Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-04
FROM The well.burg Herald,

hundred tnouSAn0 9laVenoIuers.
From the WelIsburg Herald.
Some "Reminiscences.
Hon. W. G. Brown, onr present Con-
gressman aud candidate for reelection
from the I'd Congressional District, must
either be possessed of bad conscience or
otherwise be peculiarly sensitive to cen-
sure, having taken occasion more than
once, in the public prints, to set himself
right in regard to what the public might
suppose to be Intentional misrepresenta-
tions at the hands of the Wellsburg Herald
The last correction occurs in the Wheeling
IHteIligencer of the Goth, by way Of correct
ing what he calls an ''allusion" in the
Herald towards the Virginia delegation in
the last Congress, in which "great inius-
tice was done them" He proceeds TO ex.
| honorate himself from all blame, we pre-.
sumo, by pleading his zeal and fidelity in
advocacy of the new State project in Con-
gress, without making any reference what
ever to his votes and failure to vote on
other very important measures of that ses.
sion. Now, the fact is, we never hint
ed charge against him or any other Of
the Virginia delegation, except Mr.. Car
lille, and we believe the Herald was the first
paper in the State to warn the public
against him, Of being unfaithfal 70 their
constituents on that question. On the
contrary, we now aecredit them with all
possible zeal and fidelity on that single
question, and have no recollection Of ever
having printed anything the reverse
Wheth6r their zeal aud fidelity was Origi-
nal and from the heart, or was rather
prompted by the knowledge that any other
course ON that head would be political
iamnation for all time to come, 1t is not
probably necessary to say, but 1t always
seemed little singular that il was not no.
til the summer of 1862 that the original
and sentimental advocates of q modifica-
ton even Of the institution of slavery in
Virginia, looking progressively toward
free State, recognized BY some kind OF in
stinct the universally Of an idea that each
had singly kept cooped up in his bosom,
as is cnstomarily said for "thirty years )"
and not less singular, that after being so
long incubattng, 1t should hatch out in
such full blown splendor in SO short time
as 1t actually took to make West Virginia
free State. Probably II Is all right, We
win venture a little opinion though, to the
effect that iive years ago at least one nalf
of Mr.. Browns immediate constituents,
headed by Mr.. Brown himself, possibly
would have Joined in mob TO pitch the
| Herald material in the river for adv0ca-
ting, as it did then, measures not near so
radical. We confess that it worries US as
we'll as renders us suspicious 70 see such
eleventh hour patriots claiming so much
credit for their zeal and fidelity in favor of
free institutions. To save Mr.. Brown an
other explanation, we will further explain
that the above is only an opinion of ours.
and not given as fact 1t is, however,
founded on facts or very strong inferenees-
Allowing Mr.. Brown all credit for hon.
esty aud faithfulness on this question, and
no one to our knowledge ever Questioned
it, how does he stand In regard to other
questions of importance in . national point
of view? We have not the means Of re-
| ferring to the actual record of his votes in
Congress during the stormy sessions Of
violence aud treaehery since his first cleo
ton. but our impression is, that his record
ON at least some measures is by no means
/ tdefensibIe. he was one Of those who took
the miserable border State idea that the
United States Government could not be
i entrusted with the duty of executing the
law according TO the Oonstitutioni without
concessions aud compromises to certain
States, which idea gave rise to the mis-
Il chieyous border State faction, that em.
barrassed the action of the Government
for many months in those perilOus times
Aggravated And complicated the trouble IL
MARYLAND, West Virginia, Missouri and
Keutuky aud came near losing 70 the UnioI
several OF those States. With this borde
State party, whose essence was secession
lcontingenily-only different from secession
. pure, in so tar as the circumstances 70 rem
lder its development practicable and safe
did not exist. Mr. Brown and the WhOl'
II yirsinia delegation was more or less iden.
n tilted, aud it-Was for this we censuree
Them in the allusion to which Mr.. BrOwI
felt aeorieved. Il is notorious that thI
! occasions where they gave the GoVeFnmen
/ | a full. hearty, unsquiyocal and loyal sup
!. mort. are the exceptions, not the rule
!. tbeir history. One Of them. Senator Car
me. made little concealment Of his hOstillt.
! 10 the leading measures of the Government
, land has been formally repudiated by th
. body that commissioned him, Is well
informaIly, but not less uuequiVoeally.b b,
I the people whom he misrepTesented. Th
il Bri9ht expulsion case, the bill for IN
. abolition Of slavery in, the District. II
Fermentation Proclamation, the Negr
/. | Soldier Bill, in fact every bill and ever
!. messurs wherein slavery was directly Q
e indirectly, remotely or immediately 70
: IvoIvsi. iexeept the sole one Of the admtI
3 sion OF the new State) however obvtou3l
!. necessary for prompt suppressiou Of q
= | rsS3eIiion. met with their opposition MOI
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