The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-01
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CHARLESTON.

Il ClOB Pgdce- Walkers va EptSs'o
,i1c06-Yoo Weak for u Strong Case
Driren to The Wal, DC, dc
CHARLESTON, Nov. 20.
Special Correspondence OF the Intelligenecr.l
ToMAHAwK "sCoUTED."
"ITs who rObs mo Of my honor take
,bs, which is dcsler than my llte," is
sentiment that was first uttered by Cron
veil and has become as uniyersalas III
laws Of nature. You may take 9. man
moacy and youwill ipjure him far les
Than BY backing his name and character
in this regard, your humble correSpon
dent feels that he has been .unjustly'anl
msliciously treated. l refer TO wood
pn.hcsIcd correspondent OF the Regfste
Who signs himself Scout. = Pardon me
,berclore, for touching him tup'a little.
The gross charge Of lying is brough
uD against me In reporting that Senate
Bpple,t In speech against the Bethan!
College bill said that Vie She 1reasuf!
,aH 51nkfupt." WherGupon Judge Cam
den COZ johnson and Others imploret
him to modify his remark, as II would b.
u,cd against them, (the Democratic party.
I confess that made just such q report
and nv excese for doing SO was because
every word, and ten times more, that
reporcd was uttered by the parties nam
cd. Scout says that was scalped By
Judge Camden when he arose in the Sen
SIC 10 o question Of privilege and pro-
nOunced all that had written untrue
Now, plain charges demand plain ans
wers, you will, therefore, pardon me iol
pronOnucing this IS lic No. ]. Judge
Camden never said any such thing. he
did say that in 50 far asTomshawk'sre;
mort alluded to %hisrCqucsting the Senator
from Lewis to modify his assertion, be
cause It would be used against
the Democratic party" 1t was un-
truc. He, requested the Senator
ito modify bis remark, as Il might sim;
properly used willie tho present crisis wal
disturbing the State" The only differ
ence then, between Tomahawk and the
Judge was, that the former used the wore
Democracy, and the latter tho word state
In bis speech he explicitly stated that the
Senator from Lewis refused to either fe
tract or modify his remarks. VIII some
upright, honest, fine haired Democrat rise
10 and show wherein hayeimisrepre-
sen,ed the Senator from ELewis OR any
other man, especially upon this particular
proposition. lhavenever referred to this
explanation before, for Abe simple reason
that Judge Camden's explanation" EN-.
phaticaly confirmed everything L had
said on the subject. lam not in the habit
Of debating with man on questions upon
which we agree. x VIf@W
scout says thatieis q usual occur
renee for the Treasury 10 have an ex-
hsusted State fund OF this season of the
year Pardon me, cir; this is lie ENo.2
This is the first instance Of the kind thai
has ever been known since the organiza.
ton Of the State. But we are told tina,
the Radicals used the School fund
contrary to'law, andthus covered ups the
fact that the State fund was exhausted
| DEFY the truth Of this assertion. =
know that this allegation has been 0
prominent plank in the Democratic plat.
form in this State Tor years past, 'but no
man has ever produced voucher to prove
this stereotypsds assertion; Furthersifii
Is true that the Treasury Is always empty
q! this period, why did We not know the
fact three years ago? Has not the Dem
Ocraticparty been in power three, years?
II the allcgationiis true, has not this pure
party been covering It up by using the
School fund also? Is It not very clear to
your mind that there is q lie out? This
Is the third year;that the Democracy have
been in power Ii West Virginia, and IL is
the first year dat 1.-The fact was made
known that there was no money with
which pay drafts drawn by the Auditor
on the Treasurer. The case, then
Is clear that the Democrats used the
School Fund for the general expenses Of
the State 10 1871 and 'z2, contrary to law,
osthe statement made, by Judge Camden
and reiterated by "Scoat," That Il 4
common at this season Of the, yea. Tor The
State Fund 10 be exhausted, Is a'palpablt
falsehood. They must take their OWE
physic; audit seems to me hatit Is abou,
as bad to own that they have lied1in The
one case as in the other. They arc now
in the situation Of the old time, eccentric
preacher, who had been imposed upon by
a wag FASTING in hisshymn book"
"oldGdmes Is dead that GOOD oldsoult 2
We no q shah SO him mbre, SCI: d
And they should be equally as brave, VIZ.
"Now, brethren, as we have got Into 1t,
we'll sing 1t through II 1t kills U.s."
Scout re.discoyers that old elephants
nest first fonnd by Walker in 1871, viz
that the Radicals were $4,000 .shor
when they turned the Treasury over
10 the Democrats. This was a mere
assertion of Walkers, and was proven
false by referring them to the Treasurer
balance sheet which showed that there
we're $450O00 and lupwafdsin the Treas
ury when vacated by the Republican
party. Scout" then gives the State tn,
benefit of the following l information altg la
gratis; 49,
"a Democratic administration has. paid Of
this leg ICY, Of $4,000 lett BY the late:lamentet
u Republican party Il has paid 100000 for
CONVENTION 10 Ilu tu9 pCuptu VI ptosSAipII'
laws, paid the expenses Of two subsequen
legIslaigrcs, Completed and, literally provide
Tor all the State InBti tntions, paid The Hhst u
Nillment OF tho echooI lfina up wafds on 800,
100, which fell due In October. And there stil
temAIns In the treasury $9lo,ooo, subject 10 drat
lOr any and all purposes. AL vi ,hout increAs
lug taxation: onthe contrary, With tho r. assess
meat law Of this session. taxation will bemE
tefIally reduced"
quote the above astounding reyela
ton in order that might append . few
comments, and then let The people judg
between us as 10 who "lies from force Q
habit" or otherwise. ,IGAA
lie says the Democratic party paid thi
$4,000 deftit.E Pardon me again, sir, thi
slic No. 8. Its false, because there wa
no deficit, as l have fully shown, and %
course they could not have paidit.. tire
minds me Of Aim ef old, when he took GU
Savior upon the Mount, and told him tina
he would give him everything arouni
him upon which, his eyes rested, II b
would only get down and worship him
DO you remember the, rebuke; get III
behind me Satan" II is not yours TO GIG
There was nothing to pay; they could no,
therefore, pay 1t, and they had nothing 4
pay II with, had II been true.