Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-03
The Removal or GeneraI Kelley.

Vho Removal OF GenoFaI Aeleys
Editors Lnttlligemeer
Upon reading the manly and patriotic
communication of "GaveI,' in your issue
OF the 9Th nlt, on the subject OF General
Kelley, was in hapes that the insidiOus
and shameful conspiracy against that gal.
IAut officer was dying away from puolic
exposure, no less than from its own impo.
teuce. was, however, made aware of
my mistake by another letter you publish
ed o few days afterwards, calling for u
"cbange OF policy" in this Department,
with the design, self evident on the face Of
that epistle, of favoring the repetition, and
securing the impurfty OF such lawless and
cowardIy murders as that which lately dis.
graced the service In certain county In
this State, aud makes every citizen trem.
BILE who has personal or political enemy
in power.
TheremOyal of Gen Kelley, more or less
transpArently disguised, has for several
months past been the subject of legislative
discussion of lobby caucuses, newspaper
controversy, and Of undertoue bar room
and oyster supper vituperation on the part
Of that class Of patriots to WHOM the feeble
guarantees yet protecting private life and
property are an eyesore aHd who would
fain make the loyalty OF President Lincoln
And yet during all that time not one pos.
tive charge against the GenStal has ever
seen the light of publicity! Aud why
not! Let the public jpdgsl Gen. Kelley
is simply accused Of not Sending enough
uuarmed citizens to Camp, Chase or ''across
the Styx," and helplssS5 wonen ,lapd chill
dren across the lines. .idt Me btRdiag Of our
self appointed proeonsals Of the public veal.
OF course, il be did, we all kuows that the
little horse thieviug raids performed every |
few weeks under the very noses OF half a |
dUEen Federal posts would iustantly cease,
the offences Of Richmond. .aud Charleston
the walls of Jericho before the blast OF
JoshuGFs trumpet, the armies, Of Lee,
Bragg and BeAuregard would uncondition: |
ally lay down their arms, aud this uuholy |
rebellion, with its eyeTlAstingly broken |
back bone, would be finally crushed OUT
1t logically follows then, that the sooner |
Gen. Kelley is removed and the valiant Gen.
Roberts appointed 10 his place, the better
tor the iIUerties OF America and the hopes
of the rest Of mankind!
The fact that Gen. Kelley is one of the
fret soldiers who. shed their blood for the
cause Of the Union and the defense of our
soil, that he conquered his present position
at the point of his sword, that since he is
at the head of this Department, his skill,
vigilance and vigor have baffied all at.
tempts at a repetition of last springs raid
among Us, aud finally driven the threaten
ing foe 10 confusion across our borderi-all
this, say, is OF no weight with the Cen
eral's super loyal prosecutors, who never
faced AN armed enemy, and who never cry
wolff wolf! wolff as loud as when braver
and better men than themselves have scared
the beast out of sight.
A change OF Policy! Indeed. our truly
loyal people are taking hand In it them
selves. aud, to begin with, they are fast
consigning TO oblivion and contempt those
political knaves OF recent conversion, who
under the garb Of uncomprOmisiug Union
men have smuggled themselves into office
on the turbid wave of revolution, to aVenge
their private wrongs, aud to fill their needy
pockets over the blood. stained ruins of
their neighbor's homes and the nations
peace. They have long enough disgtaced
and ieopardiZed the cause they pretend to
serve and well know that they can only
enjoy their usnrped hOnors so long as they
are permitted to drag into their native
mife of sIander aud detractiOn every citt-
zeu and soldier superior TO them in talent,
virtue aud patriotism. They are known,
marked and condemned for for ever, though
they may for awhile yet, like the blood
thirsty JAcobins of another revolution, far
their betters in every other respect, go on
clamoriug for somebody's head until thsir
own will roll under the scaftold.
WEsr VIRGINIA.