The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-24

when 1 could see you. This letter met
with no attention from you. 1 saw you
on the 4th Of April. You told me. in
going from your office to the Capitol
that you would try and have the mat
ter settled that day, aud promised to
see me the next day at your office at
$3.50 o'clock q. m. i called at that time,
but o did not meet me according to
your promise. l know that Senators
German and Brice were both in the
senate that day, and had been there
daily for a week. On the 9th OF April
latter you had trihed with me for four
weeks) l wrote u letter and lett 1t with
Mr.. Syme, and requested him to hand
it to you at the very earliest opportu-
nifty. In this letter | statedto you that
it had been over four weeks since ! had
made the proposition to you to take in
lieu of the $1,000 position in the house
OF representatives, 5000, just half OF
what the position was worth to me, and
that unless the proposition was com
piled with, at least 70 far as the pay
ment OF the $500 was concerned, on or
before Thursday, that you might con,
slider it withdrawn, and that l would
not considerit binding me in IN way
after that date.
This au epitomized statement OF your
treatment to me and a truthful one, and
one to which | am willing to make oath,
and that, too, alter you have said to
me and others that l had edhonorably
and honestly with you, and treated you
like a gentleman. l am very sorry, IN
deed, senator, that ! can't pay you the
same compliment. You will doubtless
remember that you told me that a copy
OF the paper containing an expose oil
the pretended colonization scheme was
placed in the hands OF every miner in
your state; that the work wa q ten.
strike" dead shot" &c, &c. You not
only said this to me. but | can prove you
said it to Others. You know, too, that
every letter SAID or p%urporting to have
been written by me to Whitehead while
he was in West Virginia was submitted
to you, and that in one instance a ma
terial change wa made at your sugges::
ton. You also know that Whitehead
did not 90 to West Virginia TO look Tor
homes or employment for negroes, or
with any such object, present or pros
p~ectiye, in view. You know as well as
/, and others do, that he was sent there
to practice q deception upon your peo-
ple, your constituents-your friends,
men who had placed confidence in your
honor and integrity, and elected you to
the high and honorable position you
now occupy, and that YOU was a party
to the act, aud paid a part OF his ex-
penses md promised to pay the balance.
| wish 10 say that l did not deal or
bargain with Senator German or sena-
tor Brice, but with you. | have no
right to expect them to fulfill your OBJ
legation. While Senator German was
cocnizant OF the work, he is under no
obligations to me, and neither OF their
names would ever have appeared in this
matter, had you not dragged them into
You have on several occa-
sions given as an excuse that
your public duties we're such, that
YOU did not have time to attend TO this
business. / will admit, that it is very
commendable in an official to attend
strictly to his public duties, but am
not prepared TO say, that 1t is very
praisworthy in n to become ABSORBED
in his public duties as to cause him to
neglect or fail to comply with ms per
sonal obligations.
Referring to the rsry courteous message,
sent me by you, through Mr.. syme, last
night, / desire to ask You what my mat,
ter has to do with any committee, n
il you we're depending upon any CON,
mittee to pay me the amount, why did
YOU tell me in your office on the l4th OF
March, that you had seen the senator,
and that my matter was all right, and
that you would have had the money for
me il they had had a meeting on the
Saturday before? Why did you tell
me you would get the money Tor me