The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-09

We printed yesterday morning n
Charleston letter giving an explanation
of Mr.. Goods remarks on the Louisiana
question in the West Virginia House OF
Delegates. The writer undertakes to aG'
quit Mr.. Good OF any intention to counsel
the assassination Of President Grant and
General Sheridan, or indeed to make nse
ola any words that could be fairly cons
strued in that way. We should like tOsee
an authorized report Of the precise words
used by Mr.. Good. The explanation
given by his apOlOgist yesterday is not
satisfactory and Is far from acquitting
him Of having used language capable OF
the construction given TO his remarks
by our regular Charleston correspondent,
When an ambitious and verbose young
gentleman like Mr.. Good rises to express
himself on m exciting issue like that Of
the Louisiana question, he iS yery.Iisble
to lose control Of his tongue and "slop
over" As fervid orator Mr., Good is
not in the habit Of weighing the import
Of his words very accurately, and now
that he has cooled of we presume he does
not like to DO held responsible for the
construction put upon his language
While We are not disposed to pursue Mr..
Good In this matter and arc quite will
ing to see his remarks satisfactorily ex-
planned, we insist that such I'M explana-
tion az that given yesterday does not ma
tcriully help his case. The explanation
referred to Ia aS follows: .'''
l heard every word he uttered In that
debate, and you have misapprehended
him. You phce him before the public
rs having said that pOsterity would honor
the assassin Of Grant and Sheridan,
whereas what he did say was in sub.
stance this; That II Grant followed
out to their logical result the views Of
Sheridan, as the press has reported these
views, our government would speedily de-
generate into personal dcspOtism; but
the American people were so opposed
to tyranny that they would accord i'm.
mortal glory to him who would slay the
usurper.
We submit that II this apology is the
best explanation that can be made Of Mr..
Goods remarks It does not acquit him Of
the charge brought against him
by our correspondent It Is simply a
round about way Of saying that Sheridan
had expressed views that President Grant
ought to be assassinated for attempting
to carry out, should ho really attempt TO
carry them out. The American people
are made to applaud the act of assnssina'
ton, rs II such a cowardly performance
could even be tolerated much less np.
plauded by civilized and brave people
like the American nation. The Ameri-
can people will never under any ciroum'
stances applaud such an Infamous decd,
and Mr.. Goods foolish and wicked
suggestion that they ever could do such
thing Is simply culumny upon
their good naulc, The bittorcst oppo-
ncnts Of Andrew Jackson never Justified
the attempt to assassinatc him, and Al-
though the passions Of the war ruled the
land when President Lincoln was MUIR
dcred, no man who had character to
lose ever apOlogizcd for, much less iusti.
fled, the foul deed. 1t Is therefore very
prcsumptuOus and ridiculous for, Mr.,
Good to assume because he himself has
an intense hatred for Sheridan that the
American people would like to sec Grant
ussusstnated for giving his views effect