Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-20

never did feel altogether ComloFI"ole !"
their opposition, Us shown by the OCCASION
al relapses into it's support by their organ
here. Now that they haze satisfied them
selves Of the utter hopeIessuess Of the nj
temp, to drica. it, they arc trying very hard
10 make somebody believe it was because
they were not allowed to hold their eau
cuses and speak against it. The disguise
is too fimsy. This talk about mohs and
intimidation is not only ridiculous but ac'
tually false. About the only instance OF
i. we are aware of was the throwing OF an
egg at Sherard Clemens at Middehourne'
If We are not mistaken, Sherrnrd had some
similar experiences, good while ago,
when tie "AbUlitionists" were uOt near SO
numerous IN Western Virginia as now. The
Coppsrheads have been making great
fuss about not being allowed to hold their
Convention at ParkersTIrg. Now We have
had serious doubts all the time whether
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there WAS any 0O"'en''Ou 10 "V'I' Nv"
or three coun''es may "n'e 'e"' "s'ss" ' .
but We doubt whether 'ne'e were o's' "
dozen or fifteen in all-perhapi not so
MANY, 10 the second place We have not
vet been able to see tho evidences TINT VIC
leuce was FesoFleu 10 or even '"'tNsv"'"'
Refusing to let them INTO 'ne 'ou'' no"'S
was no violence certain! '"e onV'''' ""D
right to refuse II ne c"o'e' Even '"'"
own showing Of II N''S 10 m""o appear
1t seems to have 0eer " m"'1eF OF "pPF''
hension entirely NO uoUo' gum! Vo"'
science had sreAs deal to 10 WIN Tue
dreadful fCars described 10 Sherrafo c"Fu'
II a set Of scsmpS were plann'nga sheep
stealing expedition, we can easily under
stand how they would feel uncomfortable
10 the presence Of honest nen in broad day
light. So we suppose the dozen Copper
heads Mt PArkeFs6urg, conscious oil vile 'n'
tent, apprehended all sorts of dangers 1t
was natural they should. Perhaps'heirts"FS
were rnther strengthened by the evident
suspicion aud indignation with which Peo'
pie there regarded them. Every oLlceF
seemed TO them Col. Gilbert, and ever!
SQUAD Of soldiers they imagined to be detail
ed with especial reference to their move
ucu,s. The fact is they had no confidence
themselves in the honesty of their inten'
tons (iG they happened to know hstter) and
they imagined everybody else looked on
them with suspicion. We have not at any
time supposed nuy violence WAS Intended
We trust not for the sake Of dCeency and
the good cause we are seeking TO aid. We
want every step in obtaining the new State
to be as they have been SO far regular, Ie'
Ultimate and lawful, unattended by either
fraud or violence. The New State men
were not the men and never have been
either to invoke or cOuntenauce mob vio.
lcpce, We deprecate everything Of the
kind and always have. Individually we
used to be threatened good deal our.
selves, and our early experience only at
taches US the more to law and order, now
that the boot is On the other foot, Butthe
very class of men now raising this howl OF
intimidation ars part of those who used
to invoke violence upon us and those who
acted politically with US.
No man can lay his finger on The line or
paragraph TINT ever npPe"'ed edl'oFiAIly in
this paper limiting at mob force Agal"st
those opposed to Us. We have always de-
PrecAtOd it as wrong and imPoll''e' "0eF'
emies Of tho Government whether in tre"'
ever force should be employed to 'hwHF1 the
eusOn"ble concIaveIor in the field let 1t be
be employed in accordance with civil or
military "w'
Dut we FepCas We "1'e 'eS" ~ v''u'"S'
Of violence q! F"'A''s"u'S' ~ uOu"' '"s
.oyN' people 'neF' we'e'-uu'' INV "ss"-
Malignant ou' We 10 H0' "0u"' '""s '"'.'
OOpPerne4u' c0U.u "u'e SOueOu WI" sI''.
fsAso"""'' '""'"'"A'''"' Wv '"'" ivy"
was AS mu'n 10 O'S'n'A' oppO''''0" " '"v
FeaeFA1 "o'e'nhne"' 10 - '"' '''" "'"'''J