Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-08

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The Signature d 'fAFiitl9sl,' tbsFs appear.
Cd Alsngihy dsisaee n ihs Rev. 9 ". Sc.
boa, ffpn ihs enlGRe' " "lee1adfsl" HPs
piled y BIN SD ether dIVineS b. ibO sdl-
lSF Of The Nashville Uaion.
uadOublsdlT aAristidsI Il BndSF he In.
pFesIiOa that he Rev. z W, Sebon b 90.
kH0vn 70 ibis eonnualty. Do 1ot mistake
JaqHfll, HArbddtt,v Sebsn IL known By
many hOFtAbouiS, and boasveF harIh The
tie fern AIe6Hsdfel7 may 81 WhtaHppiitd
20 dlVlse, Yet, psySfihslssl, n there 10
oue Of lhs eeelelisStleS thAtthia term UoOId
seen % sPply lo.Wlth more force than lhla
Aaolhsr, Il Is % The Rev, 3. ". Sshou.
The writer d this, (DsEhaDs,l e ~ we'll
acquainted With the Rev. gsnllsmaA %
"Ariatldts" eAa be, And. nothRitbsland-
log, ihs attempted defense which nAFis.
.idfS' makes Tor the Rev. seboh, it is-a
well kpOVu fael'thal BY the citizens Of ",
IhuF, Harrison, Lewis, Wood, aud KaulSha
counties, that this Rev. z. ". Sehon hst
been for ySar1 past sowing tU0 In The
churches, aud done more 70 ditluFb The
Christian sediment and 70 disseminate se.
eeaiiOn principles amongsstbe members Of
the churches 10 these c1gatlss THAI ell 9th
or diVlneB put together, and without bsiug
tedious. Pray what does "AtiStidst'' lSr
bored defensS Of tbs Rev. & ". SSbon
amount ioi Simply that Sshon-POOF fsl-
low "has beFfT-TNept away BY the torrent
Of secession that surrounded him.
II this be \ legal drfeRer. or Just eI-
euSs, then pray Why rot apply Il to Davis,
Wise, Yaney, Rhett, Mason, and all The
rebels Of the Sonth.
"Bui, "Arlstidss' iAySof the Rev. + W.
S4hon, that she was learned and able d..
Vins.p II With bic wisdom aud grare be
can be excused Tor The guilty part be buB
takeu, why not excuse all rebels? They
had no God to guide them; Sehou had.
OF him that has little, little is reqdired I;
Of him that has much, much 10 required
Sehon WAha protested Christian; he was
required BY tue founder Of the Church to
preach Christ bat hs followed after false
gOdB--pEearhsd treason aud rebellion
AgaiuSl the best government In the world,
aud there are those who ask that the In.
lured Union sentiment shall pass by his
Offences, aud punish those less enlightened.
Away with such enlightened christianity
But "AristideS" says, "Sehou may hare
crrsd; he may hare acted uHgiItiy; he may
have rEprcttsd hhaItlf IngHard,diy,n and
then adds, 'Who OF Us has notlN Now
"AristldeI,' whoever you Arel what else
have DaViS, Wise, Slidell, Yaaety, Mason,
L Co. donsi They have aired, have they
uot7 Dire they 'eopBdreisl They have
aeied uaWiSsly, have they not Are they
"Ieoundrelsfp They have expressed them
selves unguardedly, have they not7 And
are they nscoundrelS7h III, perhaps ati.
Tier Of hsSs haze eptr preached iAs GoIpsi ~
Pedtsl What a pity II they had not, for
then they would have found 40 apologiSt
for these crimes, In "Aristides.1
But dAristldesn accompanies his do.
ienIs Of the Rev. E. ". Sehon BY sound
ing declaration, that he ID no apologist Of
treason, secession or rebellion, Hand II any
one dAres to imUnte Il 70 him, be would
hurl back the vile inSiuuation With meta.
BILE srorn
Well aAristIdes,n atlhe risk oflosing an
eye, letme say that whatever your Uaion
sentiments may BE- among those who know
you best, | would say that the defense OF
rebels, traitors and treason Is not the lsgit.
innate work Of sound Union men, and upon
reflection perhaps you will and our that
you, too, have erred, when you have In-
voked your talents TO defend a known rebel,
In conclusion, Why did you not tell the
community before whom you undertook the
defense Of the Rev. Sehon, what was his
itatIs THEIR timer Is be not now pris.
oner for refusing 10 take an oath to sup.
port the Constitution Of The United States,
and be Of good behavior towards all good
cilizeuS7 Aud did he not refuse III And
now, since the word scopndrel, when mp
piled 10 this reverend gentleman, Is so
Offensive, what do you say Of the Rev. Sc.
hoa, seeing that you so yauntingly parade
your adherence 10 secession and rebellion
before the public2 What kmd. harmlss,
name have you for him7 AHgtl, sup
pose. sl-'' '-s7
Come, "Aristides, 2 try this defense over
again, }s MoxosGALlA.