Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-26

ing the subject of slavery, so fully and so
forcibly that it cannot fail to commend it
self to the! heart and the judgments of
any one who will read it.
The Methodist Church in Trouble.
Yesterday we received from Charleston,
Kanawha county, in this State, number
of the Charleston Rpub'ican, containing
the following:
"oMINous."
"Whilst discussion was going on in
the Court House, on Monday last, upon the
9Th resolution offered by the committee,
q constable arrested the Rev SIR. Greene, of
(, the Northern Methodist church, for having
uttered seditious sentiments. He was
tried before Justice Estill, required to give
bail, and sent on for further trial"
This forms tho text for d considerable
article in the Republican, strongly con-
demnatory of the outrage, as it calls it,
which was inflicted on Mr.. Greene. The
Republican goes back and reviews Mr..
Greene's history from his boyhood, and
shows that he always has been good citi-
zen, and that no man can say ought against
him, save that he has not been Il prO-slave-
~ man. 1t seems by the article in the
Republican, that the other paper there, the
Democratic one, has been urging and up
holding this step on the part of the per-
sons who arrested Mr.. Greene, and the
Republican directs its remarks to rebukc
the prOscriptive warfare.
So much for this case. We have also
by the same mail, a copy of the Prunty-
town, Taylor county, TtsitOr, in which we
read this:
Tns CRUSADE AGAINST THE N. e. CuURCH
coMMEXcED.-All that wicked men and
devils could do, was done in the Court
House on Monday last, to awaken cru
SADIE against the n. Z. Church, in Western
Virginia.
After making this announcement, the
. Visitor goes on to give recital of a speech
that was made by a man who it says "is
never known to speak the truth when
lie suits his purpose better-a man who is
totally irresponsponsible in law, for any
thing he says or does" against the preach
ers of the n. E. church in this Western por-
ton of the State. It quotes among other
things, this sentence, "Lct US drive the
preachers of that church, and the papers
and periodicals of that church out of the
country"
The Visitor after having given the cir
cumstances of this TRADE, and shown up
the character of the man who made it,
and after having paid glowing tribute to
the patriotism, intelligence and good citi-
zenship of the NJ E. Church in Western
Virginia, goes on to give an outline of the
remarks made by Frank q. Peirpoint, a
lawyer of Fairmont, who was present, in
refutation of this proscriptive abuse The
Visitor says that Mr.. Pierpoint went on to
remark,
That in listening to the speech of the
man who had just sit down he bad been
perhaps sylrpathising with the numerous
audience before him to sec the melancholy
position in which they were placed. That
the proposition was to drive all the Meth
odist Episcopal Ministers, with their Chris
tan ADVOCATES, out of the country. he was
apprehensive that his Ministers of the NJ.
p. Church, and the Baptist Ministers,
would soon share the same fatc-that he
had an extensive acquaintance with them
all and he could never see much differ
ence among them-he did not know ex-
actly what to advise, but it might be pru-
dent for them all to join; appoint Fetch
Vincent high priest general and grand ho-
to-tote of Northwestern Virginia, and
then for them all to go to him and ssk
him, "pray, sir, Mr.. high priest and grand
ho-to-tote, may we employ this mau to
preach for US, or may we subscribe for
this paper, or that paper2 or, forsooth,
please examine this article and see if may
read it." BY the time Peirpoint got thus
far, Vincent's righteousness became so
apparent that such shouts and stamping
we never heard go up from a delighted
throng. Peirpoint turned round, and said,
II was studying how Vincent should be
paid for this" and said, 81 reckon, as he
was paid for lecturing on Know Nothing
ISM" Vincent said, Eggs" "Yes," said
Peirpont, "rotten eggs would be suitable
compensation, but would not advise their
application" AT this point there was
tremendous cheering.
After what the VTsitor has said, and af-
ter what SIR Pierpoint said, we do not
suppose that any one expects US to say
much In the way of comment upon these
prescriptions They speak for themselves,
and even if they did not, we do not doubt
that while there is one sentiment of JUS
iicelcft in the hearts of men, that there
will be found always, IN every place,
where these despotics attempts are made:
good men, who will dare to stand up and
rebnke them, as they were rebaksd, We
are glad 70 say, at Charleston and ut Prpp-
f. .