The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-14

culcd and opposed both, as treason to the
Republican party,
"ObliviOus Of the past, af(er fighting
vigorously for mOnthsGgainst the very on.
tranchislng schemes adopted by the Legs.
laturc, and against all who favored it, II
now glories in the triumph Of the "solt
shells and with a boldncss, which would
be admirable in good cause, attempts to
appropriate 10 itself the thunder Of the
Wheeling INTELLEGENCER.
OF course the editor Of the Journal can
parade plenty Of quotations in favor Of
this measure after its success in the Legs.
laturc was assured, but Gun he furnish
any on that side Of the question before
Mr.. FLICK's resolution was introduced!
Could he not furnish plenty on the other
side! Perhaps he will say ii was the
Times that opposed this measure while he
was editor, and that its course was con.
trolled by company and he was not re-
sponsiblc for its utterauccs But he knows
that when he was turned out Of the 1TH'eS
and started the J0urHdl, the latter took up
the thread Just where he dropped 1t III
the Times Office Docs he remember to
have printed i'll his editorial column, only
ten DAYS before the meeting of the last
Legislature, any such things rs these!
"Thosc who have attempted to disrupt
the party have been signally rcbukcd for
their temerity. They now see that their
course was premature, and that II II had
bcen successful, would have defeated the
very end which they had in view. We
shall not probably be disturbed by this
element when the Legislature COnvenes.
II VIC should he, we have tho power to
silence all discOntentS. FOR
ourselves, we believe it Is vital to our
prosperity to defer any action on the sub
ject Of rebel enfrAnChisCmcnt until next
Summer when our Convention meets 70
nominate State officers. Repeating the
Lawyers, Suitors' and Teachers Test
Oaths is enough for the present"
And yet, only little more thana month
luter, no wns advocating the FLICK
Amendment, and expressing the hope the
Senate would give itan unanimous vote!
For some time lie held up the hands Of
tho Legislature md gloried in tho FLICK
Amendment, just as if it had been his
own special achievement; and during that
time we find him silcncing all cavil about
its orthodoxy by declaring that it twas
proposed By IN old line Republican, was
carried through by old line Republicans,
and but for their power and influence
would not be before the people to-day"
And now he has made another gyratiOn,
and is back again on the other side OF tho
question. Now he is not willing our party
should stand on tho FLICK Amendment
the very ground on which, after the
House had acted, he hoped the Senate
would take IN unanimous tand,-and re.
Gently in n laborcd article argued that our
Convention "should not adopt platform
that it should dodge tho question Of en-
franchiscment altogether and ignore the
action of the party in the Legislature.
And yet, last winter he wanted the whole
question referred to this COnvcntionI Eth
or he was not honest then or he Is not hon
est now. Probably the object then was
lust what it is now-to evado the matter
altogether, expecting thus to prevent
action by the Legislature and then by
similar tactics to prevent action by the
Convention.
Here il specimen Of "JonrnaIstIc can
dor" and Journalistic Honesty" which
re beg leave to exhibit to the "iratcrnity
Of the State"