The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-02-04
senate Rill NO. !.

no doubt somewhat surprised thi.
morning at the invitation ITO al
Catholics" and other friends OF civi
and religious liberty, to meet at the
Court House this evening, for the pur
pose of considering the best means O
preventing the passage OF Senate Bill
No. l, which threatened the overthrow
of civil and religious liberty in this
community. rs, .a--f .a4s I.Ei le..
u 1t, will doubtless be gratifying to al
sects and denominations of Christians
to find the Catholic Church in the from
rank of the defenders of civil and reli.
RtOuS liberty; and the disciples o.
Wesley and Calvin and Campbell will
doubtless feel hon ored by taking theil
| places in the rear and following the
lead of the Pope and the Bishops.I
The history of the Church in Spain
in the Netherlands, and on st. Bartholo
news day, furnish some excellent il.
lustrations of the devotion of the
Church to the principles of civil and
religious liberty.
II anybody is skeptical on the sub.
ject, let them turn to Motley's History
of the Dutch Republic, and all his
doubts and scruples will vanish into
thin air. 9i--' :'+ a'i ~ 5Eli
This, so far as we are advised, is
| the first time that any religious de.
| nomination have ventured to call upon
its members as such to meet in public
for the purpose of controlling the legis.
lation of the country. a-- E...! =.
1t is an exhibition of courage and
audacity which is born of a conscious.
ness of its strength and power. 1t is
believed that no Legislative body in this
ton and power ofa hierarchy which has
thousands of votes under the control ot
single will. ~ v.. .H...F
Whether they are right or not will be
determined by the vote of the House oi
Delegates on Senate Bill No. l.
But what is Senate Bill No. /, which
threatens such calamaties to this COM
munity2 .....f3 ii
We supposed it must be bill 10
transport all Catholics, or at least to dis
franchise them and exclude them from
office, as the English Government
does. .F.
We hunted it up and at once deter
mined If any such outrage was con-
templated that we would attend the
meeting and raise our voice against it,
land cry aloud and spare not"
But when we found 1t, what do you
think 1t was? 1t was "a bill to incor-
porate the village of fLeatherwood."
Verify, we thought that indeed the
ocean was into a tempest tossed,
= To watt feather or 10 drown a dy."
But what is the village of Leather
"OO0 we Will duS"6Es E9Oul6 ten or
twelve years ago, some of the business
men of Wheeling who desired to re-
move their families from the smoke and
dust and dirt of the city, and still be
within reach of their places of business,
conceived the idea of purchasing the
peninsula formed by a bend in Wheel
ing creek, between one and two miles
from the city, containing about tifty
acres, known as "LentherWood," or
"Leatherwood Bottom," and laying it
OF into lots of convenient size for resi-
dences for their families.
Mr.. Wood, the owner of the land,
favored the idea, and lots were laid off,
ranging in size from three or four acres
to eight or nine acres. The lots were
all sold for building purposes some
years ago, and some ten or dozen pri-
vate residences built upon them-neat
and tasty buildings, surrounded with
fine fruits, flowers and shrubbery, and
grounds tustefully laid out in walks
adapted to the location of the grounds.
There are some ten or twelve families
residing there, containing an aggregate
population of siXty-four persons.
Some two years ago, Mr.. Thomas
O'Br1en, real estate agent in the CITY
of Wheeling, applied to the owners OF
one of the most valuable and desirable
lots, which was unimproved, to pur-
chase it, saying that he was buyinp it
for 'sanother person." ~.
Thesale was made, and as soon as the
deed was executed, the title was passed
to u Catholic Cemetery Association,
who at once commenced improving il
as a cemetery for burial purposes.
So soon as the, adjacent popula.
ton ascertained the purpose for
which it was designd, they
demonstrated with the b owners
against it, and proposed to purchase the
lot at large advance upon the pri ce
they had paid for it. Or, if they would
not sell it; they offered to pay them
$4,000 If they would use it for some
other purpose that would not be of
fensive to the neighborhood. All their
offers were refused. And when the ad-
jacent proprietors applied to the Board
IofSupervisors of for an order prohibiting
them from using the lot as cemetery,
which was refused, they boasted that
they had established their cemetery,
and intended to keep itthere; and when
they had deprecated the property SO
that the price suited them, they w wo1ld
buy the entire peninsula.
10 understandable Significance of this
threat, 1t is only necessary to say that
the Catholic Seminary, called Mount
de Chantal, lies immediately across the
creek from this peninsula. s rrrs
The Seminary grounds contain one
hundred acres, and the peninsula
lies between The Seminary grounds and
the = National road. so that these
grounds are very desirable, if not. abso-
lutely necessary, as y means of access
to the Seminary. ..tiy~sE .rzls-
10 AS this peninsula is outside of, the
corporate limits of the city of Wheel
ing, the city police can afford them no
protection. They are ON the western
side of Triadelphia township, so that
they canneVer, get a justice or constable
so accessible as to give them the pro-
lection of the State authorities when an
emergency requires it. .Roughs from
the city go there armed and plunder
their fruits, destroy their vines, and
commit such outrages as the devil and
badW htsky may incite them to. They
therefore wanted municipal authorities
10 afford them protection. arlaI rnI...i +
They also want tosaVoid the annoy
ance which would result from carry
ing on such business operations as
would make their homes disagreeable.
They wish to avoid the vicinity OF
butcher shops, slaughter houses, tan
neriea and places of public resort, such
as tippling houses, lager beer saloons.
billiard saloons, bawdy houses, and
other resorts for idle and vicious per-
sons. sEusut es--.a... .rs =.
And they don't want any more grave
yards or cemeteries at their doors, and
would be very glad to get rid of the
one these parties are seeking to estAb-
lish there. A. .r. rfa.r
This is the whole object and purpose
of Senate Bill7NO. 1, which these par
ties are seeking to defeat in the name
of civil and religious liberty.
February 8, 1868. I. t WESLEY.
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