The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-25
The EIcmentO OF Revenge In Poll.
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The Charleston Courier assumes to be
the exponent Of prevalent bitter and
revcngeful feeling in the Third District,
against those Especially DemOcratD who
voted to remove the Capital from that
place to Wheeling. Ever since the act
was passed, that paper has teemed
with editorials and anonymous com.
munications that have breathed out
thrcatnings and slaughter against the re.
moyalists in the First and Second dis.
tricts. A few days ago it contained an
article in editorial type, signed "rhird
District" which was formally headed
thus-viz: "a few Words to the Capital
Removalisls in the First and Second Dis.
tricts.n This article boiled over with
vcngeful feeling. SO much 30 that il Is
almost impossible to conceive Of II m
having been written by any one who had
nospeciul and personal interest in the re.
moyal Of the Capital. We are very Ger.
tain that the people generally Of the
Third district do not cherish the feelings
expressed in this bitter article. We judge
80 from the tone Of the papers in that dis.
trict, not one Of which either echoes or
endorses the revengeiul sentiments that
have been expressed from time to time
in the Courier. According to the writer
alluded to in that paper, there Is to be
no let.up in the matter Of vengeance until
Carthage Is destroyed. The programme
is, for instance, rs follows:
"If the courts should hold the net to
be constitutional, then we propose to ell
ter upon a war for It's repeal, and TO
prosecute that war constantly, persistent
" and determinedly until its repeal Is
secured, and in the meantime to vote
solidly for the removal Of the seat OF gov.
ernment temporarily to any place which
can command votes enough, with ours,
TO pass the bill.
dIn the prosecution Of this war we pro-
pose to strike you in your most sensitive
part. speak now TO such Of You a.
claim to be Democrats, and ] tell you
that the Democrats Of the Third District
propose To defeat each and every one OF
you whenever and wherever you are can
didates for Office.
ITO make the accomplishment of this
object n certainty, we propose not TO go
into convention with you for the nOniina-
tion OF candidates, but TO leave you alone
in your glory, and when you have made
your nominations, then we will make the
necessary combination TO place a ticket in
the field that will beat you. And tell you
now that II wont do you any good to Sc
lect any part Of your ticket from the
Third District, because any man In this
district who would accept nomination
from you would stand about the Snme
chance to get votes in II as Benedict
Arnold would have stood TO get votes In
the American army after he deserted to
the British.,'
II Isl good deal easier to imagine that
the above language proceeds from a dis.
appointed Ak grinder than from a "Third
District citizen who simply, like the
philosopher ]. n, "nssumeS the pres
sure" for the multitude. ia inrCmarka
bic contrast TO an editorial in the Green
brier Endep,adeni Of last week. That pa
per commences an article on the situation
al Charleston as follows:
"OuF Charleston friends are haturally
very indignant at the removal Of the Cnpi
tai, and, very unWiSely "a we think, are
saying some very ill.advised things jusl
now about the femovalistS in general and
the Governor in particular"
The Independent Ia an anti.Jacob Dem
octatic paper, and yet (nS the editor Gays,
has no hesitation in expressing the opin.
ion that he 1.-THE Governor) has a legal
right to carry the removal Law into eIecu.
iion. And II also expresses the further
opinion "thal the Magic Relief injunction
10 Of but little consequence"
UThe removal bill having passed and
the law recurring the Executive to carry
the details into operation, it Seema Ia
he the opinion Of the best lawyers in the
State that the Governor alone is the judge
Of his duty in the premiscS. There may
he cases passing under the consideration
Of both The Judicial and Executive de.
paftments, and the nature Of the question
NAV moi be such na To remove la conaid.
GRAFTON from the Judicial forum u only
executive dnty is involved, We know Of
no authority for bringing the Executive
before the courts, in order either that the
duty may be performed under their difee.
tions, or that after ils Peffofmanco tholF
Judgment may be had concerning iA legal
ity or propricty. This proposition Is Ger.
tainly quite clear, for the Executive, Ike
the Jndiciary, constitutes an independent
department u the government, and his
decision In the line Of his duty, il as con-
elusive upon others ns arc the Judgments
Of courts"
Tho above Ia the language Of a clear
h..d.d and candid elii1T. who. although