The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-05
THE lNTELLIGENCER
WHEELING. DECEMBER .. 1900.
A SANDER Refuted.

A dyspeptic who signs himself I'm
dependent" writes to the Democratic
/. morning paper in spirit of great con-
Germ about the attitude OF this paper
with regard to the proposed statue Of
Ex-Governor Plerpont In statuary hall
in the national capitol. He says we are
most anxious to have statues Of Messrs.
Wiley and Pierpont placed In the capt.
tol, which shows his dense Ignorance
Of the matter. Only two statues from
each state are provided for In the ma
tlon's hall Of fame, and as the Demo-
Gratis have already placed Senator
Kenna's there, room for only one more
remains. 1t Is then either Pierpont,
( Wiley, Campbell, Lamb, or someone
else. whichever it is the pleasure Of the
legislature to select. The Intelligent
Ger mentioned the fact the other day
that movement was on foot In favor
of Ex-Governor Pierpont, and added that
his name had been endorsed for stat
uary honors by the Society OF the Army
VI 'SS ' IL SHIi. IL ulu SOIIltltHI
but not TO the exclusion of others.
The object of Independents" scrced
shows the bad action OF his liver when
he closes hts communication with this
query: "Why Is 1t that you can scarcely
ever see anything In the Republican
organ favorable to It's founder, the late
Hon. a. w. Campbell?"
The animus of this is too thinly We
neered. 1t Is not because he has such n
profound vcneration for the memory OF
Mr.. Campbell, but that he has an III
conccaledSand bilious grudge against
the present management of the 1ntelli-
gencer. 1t would scarcely have been
worth while to have answered such n
pointed mlsstatement of fact were It not
so palpably unjust Independent" very
likely was one OF those who during the
lifetime of Mr.. Campbell was his harsh
est critic. and who made up that cotorle
OF Republicans who opposed any pollti-
cal Dreferment being bestowed on Mr..
Campbell when he was alive. Being
dead he can afford to be hypocritieatly'
generous only to slur those whose revcr-
ence for Mr.. Campbell's eminent abilities
were made known, and who did not walt
TO express those sentiments until they
fell on the dull. cold ear of death"
Independent" Is wilfully misleading
in his statement that you can scarcely
find anything in the Republican organ
favorable to It's founder. the Hon. A. w.
Campbell" II he Will turn TO inst Sat-
urday's issue he Will find the following
conclusion of an editorial discussing
the statue question he complains Of:
II We are looking for the real "pio-
neer, pilot and high priest" OF the move
ment for the new state. We shall find In
Archibald W. Cappbell. then editor Ut
the Wheeling lntelllGeucer, the man
who has best claim to these high titles.
Such Is the historical fact. abundantiy
attested by the memories OF all his con-
temporaries and OF the record. There
was never any controversy over his at
tttude from first to last. and all the
time. on the question OF the new state,
and free state as the only kind OF a
state that was possible when the ulti-
mate decision rested with the two
houses of an hntl-slavery Congress, re-
solved In the fuce OF the great rebellion
then raging In behalf OF slavery not to
admit any new representation into the
senate from n slave senate. Campbell,
and Plerpont were In full sympathy and
cooperation all the time. from 1866 on
to the end. in the fight for independence
IN the northwest and release from Old
virginia Nnn tnt,
thies and affiliations during this perIod
were all with eastern Virginia and ,he
Institutions and policies that controlled
It,
So much has been said, not In defense
OF this paper. but In REPUTATION OF the
venomous SANDER OF independent.