The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-22
A Card from Mr.. FarnswOrth.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. 10.
To @s EaIlOr' Qf ms I"tolll0eNqr

WHEELING, W. VA, Feb. lH.
To the Editors Of he LAtelii0eno4r!
In the Daily Wheeling Register Of the
10th inst, I tind IN article headed "'Fhe
FarnswortIl Bombshell," in which the
editor intinates that some ono had
written my card Of the 18th inst for nc.
| throw hfs insinuAtions back in hls teeth,
My card was written by my own hand
and prompted by the petty spite Of no one.
1t was written In defense Of q personal at.
tack made upon my character by TINT
sheet.
In his scurriIOus article tho editor iavors
IFS with Latin quotation, which | pre-.
sumc he learned In Woodburn College,
from which he so hastily graduated on an
intimatiUn from Prof Moore. i hope lie
will favOr me with I'M answer. The editor
Of that paper on Thursday night, tho 10th
inst, suppose was drunk as usual, and
imagined every one he saw to be in like
condition. This person prcSunCS to charge
me with treason 10 my constituents
Straws show which way the wind blows
and II l mistake not this Il not the first
occasion In which he has displayed the
properties Of the wcathcr-cOCk, though his
argument (ifhe has any proves nothing,
but his attempt proves much. They show
the roal cause OF his clamor against me,
It Is the usual filte Of fools and knNvcs
that the weapons they try To WELD rGColl
on their own heads. He Inns endeAVorcd
10 detract from my character, but In this
he has exposed his own weakness. He
has Cvinccd the irreconcilablc mRllgnity
Of himself and his party 10 the Liberal
Republicans In the Legislature. This
COmpCls me tO believe that there Is some
other secret cause or motive for Ills hos.
tility for mo and tho rest Of the Liberal
Republicans who voted for the Wells
substitute. Could It be on account
Of our refusing 10 bc made tools and
dnDes OF the Democracy? Does he sup.
pose the people are blind to the real cause
Of 1t; that they form no judgement Of the
motives and character Of the man who
seeks In this manner to slanler me by the
means he usesl No. they know the dirty
tools that arc used for this purpose.
Now, sir, l will take his own evidence
and my votes In the House Of Delegates
and provo him TO he n falsifCr and dc.
iamcF. lam charged by the Register with
signing written pledge, ir elected, TO
favor tho repeal Of tho three test oaths,
known rs tho lAwer's, teachers and suit
or's oaths, and favor a repeal Of tho regis
tratlon law. Now, sir, all Of tho above
charges | deny, but admit them to hc true
for argument sake, wherein have failed
to make good my pledges, Twill refer
you to the journal Of the House, there you
will find my vote recorded for the repeal
ofall three Of the above named test OatllS.
As TO the registration law certainly vot-
cd for a modification Of that law, grant
Ing the right to the people to elect
the registrars at tho next general
election, and Il Is extremely doubtful
whether the bill US Il passed the House,
will ever get through the Senate. Now,
| / would like the Rfgiater man To inform
me what would have been gained BY
passing the Lamb Bill or the Bowycr
Bill, as lle calls It, through the House, 1t
being so obnoxious to the Republican
party, that 1t would most assurcdly have
met lis death In the other branch Of the
| Legislature. Now, sir, believing Sec
tion one (1,) Article three 81 Of the Con-
stItuti0n Of tho State, to he tho supreme