The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-19

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the liue of personalities in which he
INDUCES have interest for the public,
we are satisfied that the criticisms his
treachery merits will not be found IN
entertaining.
In obedience to the dictation OF the
select set who own him, Mr.. HALLS per-
6dy to his party began to see daylight
something less than one year ago. Civ
ing vent to their jealousies of FOREMAN,
he initiated and frequently copied with
approval the articles of the REGISTER
condemning that Senator. In the dis
cussion of NAT. HARRISON he took a
similar part, and his reflections upon
JOE CALDWELL, HARRIsoN's tool, were
but part of the newspaper policy
he borrowed from the REGISTER.
In discussing the infsmies of the reg
istration law he faithfully followed the
REGISTERS plan, aud reproduced its
arguments to such an extent that many
Republicans speedily recognized his
paper as a mere tender of the REGIsrER
in the work of breaking down the party.
We are not advised that the rebel sub
scriptions he thus bid for fewed in with
remarkable rapidity, but there can be
no doubt that his own party rapidly
reached The conclusion that his paper
would have to get along without their
support. Urged on by his masters he
continued his dennnciation of the Radl'
cal policy in this State, until the geDer'
al protest of the Radical party, added
to the failure of the Inteligencsr to con-
troll the "let up" movement as he
wished, produced evident hesitation, in
which the Intelligencer managers seemed
to be growing doubtful of the success
of their experiment. The October
election showed that dangerous devil
had beeu loosed and then the IRtelligen-
Ger man began to make terms with those
he had deserted. His zeal far
outran his discretion. One after
another of his "let up" heresies
was abandoned, and finally, as a sort of
finishing evidence of his repentance, he
conciliated the outraged msjesty OF
NAT. HARRISON himself, and stood up
to apologize for the loathsome vicious
ness of that rankest of scoundrels. We
beg to remind him that as NAT. HARRI-
sons friend and representative he be-
comes the defender of all knavery and
corruption, of private depravity and
public infamy, and that in this cham
pionship he may find such large demands
upon his capacity as will leave him lit
tie energy to spare in personal Vilitics-
tion of other people.
The facts to which we have referred,
pa eut as they are to the public, when
considered in connection with the inside
history Of tho Ohio county movement
form chapter than which few more eH-
tertaining can be found in the annals OF
political periidy. The chief instrument
of all this tortuous business, the editor
of the IntelHgeacer, seeking for himself
and owners to escape the consequences of
a deliberate and long-matured scheae
of perfidy, crouches like cur at the
feet of the men whom but yesterday he
hunted as a hound. Perhaps they may
toss him bens for baying at his bet
teIs.
We believe we have assigned the cor
rect reasons for the spite splitting te
which the Inteliigeneer has devoted
itself. We believe that'so long as that
paper answers the REGISTERS editorials
by snarlingat their author, so long will
they be considered unanswered. 1t is
probably natural that bad temper and
worse manners should result from the
loss in standing and influence which
the Intelligencer's course for the
last twelve months has cccasioned.
But to confess that these cannot be re-
covered, save by resort to the argu.
ments of the blackguard, is simply to
confess that they are lost beyond hope.
The strife which the Intelligencer has
seen fit to inaugurate, we doubt net,
will have fully as much effect in cna.
bling the public to guage the character
of the editor of that paper and the
standing and ability of the paper itself,
as in injuriug the REGISTER or any con-
nected with 1t.