiou is,the North in, saeh aEay as % in
Elts lliipdep eaa eaes. The var power or
dtnasiiy beIongs 70 oopgress. Iftho.e who
are opposed 70 eoersipg the rebels can sue
esed "a getting msjority 10 Congress, tits
easy % see how greatly 1t would cripple
the vforts 81 abe goEernment. Such Is the
aimsof the rebels in the North, ie.ing In
cooperation with their armed allies in
the soath. Such Is the1issne. n. Ohio. 70.