The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-14
TnE UMEENBRIER IMHROLIO.
DIR. CaIdWCIl's Side of tho Case The
Doctor the only Legal Voter
IN tho COnnIY.

To the Editor OF Tie fntelligenCer:
Permit me 10 occupy a little space 10
your paper In Justice 10 DR.. Caldwell
and the PARTIES removed from oillce on
account OF the eraSure of their names
from tho registration books by the
Board Of Registration. ! write the
more freely III am personally friend
ly with nll the parties and am not a
registered voter In this State. l think
] can set forth Jtt0 facts which will be
calculated 10 defeat the designs OF par.
tlsan trlckstera. DR.. Caldwell possibly
might be able 10 take your oath and req.
lsler. But how could Joel Mop herson?
Was he not Colonel In the South.
ern armyH Did he not muster his com.
pany up and down the streets Of Lsw-
isburg four times In one day trying 10
yet men 10 volunteer? And did he not
20 TO the Meadows and there publicly
threaten the people II they did not vol.
unLeer he would draft them +; and did
he not tell them he had draft In his
pocket then And II so, hoiO could he
register. and we challenge;him to deny
this. The only error In his case then
was (made BY the Board) registering
him In the first place.
As TO my good friend, Lewis, THE
Recorder did he not furnish substI-
tute for the Confederate army2 He
tells nc did; and II 80, hoto could he
register?
As 10 Sheriff Robinson, did he not
furnish substitute for the Confeder-
ate service, and II 40, hotU can he regis.
ter? That these are all clever men who
can question, bat so Is DR.. Caldwell
and Henry A. Wise.
who participated In the rebellion. The
question raised by your test oath is,
whether or not these men gave 'volun.
tary aid and comfort to the Southern
army God knows men by their mo-
uVeS-Ue can only know them by their
acts. And II by their fruits ye shall
know them, It Is an easy matter TO de.
eide their eligibility TO office under
these laws.
Now few words as to the politics OF
our friends. DR.. Caldwell was a can.
didate for the Senate ct our last State
election, In opposition To Samuel Young
the Republican candidate, and declared
himself the "white mans candidate"
which means Democracy generally,
Mcpherson and Robinson were Judge
Harrison's right hand friends, b0h
accepted Office by appointment under
his administration and we never heard
OF Mcpherson being Republican, I'M.
I'll he came out as the opposition can.
didate to "Harrlson" who was the reg
ular "Republlcan nominee" Now this
was title strange; II Mcpherson had
been Republican, that he should run
as an opposition candidate and be voted
for by the enemies Of the Republican
party"
The query Is did not Joel represent
his politics as being Republican merely
to secure 'disafected Republican,
votes? II looks like It, indeed, and
more especially, as we are told our
southern citizens said to him Come out
Mo! como out Nc. We kn0w Whdt you
Grc.'
AstO our very young friend Lewis,
we are not aware he had any poll.
tice. His father was Union man, As
for the young man he took legs and
run away to Indiana and went to
school, after furnishing a substitute,
when no was unable to keep out OF the
service any longer.
Lewis father l have no doubt, was
tOrOnlfuAy stricken from the books,
but l do not ktl010 the negative even Of
this question. do know he Ia o very
clever man and good citizen. The
greatest error in DR.. Caldwell's ad-
minlstratlon has been the registration
Of his son, who was Justice under the
Confederate government and sat on
the bench when supplies were voted
the Confederate government.
really question whether we have one
single man, unless 1t be DR., C,-in
LclOiSbWr1 WhO can register wiihout
stretching the blanket. With the best
wishes for all concerned, am truly
your friend. "RRNo,"