The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-04
The InteIligeneer and Horace
Greeley.

The InteIligeneer and Horace
Greeley. ..
We did not expect that our report OF
Mr.. GREELEY's opinions concerning pro
scription in West Virginia would prove
pleasant reading for the editor of the
htslEgsncr; neither had past expert
ence led us to expect from the conduc.
tor OF that sheet any OF the amenities
and courtes les of respectable journal
ism; therefore, we were neither disap
pointed nor surprised by its i'll natured
and unjustifable article of yesterday
morning. In fact, we expected that the
Etelligmcer would squirm and writhe
under the explicit Reputation of him
whom it is pleased to call "the head o.
the most influential journal in the
United States" and we have, in no re
spect, been disappointed A short time
ago Mr.. GREELEY was regarded by the
lntelLigeneer man as prophet priest
and king" It's editor even paraded in
its columns the kick which he had re
Ceived from Mr.. GREELEY, and consid,
cred it an honor to have attracted such
notice from so distinguished source
for, in his preface to the letter which
contains such unpalatable truths for the
West Virginia Radicals, and the repub
LEGATION of which has moved our neigh
Dor to such unseemly manifestations Of
anger, the editor says: "Mr G. seems
TO have understood these positions as
our own.
And now, one word rs 10 the letter
in question. The Mteligenccr affects 10
deny the authenticity of our report of Mr.
GREELEY views, and, in support OF
of such denial. SAYS that the letter re-
ferred TO was written mot to Mr. CAMP
BELL but to the writer Of this, who is
one Of the three proprietors OF this pa
per- Nevertheless Mr.. GREELEY did
say, as stated in our report, that it
was a private letter written to Mr.
CAMPBELL and that he never could
see why Mr.. CAMPBELL published it.
Being unwilling 10 resort to the tactics
of the JnteNigencer and recklessly deny
the truth Of everything that paper may
say, we offer this explanation Of the dis
crepancy between the statements of
HORACE GREELEY and zone OF the three
proprietors' ofthat paper. rTANPBELL
was for many years identified with the
Intelligmeer; be furnished to the estab-
lishment all the brains it ever had
when Mr. GREELEY thought Of the edi-
tor of the htclhgsncer, he thought of
Mr. CAMPBELL, and entirely forgot the
name Of the lone of the three proprie-
tors Of that paper TO whom his letter
was probably addressed. Proof that
the letter was really addressed to zone
of the three proprietors' may possibly
be obtained by calling at.the IntelEgen-
Ger Office where, it is rumored, the let
ter is preserved, shows for itself, and
may be seem 1t is nevertheless true
that Mr.. GREELEY did say the letter
was addressed to Mr.. CAMPBELL, thus
Ignoring the existence of the present
editor and mourning his eternal IL
will
Asto the authenticity of our report Of
Mr. GREELEYs opinions as presented
last Saturday morning, we have not
one word to say 10 the InteIHgencsr.
We have no care to appease its wrath
or cultivate its good opinion. But to
the public, some of whom may have
been influenced to discredit our report.
we can only say that the notes of Mr..
GREELEY remarks were read to him
that he corrected them in some particu-
lars, and that he authorized their publ.
cation. Further that in conversation
with Judge G. D. CAMDEN, of Clarks-
burg, on the railroad as he came to
Wheeling, he avowed the same opin-
ions expressed to our reporter. The
REGISTER of Friday morning was shown
10 him aud he said that he still held to the
views expressed in his letter to the edi-
tor of the HnteNgenosr. He said ne
was familiar with our system of regis
tration in West Virginia; that he had
read Judge JAcKsoN's charge to the
Grand Jury and Judge BoSDs opinion
in the McILwEE case, and that Judge
JAcSsoN,s Interpretation Of the law
soas right. Further; in conversation |
with Doctor REEVES, of this city, who !
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