The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-01
The situation in Kanawha-A Dem.
ncrntic Manifesto.


To Tho Editor Of he Cincinnati Commercial:
We, the subscribers, deem It a duty TO
ourselves and to the credit aNl character
OF the county In which we reside, to de-
clare that tho communication from this
place, Charleston, KanAwhn county, West
Virginia, recently published In tho Wheel:
Ing 1nteRigencer, respecting the triumph OF
violence In this county, the difficulty Of
serving process, the existence Of an armed
mob releasing prisoners from JUL, and OF
causes for alarm for the safety Of the Lco-
pie, Is an unmitigatGd lalscioOd. That
on the contrary, peace and quiet prevail
over the county, and there never was
greater security for lie and property than
at the time when that communication pur'
ports to have been written.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March IL, 1870.
Benz. Il. Smith, member Of House Of
Delegates, West Virginia.
CD. Reynolds, Cashier KAnawha Val
ley Bank.
Delafield Dubois. President Navigation
Company Of Coal River.
John Claypool, Cashier Bank of the
West.
NJ. Doyle, Teller Bank Of the West
VIM II. Edwards, President Kanawha
and Ohio CoAl Company.
John P. Hale.
Isaac N. Smith, President Kanawha
Salt Company.
James NJ. Laidley.
s. A Miller.
John H. Obey, late Brevet Brigadier
General US. Army and lato Collector In
ternal Revenue, Third Division, West Vir-
ginia. -, .,-rst.-
VIM, 4. Quarter.
Levi. woodward, Deputy Sheriff kana-
wha county.
Alex. I. Laidley.
J.W. Wingdcld, Mayor electOf Charles
ton, W. Va.
Geo. Jcffrcys, Cashier Merchants Bank.
]. T. Cotton.
a. E. Summers, member of Legislature,
W. Va.
G. Hedrick.
John Fl. Goshorn.
E. B. Knight.
A. B. Jones, late Colonel U. s. Army.
Jas II, Rogers, Druggist.
Who They Arc.
The Wheeling Register, in printing this
document q day or two since, asserted
that It was ''signcd by leading gentlemen
Of both parties" whose names will be
recognized as sufficient vouchers for the
accuracy Of their statements" The fol-
lowing letter from !" gentleman ofvcncity,
who knows all about these parties, fur.
nIshes the best commentary TINT could DO
made on this statement:
10 he Ealtor Of ne LntsRIgsnetr:
Nv attention has been called To card
published in the Daily Register Of the 2Sth
Instant, relative 10 the KHnawha troubles,
purporting 10 DO "signed by men Of both
parties" wherein they pronounce tho let.
ter, known throughout the State rs the
"Wheeling letter" ian unmitigatGd false
hood" In the first place, the assertion Of
tho Register In Introducing the Card 10 tho
public, that the communication was sign.
ed by men Of both parties" Is untrue,
unless It intended to convey tho ilea that
they arc members Of the too purtieS that
are in reality OnO-Rcbel and Democratic.
Not man whose signature is appended TO
the "Card" Is Republican, nor Is one
Of them In sympathy with RcpuOli.
can principles. 4 majority Of them
were soldiers in tho late COnfGdGr-
ate service, while a greater portion
orthc remaining were "stay at home reb.
els" who have always opposed Republic
can ideas and will do sotill they die. Il
Is therefore treating tho loyal men Of the
Kanawha valley unIustly for the statement
that Republicans signed the aforesaid card
to 20 uncontrovcrtcd. Therefore, omphat-
ically assert that not a single Republican
signed Ben. Smiths Card aforesaid, but
OF. the contrary, the Republicans Of ChOr-
lesion, to man, refused 70 sign the Card,
and then and now, deny that It contains a
single iOta Oftrutli. II Is n trick Of the
KU Klux ring Of that place, to conceal the
facts which arc being developed, relative
To the existence OF that midnight band In
Kaunwha county, which has for It's object
tho enforcement into power oEthc Dem
oCratic party ut the risk Of law, justice,
reason, and right,
Again, the card charges that organiza.
ton referred to In the "NYhceling letter"
Is not set up in defiance Of law, but on tho
contrary sweRrs It's members to support
the Constitution Of the United States and