The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-19
The wheeling Register and the Can
VRGS for the Legislature.

From the day Of writing our first line
In favor ofinaugurating liberal reforms
In this State, as affecting our lately re.
belllous and still disabled fellow cltl.
zens, and from the day the Wheeling
Register shedonour feeble efforts lts first
approving smile, we have never for one
moment permitted ourselves to sup.
pose that there was q spark Of honest,
sincere, dIsinterested purpose on the
part Of that sheet to promote the re.
forms that we proposed. In approach
ing the present canvass for legislature
we therefore felt no surprise when that
paper two or three weeks ago began to
pave the way for the course upon which
1t has more fully entered within the
past week.
A month or two ago, under the belief
that he was playing very deep game,
our cotemporary gave his party some
judIclous advice and INDUCED some
very reasonable observations on the
general question at issue. He took
elaborate palms then to appear the
champion Of non.partisanism-qulte
as elaborate as he now takes to appear
the bitter anduncompromisIng partisan'
About the middle of August he made q
studied appeal to his party to sink, Just
for one canvass. mere party feeling
and cooperate with the liberal Repub-
llcana In bringing about the desired
reforms. BE then said at is upon the
"thoughtful, liberal, honest men Of the
"maiorlLy, together with the minority
"party, that West Virginia now de.
"pends for the abolition OF her proscrip.
"tive system. If It Is to perish upon
''any field other than that OF mere par.
"tisan struggle, the Conservative mass.
les without distinction OF party, must
"dispoSe of 1t. II they now hold back
sand refer the question to q decision
"two or three years hence by the two
"parties, as such we may look for many
''animoslties to survive the abolition OF
Acknowledgement and may expect the
"successful party 10 come into power
''under circumstances full OF bad feel
Sing and calculated to continue the
''strlfe and bitterness that have already
"exIsted too long.n How reasonable
and just are these propositions; and
yet how meaningless they become
when interpreted by the Reoister's
present flippant, untruthful and un.
principled treatment OF the question.
Then we find him adding: "For these
"reasons we favor the removal OF polltI.
zeal disabilities IN this State through
"such an uprising ofthe masses as will
"relIevo tho measure Of Its partisan as
"pect and give It the character ola bene.
"fctent public policy"
How does that read to-day In con-
junction with the appeals Of that
paper TO the meanest prejudlces OF It's
party friends against the candidates
Of the liberal RspubllcansP It repu.
dates and dlsrega.ds oil Of Its own
advlcei yet we presume It never in
tended to do otherwise. It never In
tended to give any real assistance to a
movement which would practically In.
augurate an eraof better feeling among
our peoples which would at once re-
move all inequalities that could imme.
dlately be reached; and which would
mitigate while they must remain the
hardship OF others that can only be alb.
rogated by q slower process. Why2
Because 1t had only selfish purposes in
view. II did not want these bad laws
corrected by the only party by whom 1t
can now be done. It did not care fig
for the harmony and welfare Of our
people or the prosperity OF the State
about which 1t has wasted 90 much
rhodomontade. II wanted to keep
things just as they are, using every
wrong, every fault, every misfortune
OF the people, against the majority
party as 90 much political capital
to help on partisan victory after
while and secure to itself the party
spolls. For these reasons the Wheel
Ing Register, having Invited the aid Of
tho liberal Republicans and invoked
tho corporation Of Its own party In a
non>pArtisRn movement 10 relieve thoae
OF our oltIEOus who suffer these hard
Hhlpa, whom fair opportunity offered
to mako good lts professions here,
turns against It's own counsels, dlsre-
CARDS Its own advice, sounds tho party
buGlc and notifies It's suffering friends
that they must walt for relief TIL OR.
cumstances so conIolh that the Wheel.
inS Register can make party triumph
oft for Its own personal advantage.
In yesterdays Register among many
other characteristic filings We ind this:
Messrs. Hubbard and Campbell have
denounced the whole proscriptiye sys>
tenn and yet propose to repeal but a
part OF It. They 20 back upon the
masses whom they educated into pros.
celpliOn, so far as tn raw that tho nrJn