Year: 1877

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


Judge Camden w. the Register


Osershoosing the Mark-RarIy Gre


mation-Fate or Rlmon Girty-wes,


vi,gipia Universiiy-Person


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,


May 80, 1877.


My attention has just been directed t.
paragraph in one of the State papers
stating that Judge CAMDEN was abusing
the Wheeling REGISTER for having an
opinion of its own on the Capital ques
ton. am sorry for this, not because
the REGISTER may not be able to with
stand his abuse, but sorry that the Judge
should have adopted this, style of argu.
ment in the canvass he is making in be-
half of Clark sburg. There is no objection
to the Judge making canvass indeed, il
was expected of him. When member
of the Legislature, the Capital question
was the hobby Oh which he mounted to
carry him into the Senate. He rode his
nag faithfully, and the fact of his not
reaching the expected destination was
not due to failure on his part to apply
whip and spur. His failure to reach the
Senate was attributable to the fact that
no one, except Judge CAMDEN, ever Sc
riously contemplated making q Senator
of Judge CAMDEN. So then he has a
perfect right 10 ride his favorite horse
just as long as he pleases, even If the race
is over. But it is certainly bad taste and
questionable judgment in him to abuse
those who differ with him IN opinion.
The REGISTER is as capable of arriving
at sound conclusion on matters Of State
policy as he is, and certainly
as unbiased and free from selfish motives
The Judge having reached the oscar and
yellow leaf time of lite, 1t would be un-
kind to speak OF hip, otherwise than with
that tenderness and yeneration due to old
age under every circumstance, but it
might not be inappropriate to remind
him of WARD Lannon's remark on BEN
WADE when he spoke of him as "s man
too old to live and too wicked to die.'


HAS ENOUGH.


An old hunter once told me that it was
q greater blunder to overshoot the mar k
than not to shoot at all. He regards it
as waste of ammunition, and of a pos
sible danger of doing some damage. This
truthful observation is recalled
by the manifesto recently put
forth by the Clarksburg people in
reference to the capacities and facil-
tiles of that city. That document would
impress the ignorant and unsuspicious
reader with the belief, that if placed on
war footing Clsrksburg would rival
any of the belligerent European powers
and when they talk of being at the head
of navigation on the West Fork, the
next thing expected is the news of exten-
sive naval preparations which will make
England tremble for her supremacy OF
the seas. Clsrksburg has overshot the
mark; she claims too have too much. l
am reminded of the candidate for Con-
gress making a pathetic appeal Tor the
suffrage of his people because of the emi
nent service done his country by food
and field, and OF the numerous sacrifices
made in their behalf. He told of the weary
marches he had made, OF the days of
suffering in the camp and on the battle
field, of the numerous wounds he bore
upon his person, when an old veteran
pushed his way through the crowd to the
speakers stand, as the tears rolled down
his cheeks, saying: "In the name OF
Heaven, Colonel p, you have done
enough for your country. l will vote
for the other man." If Clarksburg is as
great place as her people say that she
is, then she has enough, and the people
of the state, out of compassion for her,
will vote for Charleston or Msrtinsburg.


1t is not important to the people OF
West Virginia to know how large or
how small q town may be, in order to
decide upon the merits of Capital loca-
ton, but the point of prime Importance
is tc know at what place will location
benefit the State most substantially in
the future. There are great many peo-
pie who believe that no one of the places
to be voted for is the most eligible, but
the contest is narrowed to three and the
decision must be made between them.
Hence they expect the rival towns to
present facts for consideration, and have
no desire to listen to TRADES of abuse or
of exaggerated accounts OF wealth.


A CBEMATED RENEGADE.


A little piece OF history connected with
the early settlement of Western Virginia
has recently came to light, which
Is important if true, and seems
to be pretty we'll authenticated.
There is scarcely man, woman or child
in West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio, who is not familiar
with the name of SIMON GIRTY, notori.
Gus white renegade, who as the leader OF
rowing bands of Indians committed many
depredstions upon the frontier settle