Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-09

fFOr the Interigencer.I
MR.. G. j. ARNOLD,
SIR-Yonr card in the IHteitigeHesr of
the 29lh July, is just what had expected.
Plain answers to plain questions do not
suit the purpose of dtsingenuOus mind.
Sophistical eYasions and declamatOry as
sertions better answer its ends. of these
your card is composed, and no effort is re-
I quired to show it. 1t is palpable' to the
mind of the most cursory reader.
You say that you are "in favor of the
preservation of the Union on the basis of
the Federal Constitution, and the msinter
nance of the laws made in pursuance of
that Instrument" Indeed Why then,
sir, oppose the adoption of Mr.. Crothers'
second resolution Does not that resOlu-
! tion EXPRESS the same idea, and in terms rs
strong as your OWN Its object is declared
I to be s'to oppose any plan of compromise
/ that may he offered, unless it be on the ba-
sis OF an acknowledgement of the seeded
( States of the supremacy of the Constitution
/ of the United States. Any unsophisti-
Gated mind will regard this resolution rs
synonymous with your expressed sentI-
ment and yet you vote against the one
and avow the other. Strange inconsistent
fcyl Were you insincere in your vote, or
are YOU uucsndid in defining Your princi-
pies? One or the other must be the fact,
/ Tor the two are irreconcilable with each
other.
I You say. too, you are n "frieud of peace
/ and not of war" believe you, sir. Your
4 conduct verifies the assertion. Your speech
+ and vote against the first resolution of Mr..
( Crothers, and your subsequent vote against
/ the bill making an appropriation for the de-
4 Tense and protection Of this section of the
( State, show tina; you are a man of peace.
1 fear you are more. fear, sir, you are
submissionist, and that you would gladly
purchase peace by n sacrifice Of the Union,
and by the acknowledgment of the sep
nrnie independence of the seeded
! States. Sir, JeH' Davis prOfessed TO
want peace. nc wanted TO be let alone
and think that you have placed yourself
in the same category. The first resolution
of Mr.. Crothers was TO instruct our Sena-
tors and request our Representatives in
/ Congress ssto vote whatever amount of men
and money be necessary to enable the adj
ministration 10 suppress the rebellion in
certain portions of the South, and to
maintain the integrity of the Union To
oppose this resolution is to deny the only
means by which the rebellion can be sup
pressed and the Integrity Of the Union
preserved. You, sir, profess TO be in favor
of preserving the integrity of the Union
aud of maintaining tue Constitution of
( tile Uni4ei states and vet You voted
against the only means by which these OBJ
jects could lie effected. In view of this,
how could you say 10 the House of Dele
! gates, II do not know what gentlemen
| will think Of mc-whethcr they will think
me secessiouist or Uuiouist.' Why, Mr.
Arnold, there could exist no donbt on the
subject. The thing was too palpable, and
you were accordingly put down, SECESSION
IsT.
You say to the editors of the Entelligen-
Ger, .Your correspondent mistakes the
people Of Lewis, when he supposes they
are opposed TO n compromise of this war,
and would vote for LOyeioy's resolutions"
Why say this, Mr.. Arnold? / had given
utternnce to no such suppositiOu. l had
used no expression which could be tortured
Into such supposition. Then why say it
From this and other portions of your card,
! an constrained to believe that you are
seeking TO avert attention from yourself,
by directing it to others. The subterfuge
shall not avail yOn. ! believed that Il
large majority of the voters of Lewis
county were in favor of suppressing the
rebellion existing in the land, and of
maintaining the integrity of the Union.
believed them to be utterly opposed to
any compromise which did not distinct
ly recognize the supremacy of the Con-
stitutiOn of the United States. ! knew
that the resolutions of Mr.. Crothers
embodied those views: aud when YOU
voted in opposition to those resOlu-
f NnI
ton to tue will of your constituents and
that you should no longer act as their rep
T reseHta.ive. Thought, sir, that you should
cease to occupy the position in which they
had placed you, by resigning yonr seat in
/ the Legislature, and said so. But, sir,
+ did not expect yon to do this. l saw that
| you had denied the right of the Legisla-
ture to instruct the Senators whom they
I had elected, aud inferred from this that
{ you would disregard the Instructions of
those by whom you were elected. Nor is
Z it very material that you continue to hold
I Your seat. Your votes have betrayed your
l priFr;Bies. and thus deprived You of the
power to achieve harm, while loyalty and
Fpatriotism abound sufficiently in the House
todd much good without yonr aid.
lti fnsy be, Mr.. Arnold, as you intimate
I in y6dr card, that you have some idea who
am, ana what are my poltcal Nntece-
dents certainly have no objection to
! your knowledge of either. But to connect
me with Abolitionism, in any manner
/ whatever, or To represent me Us a sympl-
thiser with Loveioy, in any degree, is ma
! graatly unjust, and If you know really
who am, is truly criminal. True, sir,
! you are slaveliolder. Tie records Of our
] CTeuti CoErt show that you are slave
( holder. / may NOT be one; still, sir, am
as free from the faint Of Abolilionism rs
I you are, and you k7lolv a.
You seem to suppose that my sentiments
are dependent 90 the present propiious
posture of affairs; and that a reverse of
this posture wont operate reverse of
those sentiments. Not 50, sir. Ny prin-