The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-16
as'hesling geeister.
rha, Resignation Letter.

for having used certain indecorous Ian
puage with regard TO this paper, and to
remind him of some historic facts, that
rendered it highly unbecoming in him
to indulge in the expressions which we
were, panied TO rebuke. Had our mild
reproof been received in the same kind
spirit which prompted it, we would
have paid no further attention to the
negro suffrage editors offenses against
the canons of decency and good taste.
We would have remembered tho trials
and tribulations to which he has been
recently subjected, and would have at
tributed his sensitiveness and rudeness to
that unsettled state of mind which is
peculiar to those feeble brethren who
meet misfortunes too great for their for
titude. We would have reflected that
his recent experience has been such as
would try even mems souls, and would
not have held him responsible for
all the indiscretions to which in
his agony, he might have been led.
But our amiable and we'll meant re-
marks have been met in spirit far diff
fcrent from what was desired, and have
elected only words of reviling and
wrath. Evidently touched by our refer
cuce to venality and ingratitude, the
negro suffrage editor Indignantly cites
us to some select passages in his past
history as evidence of his irreproach-
able purity of character, and his entire
disinterestedness in assisting the Gov
ernment and laboring for the success OF
the Union cause. We are referred with
much ostentation to a certain letter OF
resignation and one Of appointment rs
the proof of the htelligencer mans con-
slant purity of fpurpose and singleness
of heart.
The letter of resignation, we respect
fully submit, does not establish the
spotless integrity to which claim Is lald.
If our neighbor were sincere in his de-
sire 10 assist the government to the
full extent of his ability" by welding
out of office, that "moral power which
could not be had in it," and if he were
honest in his professed wish to be "nn-
trammel!ed in the estimation OF all,
by place or power, how Is II that we
find him Immediately after his letter
WAS written, striving win hlSh' anu
main to trammel himself with tne
''''A -. responsibilities OF the L. =.
Ssnato' His appreciation of the "mor-
al power" Of private station seems to
nave rwiLdled amazingly in view of his
possible election to n vacant Senatorship.
IliSpompous declaration Of a desire to be
free 10 labor for the Union cause, seems
10 lave signified merely a wish for
freedom TO enter the lists against Mr.
WILEY, which he afterward did. not
outstanding his expressed bcliefin the
the patriots influence. That cock
won't fight. If You want the public to
believe in the purity of your motives
and the independence of your charac-
ter, you must bring some other evil
dence than resignation offered
IN order to clear the way for
your election to q higher position
than that which you proposed to resign.
The negro suffrage editor must have
H.. 8 l,n, NJ Win
he introduced this concOcted rcsigna-
tion as stuff out of which 10 frame re-
spectacle character. Everybody re-
members all the circumstances connected
with that affair, and whatever dis
claimer may be put forward now, the
public has its own opinion and will ad-
here to it. Republicans as well as
Democrats believed that that resigna-
tion would never take effect unless the
then Postmaster should be elected Sem
ator, and the event proved the correct
ness of their belief. They saw nothing
then, nor do they yet see anything
in Mr.. GoRRELL'S election to the
Legislature to prevent his declining that
post and accepting one ten times more
lucrative. On the contrary, the fact
that he did not qualify rs Postmaster
was held to be the best possible proof
of q collusion between incumbent and
appointee, since history records no in
stance in which radical, acting from
disinterested motives, ever declined a
$1,000 office for seat in the Legislature
at S3 per day. The whole transaction
was regarded, at the time of its occur
renee, as by no means creditable, and
its resurrection now is the evidence of
hardihood that knows no blush. To
refer to it as evidence of integrity is
about as silly as would be the act of a
rogue who would seek to avoid convic-
tion of grand larceny BY proving that
he had never committed greater Of
fence than a hen-roost robbery.
But, even if the IntelIigencer mans
motives in 20 were as pure as he claims,
NAo ldCl 10 lo ohoSS w tAC thdi hS
seeks to rebut. Our point was that, for
months prior to his removal, his paper
was "resolutcly dumb" on the great
questions of the day, and that not until
his decapitation was decreed, did he find
voice for his sentiments, or display that
independence he now vaunts so obravely.
His own party throughout the State
was ashamed of his reticence, berated
his pusilanimity, and rejoiced when
ms removal unsealed the lips whose
silence had been purchased by patron
age Let him account, if he can,
lor his timid avoidance of all
political discussion in his editorial col
ainns during last summer, and for every