Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-14
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eve have net The on'nay and We are ht.p
Good mOrpipg Mr, Editor of the Clarks-
Burg Telegraph
l have just had the pleasure of reading
your STRUCTURES upon the resolution Of the
shinnston meeting of the 18th ultimo, aud
l confess you have kinder 'sgUt" our boys
on '.them are resolutions; and you very
beautifully ask our fellers to step in out OF
the wet, as the crocodile did his sable visi.
tor. We having done what you feel as
snred we would in the future regret, YOU
advise the holding Of another meeting to
rescind all that was done in the former one,
and to make Acknowledgements of injustice
done the delegates to the Legislature
from Harrisoni intimatiug by the way that
our proceedings was rather impertinent,
wholly uncalled for, and without authority
or sanction from headquarters; aud by so
doing you think we may yet smooth :he
affair up, thing which you feel satisfied
as good citizens, Tor rather as good sub
JtetS) we will not hesitate to do.
Now, tell you, Captain-excuse me for
calling you Captain, these militant times /
call everybody Captain who appears sort u
genteel hke-Well, was going TO say, that
have no doubt our boys would like TO
crafty you, but its mighty sight OF
trouble to be getting up mass meetings; SO
have concluded, as General Jackson used
to say, TO take the responsibility myself
to kind O. fx the matter up with you for
our boys.
You see, Captain, l told the boys YOU
would not publish the resolutions of their
meeting, for if you did, the people in the
upper end OF the county would get to see
them, and they have no business fussin'
about things they don't understand, so /
advised them to send the proceedings Of
their meeting to Wheeling Tor publication.
NOW don't care what they think of our
delegates out at Wheeling, for if they cali
them secesh, they don't differ materiaIlv
from the people of the lower end of the
county, but, for the sake of harmony il
might be we'll not to be noisy about it in
this section.
will tell you, captain, how this meet.
ing come to be gotten up. Our people are
very excitable these war times, and are
very jealous Of what they think are their
rights Newspapers are eagerly sought
for, and nothing therein contained, escapes
their most rigid scrutiny. One number
contained the remarks OF one of our del.
eEates while in the Legislature, Uthat the
Government that intruded upon the tender
consciences of her subjects, by making
certain exactiouS by way Of tests of loyai.
y, the sooner such government was des-
troyed the better" The other delegate
proposed to urge his people to rebel
against such tyranny aud oppression. Such
declarations in times like these aroused
their Indignation. A notice was at once
posted for mass meeting aud when or
ganized the first thing that was offered was
the aforesaid resolutions. You speak OF
reporters doing injustice to our delegates in
the Legislature. .Thatwas unfortunate. So
1t was with the reporter in our meeting, a.
hardly done the oeeaSioR Justiee Il was a
much more important affair than it seemed
TO be on paper.
trust this explanation will be satisfac-
tory and that you will once moro look
down with complacency upon what YOU
might be pleased to term a refractory 6eo-
pie.
The last issue of your paper is a very in
teresting sheet. l was struck with tie
proposition You make to the editor of the
Intelligence, to ''employ Charles Sumner
to furnish the people OF West Virginia with
new State Constitution suited to Con-
gress," in place of again calling the Con-
vention together, on the score Of economy.
Now, with the object of economy in view,
and believing it 70 be q parallel case, as
you have only recently come among n,
from the soil of Tennessee, and having no
doubt that yOu are "sound on the goose u
there could be no impropriety in your ac.
cepting vieegerenCy over our little prov.
tnCe, and on election occasions COMING
down and doing our voting for us. The
idea strikes us as good one, from the
fact that all the candidates to fill all the
offices will be from CIarksburg, aud Won
being personally acquainted with them all
would be likely to make q better selection
than We who have to depend upon stumu
oratory, newspapers and bad reporters
BY adopting the suggestion much valuable
time will be saved, (Which is money! and
vast deal of whisky (which is dittoJ.
Before closing this short land ! trusi
frieudly,l epistle, would take the liberty
of eoutroVerting your position, on the sub.
Jeet OF the division OF the State, which /
infer from the reading of your paper you
are going to oppose. With due defeFencG
to your opinions would suggest that you
may not be couversa1t with the former
history of eastern Virginia oppression, and
that you would do well to consider this
thing before taking a decided position. n
you had been dangling At the apron strinp
of the old bag as long as have, you would
be better prepared to act in the premises
Believing that this our frst interyieW
will be productive of much good. and
friendly feeling, will bring my brief epis.
tie to close, hoping ever 10 be worthy n
place IN your confidence and esteem
remain very respectfully, yours &C.,
CLAY POLR.
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