Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-23

kAHAAHhANNHH
The PTs.S
We should ike ia 4 spirit Of eandor TO
ask the Wheeling Pru, whatitb duriag
At these day, BY publishing such item. as
TIA, one about the negro war policy Of
SIAsiaehussits, aad adding laii comment:
"Cirlsai Of westcrg Virginia are you
ready for such a state OF Affairs 10 be In.
nugun,ed among yoa.'
We should like also 10 the same spirit TO
ask it what it Is driving A. by Publishing, in
editorial type such articles As that one from
The Ohio Sfatsiman, on Tae,day uorniag-
headed "The :wo extremes alike hostile to
the Uaiou, in which it is endsayored to
be shown tina, If the South had not got up
this rebellion the North would
We should like further to ask, and ia
the same spirit, what il Is driving At
in Publishing in the sane issue those
comments concerning the arrest Of
the editors of the Harrisburg Patriot &
Union, in which il says that 80 say aught
against M aboli,ionist is treason
These questions we should like to have
honestly and eandidIy answered. We have
no idea, however, that they will be so an.
swercl. We expect to get the usual sour
aud i'll uatured answer The same filings
about our aboiuonism We shall be DIS
appointed if We get any other kind OF an
answer.
Blu! dodge the question as the TRES may,
and gloss over those items as it may, we
feel bound to say that the course of the
Press, as more especially Indicated within
the last few days, means mischief We say
so for these good and sufficient reasons,
viz:
The Pres knows as well as We can tell
it that those paragraphs aud those com.
meuts can have only Que effect, If they
-rtoduce any at all They damage the
cause OF the Union in this community
They raise old prejudices Anew they IN.
dermine the attachment Of tue people 10
the conduct of the war on the part Of the
North they lead to the imaginary belief
that there is something lurking behind the
intentions OF the North, or an influential
party in the North, that should make us
all stop and hesitate about going on With
the war. Whenever any one thoroughly
comes under the influence Of the tone aud
Inevitable logic of saeh paragraphs as that
Of the Press, he loses Involuntary, per.
haps, but certainly, his interest in the sue.
cess OF the Union cause. 4 man cannot
believe such stuff aud still be attached to
the success OF the war on our side. Ills
the prejudice resulting from such articles
that now divides many communities along
the borders. And it is this prejudice that
true men ARE trying to overcome.
We do not charge the editor OF the Press
with being secessiOnist. We cannot think
that heis. But he edits his paper on many
occasions as it he was. lie caters to Sc
cessiou. OF this there can be no Doubt
What he means we are not prepared to say.
Sometimes we are almost persuaded thnt
he feels himself compelled to chose be.
tween the triumph of the rebellion and
what he cbararterizes as abolitionism, and
that In order TO secure the ascendancy Of
his old affiliations be chooses to foster the
prospects and abet the cuicnrors of the
secessionists. At other times we feel as If
the editor bad no principles Of any kind !;
that he was here to-day aud youdcr ,o.mor.
row-trying to be anything aud everything
in order to make fair weather with all kines
of patronage. His paper some days is uu-
Objectionable enough. lie seems to take a
spell of Uuionism for an issue or two
Then he seems to suddenly drop it and take
on a fit of secession utilization. We can
Cannot make out where his real sympatbies
are. We honestly believe that he is doing
great mischief.