Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-17

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and the perBons ana clothing Of the men
are kept seoupulougIy clean; aud the men
state that in the way Of food and attsn-
ton they have verYthiHg thni they need
or desire. The alterations received BY them
from cttlEen8-men andaNOmen ara highly
pratsewortby. This remark Is especially
true OF the good people Of Frederick, Nd.
At almost any hour Of the day dozens Of
them may be seen In the buildings bearing
fruit, flowers aud other appropriate gifts
for the men.
A 1Teanbut CharaeteristIe Dodge.
Now, what Is the open declaration OF the
1HteEtigeReer2 Why, as late as Saturday
morning, Il put forth this sentiment-HThe
Union can never be restored as It was, no
more than man can call back his life and
live it oyer,% There is marked resem-s
blance between the declarations Of the
leaders of the rebellion and The declaration
Of our netghboF. The simiIarity Is so glar+
ing that any one can seeit, 1t Is very evf-
dent that his present proc iyities, compared
with his late anteeedents, plainly Indicate
that be prefers 4 dissolution OF the Union
to its restoration to It's original position -
Hence hiSdisuato uisuu - Wheeling I9ress Of
yesterday.
In our limited newspaper experience we.
have seen, and been made the subject OF
some very mean instances of garbling and
Misrepresentation, but nothing that We now
remember ever equalled the above para.
graph. The Prsss Is like certain animal,
which, when cOrnersd, resorts to The only
means of defense nature has given it,
Wanting-a decent argument, IL obeys its
natural instincts and falls back ON peryer-
sion and falsehood. Driven 70 the wall by
the lntelHgalee1 Of Saturday, it picks out
single sentence from long paragraph,
isolates ii, taking it rWay from It's con-
necti0u and giving it an Interpretation
precisely opposite to It's real meaning, calls
it a Sentiment, aud then with an iaeffa-
BILE and brazen mendacity tha: would do
credit TO the Satanic Herald in its happi.
est efforts, it attributes that sentiment to
us, TO make it appear that tge are in league
with the Internal conspiracy for which We
have already shown the Prem has Mt too
warm sympathy. It is the habit % low
natures TO resort to tricks, lodges AaA
turns when they get into trouble. II is an
instinct given to compensate, in some
measure, for a lack OF sense, which per.
yadee the animal kingdom, and is some
times found in man. It is that which i'm
pels the hard pressed burglar in the street
TO cry out ''stop theft" or the low bred
bully to higgls about fair play. Among
the lower animals ii is very well, but in a
newspaper it is something worse than con-
temptible--it is tnexcusably mean. When
we penned the paragraph from which the
I'ress makes its selection, we felt very
strong conviction that that delectable
sheet would do precisely what it did. We
knew its instincts, and could calculate with
an accuracy Next to certainty what they
would impel it 70 do. Our previous expe-
rience had discovered 10 us that it had q
talent in that direction-the only talent,
we may remark, it was ever known 10 ex-
hibit, except for heavy locals, and general
stupidity.
In proof Of what We assert, here ia the
paragraph from our article Of Saturday,
from the tid-bit picked out by the Prsss to
its conclusion, which, taken as II whole,
expresses this sentiment" That the Union
can and will be restored, not literally as it
was before the rebellion, for the lapse OF
time aud the wear and tear of events rem
ders that.simply a physical impracticabili.
", but restored as INDICATED, purified and
strengthened by the struggle for the main
| tainauce of its existence. II will he seen
that the iirst sentence taken alone, would
mean precisely, she reverse, but read in its
proper connection, means exactly what We
have stated. We take the liberty of itaii-
eisisg those portions which directly contra
dict the pervcrsions of the Pres:
The Union never can be restored as it was,
i pOmOrethan man can call back hisli and
liVeit over. The past is itrsyocable--the
mischief of the past is iFreparable. Can
you restore to life, 10 their families, TO So
ciety, the thousands of gallant aud gener-
ons souls who we're murdered, and manpled
afterward, by armed traitors, because they
would not tamely surrender their Governs
meht and Observation-Disclosures fres institu-
tiOns-their civiliIation2 Can yen restore
the milliOns5of treasure that have been
swallowed up because the Union has been
assaulted and must aud will be preserved.Il
| IL you cannot, then yOu eanaot restore the
Union As Il was But you nay resIors II,
and make Il better thaa q sagas. You may
sink conSpiraey against Freedom and hn.
man rights so deep in the ocean of iufamy.
that no plummet cAnseVer reach it. aud no
bubble will ever come up to show Whereit
went down forever. "a You aaGy make Me
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