The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-25


incorrisible. He noiHhe; and when he
gets out OF temper as he now IS his
fslsehoods fly fast and furiously and he
makes perfect ninny Of himself, to the
great disgust Of the public. We asked
a civil question the other day as to
what he would do in the event OF
GRANTS denomination for the Presiden-
CIV, and he straightway falls into amost
ridiculous and unnecessary passion and,
instead Of answering our question: IN
vents and publishes all manner OF iaise-
hoods concerning the questioner. While
printing in one column a claim to be
considered an independent and high
toned journalist, in another he Is guilty
Of wilful and malicious lying. While
claiming to be actuated by such q SUI
preme love for virtue and truth as to
reurove the vices and excuses Of his
own party friends, he shows himself
talsifier and slanderer even where the
exercise of his talents in that line can
10 no good to him, accomplish no pos
sible benefi. to the public, and inh;ct no
harm upon the person assailed.
We have never belonged to that
school of journalists who think that
their personal concerns are OF immense
importance to the public, or that the
world is vitality interested in knowing
who they are, what they eat and where
withal they are clothed. A newspaper
i one thing; the men who make 1t are
uuite another. What is said in a news
paper, going as it does before many
thousands of readers and exerting some
influence upon many thousand minds
is proper subject for discussion result
ing ia either approval or rebuke; but
the truth that is Published depends not
for its truthfulness upon the man who
wrote it, nor 10 printed falsehoods be-
come less pernicious when written by
the most exemplary saint in Christen-
,lom. The public is interested alone IN
what is said, no.in the person who says
il. and the editor who thinks himself
and his personal affairs Of more I'M
portance than those ofany other private
citizen in the community is guilty Of
insufTerable egotism and shows himself
unfit for his profession The most in
flnential papers in the world are those
the names and personnel Of whose edi-
,orial writers are unknown to the read
er. The opinions set forth in these
journals are judged upon their own mer-
its alone, and stand or fall in accordance
with their own intrinsic worth or
worthlessness The London Times
guards with Jealous care the secrecy OF
all its editors, and not one in one thous-
and ofthe readers OF the principal daily
papers in this country knows who is
the author OF the editorial article he
olmires or condemns. The day OF
The Eatanswll Gazette and Iade-
pendent is past, except in very rural 10
calities and among exceedingly verdant
editors, and the judgment Of the public
is that it don't care a snap for the per-
sonal quarrels of Journalists and won't
pay its money for that sort Of thing
In Difference to this opinion, which
we know to be correct, we decline to be
drawn into a personal squabble with
the editor of the MtelFgencer of this
city. We hold ourselves ready in a
strictly private and personal manner to
punch the head of the editor afore-
said, considered as strictly private
and personal citizen, whenever we think
such course necessary and believe
onrself likely to get the best of the
scrimmage, but through the columns OF
the REGISTER we shall only persist in
our oft repeated inquiry until we OBJ
tain satisfactory reply thereto; If
GRANT is nominated by the Republl-
cans for President, will the Wheeling
IateNigencer support him?