The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-07
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NlllaIny ShEt ided D! utsenooo'
Wr notice in the IRtelligeRccr of Sat
aflty Il !abored effort tn excuse BORE
.,N'- course in regard to the late mill
tary outrage perpetrated upon the peo-
aie oil Barbour county. An attempt Is
made 10 show chat Few rebellion IS
being inaugurated in that county, and
that these troops are needed to Opreserve
order and 20 use pet phrase of "loyal'
,rnnudrrls. Ito enforce the laws" We
desire to say that the charges brought
iu thu IaLIligeacer against the so-ealled
rebel element" of tha region are dis
rrserfully malicious and false. We
have advised with leading, responsible
and truthful citizens of Barbour upon
,h. subject, and their statements con-
rirm oar previous impression, that no
more peaceable and orderly people are
90 be found anywhere than are the in
habitants of that section.
These men are perfectly cOnversant
with the state of affairs, and have no
private reasons for misrepresentation,
which cannot he said tor the regiStra-
tion officers of Barbour. Some of those
officers. among whom we may name one
Major IIuCsE. the commander of a
gang of outlaws near Bealington, are
known 10 be totally destitute of princi-
pie Or deceRcy. They are now entorc-
ing scheme of wholesale dlstranchise-
nlrnt in plain violation of law. The
point We would make, is that men who
for private ends would aid the destruc-
tion of the liberties of their neighbors
are totally unworthy of belief. The In
teliiqehcer, however, would acquit ono
.coundrrl on the e"idence of another; it
would make Barbour county Registrar
a witness in behalf of BoREMAN; II
would defend the Governor by the tes-
timony of his confcderatcs in infamy.
We are advised that Registrars in
Barbour and in Randolph have resigned
their positions, not because they were
afraid of tue extraordinary risks" but
because they would not he made the
tools Of corruption and tyranny. See
iug that their fellow citizens whose dis
franchisement was sought could not be
stricken from the lists without viola
tiou of law, they refused TO take part
In 20 disgraceful a proceeding, and 9TH
ers were called to take their places.
The men who, for motives so corrupt,
would assume n task so infamous, GER
tainly deserve no credit, either as
officers or as witnesses.
We submit that the case of rebellion
and aggressive uprising" rs against the
people of Barbour, Tucker, and Ran
dolph is not made out. We have, it is
true, great parade of inflated asser-
tionS, hut they lack the essentials OF
fact in that they are not accompanied
by names, dates, or specific location. As
is the case with "loyar lies generally,
they are deficient in essential particu-
lars. If anybody has been attacked,
why not state who he isl If anybody
has been shooting and stoning, why not
give the names of the aggressOrs! Ii
they were not recognized how IS II
known that they were represen'
tatiyes of 1.-THE rebel element -
1t is contemplate trick to say
that the names of the writers are with
held for fear of "the vengeance of the
feroclOuS rebels" If they have ties flied
of their own knowledge, they of course
will be known to those "ferocious
rebels Just as well as if their names
had bees given. If they have not tes-
tilted of their own knowledge they are
slanderers and deserve to be exposed
Oar own belief is that the letters refer,
red to, if they have any other than an
Imaginary existence, are the production
Of irresponsible and unprincipled sceun'
drels, whose names both FOREMAN and
his advisers are afraid TO give to the
public.
An interesting fact in this connection
is that Major" HOUSE, County Reg
istrar for Barbour county, is candida
for the House of Delegates against
JOSEPH TETER, a Radical, but not
rascal. HOUSE is promoting his OWL
election by the disfranchisement of al
citizens whom he believes to be opposed
10 himself, without reference to theil
political antecedents. This is evident
in the case of MoDIsETT and WooDFoRp
men who have not beeDDemocrats in any
sense; the latter gentleman, we remem
Der, made speech at Radical meeting
in Phillippi, little over year ago, a
which General HARRIS was present