The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-06
rho Legislative Candidacy in HarrI.
son County.
+ IRON the Conservative.

From the Conservative.
MeSsrS. Edit0rS:'
Being politically opposed to you,
have no right to impose a communica
tion on YOU, but being misrepresented
hv a felIow-townsman through the
c0 S Of your contemporary, the
TeIeoraph, in It's last dying struggle be-
lore entering upon It's Rip Van Wrinkle
sieen. thereby adroitly cutting me of
from a reply through its columns, I am
constrained to request the insertion OF
the following In the Conservative:
A fellow-townsman from "Coal
Township" desiring new representa-.
tives, calls for Messrs. N. Goff, ST., and
Daniel Boughner to represent US in the
next Legislature. To this I, OF course
take no exception. It is his right and
privilege to prefer who he pleases-but
he proceeds in a fllppant, summary way
to dispose of Col. Sidney Raymond and
myself for past acts, as he pretends, Of
transgressions. Now I have no doubt
Col. Raymond can take care OF him.
self, without my aid; but as to my be-
inc shelved in this quiet, c0mplacent
way, with the seal of condemnation
affixed, am not at all disposed to SUBJ
NIT, l enquired of the editor of the
telegraph OF what his correspondent
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he wanted me to
vote for the old law on "money and in
terest, chapter 90 of the CODE" or the
amendment-he replied, "the old law"
Now said correspondent should be bet
ter informed before he attempts to pull
"Nessus shirt" over my ears, for he
will find by examining the House Jour-
nal that my vote, with three others out
of fifty-five members, Is recorded
n1ni7sE the amendment. It is true that
al first voted in the affirmative; but
learning that some of my constituents
nreferred the old law I changed my
vote, without at all being satifisd with
the good policy of SO doing-but to car
rv out the wishes OF my constituents SO
far as could ascertain them-and yet
what does all this mares nest amount
to? The legal rate of interest still re-
mains by the amendment 6 per cent, and
anything over is simply upon the honor
of the parties, and cannot be collected
bv law. This find is the law OF quite
a number of States. I am OF the optn-
ion it is of small moment to the citi-
zens of Harrison county either way. AT
apv rate the amendment was over
whelmingly sustained in both Houses,
and unanimously approved by the
press and people throug bout the State
where interested enough to allude to
the subject. But there were other sub.
iects of infinite and unspeakably more
importance to the interest and welfare
of the people acted upon in which l
took an active part. My uelRuOOEI
however, fails to fully comprehend
this. Without wearying you, l would
say there was no subject acted upon by
me whilst member without close ex-
animation and an idea of It's future eff
fects and clear knowledge of what l
was doing. have no burning aspira-
tions for, neither will court and may
not shun Office. Ifthe people want me in
due time they will say so. Ifnot, it will
be equally manifest. My neighbor
need not worry the position of rep
resentative in the Legislature at best is
no sinecure-no bed of roses to him
who does his duty-and nothing pros
pectively inviting other than the ap~
prevail Of his constituents. But of one
thing 1 wish my kind neighbor to fully
understand, and that is, after serving
my constituents faithfully, earnestly,
Zenlously, and literally without fee or
and with such powers as God
has given me, he must not attempt to
shelVe me with blot or blemish, and
esdecially for doing just exactly what
he wanted done. His thrust at others,
no chance ofreply, reminds
me OF the couplet HE that fights then
runs away" &c. Finally my fellow
from Coal (who has no
doubt an AK to grind from new parties),
must draw the pitchy sticky "Shirt of
Nessus" on some other person than
A. F. BARNES.