The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-27
HON. JOHN 5. CARLILE.
From hs Philadelphia Prsas.

Hon, John s. Carlile, late United
States Senator from West Virginia,
whose able letter in support of Grant
we published yesterday, is among the
| guests at the Continental Hotel. Mr..
! Carlile's opinions deserve grave con-
active or prominent in public affairs,
and few have more effectively aided
the Dem0ci Ric party. a member ofthe
Virginia Convention in 1851, he boldly
protested against secession and when
he come into the House, and afterwards
into the United States Senate, from
West Virginia, he was one of the ablest
opponents of that heresy, till the Re
publicans were compelled to recon-
struct the South by the aid of the col.
ored vote, at which point Mr.. Garlic
separated from them and became
powerful advocate of the Democratic
reactionaries, cooperating with former
Republicans like Cowan, Doolittle, and
Dixon. His speeches were fervent and
sincere, and he did much to help the
Democracy.
But the rebel doctors of the Democ-
Senator CRrlile which could not be
wrought by Republican legislation,
and he Is back among those friends he
was not more reluctant in leaving than
they were in looslng him. And his rea-
sons will strike chord in thousands
of conservative hearts, especially the
"My Opposition to Radicalism is we'll
known. That would have saved the
Union party from 1t If it had been in
my power, it is also we'll known. so
great was my opposition to the ultraism
of Congressional legislation, and so
sincere my convictions, that rather
than abate the one or surrender the
other, gave up my place in the Senate,
and for time lost the confidence of
my Union friends. had hoped and ex-
pected that the action of the New York
Convention would have entitled its
nominees to the support of the Con-
sentative Union men. Had its MEM
bers pledged themselves to the main
tenance ofthe right of local self. govern
ment in the States as secured by the
Constitution, and nominated as their
Presidential candidate a man of un-
doubted Unionism, who believed in the
right of the governmental protect itself
and enforce its lawful authority, 1
should have voted for its nominees
This was not done. On the contrary,
1t is my opinion that Hendricks was
defeated because he Is not a believer in
the right of secession. The war record
of Hancock defeated him. Mr.. Vallan-
dingham's patriotism nominated Sey-
mour and crushed the aspirations ofthe
Chief Justice. The friends of "the lost
cause" triumphed over the Unionism
of the convention and the strife of the
battlefield is to be renewed, to be
fought out at the ballot box. As much
as am opposed to the Radical legisla-
ton of the last six years, 1 am more OPP
posed to disunion. So long as we are one
people vicious legislation may be cor
rected, even constitutional amend
ments may be abolished, and constitu-
tional liberty preserved but once divi-
ed into seperate States, under different
governments, liberty and prosperity,
peace and good government, are lost
forever. Grant will receive no support
from secessionists or their sympathiz-
ers; they are all to be found in the
ranks OF the party supporting Mr.. Sey-
mour! The conservatism of Republic
canism nominated Grant. The radical
ism of Democracy nominated Sey-
mour."-
Those who know Senator Carlile, aud
remember how much he sacrificed
in opposing the Radicals, will un-
derstand the value of these strong
admissions. He is simply the adj
vance guard of thousands similar
ly situated; men who expected to
be rescued by the Democratic National
Convention from the dilemma of sup
porting another rebel movement, and
who disappointed in that expectation,
turn to Grant as the only remaining
hope and stay of the Republic.