Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-26
notice 10 man spbserlbsrs.
NM. cAnL1LE,s spEEoH.


lille made speech astnight in the Athene-
um building. He had large audience
the pit and the dress circle of tue old the,
atre being we'll crowded.
The Senator opened with some remarks
upon the duties of representatives to their
constituents, stating that as public SER
want he had come before his audience TO
render an account of his stewardship. He
contrasted the present month this yearwith
the same month last year, and drew a
gloomy view of national affairs. Having
gone through with some general remarks
on this head he opened out on the new
State question and his record thereon
lie began With review of his course IN the
Convention thatmetin this cityin May, 1861.
The Senator touched his record in that
Convention very light, He had no quota
tions to make from his speeches in it. He
did not cite the resolution that he offered
proposing to abruptly sever this and the
adjoining congressional district from the
balance of the State. he touched it light,
for never was a mans record more
vulnerable than was this palt of the
Hon. Senator's, and he knew 1t. During
this part of the programme he took up
the last Conve 1tion's action, and fell to
considering its constitution and bounda-
~. He did not stop by the way and give
us a review of the August Convention, of
which he was member; neither yet did
he give US any quotations from his speech
es, showing how important it was that we
should only have SO counties in the new
State. He touched this part of his record
also very light. There was no tarrying by
the way on it. The main portion of tho
speech, so far as the new State question
was concerned, was devoted to the various
amendments that were added to the bill
of the Wheeling Convention, and ac-
cepted by Senator Wiley and our
other representatives in Congress. These
amendments the Senator denounced as alb
clifton appendages, aud he gave them as a
reason why he had voted against the bill
for the new State. He stated that he
would have voted for the bill as it came
from the Wheeling Gonvention-but not us
it was amended in the Senate. This may
do for Mr.. Carlile to tell for party clap trap.
But people who are familiar with the rec
ord would like TO know why he ignored
and entirely abrogated the Wheeling Con-
vention bill and boundary, by proceeding
to show that the Convention that formed
it wa9 mere bogus Convention, the mem
bers of which represented scarcely any
constituents, and whose constitution re-
ceiyed only 10000 out of $4,000 votes
This was the phase ofthe Senator's speech
and conduct that so kindled the indigna-
ton of Senator Wade, and which that gem
tleman so severely denounced. It was n
blow at the whole new State project-not
at Mr.. Willey's accepted amendments-by
trying to show that there was no new Stale
feeling among our people, and that the
whole thing was unworthy of the attention
of the Senate. @
Again the honorable Senator took good
care not to give his constituents an account
of how it came that the Blue Ridge boun-
dairy bill was reported to the Senate. he
did not tell them that he was the man that
smothered not only the Convention bill, but
the whole new State hope and project for
all time to come in that report. }l
But in this limited space we cannot fol-
low Mr.. Carlile. We will do so at our
leisure, and We intend that our people
shall understand thoroughly his treach.
cry in reference TO it. he never once,
last night, touched the merits of the
question. No one knows that fact better
than himself. No man ever seemed more
conscious of the bad part which he had
played than he did in his lame, hobbling
aud stammering remarks last night. He
spoke at random-he was loose, dlsjointed,
disconnected-one moment on the border
State address to the President, the next on
the abolitionists, and then back again on the
new State. 1t was n speech such as VAL
laudigham would clap to the echo had he
been in the audience, and one which every
Secessionist and doubtful Union man that
we could see did hurrah and stamp. fit
proved nuythingiit proved that this was an
Al. akNra st
North" las the Senator derisiSely alluded
to:theml were wagingit for negro equality
and not for the Union. ~. ia5t
What did the Senator mean by produc-
ing his array of taxes, If he did not mean
to show this war ought to stop; that we
would oil soon be bankrupt, and that the
best thing We could do was to make
terms with the rebels and divide out the
country. There are those who for a long
time have suspected that these were the
secret views of the Senator aud that he
was shaping his course with reference to
them, but We confess that it was not until
last night that we were painfully impressed
that these suspicious were well founded.
Taking then in connection with his recent
course in the Senate-his meeting with
VsllRndigham IN caueus-his turn round on
the new State question, aud we were COM
PEELED to believe that they who have all
along judged the worst of the Senator have
judged the truest.
For our part we cannot see why a man
holding such sentiments as he holds shonId
be Union man any longer. The speech
was unworthy Of a US. Senator. The
greater part of it was simply an appeal 10
the lowest feelings Of his auditory. To
sh0w that we do, the Senator no injustice,
we shall publish it verbatim in few days
1t is one that will never do him any credit
Itis one that the secessionists will be jn-
bilaut over, and for which they will ap'
piapd him as they did last night. 4
sarIr any go to the Meeting tosda!
with a feeling of sreluctauce toimake the
sacrifices which duty demands, let him con
slider that our whole fabric of.eivil liberty
and religious tolerance rests for its seouri
tyupon the integrity and patriotism Of it