The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-19
o.r "Re.pee,abIsn Contemporary.

nearly in accordance with the popular
demands.
Our "RespectabIe' Contemporary.
Everybody will remember the prudish
pretensions to virtue and decency for
merly set up by the Wheeling Intsltigen-
Ger. For long time it was the exponent
of cant, solemn and sniveliing, and based
its cla;ms, 10 support upon its high
moral tone and eminent rsspectabilty.
True in that day it never faltered in
the work of defending all the villainies
and indecenciss of its party, which it
became its duty as a "loyap organ to
defend. But this was done 80 lottily
and Indirectly that its rascally hypoc-
risy scarcely showed flaw in the way
of Inconsistency. It's spolicy was simply
to protect the "loyal" rOgue' by shud'
Iderings aud lamentations over the in
humanity which could hold them up 90
criticism. For the last year or two this
style has been gradually dropped, and
especially since it became the organ OF
NAT HARRISON, since the second edition
of URlAH HEEP, vino runs il, began to
edit the Black Crookeries and salve over
the general rottenness of the above
named disciple of harlotry and "loyal-
ty," the garb aud gait of the PhaIisee
have been thrown aside, and the native
instincts of the editor as q first e'ass
blackguard have had full play.
A brief explanation will make clear
the lie sons for its latest development Of
dirtine.s. The attempt of the IRteHi'
gencer last year to disrupt the Repub.i-
eau PARTY of this State is familiar 10
the public. The owners of the pigmy
pest who disgrsces that paper by his
supervision, finding themselves con-
sigued to obscurity by the FOREMAN
wing of the Republican party, inspired
their islittle villain" to try to throw the
political clements OF the State into con-
fusion, so that out of the chaos they
might reorganize now party with
themselves at the head. The "let up'
movement, as it was called, was aided
by the CWPBELL-HUBBARD clique Of
| Ohio county for the sole purpose of
lifting that clique out OF the mire i'll
which The BoRTMANITEs had left 1T
sticking. IL was anticipated that a
largo number of Republicans would be
detached from the party by the new
movement. These the Ohio county
leaders expected to head, and by
uuitiug them with the Democrats
on whose support they CONT
IDENTIFY counted, voting force
could be termed that could GER
tainly and satisfactorily distribute the
plumber of the coming campaign. The
IatelIigencer, starting ont with the decla'
ration that "the Republican party had
accomplished its mission and arfaying
itself against the leading Men and
measures OF that party, did considerable
service in the canvass, of which we are
free to admit the Democrats received
the chief benefit But it soon became
evident that tho "let up movement
could not be controlled by the. CAMP
BELL aud HUBBARD close corporation
the masses were in the movement to
make its measures successful aud not to
repair the shattered fortunes of played.
out politicians. The charge, too, that
the Intelligencer was selling out to the
Democrats was banded about with
such vim that it became necessary to
place in the Ohio county Address a spe-
cial paragraph solemnly repudiating
call coalition with the Democracy" a
paragraph which the IRtellig&oer'S
masters privately explained to be in
tended merely for the delusion of the
"bitter-enders." This'wi not be denied.
1t was unnecessary, however, for the
uusaleable character of the goods was
the most effectual bar to dicker.
Having failed in the chiefpurpose ofhis
''new departure" the restoration of his
masters to position, having failed in the
last canvass to persuade the Democrats
of Ohio county that MessTs. CAMPBELL
and HUBBARD were as we'll suited to
Democratic purposes as genuine Demo
Gratis, realizing the iHminence of com
ing retributive kicks that might land
him sore and solitary outside the com.
musion of the Republican party, Mr.,
HALL is now laboring to restore himself
and the crowd for whom he caters to the
confidence of the proscriptivo Republi-
cans, against whom for mercenary pur.
poses he last year arose in mutiny
Thinking that many of the proscriptive
leaders are inimical to the REGIsTEB
because of its criticisms of their course
he hopes to ingratiate himself into theiI
favor by personal abuse of the editor OF
this paper. The crawling creature can
not deny that he is thus ninistering tc
the hate Of the leading "bltter-enders'
in order to regain the position in the Re
publican party which he lost by prosti
; tuting himself and his paper to the ad
vancement of the corrupt and sel6si
clan whose collar he wears.
Caring as little for his vileness as WI
do for the villain, we are yet indisposeC
T to allow him to barter his venom To-
the good will of the men to who's,
bad passions he panders, withou
Z exposing tho motives that actuat
7. lhim and the end 1t which he aims