The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-26

selves together, at your county seIs; and
Iplcdgerto each other your lives, yodr for.
tunes, and your sacred honors that you. will
!. fight under no flag but the Gag Of the Union |;
that for it and under it you will do rs your
fathers did-wsge, il necessary,T,a seton
years war, barefoot over frozcn clods that
you will transmit to your posterity unim.
paired and unsullicd the stars and stripes
| fit emblem Of our Union, our independence,
our freedom, our greatness, and our power
without star erased or stripe oblitera-
ted" I, 4.
It was with glowing words like these no
marshalcd the brave motlntainecrs Of Vir.
ginia in the cause Of tho Union, aud kept
open for tho North it's pa thway to the South.
or course, Harrison county sen. Mr.. Garlic
to the convention. Th9 why he adhered to
his convictions amid thd> general laithlcSsncss
II well Sct forth BY the New York Tribune
correspondence of tho 10th Of May, 1861, Ms
follows:
Ono prominent man only hns proved truG
and consistently faithful throughout. nnd that
one in the Hon. John Cnrllr. SObly did j."
bnltle for the Union from the first dizzy OF IN"
convention until tho nr'ilnHnre OF h-rrsSioii
wis pusS'rd through the rGrrenncy OF III" Union.
ists around him, and then he returned homo
and fought for The UnInn there. and the result
Of his noble and p4triotic efforts hi.s h"n tlis
Inns been the ScvcreSt blow n"rrsSloh mas YET
received IN the Stntr-thc signal gun which
announces TO the world tho doom Ut slavery III
this stale.
How that attitude Of West Virginia was
brought about is disclosed by the following
extract from al editorial Of the Wheeling
IntelTrnrrr, Of December II, 1861. Then
the war was on, and the resume Of the first
wears work showed how important Carlilc's
cilnrts had been. 1t was at the little town
Of ClarkSburg, where he lived, that lc put in
luotion the machinery which brought forth Il
new State. From that stairl old town."
says the Wheeling l"irihyc"rrr, twas to come
the chill Of the I'D Of April TINT wns to put
the whole Of Northwestern VirgiIin in mo.
ton; TINT WAS to assemble the Wheeling
convention III the 18th Of May that wnS to
assemble thu convention Of the llth Of June,
/ that was 10 lis turn to bc.ct nj! that has
since been hrgottcn. Verify, il WAS the
! bethlehem Of Judca Its little call was to
Western Virginia Whit the call Of the States
I General was to France. Who would ever
have thought il, ~ Why, it had been
:, thought OF, and canva<Sri and "cnnSpired,
las the rebel press of Virginia called it, by
! Mr.. Garlic and those vino co.operated with
him immediately OIL his return from Rich
monl. The very copy OF the CI"rkSbnrs
| HcushY that contained the news Of the l?t:
April attack in Baltimore prulr|>cd to unfold
l'arlilc'S wckcdu"SS IN like stunning capitals.
and printed tor his pcruSal the Virginia las
81 treason. Nor were threats Of aSSaSS;na.
ton wanting to nId spice /" the excitement
of the times. for Mr. Garlic was known I"
he in communication with the authorities a
Washington, md on Confidential terms witt
General Mcclellan, then commanding. IN, Tic
West.
: The inside history Of this movement in
: those times. aud the letters from Secretaries
Cameron. and Chase, General Mcclellan, and
others. to MIR. Garlic, form most interest.
, in. episode in the history Of the rebellion.
That Senator Garlic a!tcrwarI differed with
the Congressional theory Of reconstruction is
true hu; this difference Of opinion never
arrayrd him against his country or It's dc.
tenders. lie canvaSSr.l his State for Grant
an! the Republican party III lSGS, and this
effectively, rs al! men know. niIl 1t would he
simple act Of justice. not to say gratitude,
il General GIANTS recognition OF his services
were endorsed by the Senate I'"'""g!""
ChinId,hr.