Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-25

Uotted States. We are not At All surprised
81 the facs. After that attempt At ballot
stuHiDg aud SEiudIing here at our Court
House, nothing else could be looked for
he Is precious sort of fellow.
THE presidential circular printed yester-
dsy IN cur dispatches in the interest Of
Mr.. Chase, ne had supposed, on seeing it
previously, was either forgery outright
or else simply something thrown out to
give Mr.. Chase 40 opportunity to define
his position with reference 70 The admins
trAtiOn Of which be is so conspicuous
member. We judge that Il iS . document
gotten up by authority from tie fact that
it has leisuEely come over the wires after
being in print at least forty eight hours in
Washington. Indeed, our Louisville dis
patches show that it was scattered there
among the delegates to the Freedom Con-
yeutiOu on Tuesday afternoon. In fact it
seems to have been issued with view to
jointly hitting the session Of that conVen.
ton at Louisville and the meeting of the
Republican Union National Committee at
Wizards hotel in Washington on Monday
last. How far the committee referred To Is
in sympathy With the movement and how
far they were priTy 70 1t We eau not tell
Senator Morgan, the Chairman of the
Committee, is the friend aud coufrere Of
ThurIOW Weed, Who, in his turn. is the.
intimate co.oPsratOr Of Mr.. Seward, aud
Mr.. Seward is known not To be by any
mesuS the advocate of Mr.. Cbase's nomi-
nation. So that We infer IT auy portion of
the "RePubltcan Union National Executive
Committee" were priVy to the getting up
aud issuing of the circular. Senator Nor
gan, the Chairman Of the Committee, was
not among the number. The Louisville
Convention, We presume, hailed its appear.
Hncs with pleasure. That body is under
stood TO be for Fremont fret, Chase, second,
and Mr.. Lincoln last, if at ali. It owed
its origin TO few Of General FremonTs
frieuds around ST. Louis, aud we suspec,
that presidential politics had quite as much
TO do with It's meeting as It's protested
object of cleaning out what il LEFT of slavery
in the border States.
The New York Times afRxes the following
comments to the circular:
dispatch from Washington saws ina,
the Republican OF that city declares this
circular, published In yesterday mornings
Herald, to be q hoax. We are inclined TO
think that the 4tepw6lieaa is mistaken. l,
IL generally known that small number Of
persons, with Senator Pomeroy at their
head, have been for some weeks In per.
petual session at Washington, deVisinR
ways and means TO prevent the renominG.
ton of President Lincoln. They have
compiled aud printed a pamphlet on the
subject, made up in part Of extracts from
newspapers hostile to Mr.. Lincoln, aud de.
btgued primarily 70 iujure him, both per-
bonAlly and politically, as an essential
preliminary TO the Introduction Of q new
candidate. This pamphlet has been eircn
lated only to limited extent, aud with
considerable pEScaution as 70 the charae.
ter Of the hands 10 which il should fall. II
- altogether probable that Il would be ac-
SomPAnted or promptly followed by such
circular ~ the one given above.
II will DO observed that Senator Pom.
efoy aud his aSsoeiates, who have in their
public action thus far protested to De
friends Of the Administration do not hes
ttAte In this secret circular, to declare
S4SASSANSe rs opponents. We presume
that Secretary Chase, whom they .presSnt
~ their candidate. would scarcely eonSent
70 be placed In this category.
That this circular, be il issued ia pooi
or bad faith, BY. Mr.. Chase or his friends
can have but one effect, and that a be-
one, vs entertain no donbt The Pit,sburs
GGsst's Of yesterday remarks thus upon it
Touching the circular, We do not hest.
tate to say thAtW do NOT like Its foas. M,
tnan thts, We do qot like It's ass.TitIssI,l II,
u not "Gnlg. II Is not ttuthJ.il. Ii Is issa y
rus base attack upon Mr. lincoln mi M
Naturalization Will mol uuaie an, e.. =.
for Mr.. 0hsse among honorable men W. ~
Hsk nothing 10 saying that Il viii a. IL
positive harm wherever It is read. S, ~
its statements be speedily contra dietsi ~
promptly disavoWed by Mr.. Chase himselI
BE e . member Of NJ. Lincoln. 4 sbfSs.
aud asa man Of honor he must A. ones
diSAloW the action Of his friends or reSiSS
~shts portfolio. We trust that he will DO ~
former, aud thus preserve his honor md
Als hold npOn The affections Of tie people.
The opinion expressed BY the Gas.tt.
win soon be found 10 be The over rh.lnibe
public opinion Of the country. :.
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