Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-11-11

character TO judge between Us. AID
am always willing to abide with the
decision of the public.
The Commercial SAYS "I will find
that the Gomrsrciul is read BY men
IN the State at Logan who pay for it,
and who are not deadheadcd for
scri6bling EaiSehoOds for an uninflu-
entiai paper" For the last two years,
| have been I'M occasional correSpOn-
lent OF the Huntington ADVERTISER,
kanawha Ctroi1~ir,, West Va. C0ur-
Ter and Wayne Adrocdte, and not
dea l-headed for any of them, and ii
Mr. Gibson means that | have writ
ten falsehood at any time, for any
of those papers, | reply in plain Eng
lish that he has lied. | make it a
rule in my correspondence, never to
write anything Of 4 sensational char
acter, and as far as ! can avoid pol.
itics; believing that party politics
has been the hane CT our State. So
far rs the circulation OF the CONNER,
ED in this county is concerned, ]
again say that it has none among per,
sons Of any responsibility, l have
made diligent enquiry and so far
have found only one copy, wiz the
one taken by the Rev. Joseph w.
Bedford, 'the intelligent Tug River
/ Correspondent" At our p, o. Logan
I c. H., Scrc are in addition to the
/ New York. Cincinnati & Richmond,
Va. papers, some two hundred cop.
les OF West Va. papers distributed Il
actual subscribers, among those are
, the Adc,tissr, the AirOoate the Chron'
/ icle, Courier, West Virginia Journal
but 30 far | have not heard of the
first copy OF that Influential JOurnA
"The Huntington Commercial. " This
neglect of the Commercial cannot bt
on account of the prescription of the
; Democratic party, for the West Va
Journal fan ADLER exponent of The
principles and policies of the Repub
lican party of the State, is read by
Democrats. not that they arc in &C
cord with its general politics, bu
/ because they consider its editors
| gentlemen who arc considerations ii
| their opinions, and ascribing TO then
the same honesty, which we SLAIN
for ourselves, and the same earnest
ness of purpose in endeavoring Il
build up the waste places of OuI
State, our political difference is {
matter of l;ttle moment.
/ But the most laughable feature il
! Mr.. Gibson's eudeavor to SANDER us
is the 1a,aming letter of the Rev. Jo
seph Bedford, the Walking Circui
Rider describing a Baptist ASSocia
ton at Silver Greek Church in Wayn,
County. Much that he says may b,
true, for the neighborhood of which
he speaks is one noted for its ignO
rance and radicaliS,D, aud the peopl
whom he describes were traitors L
Virginia in the hour of her peril, be
ing Union shriekers, and belongin!
generally to what was known a. tn
"Home Guards" an organization
formed in our mountain counties du
, ring the war, for the purpose OF rot
, bing detenscleSs old men, women an,
, children, and though they were shel
tered by TIE stars and stripes, the
r occupied ouly the position that tn
, Huntington Commercial occupies /
the Republican party. Mr.. Gibso
can furnish the parallel.
} IfNr. Gibson complains of Loga
e Coantv, simply because it il Dem,
p cratic,sI am heartily glad that h
Y has cause to complain. | am not
/ native of Logan County, and ther,
- fore without fear Of being accused I
n egotism, can speak of her virtues {
5 which IS an adopted citizen, al
e proud. She has history Of whic
v She is not ashamed.
= When the war was over, the 50
l. diers returned 70 their native hills, tt
Union soldier to enjoy the fruits ,
t the victory, which his valor had a
D sisted in winning, and the confede
ATE to enjoy the liberty which ha
+, been promised him, and which wei
n the terms Of his surrender. u
T. both were sadly mistakes; withoI
! their consent, and while they wei
Y fighting the battles of their countr,
y enduring the privatjons OF the tente
field, and spending the best years
/ their lives in defence Of what the
4 believed to be right, their countr
# had been severed from the old Stat
J. and made 4 component part of
j State, whose policy at that time b
n lied the noble motto which it had st,
| len.
IA About seventy-ive voters vi
h were too cowardly to JOIN the 70
fitunes OF either Of the contendiI
Il sections and who devoid Of priucip
5 or honor, claimed to be adherents
l. the winning party, and as soon Is Il
r war WAS over took possession of Il
n country. The test oath which W
i then the talisman of the Republico
4 party of West Virginia distranchi>,
" all cosfederatcs, and the Boards
Registration closed the avenues
u suffrage to all Union soldiers, vi
profcSsed to be Democrats. The
seventy-hve voters divided amor