The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-23
H.nr,, ~ Ritchfe Pr.,a.

bonoring the General, 'ispoken of by
that paper about two years ago, has moi
vet come. The sagacity OF remark
which the General then made, is thus
shown, viz: That If he waited for the
INTELLIORNCER TO indicate the proper
time, it would never come.
But granting that the General Is per-
sonally in favor of Clarksburg for the
Convention, he may be for all we know
to the contrary the point ofthe !STELL1-
oENCER's article fails; because it has no
RIGHT 10 infer the Generals private
o5inion. on a mere question Of policy,
from his vote in the Legislature, as all
who know him know that he is too
modest a man to set up his own judg-
ment against that OF majority OF his
constituents.
tits a fact we'll known here, and adj
mitted by all candid people, that July
three-fourths of the Generals constit-
uents desired, and expected him to vote
for Buckhannon. We ask the INTEL
LIoENCRR then, what else he could have
done. .t,o
right to support whom 1t pleases iof
public positions, but we submit that II
does not become 1t, or any other paper,
| to endeavor by undetermined attacks,
and mean inuendos, to hinder the ad-
yanCement of men who have served
their country bravelY. faithfully anu
| we'll.
WIN the INTELLIGENCERp please copy?
Yes; for the same reason for which
we presume the req uest was made, viz:
that the gentleman to whom the article
relates may have the benefit Of the ad.
vertisement. The paragraphs in this
Journal 10 which the article is addressed
arc the following. From our issue of
the 18th:
| GEN, HARRIS of the Richie Press, adyo-
Gates holding The Union state ConyenuS9n ma, az
accessible point named and because II Woulu
therefore equRltze the expenses OF deIegales
| from different sections Of the STATE; isn't ,
This discovery Of the Generals a little SUD:
den? II occurs to us the same reasons are
equally good In favor of CIarksburg as the
PERMANENT scat OF government. Clarksburg
was in the same place during the legisiatlNe
session OF 1897 and all these advantages e4-
IsIed then the same as now. Yet ON tne
question OF locating the Capital the deneIH
couldn'L see either the one or the other. Be
t tS.Ie t1 rs TosSbly one more which may not
have occurred TO him, viz: that Clarksburg
Is in the FIist Congressional District.
We wrote this under the impression
that the article in the Press was written
by Gen. Harris as its editor, and wrote
it for these reasons: Two years ago,
when he was in the Legislature, TO the
surprise of those aware of his Congress
sional aspirations, he was very de.
cided in his support of Buckhannon for
the capital. The friends of Clarksburg
demonstrated with him, and one OF
them said to him that II he persisted in
that course he need not expect the sup
port of Harrison county for Congress.
The Generals reply as then reported
was, that he was table to do without
the support of Harrison county" 1t
being apparent that the article in the
Press, upon the assumption that Gen.
Harris wrote it, was intended to regain
the favor of Clarksburg and Harrison
county, we considered him fair game
for criticism, and dealt with him pre-
cisely as we should with any one else
in like circumstances. Three days af-
forwards an article in the Clarksburg
Telegraph reminded us that General
Harris had Withdrawn from the Press
sometime berorc-a fact heard of, and
as the Press suggests, noted by us at
the time-a fact nevertheless which did
not occur to us at the time of writing
the foregoing paragraph, nor after
wards, till we saw the Telegraph. Feel
ing that we had unintentionaIly done
that gentleman injustice, to make the
only repnration in our power we print
cd the next day {the 17th) tho follow
ing:
a FEW mornings since, In referring TO
paragraph IN the Rltchie res concerning
| inc holding of tho State Convention, we at
tributed the authorship TO Gen. Harris, for
getting at tho time The fact Of which we are
reminded by the GlaElksburg 3etegTdph. tnat
Gen. Harris severed his editorial connection
| with the IreSS some weeks since, md Is not,
| ofcOurse, to be held responsible Tor lts views.
This being the case. our structures on me ilt5
| General III the connection referred 10 did
MIN an injustice which we stncetely Ietstet5
and for which we ask him to accept TINS as
| an IoIoGy.
But this, it seems, is not satisfactory
to the Press. which intlmates we do not
tell the truth in our explanation. Very
we'll; if that paper chooses to deal in
insults, we do not. We accept the
press' statement as true that the
Clnrksburg article was not written by
Gen. Harris, but ask two questions
1st. Was that article inspired by him
I'd. Was tho article which we copy to-
day written by that gentleman, and II
not, was it inspired by him3 1t seems
rather surprising the present editor OF
the Press should have such a keen ap-
probation OF our structures on Gen. Har-
risP Tho General himself couldn't
have felt the point moro sharply. But
pray, Mr.. Press, since you are SO well
uostetl ms to the General's conversa-
1 lions. when, where and to whom was
THAT sngacious remark made concerning
what this journal said twenty months
ago about "the proper time for honor
ing" himP This journal did say under
its former management that 1t was de-
sirous ms far IA belonged to it, to dc
General Harris honor sat the proper
time, to any reasonable ertent" Why
were these last words omitted in the
Press quotation of the remark We
nre prepared to make good that pro-
, fession, simply reserving the rightto be
: our own judge of whatIs reasonable
. The ISrELLIGESCER proposes to-"sup
! port' whomever the Union Convention
3 may DO pleased to nominate. OF courst
5 we would prefer the nominee 70
5 Congress in this District SHOULD
S be man of respectable abilitie
e and reasonable fitness for the place.
Z. the Press only aim in this matter is t
l. advocate the claims of men who hav
!. served their country bravely, faithful
IS " and WE'LL" it need not restrict ii
l. admiration to Richie county; or II
"a.