Year: 1862




E.Hio-s IateIltgs"eer


The late speech of the Hon. John S. Car
lie can barely have realized the expecta-
riouz of either his friends or opponents
The intelligent and candid hearer must ad-
nit that it bore none of the marks of the
statesman, and that as an exposition of his
views on the present condition of the coun-
try, it was unworthy of the subject
and the occasion. Considered as a jusri6-
cation of his course toward his constitu-
euts, it WAS As miserable failure. and of
this fact 1 think the Senator himself vas
painfully aware We're there no other
considerations than these, his speech might
De allowed to pass unuoticed- But when
we corsider the circumstances under which
it was uttered and the character Of the
speech itself we feel that it merits stern
rebuke from every true patriot. Oar coun-
try is now engaged in desperate struggle
with armed traitors who have forced upon
the nation this bloody war, and that with
out cause or pFGyocation as has been abun-
dantIy proved hy the Senator himself
The leaders OF the Southern rebels have on
" been anIe to do this by persistent and
continued agitation il various forms of the
question OF African slavery hy appeals TO
the sectional prejudices OF their people and
By living representations of the objects and
parposss of the administration and the
citizens of the loyal States. And now
when the Government asks and needs the
cordial aud undivided support of its loyal
citizens t0 aid in putting down this uuho!y
rebellion we fnd The grave and learned
Senator sinking the patriot IN the character
of the partisan. usjag the influence OF his
position 70 create distrusu aud destroy the
confidence OF the people, and that loo by
that very kind of agitation which De so
much de eprecates. and while he is cDmpeH-
ed TO admit that tue executive and his cab
met have enGenvGrei TO faithfully NEE. all
the requirements Of the Constitution. care
fully aai frequently consulting with the
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Border States IS TO
the wishes wants and necessities OF their
peouia Notwithstanding all this. we hnd
him charging indirectly that it - the object
of the Republican party 70 establish negro
equality ana that the war is being Waged for
that purpose. have too maeh faith n the SEN
atar'z futHlligeucs to think that he believes
this 1t must be known TO every rejecting
man that there IS not m the dominant or
anv otner party any considerable number
of men that desire or exnects to accom-
plIsh anv such purpose. The tenor ct his
remarks also led to the inference that it
was the object of the friends of a free State
Constitution 10 establish rhiz same negro
equalTrv and make North Western Virginia
a COLONY for free negroes. No Que knows
better than Senator Cariile thAt such - not
the case but that !: IS the white mans in
tarest tdat demands the adoption of such
Constitution. And every indication of the
sentiment of our people show that they are
in favor OF it aud that they realize that the
success and prosperity of Western irgiRl2
is greatly dependent upon its adaption.-
The lameuess of the Senator argument Is
also manifest in tae reasons assigned for
his opposition to onr admission as
State. The principa. ones being that
( n certain other Senator and certain
newspaper lad advocated it on the ground
that the government would by this means
secure 10000 square miles of territory.
and that 1t would be a hreakwatar, &c. In
the sense in which this idea was intended,
there il nothing to which any reasonable
man cau object, and presume that every
loyal man desires the Government to Sc
cure, at the earliest moment possible, every
foot of the uations territory. aud TO erect
az uanv breakwaters as may be neGessasy
to secure that end.


-Anonher objection, that Congress
has no right 20 dictate to Us IS to the terms
of our admission, is in keeping with the
rest of his speech. 1t Is well known that
it Was urged in the Convention and through
the press that Congress would object to
making TWO slave States cut of one, thus
adding two Senators to that interest and
thas Congress had the right and would
vote against it, was the greatest fear OF
majority of our people, particularly with
the examples of our Senator before them.
The hackueyed song of negro equality,
negro jurors, aud the like, IS the old
argument of secessioniSts, and is now
pretty etfectually played out, and l cannot
think that our Senator expected to gull
sensible or rejecting men with such clap
tran, It is only the man who takes his
opinions ut second hand, the uninforued
who has had no opportunity 20 acquaint
himself with the facts, or the bigoted par
tiaan who make the sayings OF his political
leaders the rule of his actions, that are in
f1uenced by arguments of this character;
and suppose It was to those they were ad-
dressed. and with them they will have their
inHneuce for evil. If the Senator desired
to allay party strife, why could he not be
candid. and when arraigning the dominant
party for such grave offences, be might
have pointed to the fact that it had to
great extent ignored party and party in
Serests. 4 Cabinet position has been as
signed to a political oppouent; gener-
ala and. subordinate officers have been
Commissioned without reference to par
tv. Provisional Governors have been
IN all cases taken from the ranks
of the opposition, and the dominant
marty in the State " here they are largely
in the ascendant have voluntarily offered
and heartily united with their former Po-
litical opponents, electiug them to the
hirhest nosfhons and evsrywhere bestoW.