The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-17
Reply 10 Reslstsr Correspondent
WHEELING, March 10, 1852.

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EdltOn Intelllgeneer.
Some one over thesignature "Kanawha''
attacks the report Of my interview with a
representative Of the ISrRLLloEScER on the
past, present and prospective state Of affairs
in the Kanawha region, and also attacks
me personally. Who this anonymous fol.
low may be | know not. II is enough for
me TO know that he is an anonymous
scribbler: | presume that his insignifcance
prompts him to conceal his name from the
public. As 10 his structures on the subject
lnatterofmy interview, or oil me personally,
| care nothing Both are false! challenge
him or any other man to come out over his
own signature and investigate me or
opinions to the fullest extent.
l am citizen OF the Kanawha Valley
and have material interest in the pro-
gress andprosperity Of that region, and am
willing to compare the extent Of those in
terests, or oil my devotion to the welfare OF
That eountry,with any .pretensiOns OF like
character on the part OF this anonymous
fellow.
lido my own voting and thinking there
and elsewhere. II chose to vote my own
way. on the capital question, that was ex-
clusively my own business; Just rs much
my own business as was that OF any man
in the First or Second districts who voted
Tor Charleston. As to my using or seeking
to use that vote for ans, benefit to myself,
personally or politically, the assertion is
simply an unqualified ialsehood. No man
exists who ever knew me to so refer TO
II at any time or under any circumstances.
The anonymous scribbler refers to me US an
apostle from jersey" Well, am not
ashamed Of my birth place and only a
Bourbon like this fellow ever thought Of
reminding citizens OF long standing that
they were not born on the soil.
What is it to be born in the Kanawha
Valley any more than to be born in New
Jersey? Is not Jerseyman the equal in
every respect OF a native OF the Kanawha :?
Who are the people to-day that are giving
that beautiful valley importance2 Many
otthem are Northern capitalists, and North
ern laborers. Are they an inferior class OF
human beings? II they are thus regarded,
let the people OF the North understand the
iact, and they will shuh the State OF West
Virginia in the future as they have COM
parauyely In the past. All citizens OF the
United States are supposed to
enjoy equal rights in every State
in the Union. Only Bourbons
like the Registers anonymous writer hold
differently. They claim to own a mans
opinion and votes when he comes among
them. He has only such rights as they
may be pleased to accord him. II he acts
and votes independently then he is re-
minded that he Is from abroad, and he is
sought to be slurred in the public estima-
ton on that account. This Is the Bourbon
idea in the Kanawha Valley as it Is in the
South generally. desire this fellow and
all for whom he may speak to understand
that | am not under their restraint at
home or away from home.
My opinions as to what Is needed in the.
Kanawha Valley are well known to all who
care to know anything about them. have
a full average interest in all that concerns
the future Of that valley know the past
and present state oil affairs in that region,
and il after twenty-six years citizenship
there | have not the same rights in all re-
spects as this anonymous Bourbon | de-
sire 10 be informed Of the fact, J.S.C.