The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-08

q ey would stick To bin IT the Governor,
vent 70 the devil. 1t wa said Gen Ne ~
ad friend. in Wa-hm TN; b d IA
d ubt IL; hut it was plain to .v'ry n
tar there had been great cause II CON-
laint for the past eighteen month. a
,ha ,ge Of p Icy nut be han, or rs sure a.
there is a God in Heaven, tue rebels Wooio
be in Wheeling this summer.
Mr.. Hagar, Of Boone, said he had nothing
to saw for or against Gen. Kelly; be did not
know that he would lose his shoulder straps
if Major General was appointed, or that
wa would wrest the authority from the W ar
Department by the passage of this resolu
ton. He had never doubted the ability.of
the forces hereto protect Western Virginia.
but he Was beginning to be incredulous.-
How did it come that forty thousand men
could not whip ten or fifteen thousand.
Was i. true that one Southerner was equal
to Eve Federals2 No; the whole difficulty
was lack Of commanders. The people,
the Coionels, the Captains and the privates
wanted Gen. Milroy or Sigel; everybody
except Copperheads wanted change of COM
manders. Whenever o resolution for the
protection of the border counties was intro
duced into this House, it met with oposi-
ton from the Panhandle counties; but let
Imbodsn or Jones travel through here
several times and then they will ask for
change in commanders.
Mr.. Peterson, of Lewis, said if the COM
mander Of this department had done his
duty, We would have been saved from many
of the rebel raids; he lived in rebel coun.
ty, and if something was not soon done
there would not be q Union man in 1t.
Mr.. Ross moved the resolutions be laid
upon the table, in order to afford members
time to look at them and judge of their
merits or dement's.
The yeas and nays being demanded re.
suited as follows:
Yeas-Burke, Crooks, Debar, Dunn,
Hoff, Keeney, King Lamb, Logan, Newton,
Robinson, Ross, Scott, Sopsr, Stump, MIR.
Speaker (Kramer)-le.
Nays-Alexander. Boggs, Cassidy, Ca
ther, Cook. Cunningham Dawson, Dolly,
Fleming, Foster, Golf, Griffin, Hsgar,
Hinchmau Holman, Lough M Donald, Mon.
tague Peterson RAIDER, Sheets, Sutton, Te-
ter, Wheat-24.
Mr.. Debar offered an amendment stating
that it was not the desire Of the House to
sensure Gen. Kelly.
Mr.. Wheat moved to add Gas a man or as
to bis loyalty"
Mr.. Hagar opposed both amendments
Let the resolutions as reported be passed
Mr.. Ross favored the amendment of Mr..
Debar, but opposed that of Mr.. Wheat.
Mr.. Debsr, of Doddridge, said he was
not well enough versed in military matters
to ccnsure Gen. Kelly either as Gensral
a man, or as to his loyalty. He had offered
bis amendment to test the sincerity Of
those who favored the resolution he could
not and would not accept the amendmen,
Of Mr.. Wheat.
Mr.. Logan said there was sad lack OIL
consistency in this matter; gentlemen argu
ed here that the resolutions were not in
tended to touch Gen Kelly, and then when
speaking in favor OF them. bring charges
against that General, which if tue would
consign bim to Fort Lafayette. These
charges had all been before the Depart
ment; Gen. Kelly bad been dopgsd for The
passed eighteen lmontbs, and alter all tbt
dm,nistraton had acquitted him. W.
might as well lind fault with the Presidsnt''
amnesty proclamation.
Mr.. Whest-I don't endorse il.
MIR. Logan-Then you had better draw
up resolution asking to have the Presi
dent superseded. Mr.. Speaker, have nj
hesitation in saying that Western Virgin
has been as we'll if not better protected
than any border State. 1t would take tn,
whole army Of the United States to pretec
this Department the way some men here
would have it.
Mr.. Gather replied at length, favoring the
adoption of the resolutions.
On motion of Mr.. Lavlb, the subject wa:
postponed and made the special order fol
Monday morning at IL o'clock.
Senate Bill No 10, authorizing the BoarG
of Supervisors to levy for the purpose o
paying bounties tr, volunteers, was read Q
first second and third time, and passed.
House adjourn ned.