The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-31

expected to express its disappointment
| in style not quite so highly marked by
the rage of baff1ed cupidity. But in this
the general anticipation was at fault
and instead of manly protest, angry
but not altogether devoid Of dignity, .ne
victim Of the Executive lash breathes
malice in his howlings, and suggests by
The snitefulness of his clamor, the little
ness Of the motive that prompts his out
crv The same Impotence under defeat
which has always marked the Intelligent
Ger. might have been expressed without
occasioning any surprise, but we did not
anticipate display of that personal
bitterness and hate which we hoped had
appearcd for the last time. That hope
has been disappointed, and the cold
Hooded and revengeful spirit which
could gloat over inhuman prosecutions
in July ga, seems to be renewed and In
tensified with the change in the respec'
five positions of the man who was iDJur-
ed and the man who rejoiced at the
wrong.
So violent and SO binding is the In
telHgencer's passion, that it leads to gross
folly and ridiculous Inconsistency. Who,
for example, ever before read in the In
tslligencer any recognition of those
rights of the soldier which are now so
valiantly defended? The public will
deem its solicitude on that point rather
far.fetched and of too recent birth to be
genuine and sincere. The way to re-
lieve his anxiety about the welfare OF
"the boys in blue" has been open to the
retiring Postmaster ever since he ascer-
tanned his inability to adhere to the adj
ministration: A resignation accom-
panied by recommendation OF a worthy
soldier of proper views would doubtless
have been respected. Why was the ex-
pedient never adopted ? 1t may be very
true, as the Intelligencer states, that 'Mr
O. s. LONG has not been soldier as any
body knows Of" but his military record
is probably as good as that of the objec-
tor. We have never seen any practical
evidences of fighting patriotism on the
part of Mr.. LIS predecessor, and the
above objection comes with bad grace
from one who failed to improve single
one of numberless opportunities
to attest his devotion to his country
As we understand it, the party in
question was not only personally averse
to battles magniicently stern array"
but, less generous than ARENAS Ward,
permitted no cable bodied relative" to
represent his interest in his couutry's
career: Had he sent three hundred
dollar substitute "to perish that he might
live," he could have claimed pecunlary,
if not a patriotic interest in the war for
the Union, but the man who enjoyed In
person the rewards of loyalty, and would
not meetit its responsibilities by proxy, mas
no right 20 criticise the failure OF others
to incur personal risks which were mani,
testify so distasteful to himself. so far as
the quotations from the REGISTER are
coacerned, we can only say that this
paper does not deny,its record. Unlike
the MtelHgencT, it has no imaginary
exchanges" nor convenient friends
| upon whom to shift the responsibility
| of its articles. IL has never yet descend
ed To contemplate trick to avoid cen
sequences, and it will not do SO now. 1t
will not initiate the IntelligeRcer's versa
tility, but will leave to that sheet all the
honor that may result from practices so
| deceittul aud articles so transparent that
common swindling grows respectable in
! the comparison. W.