The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-20
Personal Controversy.

the charges made by the Bditor OF the
IntelHoercer against Mr.. LAME to be over
aud propose briefly to sum up the re-
suit.
1t has long been known that the at
tack was designed-that Mr. LIS course
was carefully watched, and everything
that could he perverted toehis prejudice
gathered up and preserved until the
proper time should come for using it. 1t
was hoped that, in the multitude OF ae-
cusations, some would stick
There are four principal charges
against Mr.. l.. and they were all pro-
duced in the first article which ap'
peared upon this subject in the inteEE'-
qencer. The Editor exhausted his whole
ammunition at the first fire
The first of these charges which We
will notice is that Mr. LAMB was origi
ually opposed to the New State, and
made speech against it," We give
the charge in the wHds OF the I"te'f'-
acoccy 1t turned out to be misrepre-
sentation. The speech referred to was
made in convention, on the 10th OF Au-
gust. 1861. We have published m cX-
tract from it. which shows that Mr.. l..
vas not opposed to the New Statc-that
be thought we ought by all mcars to
seek separation from Last Virginia
but it ought to.be done at the proper
time and in The proper manner.
Now, this was precisely the position OF
the Editor himself up to the eth OF Au-
gust, inst nine days before. The Editor
saws Nh. L. has a perfect right TO
change" aud we hope Mr. l.. will eXer-
else this right Whenever he hnds out
that he is wrong aud We also hope that,
when he does change, he sill Eot at
tempt to conceal it for the purpose Of be-
mo at liberty to accuse another OF the
same thing which be has done himself
We published an editorial from the In.
tclIigcnccy of JuGc -. 1861. which the Ed
itor admits ~ b. "vcrv nearly. ii not
quite, in harmony with the position as
sumed by Mr. L. in his speech but he
says that, although Published under the
editorial head it " lrua ,cr,ttCp and iRSCrtc
bya friend during TIC absence Of the editor. "
This indirect denial was deoapti-c Th"
IatclHgCRcNr continued 10 publish cdiIC-
rails of similar import up 70 the 7th Of
August, aud the Editor "a not absent
ali that time Mr / has therefore this
advantage He has not attempted To
shurrie off the responsibility 81 bis own
change of position upon a friend. in order
10 accuse another of the like fault We
make no accusation against Mr.. CAMP
RELL on account OF his change of front
in relation 10 the movement for a divi-
sion of TIL State We have ali altered
our notions in many partlculaTs since
1900 But when the Editor changes his
own position in relation to any question,
he has 10 LONGER a right TO make the
same change cause OF accusation
against another, aud especially il it
wrong to conceal his own supposed dc.
hnqaencJ uhaer The co"Tsn'ant cover of
tr'Ghd
Inc next charge i that Mr.. L was
also opposed I" emancipation, and re
ported III FAVOR OF paying tor the slaves
Owned in the state As to this report
We understand Mo. l. t. plead guilty
1t vas s'gnea ~ nom our Senators At
Washington hy Judge Brown az The
Cont ct Appeals, Mr. PtRfEf and htm
self Ii has been 4 long time since lac
r'il It hnt fraw his uoaailu,t,An IT It
conto6tS H. frankly aim,t, shat he still
thinks it was right. ana the editor may
make the most Of it. Az II his having
been opposed to emancipation, At - not
so. for he always Thought the Nav State
woall he. aud oHght to- be, free Stale
If che charge, however, refers to the
general question OF emancipation
throughout the Union Mr l.. freely adj
mits that his present position Is consid-