Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-20

8GpBBELL HSFETA4&c2 TO glAG ~
count of his stewardship st Charleston
and Baltimore. on Thursday night at the
AfbenauD. IT was SO announced IN the
bills, and in the Union newspaper. He
never referred buf once, that We heard, TO
his soiourn in either of those cities, and
that once, was to say that he had appear
ed on the boards of the Front Street The
stEe, at Baltimore, as he was now appear
ing on the boards Of the Wheeling theatre
We supposed Nr. Russell would give us
some account of how he stood on the
Squatter Sovereignty platform of Douglas.
which he condemned so severely, and on
it voted ffty-seven times for Senator Hun
ter. He was as silent as death: never
once alluded to 1t in any shape Then,
too, he never told as The reasons for has
seeding at Baltimore, and not seeding at
Charleston. There coBld not have been
but two reasons given We have never
seen any others offered By any of Mr.. Rus
sells confeaerates, either of this State or
any other of The seeding States One
OftbeSe reasons Eas the Objectionable plat
form on which M Russell stood and
voted Gfty-seTe0 times, and the other was
the admitting OF the delegates from Ala
bama, Louisiana and other States, who
were elected in lieu of the seceders who
left The Charleston Convention. We APP
prehend that Mr. Russell would not like TO
risk himself upon either of these two
reasons he recollects. we doubt not, that
he himself, on the Sd day of May last, at
Charleston, offered the following resolu-
ton:
ResoEued, ssThat when this Convention
adjCurus to-day, it adjonrns to re-assemble
At Baltimore, Nd, on Monday, the 18th of
June, and that it be respectfully recon-
mended to the Democratic party of the
several States to make ProviSion far suPpEy-
ing all Uae0neies in their respective delega-
tions TO this convention when it shall re-
assemble"
Well, the States of Alabama, Louisiana,
Georgia, &c, did make provision, did sup
ply the vacancies, and the new delegates
came on to Baltimore, according to con.
tract, produced their certificates. and were
admitted. Not word ON this point did
Mr.. Russell say to his audience at the
Athenaum. Who now, of all that audi
eucc, knows9a bit more about his steward
ship at Charleston, or at Baltimore, than
he did before Mr.. Russell spoke? Not
one. He told them nothing. He simply
made Breckenridge speech, such as he
made up=at the First Ward pole one night,
and at the Court House on another occa-
sion. We all know that Mr.. Russell
could have told US about all these things;
that he could have told the Douglas men
why it was he voted on their platform,
yet refused to vote for their candidate !;
that he could have told them whyi it was
he came back home, wrote n long article
in the Union, spoke in high terms of Sir.
Douglas, went back to the Baltimore Con-
vention, aud there seeded, without bit
more cause than he had for doing the
same thing at Charleston. We felt sure,
when estOok our seats in the Atheneum
ton Thursday night, that we would hear
these points fully elaborated, at least, il
not satisfactorily explained. But they
were not touched. Not once. And why
wasiit? That's the question.