The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-11
For the Register
Archibald Campbell, Editor Of the
Wheeling InteIligencer.

This man assumes to rule wheeling
and the State of West Virginia aud just
now, attracts much observation on the
part of good men, and also of bad men
AS he is personally little known outside
of Bethany and Wheeling, and is as
suming TO play the part of patriot and
statesman, it is proper that his real ma
ture and character should be brought be
fore the public He who seeks place and
power, rule, riches and revenge at the
hands of the public, ought not to
escape the notice of the press. Were
he virtuous, in the highest sense Of
the term or were he seeking his coun-
try's good we might well overlook his
ambition, even though it did overstep
the bounds which belong t" the wise
and good Ambition, when under the
guidance of truth and virtue, may we'll
be tolerated; but when il is the exclusive
associate of "A supreme profigacy and sci
fishness, il ought not to be spared He
who is regardless of truth and knows
not what it is TO be just, and is devoted
Singly to himself, is iii the highest sen Sc
prOhigate. The real prohigate is one who
sacrifices the interests of his country to
himself and his own advancement
Campbell is young man, about thirty
wears of age-of good mind-(nOt high
or great)-and of fair attainments in
the way of education, and common knowl-
edge He is extremely moral and i'll the
way Of meats and drinks, abstenious
but in the higher range of virtue, he is
unprincipled He does not know what
it is to be just or even generous to another
Ice is not a greater stranger to heat than
he is to the nobler virtues.
In temper and feeling, lie is cold, calcu-
lating and heartless-selfish, cruel and
revengeiul Of property, he is most
avaricious and of distinction, place and
power, he is ambitious in the extreme
In the attainment of these ends, he is
wholly INSCRIPTIONS. To accomplish
them, the most diabolical means are in
his eyes, lawful To that sentiment, or
feeling of the heart, which leads some
to sympathize with others, whether III
prosperity or adversely, he Is an utter
stranger In his own personal expert
euce, he does not know what such thing
is To be Just to an enemy, or generous n
an adversary orrival He sas incapable
as he is to seize the stars He has no
public spirit whatever. So thoroughly Is
he the center of ali his own thoughts
and labors that he is incapable of devils
ing or originating anything that is use
ful or profitable to his neighbors or his
country. He has most actively partici-
pated III our public concerns, for the last
ten or twelve years, yet if he has ever
even suggested anything that was profit
able to am human being other than him
self, it has escaped our observation
We have said he has a good mind, by
which we mean fair share Of intellect
and industry, but that we may not mis-
lead the public, it is proper we should
add that his mind is exceedingly narrow,
bitter and malignant. and yer goes be-
yOnd the narrow confines of party. In
1860, in writing from Richmond, he re-
ioiced and thanked God that hatred TO
negro slavery had eliminated in absolute
aud positive hatred TO all who owned
slaves.
In West Virginia, and ont here IN the
panhandle, there are thousands of as
worthy people as live any where, who
love Virginia, aud were pleased TO be
called Virginians, who never even i'm
agined harm 10 anybody. or insurrection,
or revolt against the Union, or the Gov
ernment thereof, and who could not have
been hired to take arms against rulers
He has considered, and does counsel, the
driving of these people from their prop
erty and their homes and the graves of
their fathers, and for no crime or faulto on
their part than the fact that they will
confess they love Virginia And because
they are attached TO Virginia he de-
nounces them as rebels and traitors. and
as devoid of the instinct Of pa
triotism, when every sensible man
knows and cOnfesses too, that this
attachment of these people to Virginia
is the fruit-the legitimate fruit and
nothing else-of love to the place where
one is bern and lives. For wise pur-
poses, He who made US implanted this
principle, or more correctly speaking,
passion of patriotism in the heart Of the
people 1t is true, there are some men
who have it not, and there are exceptions
to all rules (even ike sometimes fails TO
produce like and among the exceptions
is this manCsmbell He has no attach
ment to the people or place of his hirth
aud home Home, sweet home, has NO
charms for him-is mere sound, without
sense or music TO his sonl-the squall OF
o cat, or the braying of an ass, would as
likely awaken in his sOnl tender santi-