The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-05


EDS. JovRtAb,G1 see by The kTELLI.
GEScER Of the 18th ultim0, that charge
Is made against me Of offering brtbes To-
members OF the Legislature in the way Of
appointing MarshAlS 10 take tho census 10
certain counties, promising sud appoint,
ments 70 parties who would vote against
repealing the law locating the Capital.
This Is q fllSehood Of tho basest charac'
ter. ms no member of tic Legislature ever
intimated anything Of tho kind to me;
nor did 7 eber mdk6 any T,r0poSitS0n Of that
character 10 any member Of Tho Legislature
or 10 anybody EiSs, am satiticd that the
editors Of the INTRLLIGRNCER made this
charge purposely TO injure me, and to
make capital for Wheeling, as the leading
man in that concern has tried, with other
parties in Wheeling, 70 secure my re.
mOval, and the appointment Of ono Of
their own citizens in my stead, another
instance Of their unfafrneSs and great
greed and hungering for Government
spells. u II. SLACK,
u S. MGrGltdi District ". Va.
Now for tho facts: We did not make
any charges against Marshal SLACK. We
repeated charges made by member of
the House of Delegates at the supper table
at DAuRY's Hotel, in tho presence Of
several witnesses; and they were Of such q
character that II was our duty to repeat
them for the public information. This
member said he was offered the position Of
deputy Marshal, or census cnumCrator, for
his county, rhc would vote in the into
rest Of Charleston. It Is also certain that
a similar offer was made to one other
member. 1t can be proved that he so
stated toa third party. 1t does not ap.
pear that these offers were made by Mar.
shal SLACK III person. Themembers who
made these statements said the proposition
was made by friends Of Charleston, who
said Mr.. SLACK was not here but would
return. Since Mr. SLACK declares
that he never made any PROPOSE
ton of tho kind. 10 u member Of tho
Legislature "Or any one else" We are
lett TO conclude it was done by his
friends without his knowledge. But
these arc facts; and when we printed
them on the 25th ulto no Charleston man
here denied them. There ought to have
been an investigation, and We suppose they
feared If the matter WIS stirred up there
would be. The Legislature wcditto their
own dignity TO investigate; because by
the declaration OF one 0ftlleir own mGm'
bers an attempt was made to bride him
and there was good reason to believe
Others had also been approached; but for
reasons satisfactory to themselves, as we
must presume, the matter waS allowed to
pass without inquiry. ....
In regard to the assertion that tho lead
ing man Of this concern hus tried to Sc
cure Marshal STACKS removal and the
appointment of citizen Of Wheeling, 1t
Is without the shadow of foundation in
truth. No man about this concern, lead.
ing or otherwise, ever concerned himself
for ono moment about tho Marshalship'
about Mr. SLACK, his appointment or his
removal or eyerispoke or wrote .. word
or did.an act, TO secure or promote his re.
moval. In the article of which he com.
plains, we said that II tho patronage OF
his Office was being traded around to in
lucncc the legislation Of this State, the
authorities ut Washington ought to know
it; and VIC say so still. Itwould then be.
come tho Marshal to show that 1t was
done without bis knowledge or authority.
Mr.. STACKS denial Of this isveFy time
Is, for when tho patronage Of his Office is
hawkcd about the hotels and lobbics and
offered Us brides TO members Of the Lcgis-
laturc, the inevitable Inference Is that 1t is
done with his knowledge and acquieSencc.
But Il Is not sufficiently explicit. Mr.
SLACK may never have made any "propo-
sition," rs 10 says; but did he never
authorize my ono else to mako 1t? Did
he never talk about it with any one, and
directly or indirectly, by words or by slg-
gestion, inference or implication, make 1t
known or leave 1t TO be understood, that
If such a bargain were made, it might bc
dono with confidence TINT he would rati'
~ IT. Whether he did or not there is no
question that the proposition was made.
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