Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-20
ReconstruetIon, Comproml.e.
[From tho Commercfnl Adyerti,erI

Reconstruotion, CompromIse.r
[FrOm the Commsrcial Advertiser.I
A deep apprehension is felt by many of
| our citizens, that as victory after victory
plants her standard on rebel fortresses,
and within rebel intrenchments, there will
be disposition on the part of Northern
political trickstUrs to obtrude upon tho ma
tion some unworthy plan of compromise;
some proclamation Of amnesty. In the
ordinary Misunderstanding and difficult
ties which arise between man and man, no
| spirit can be moro escommendable than that
which dictates mutual, CONCESSIONS, and
thus facilitates the settlement of the ques-
tions, which were otherwise interlninabIy
unsettled. 5a '+' 81 f-t''@
But when this principle is mIsapplied,
when compromise and concession usurp
the prerogatiVe Of rightful authority, es-
lpecialy at time when such authority
should be stringently exercised, the ends
of justice are perverted, aud individuals
or.comPunities or nations, as the case may
be must suffer great moral detriment.
Should aprodigal and reProbate sou,
family, and setting parental control at
defiance, propose n reconstruction of the
family compact on some such terms MS
would afford free scope to his evl habits.
what father worthy the name but would
! require at once from so graceless v0rlet,
implicit and unqualified submission at the
peril of punishment front the family cir
! Gle?
Could the faculty or a literary iustitu-
ton OF college stOOp to the reconsideration
| OF its laws, while a score of its students,
tired of the restraints, of these laws, had
entirely ignored them, and were in open
rebellion against the proper college au-
thoritiesi
Or, suppose the case of city under a
mild and salutary government, exposed
within herselft to the nocturnal deprsda-
tiousl of a gang of lawIess marnuders.
Each night dwellings are forcibly entered,
valuable property distracted, peaceable
citizens slain in the streets, defenceless
| women and children maltreated, and the
affrighted Inhabitants driven from their
beds aud houses by the work of the foul
iucendiary. Atlength. however, the strong
arm Of the law has prevailed, justice has
vindicated her authority, the culprits one
by one are arrested and now people. breath
easier because the penal power of the city
government is about to be exercised, and
the lHwless brought to condigu punish
ment. aa.f4 7E=5l9-ia1 sii- n -1 rl.t
But while these things are in progress, a
class of willy politicians, thinking, to push
their fortunes, aud promote their advance
meut to Office by assuming sympathy for
the Vagabouds who have disturbed the
public peace, advise, not only their en-
largemeut but a modification of the lave
which have convicted them-a cOmpro-
mise. "These gentlemen" say they; isare
quite willing to enter into some amicable
arrangement, 1t it can only be so framed
as to cover their little delinquencics. AS
our laws now stand, they are all on our
side; they give no coun:enance whatever
to the peculiar pleasures and pastimes of
our friends, and there must therefore be
reconstrnctlon of society under a good
lcode.'' - - a= 2 ~ ~ f5aafs 8
We can imagine the deep disgust which
would be manifested by an outraged com-
munity at these atrOcious Propositions
The movers ot-them,would be consigned,i .
IL POssible,,to a more lasting public exc
Grafton andinfatny thatthe miscreants for.
whom they were interceding. p
1 And now to the case in point. The
leaders in the unnatural rebellion against
our government, aided by those " hom they.
have influenced or forcibly controlled, have
resisted and set at defiance code of gov
ernment laws Inilder aud more paternal in
their character than those of any nation on
the earth. They have, as one of their first
aggressive acts, fired upon and seized a
| prominent fort belonging to the General
Government. Tho national flag, which for
thTee!quartcrs of CENTURY and more had
so'proudly waved over us, has been insuI-.
ted, and so to speak, has been spit upon
and torn'to shreds.s Piratical. craft. armed
by the rebels, have secured the seas to.
harass our commerce. Individuals in the,
Southern States friendly. to the Union have
been abused and persecutedg their proper
1 ty confiseated, and they themselves COM;
lpelled to seek personal safety by flight.
4 The property Of the nation, its arsenals,
| forts aud navy yards, have been stolen by
those who had nosmOre right to them than
they had to the possession of the Queens
palace at Windsor. Hundreds of ,thous.
auds of armed rebels have menaced the.
national capital, and its capture and deset,
Grafton have at certain times appeared Inn
miuent. Vain, glorious and wicked beasts
4 have been made that the ruffiau hordes'
i would quarter themselves ip the palaces Of.
the Fifth avenue; that STAKEHOLDER would.
| call his slave roll on Bunker Hill Hudthat
the bastard flag of the bogus iconfederacy
would float from the summit of the monu.
ment, Bridges have been Wantonly burn
ed; railroads destroyed, and an incalcuIa!
BILE amount Of mischief perpetrated sur
reptitiously and under cover Of night. =.
After an amount of hectOring and brag.
/ ging as to their personal courage. suEicient
Il to brand their country for ever with the
twell-earned name of HBraggadocia,n, the
rebels only show themselves disposed to
| fighting ftom forts, from entrenchments,
while,lytng In ambush, or IN imuFdefousIy
firing on innocent picket guards, and in
adopting the covardly guerilla. The fight
on the fair and open, field Is habitually
shunned by them, obviously from regard