The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-25


Editors Ls'tetiigeneeT;: q lait4,s
Tho Fairmont National oflast Satur-
dny contains n communication signed
"Citizen," Which Is SO unfuir inits char
ncter and so utterly lnehn ind cOntemp-
tible, that 1 must ask ,S as IL favor, that
you publish this letter in reply, us the
National will not again appear until
after the election. .'at
If ''Citizcn" had confined himself to
n lnudatiOn of the rebel candidates, no
matter how sickening that laudation
might have been-Hnd it could scarcely
be more SOL should not have said one
word in rcply. But he 'tspeaks his
piece" in their behalf, saying all the
good he cnn-and that is very little and
not true at that-and then branches off,
not in abuse of the Union candidates,
NIessrs. Beeson and Cunningham, bnt,
like disloyal demagogue, MS he is,
trnduCeS those who nominated them,
and denounces the means of their nomi-
nation. He says n town clique lnanag-
ed the whole affair. This is said for the
purpose of exciting the people of the
country against tho people of the town,
which is the stock in trade of every
disloyal fugleman in town and country,
and is n fair sample oftheir ability and
honesty. They can sustain no charge
of want of ability, character or patriot
ism either in our candidates or in the
SO, presuming upon the ignorance and
prejudice of the country people, he tells
them, that, (although every township
was fully represented in our conVen-
tion-fiVe ofthem by regularly appoint
ed delegates, and the other two by nll
the Union men present from those
townships) thatthe town clique mnneu-
vered the nominations to suit Them
selves, which is simply saying that the
country people are set of asses. Such
n charge Is an insult to every country
member of TINT convention. Out OF
about fifty delegates only four were
from Fairlnont, and out Of 1900 votes
cast in the convention, those four
could cast only about $50. There never
was fairer convention held, or fairel
nominations made. The convention
represented the Union party, and that
party will endorse its action.
"Citizen" is running almost too many
machines for man of his calibre
Some of them he hns managed pretty
t5well; among them, that one by which
| no one has been prosecuted for treason
perjury or like crime in Marion county
The Board of Supervisors he did moi
succeed so we'll with, though his efforts
were not less energetic. He is now try,
! ing to run the tNational- Conservative
| Constitutional Uhion-D Democratic But
ternut-rebel party" of Marion county
/ n ticket like the Union party's, headed
"UniOn Ticket" to mislead those who
could not read we'll. His candidate:
arc two old line wings, brought out by
men who are indicted for perjury il
taking the oath of loyalty, and by meI
| Just out of Camp Chase and the rebo
army, together with all the disloyal
/ THg-tag and bob-tafl of the county
] And who are his candidates? "CitiZen'
saws ono of them had two SONS in thu
army. This is true, but those sons sup
| ported Lincoln last full, denounced theil
| father for supporting Mcclellan, anC
will not vote for their father now, as
am informed, because of his opinion!
and associations. Tho other candidate
"Citizen" says, volunteered MS private
in the army, although n man of proper
| ty. He did volunteer in the army tus
as the war was over, to avoid the draft
and although ssil man of property, !" ant
although his fellow-citizens were all ex,
posed to the dT111ti andwanted to get the
credit OF every man they could, thi'
| '.PGtTfotte candidate credited himself Il
| Ohio county. and TeceiUed fVc hundred
dollars bounty, because Marion county
was paying only four hundred dollars
This shows about how much he regard.
ed property '-he hadn't so much but
that he wanted more-and It also shOwE
now much county pride he had, and
how much he valued our interests.
These rebel candidates were brought
out by n contemplate caucus held in