Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-12
A RETARKABLE LETrFR,


The Cincinnati Commercial publishes an
extraordinary letter from ogilvis Byrsn
Young, until recently noted secessiou-
ist. twas written by Young to friend
in Louisville, but that friend is permitted
to furnish the Commercial with large por-
tiOn of it for publication.
1t opens thus;
"You viii be as much delighted as as
founded to learn OF my conversion aud
redemption from the bonds of political
death and iuiquity. Ny conversion has
been as sudden, but no less genuine, than
that OF Saint Paul, who declared himself
SHE greatest Of siNHeES1-such ami But
the scales have fallen from my eyes,-and
now see this most UNNATURAL and uSSA-
TIONAL MOSsTER, SEURssIoN, in all its na-
ked ugliness and hideous deformity. LISA
splendid cheat-a magnificent hnmbug-a
stupendous lie-a gigantic deception, des-
tined to dissolve before the light of reason
and good sense, ''like the baseIess fnbric
Of u dream.' -
81 would to God all men could see and
comprehend this movement, and the aims
aud purposes of its origiuators as do
now; then wonld they be swept OF in the
'tIenkLing Of an eye by the irresistible
decree of one united voice. But like the
arch drceiTer Of mankind, they present not
themselves nor their cause in their true
light. II G
Concerning his first connection with the
secession movement in the South, Mr..
Young says this:
''Far be it from me to say aught of the
Southern movement Psrse. II was right,
just and commendable. The South would
have been wanting in self-respect and
courage had she done less than demand of
the North PREPARATION for the past, and Sc.
curity for the future. Thus far this move
ment had my heart and hand. But the
powers that be at Montgomery, constituted
as they ara Of body of SupeTanvated, de-
Jnnet fre-6raHds Of political discOrd, and
party tngtfdelity, thrOtrn off 1y their eOnsfifu-
snts for ilfdelity to delegateGl trusLs-men
tThO had OHkUed their Immortality If Mey
erer had G1y,) tpho eRtertdig no hopes of
honorable PTefeJment under tie old Governs
ment, as Il StOOd, pure az Il sprung forth from
the patriot hearts that conceived aud the UaL-
orOuS arms that achieved Il and gaze il 10
POstsrity-a monument loftier than the sub
lime Pyramids Of Egypt, and they finally
hoped that 1t would be more to us-more
lasting Than brass. These petty tyrants,
at Montgomery, saw that under that
Government their hopes of political pre-
terment were forever foreclosed that
they were ''IPotted men," upon whose sim
lister broWs "Gods primal elGest CURSE
rested-branded bone-deep In characters
of IRE. Hence, like their exempIar-tEe
6e:y Lucifer. they rebeIled, and lgouEd hare
TeUOtted had they, like him, been IN Heaven it.
SELF Far other and darker motives than
those which influenced me, melted them
to the unhallowed work. wanted NV
rights, under the CONSTITUTIONAL the
Unioni and unless those rights had been
conceded aud reverenced. I..wanted to fyht
Tor their maintainance in the Union, aud
under the Constitution. This was nv
plan, and conceive it will be readily con-
ceded far more patriotic and prolific than
that adopted by the "Immortal Ten" of
Montgomery. Itwould have left the
issues in dIspWte approachable by both par
ties. We might hare then met cancellation
ruth Gion-Org dhiz0tiOR With organizd.
hoH'-concert Nth eOneert-aetioR ,eitG action.
"zhe GRende honorable would have been
made, and long years of peace and
prosperity would have thrice doubly
blessed this now unhappy land. But
no, these mischievons men cared moi
for the Perpetuity Of the Government
and the public veal, as their acts
abundHntly attest. They must reign or
ruin-and they mAdly rushed on to the
consummation of their diaGolfcal purpose
the overthrow of the Government aud
the creation of n monarchy upon its ruins.
To this end they matured their plans
they deluded and misiustrueted the popu.
lar MUD, fired the popular heart, nv false
aud prejudicial appeals, and plunged the
country by surprise into anarchy and revo-
luton: The people, uniaitisted and un-
consulted as to their designs, looked on in
wonderment and awe, until they laid their
sacrilegl Gus hands upon the gloriour ban.
ner OF their country-tore it down
tramPled It under their feet, and raised in
its stead, that filthy rag-emblazoned with
nasty tad-pole, frog-eating birdie, and his
sing ssrpents, fit emblem of the deeds
which II CommemOrates-whent they did
this, heard curse, deep, long aud loud,
arise from the great heart of that dense
mass of strong-armed, fery-hearted sons
OF toll, who stood around me, that sound
ed like the funeral dirge of the Nations
last wall.
God Forbid that this con-
tedeFate band of guilty traitors should pull
dowu the work of n hundred years, dash
hope from the armament and robe a world
IN mourning. do not believe they will.
believe in justice. I love liberty, and
trust inProvidence and the people to de-
liver us from this terrible fate. I believe
yetin the virtue of the masses and trust in
'srhat divinity which shapes our ends. -l--a
Roagh hsw them a. We may" 80
These wicked men at Montgomery have
nearly run their course. In the midst of
their carnival of lust and internal satnrnalia
Ola disrupted and bleeding country, the
ominous hand of destiny Is now writing
uponthe walls OF their guilty orgies, Meme
nens tekst uPhaTtin." Verify, verify, a
terrible fate awaits these destroyers Of a,
nations repose and authors of realms
decay. They viii fall beneath the very
the authors of the Reign Of Terror in
France, they Willie condemned byithere
own laws. and perish by the hands of their
own friends. z7IS =, =