The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
TlEY cOMPAhED N0TEA


Virginia aud menacing Ohio.
THEY coMPAsED NOTES
Saturday night after ! received Gov
ernor Curtln's telegram | went 70 Col
umbus to zee Governor Todd about
joining forces 70 keep the rebels out OF
West Virginia and Ohio. We compared
notes on Sunday and we touud chat tho
military divisions were cut up. Ohio
was one military division with head.
quarters ut. Cincinnati; KentuEky was
another and West Virginia third. L
had been In Communication with the
commander In Cincinnati and I COM
municated my information from him 70
Governor Todd. The division OF Ohio
could not cross 70 repei the rebels
from tho Kentucky border or
West Virginia. Governor Todd
and myself suggested 10 Governor
Curtin that a meeting DO held a. Rn
isolated place where we would not have
too many spectators. We prepared q
Joint telegram which was scut to tho
governors OF the loyal states. Mr. Sew.
ard proposed that ;t should be meet
ing Of governors, and for them 10 ex.
press confidence aud promise support
TO tho army. II was lust after McClel-
lan's rctreat and defeat Of the Union
forces at second Bull Run. When the
meeting was held we found there was
considerable feeling against Mcclellan.
but he had Just achieved victory nt
AntIetam, and he was thon ut the
height Of his glory. So wo said moth
ing about Mcclellan or tho command OF
the army.
1.-THE proclamation OF emancipation
had come out between the time the
meeting was called and tho time when
II was held. After the governors got 10.
gether they passed resolutions indorsing
the emancipation proclamation. It wns
indorsed unanimously with tho excep-
tion OF Governor Bradford, Of Maryland.
He denounced IL as Spanish pronon-
ciameu.o and would not indorse II. Al
ter wo adjourned We agreed 10 go 10
Washington and present our action In
porson TO the President, but before we
adjourned we discussed the cabinet and
there was objection to somo OF Its mem-
bers made.
WHAT LINCOLN SAID.
1.-THE meeting appointed committee
to SOC tho President aud call his atten-
ton OF affairs In tho cabinet They
appointed Governor Andrews, Gov
ernor Tod and myself on that commit
toe. We called on tho President. Ho
gave us q very cordial reception, and
talked abou. the proclamation. uo
said: Gentlemen, there is q little his-
tory connectad with that proclamation.
I've been written to by great many
people about II. We tnlked about IL In
the cabinet meeting tor some time.
Tho proclamation was laying in my
drawer whep Greeley censured me about
not writing Il. At tho close OF the
cabinet meeting one day, took out the
proclamationaud saidi"Gentlemeu. here
Is paper would like TO call your
attention 10, and Tread il over to them.
Mr.. Chase said he fought It would do.
but there was very little said by the
others. Dir. Seward remarked: "Ar.
President, you had better wait until We
have achieved some military success.
Il has been all disaster and sounds liko
Spanish pronuncinmento and looks as
If We wore brRggingin the face Of defeat"
Mr.. Lincoln said that struck him as be-
ing good policy, and 30 be put 1t back
In tho drawer until after tho battle OF
Antietarn, when he thought sufficient
had been attained. Our committee met
aftor seeing tho President, and decided
that il was best to Gee him individually
with relation to tho cabinet. saw the
President after Governors Todd and
Anderson and asked him II he was aatis-
fed that the country had full confidence
in'his cabinet.
"'Wer says he. I am not Mr.. Bates
is southern man, and don't know OF
any layman in all my acquaintance
whose chances for tho kingdom OF
heaven ! would rather risk than Mr..
Bates.' He's good old.fashioned law
yer don't know that he Ia fully up to
the times.' He discussed all the other
members Of the cabinet"
Governor Pierpont will address re-
union Of soldiers at the East Liberty
Presbyterian church during the week.