The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-23

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in the year 1856, framed an indictnen
against Horace Greeley as the editor ant
, Publisher Of the New York Tribune; ant
t6% under his administration in tina
county, good and honest citizens were
compelled 10 flee their homesto escape ar
rest and punishment because they reaC
that paper
This Is d matter that the Colonel could
not very well fail to recollect, inasmuch a,
he played SO important u part in the bust
ness, and we can only account for his neg
lect to explain it by belief on his part
that he could not sugar coat it with an
excuse that would make it acceptable to
his audience. We brought it to his atten.
ton to remind him how in the days of his
power he lent himself to the persecution
OF his fellow citizens because OF their pO-
litical belief. Not because they were rebels
or traitors to their country, but simply
because they dared to read Republican
newspapers. This is the sort OF a man
who now seeks votes from Republicans
all over this district.
As for all the other texts" that We pre-
sented for the ,Golonel's attention, he
found it convenient, in like manner, to
ignore them. Hc knew that he could not
answer the points presented by such Dem.
ocrats US Senator Bayard and Gov. sey.
mour, and SO he ignored them altogether.
After having supported Horace Greeley
on hard money platform in 1872, and
Samuel j. Tilden in 1876, he had the cool
impudencc to speak Of himself as the an
tagonist OF everything of that kind. Six
years ago this fall Ben Wilson was here in
Wheeling defending and advocating the,
election OF ceGreeley to the Presi-
dency, (the manswhom he had indicted in
'Hdrrfpa county us IN Abolitiontst in
1885 on'the following plattorm-(see sec
sth. 6frthe Democratic platform OF 1922
al Speeiy retuTH to specie payment Is de-
mnGalei mix iJyltl4 highest considerations cf
commercial morality and honeSl gOrrnmelli."
This is the proposition that Ben. Wilson
pressed upon the people of this district
when running for Congress (thc second
timel in 1872, and yet he now talks of
there not being specie enough inthe world
to pay the debts Of the American people.
He said Saturday night that we owed
seven billions Of dollars and that there was
not more than about that amount in the
world. This remark shows that the
Colonel is one OF the most ignorant or the
most designing Of men. There is far more
specie in the world than there was in 1872
and, far,1css debt in this country And
yet in that year he told people hereabouts
that 4 speedy return to specie payment
was demanded alike by the highestc con.
sideations. Of Commercial morality and
and honest government" and only two
years ago he went around this district
mouthing the words OF the St. Louis plat
form on which hard money Tilden was
nominated, and that upbraided the Repub-
lican party for not having ere that time
brought the country to specie payments.
Despite Of this record, Col. Wilson went
down on his knees deep into the mud Sat
urday night to beg for votes from the
Grcenbackcrs, and simply because he bad
heard that Bassell was likely to get con-
siderable support heEet He undertook to
outbid Bassell for these votes. With a
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