Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-13
0IATTERs N MARIoN ooUNrY.

MATTERS IN NIARIoN COUNTY.
msSstinng SS nISa at the Court Houses Spirit.
4 out and EsdOne Tor. FTT7 - :
From the Fairuont National. -.t-. f.--
On Monday last large number OF. peo.
pie from various parts of the county Assem-.
oIed IN town to attend the Couaty Court
considerable feeling was manifested on the
street IN reference to the course pursued by
Tue tue delegates from this county in the
"neeIlng Legislature, and as Mr. Smith
1us OF the Delegates, was present and bust
y euS4geo N haranguing small squads of
StSesn woo gathered about him as ."birCls
OF ieatner are wont to do, it was determin.
ed by the Union men to have a .sDr.cI fTor,
nim uehuIng his position and explainipv his
votes and speechesintheH House ORD DeIegstes
Accordingly he was applied to nv several
prominent citizens and urged to take the
istand, and, If possible, exculpala himsef
from the many rumors afoRt that he had
gone body and breeches to the side of Car,
NE and the rebels. But all efforts to get
MN ont proved futile until as a Iastsre
1t was determined to send over to PaIatine
for Rev. Moses TiChnell to lead off and in
tue course of remarks PROFOUND certain
questions to Mr. s., which it was Thought
would have the effect ofcausiug him todesist
IN his efforts to hold up but make him give
Someth,ng even though it should be nothing
out MIX and tCdtcr. When the messenger
found Mr.. Tichnell. he was engaged in re-
pairing fence; but on learning the situa.
ton at the Court House, he threw down
rail IN hand, put on his coat, came over and
at once commenced by speaking OF the ef
forts long ago made to get the East to con-
sent to division of the State.
de e"tu our jUssrightg- had alwEys beeu
denled US. II We should remain tied to
the East for thousand years still our in
IeEesis would lie along the Ohio river, with
wheeling, down the Mononphela with
r. Fittsourg, and with the great West. All
western virginia had ever got for the mil.
lions OF taxes paid, were q few mud turn
pixies. which the people had again to nav
IN tolls The sore backed quality of Eas
tern Virginia who have come ont here with
one or Two n'ggers, expect everybody to cry
tso OF as they pass along in their old fash
Toned, rickety oue-horse shays. -
de believed every State had right TO
emancipate. He was further convinced
that the love OF slavery was not a matter
OF principal but of interest. It is a mat
ter of dollars and cents. 1t is the pyofit
arising from the ownership of slaves that
make men like it. He showed that no
State bad any right to complain when the
South began the war. The people of Wes-
tern Virginia had early made up their
mlndst TO die rather than see the flag of their
| country trailed in the dust. When tho vvor
broke out he was notified that il he SPOKE
for the Union his house would be burned
and himself sent to jail A guard nro-
tected his house and he told the messenger
to tell his lord and master Raymond, that
he would have a good time getting him q
| Jail. He bad spoke for the Union and as
long as God gave. him breath he would
continue. -,.-..--.-. 20 ~
He then spoke of Carlile's treachery and
spoke of his having been a democrat, Wbic
knownothiug and everything else. Ht
never had had any confidence in him, He
(Carlile) had claimed to be the. prime NOV.
er in the new State movement, but hi:
treachery had we'll nigh ruined us. He an,
swered the charge of Congressional dicta
lion and showed that it was only q
bugbcar-a political foolery-s
scheme to deceive and delude the, people
He said twas the united testimony of al
that slavery could not live long here n
best. This bill will not make this fret
State o day sooner than we would By the
operation of natural causes
Mr.. Smith, it is reported that you have
endorsed Mr. Cnrlile is it so? 20
Mr.. Smith (aPparently much embar.
rassedj deuied the right of the gentleman
to Catechise him in this uucourteous man.
uer.
Mr.. TiChhell replied, that as a citizen o.
the country he claimed the rightto ask his
Representative any questions relating his
action as a public servant. Why, Ar.
Smith, did you not vote for tho resolutions
censuriug Garlile2 Il zs.i.is ,l,-5'.8: . .
Mr. Smith replied that he. believed Mr..
Carlile not guilty of the Charges preferred
against him. He had no docuuents with
him, but at the next Monthly Court. he
would be prepared to give an account Dl
hissteWarishiP. ~ -,ss- ta .Is,.5i .szar.- 40
| Mr.. Tichuell asked the people if they
wOnld vote for man who Yould'ut sboW
his hand. We had perfect right to cate.
4 ehise him. 81 "a Eltg g{t3
After great deal of off hand snarrinc
in which, Mr. Smith, in everything, came
of second best, he finally came slowly ur
to the scratch, and struck out right aut
left in tremendous lung effort, from the
gist of Which one would suppose he was 4
candidate for some office-GoVernor, maJ
be--as he went out Of his way TO extol thu
soldiers Of West Virginia; denouuce III,
Administration, calling lit a corrupt, mis-
rule; boast of having made the first Uriior
speech in the county, and to declare. ever,
4 mans tright.tO iuterrogate the public ser,
want upon any and all subjects relating Il
his public acts.
This sounded little Inconsistent will
what be bad before said, but he had b
this time discovered that there, Y ere NOR,
! persons present than Mr.. Tichneli, de-
sirous of hearing an explicit answer to TIL
questions proposed. Mr. Smith spoke TO
nearly apLhour. The great burden of al
he'said was denunciation of the Admins
tration and of Congress for what he callst