The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-23
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IOTME PUBLIC.
Iii. the public that We cho6s So to sd-
d,,,. in the personal controversy that has
hssn forced upon US. We made state
msnt IN Monday mornings paper, which
va desire the public to bear in mind,
and we present the aIes OF the REGISTER
and Iat<ldyencsr as our witnesses to the
TACT, therein stated. The editor OF the
RtoIsrxR has never, on sny occsslon'
SOUGHT personal quarrel with
snV one-bs he editor or citizen.
Wa sterply condemn the use OF person.
srties in the conduct of q newpaper, and
serupuIously avoid such use unless forced
ppop Us. When we are wantonly and
brutslly attacked, as We have recently
been by A. W. CAMPBELL. we do not
hesitate to strike back, AS cur readers
may have observed.
Yesterday morning, CAMPBELL devot-
ed the whole of his editorial spi CO and
periec, food of the gall OF his depraved
basrt 10 US. Like the fsh.womsn
of scented memory, opens Hood oi
blllingsgs.e upon US, and, like her, thinks
il important to him to have the fsst word
in a Quarrel OF his own raisng-eVen
though that last word is rehash, :o' the
huudred,h time, of the base falsehoods
which have ss often been exploded. de
hss been driven from every position as
sumed by him in the early part OF the
controversy, been proven wiliiui iais'-
fer by authority not to be gsinssid, and
now he relspses into his congeniai
paslims OF singing dlth and rei.ersting
slsnders. ln this field we confess we are
not his match, and have no intention oil
entering the list rs his competitor.
During the many years OF the war ard
At its close, when 1t was dangerous to be
suspected of sympathy with the South
and not 10 be n subscriber 10 the InteHI-
o,nrer was sufficient 10 establish that
sympathy, A. w. CAMrDGLL played
the part Of petty tyrsnt upon our peo-
MIA A business man who did not ad-
ysrti.e in that paper WAS Nh Object of
suspicion; one who declined to enroll MS
name upon its subscription list was
marked for prescription. Many happy
household was despoiled, many family
circle broken up, by Infamous spies
such as he upon the actions and
words of his neighbors. With one
hand in the National treasury, draw
iug pay as Postmaster Tor duties no
did no. perform, and the other hand
in the State treasury, as Public
Printer, exscting enormous profits,
this pompouS creature contracted
loathsome disease known as "pflde oi
purse" Cola, selfish ard intriguing, he
snde svored 10 pull down every man IN
his own party who, in his blind envy
scanned 10 him 10 stand in the way OF his
promotion. S,nator WILEY, Senator
CARllLE, Senator VAN WINKLE, CHEs-
TER ID. HUBBARD, all who stood higher
in the affections of the people than him.
self were sui jects Of bis iLuendoes and
sneers, until be became SO cordially hated
in his own party us 10 be compelled to
sell his interest in the MteIiigene'r in or
der TO prevent the starting Of rival
which was certain to break it down. And
when he afterwards WAS permitted 10
sneak back into the concern, he was
compelled 10 pay more than twice IS
much as he had got in his hasty retreat
Again Is the concern tecsying under
his management, and again he takes TO
his well-beaten track OF trying to pull
down-to cover with slime and slander
those whom he supposes are in his
vay. A successful rival in this news
paper field is . thing that makes him
blind with rage. 1t deserves but one
tate, in hi, estimation, and that is 70 be
crushed out. We'll, now so on with
x,n, nruahtnu