The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-17

point told the people they were fighting
for civil liberty and for the existence OF
government. They must save the
Country, and II the technicalities of the
Constitution were i'll the way they must
walk over it. How nobly these utter
ances OF Peirpoint contrast with the
treacherous winnings of Carlile.
About this period it will be remember
ed there was great gathering OF Cop
perheadism at indianapolis. Wicklifre'
of Kentucky, VOORHEES,, of Indiana and
Garlic we're among the speakers. No
more traitorous gathering ever assem-
bled on Indiana soil-not even when
the X. G. C. met in secret conclave or
John Morgan raidcd its peaceful val
leys. The purpose of all the speeches
made was to encourage rebellion at
home. They were the most ingenious,
the falsest, the most malignant and dis
loyal appeals that could be made to the
latent treason of the North. a letter In
the Cincinnati Commercial describing
the speeches thus refers to Mr.. Carlile's:
"Never did ranker treason fall from
the lips of Il South Carolina secession
list than was uttered by him in the cap
ital city of indiana yesterday. Never
did any man more belle the Govern
ment that protected him."
At the same meeting Wicklihe, of
kentucky, declared that he was "for a
white mans war against the abolition
ists." Which was just tho war the
rebels were then waging. The New
after referring to Wickliffe's speech
1.-The other speeches in this gath
ering were in this same traitor.
Gus voin. Senator Carlile denounced
the legislation of Congress as 'di-
verting the war into an unholy and
gigantic crusade against the insti-
tutions of the South and inaugurating
policy which would continue the war
forever and bring on military despot-
ism.' 1t follows" adds the World
'that the rebels ought to resist this
policy and crusade to the last EXTERN.
ity." And that journal declared It's
conviction that "if the mildest sort Of
justice were done these men they would
one and all be arrested and sent oyer
the rebel lines"
This is enough to show Mr.. Carlile'E
status at that time, and we have never
heard that he made any Remuneration
of these reasonable sentiments. Near.
ly six years afterwards he avows him
self for GrRnt-nOt for Republican
principles or the Republican party, i
all his speeches last fall were like
that he made in Washington Hall
but simply Tor Grant, from Demo.
cratic standpoint, as he declared. Need
any one ask what was the motive?
1t was with n feeling of reluctance WI
penned our former article about Mr.
CArlile, and we refrain now from say
ing II great deal which the truth would
justify, because we do not wish need.
IessIy to aSsail him or give unneces
sary pain to his personal friends
We have no disposition TO reopen
old wounds further than justice tt
others requires. The less Mr.. Carlile'E
defenders say about anybody "tremb,
ling" and "vacillating" in the early
days of West Virginia reorganization
the better for him. We haYe no wish &c
make any further exposures, for ii
might seem like uncalled for harshness.
So far as the Telegraph censures us
for supporting the appointment of Long
street, We gave our reasons for that at
the time, and have simply to say that
Carlil.'s and LHEgstrcet's are not par
alleI cases in any respect except that
they were both on the same side during
the rebellion. The merits of the two
appointments rest on wholly different
grounds, and one affords not the slight.
est commentary on the other.