Year: 1867




In his reply, General NoRTlICOTT dis
claims any intolerant intentions on the
part of these whom lie represents, and
refers to the editor of this paper to con
firm his claim that political liberality
is characteristic of the Clarksburg
people. 1t affords us pleasure to con
cede all that the Telegraph claims upon
this point. Clarksburg was the first
interior town of West Virginia, in
which Democratic meeting was held
after the close of the war, and her peo-
PIE have ever manifested disposition
to give all sides an impartial hearing
in political matters. If the Telegraph
will remember, we made no complaints
of the past, but only limited fear for
the future. We are glad to be assured
that hereafter, as heretofore, a spirit of
just toleration will control the public
sentiment of Harrison county.


We append few paragraphs from
the Ielegraph's article, in order to allow
our cotemporary to speak for himself.
1t is proper to remark, however, that
we did not complain so much of the
ugliness of the titles by which Gexeral
NoRTHCoTT described the "unterrifed,"
as of their probable effect upon the
prospects of his town as place for the
Capital. The following are the extracts
referred to:


Now in regard TO names which we
gave the party of which the REGISTER
is the chief organ in this State, we can
not see that we committed any great
breach of editorial etiqutte in applying
those which we did. We have been i'll
the harness of journalism for a great
many years, and we have never learned
that there was any imprOpriety in ap-
| plying rough or harsh names to party
in general sense. Names given to a
party organization are never considered
rs individualizing or personating any
particular member or members of that
organization. This is the view we have
been taught to take of it, and if we are
wrong, We will be glad to be corrected,
for We do not wish to stray from the
proprieties of journalism.


We are much surprised that our neigh
| Dor, when he commenced the work of
reforming the abuses of journalism,
should have selected us to expend his
| first lecture upon, when there is so
much of such work needed among the
journals of his own party. We shonld
think he would find sufficient employ
ment in keeping them straight. There
is a Democratic paper which has con-
siderable circulation in this State, called
the lacrosse Democrat, one number of
which bestOws more abusive names on
its political opponents than all the
Radical papers in West Virginia do in
twelve months.


But eur ncighbor thinks we are in
juring the prospects of Clarksburg for
the Capital by this kind of course.
Individually and personally we treat
Democrats with all due respect, and our
intercourse with them is pleasant, but
we de not see that we should consent to
any kind of truce with party whose
principles we consider detrimental to
the safety of the country in order to try
to get them to vote to locate the Capt.
tai at place for which they ought TO
vote from sense of duty. Were We to
play sycophant TO them, they would
conclude we were doing it because we
had an axe TO grind, aud instead of con-
ciliating we would probably disgust
them. In that case we would be log
rnllinu as nthprs haye done


We think if our neighbor of the
Register will examine our editorials care
fully, he will find that we do not often
deyiate from journalistic propriety. We
never stoop to personalities. If the
Democratic members of the Legislature
will call around here they will find the
people of Clarksburg will treat them as
respectfully as any other people, wheth-
or Democratic or Radical.


We expect the Democratic members
of the Legislature and the Radical
members to vote for Clarksburg for the
Capital, not on political grounds, but
on the grounds of justice and on the
principles of right.