Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-16
MIR. Garlic in Barbour County.

We never saw man placed in so en-
barrassing a situation as was Mr.. John s.
Carlie, the KnowNothing candidate for
Congress, in PhiIlippi, on last Thursday.
The Indignation Of the people of Barbour
county at the political treachery and du-
plicity Of that gentleman was immense,
and manifested itself in every form short
of absolute insult. There were few
ow-Nothingswhigs who evinced some
friendship for him, and that was ALL
The great mass of the people, and parti-
cularIy his old Democratic friends, stuLi-
ously avoided him, and when approached,
received him SO coldly as to sensibly i'm
press upon his mind the feeling entertain
ed for him.
In commencing his address. his embar-
rassment and confusion almost overcame
him. He passionately appealed to the
people, who seemed but slightly disposed
to listen to him, TO hear him. "Strike !"
be exclaimed, 1" but hear me !" and out
of sheer compassion, a majority OF people
remained in the Court House. Some
seven Know~Nothings stationed them
selves in the gallery, and sought to cheer
up their candidate by appIaudiny him,
but this seemed only to add to his annoy
ance.
Hon. J. NJ. Mason, who preceded Mr..
Garlic in an address, read the following
resolution which was passed by the Know
Nothing State Council for Western Vir-
ginia, at Wheeling, and alluded to the
demoralizing effect and disgraceful results
attending the action of similar commit
tee appointed by the Legislature Of Mas
sachuSetts.
"Resolvcd, By this Council, that it be
the duty of the several sub-councils in
Western Virginia, to use the utmost dill
gence to have such men elected to the
Legislature Of the State, as will favor the
appointment of committee appointed by
the proper authorities, to inspect the
Catholic nunncrieS of the State"
Mr.. Garlic denied that any such reso-
luton had been passed in Wheeling or
any other part of Virginia. Upon this
denial, the following was handed to Mr..
Mason, by very respectable and intelli-
gent young man of Preston county, upon
whose statement implicit confidence may
be placed.
q" HON. j. N. MASON:
ol,1kio i Ri.
by the Wheeling Council, are GENUINE, and WERE
PASSED. WAS PRESENT AND ACTED AS SECRETARY
OF THAT COUNCIL. Yours very truly,
''E. C. BUNKER"
At about 6 o'clock, Mr.. Lewis, the
Democratic candidate for Congress, asked
Mr.. Garlic to give way for a moment to
enable him to make an announcements
He kindly complied with the request, when
Mr.. Lewis stated that it was now too late
for him to reply that evening, but that he
had been granted the use of the Court
House for an hour. the next day, when
he would address the people.
Upon this announcement, nearly the
entire audience commenced leaving the
Court House, when their attention was
attracted by Dr.. Reeves asking Mr.. Car
lie certain questions which are explained
in the following statement:
Mr.. Garlic will not so to Congress.
PH1LL1PPI, VA, May II, 1855.
Mr.. CooPER In the course of Mr.. Car
lies speech at this place yesterday, he
gave his reasons why he should not sup
port Mr.. Wise. which were, in few words,
that he Mr.. Wise had grossly misrepre-
sented and abused the party and its prin-
ciples to which he Mr., Carlile now claim
ed an attachment to, and that under these
circumstances it could not reasonably be
expected that he should vote for Mr.. Wise.
l paused, astonished at his inconsistency.
He had told me when at our last March
court, that he intended to vote for Mr..
Wise. and for many reasons; but princi-
pally these-''thaL he was a friend, an
honorable, bigh-minded gentleman, and
a Democrat, whose course in the late Con-
stitutipnat Convention was such that as a
western Yirginian, he could not forget It.
1 called upon Mr.. Garlic while he was
speaking, to know if he had not told me