Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
A. W. CAMPBELL.

11OA. AiSuludIu W. OdIupb6lI uleu DIT
the residence of his sister, Mrs W C.
Dawson, at Webster grove, in the sub
urbs of ST. Louis, yesterday morning at
halp-past ten o'clock, well advanced in
the sixty-fifth year of his age.
Death was the result of a paralytic
stroke, which, from the first advices re
ceived here, did not appear to be so SER
ious as TO cause apprehension among
his countless friends. The news of his
death came yesterday as a terrible
shock TO the people among whom he
had spent actively and prominently so
many years of his useful life, and sin
cere regrets were to be heard upon all
sides when the sad intelligence became
known.
Deceased was son of the late DR.. A.
". Campbell, of Bethany, and was
born in Jefferson county, o., April 4.
1888. The family removed to Bethany
when the subject of this sketch was
still boy, and his education was ac-
quired at Bethany College, where he
graduated in the class of 1852, at the
age of nineteen. He chose the legal
profession as The one best suited to his
tastes, and accordingly entered Hamil-
ton College Law school, New York,
where he graduated upon the compile
ton of the full course in 1855. The fol-
lowing year he came TO Wheeling, and
entered the Office Of the Intelligencer
in the spring of 1856. The paper was
then owned by Pendleton & Beatty.
Mr.. Campbell definitely determined to
give up the practice of the law for
newspaper work, and in the autumn OF
1856, in company with John McDermot,
purchased the paper, Mr.. Campbell be-
coming its editor, making the paper an
advocate of the young but rapidly crys-
talizing Republican party.
Mr.. Campbell early took a prominent
part in the politics of those troubled
times, and was so conspicuous a figure
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thar he was chosen a delegate from
Virginia to the National Republican
Convention which nominated Abra-
ham Lincoln. During the war he was
an answering supporter of the gov
eminent, both through the columns of
his paper and by individual effort, and
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ures in the State during the days
which tried mems souls" He opposed
strenuously and successfully the clause
in the Constitution Of West Virginia
which recognized slavery, and, as he
predicted, the national government in
sisted upon its being stricken out At
the close OF the war his lberality
caused him to urge with force and abil-
ity the northumberland of those
citizens of the State who had given aid
10 the cause Of the South, and publish
ed an address upon the issue which
was received with lily disguised dis
sent by many OF the most prominent
Union men Of the State. His views sub
seQuently prevailed, however. and the
people ratified them by amending the
Constitution in that direction.
This was not the only occasion when
Mr. Campbell differed with his party.
His independence OF mind caused him.
upon several occasions TO assert his in
dividuality. notably upon the financial
policy OF the government. and as 10 the
third term for President Grant, when,
in the Chicago Convention, he took is
sue with 10 less a man than Roscoe
Conkling, and in so doing blazed the
way for the nomination Of James A
Garfield. His declaration in that Con-
yention, I carry NY sovereignty IN
der my own hat" attracted the atten-
ton of the entire country. and upon
his return 10 Wheeling his courage
was recognized by q public mass meet
ing at e Opera House. where his
course was endorsed, and he was pre-
scented with an oil painting depicting
the Convention scene. His opposition
to the present policy Of imperialism
will also be distinctly recalled.
Deeply interested in politics, Mr
Campbell was never a politician. He
had no taste for the manipulation OF
Conventions or the active conduct Of
campaigns Such things were left 10
Others. Had ne chosen, he might have
attained more than usual distinction
in office; but he would never consent
to engage in scramble for honors Of
that sort His participation in polit-
zeal matters. aside from his editorial
writings. was confined to representing
his party en- the floor Of Conventions.
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