The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-12-28
aoninion OF an out:stder.


the pen Of correspondent Of . New York pa
Der, aud therefore, It 10 inferred, possesses
peculiar Importance. # the writer halls from
Now York city, It soss possess peculiar, inn
port.hce to 1t eohsefbahrs Uniuh men," for there
arc more Of that class Of men in that than In
any oth.r Northern city; md they arc about
as eon,errahx as those Union men" are hero
who, to please the rebels, and to prevent it
sounding too harsh to the tender ears Of
traitors, have chriatened themselves "Con
:, ..es ~. 80. -. -,
1t sounds very hnc, and many simpletons
ure likely to be deceived thereby; but people
generally are becoming too vide awake to be
led astrny by name. They have not yet got
entirely through the fiery ordeal in which,
under the guisc Of Democracy, the arissocratic
shareholders Of the South undertook to bind
the masses of white men rs we'll as black. IN
chains Of scryitude: and now they orc thought
full enough to inquire what principles arc taught
by a party, before giving it their support. -.
Upon enquiry, We find the " Conservative
Union men" 10 be comprised Of what zoe call
Butteruuts, Copperhcads, Rebel Symsathizers
those who arc afraid the rebels will be hurt
10 this unholy rar raised by their own wick
ed act. Vallundighnm, Pendleton, Voorhees,
Me- lellau, the Editor Of the Cincinnati En-.
quirer, aud the "lone star Of Charleston" our
Auctioneer, all claim to be Con-
servative Union men" and, for aught know,
have as good right to set up such claim as
the eloquent writer Of that lucid article. This
party, from the first has ezhorted US to deal
tenderly with the rebels, while the british
monsters for whom they ask our mercy, arc
our bravo men who are 80 uufortu-
mate as to escape death on the battlefield by
falling into their hands Us prisoners Of war,
to death in their loathsome prisons. 1t has
opposed tho prosecution Of the war against the
rebellion; advocated the States rights doc
trine Of the secession school Of politicians;
asked for 'peace on any terms"-eren the di.
vision of the country. They have been the
fast friends of the rebel cause; and upon them
the rebel leaders have recently depended more
thnn upon their own armies for their hopes Of
success. -
But, after all, what has this " Conservative
Union" writer discovered 4 terrible mine
that may explode md shake the nation TO its
very center Yes a mine which his imasin-
alton has depicted, and his weak, credulous
mind fancied, because some fool, who wanted
to be an insider, but is compelled to remain an
"outsidcr" like himself, positively informs"
him Of what he himself knows nothing;--and
therefore be goes to work and writes flaming
article, intended 10 shake the very universe,
and to cause great line Of "up-hcaval" on
terra !frnsa, and especially in tho Kanawha
Valley.
But il turns out that the young man is
wholly misinforIncd. There is no "Secret pc.
lltical organization" among the Union men of
the Valley. The trnitorous organization called
the "Sons Of Liberty" originated with these
C) Union men Of the North, and
if it exists here, in name or character, 1t is
among that class of men. He has, therefore,
made great fuss about nothing. He has been
beating the mir, and is as much mistaken as
the man who scratched the bed-post! His sod
lamentations over the terrible consequences
of an evil that does not ezisL and is not likely
to exist here, reminds Inc Of tho imaginative
and tcnder.hcarted maiden whom her mother
found weeping by tho fre-when interroeate
as to tho cause of her grief, she replied: 81
was just thinking if was married, and sit
ting by the fire with little baby in my lap,
and should fall asleep and let the baby fall
in tho FIRE and burn up, how unhappy l should
bew
The young imaginative "out-,ider' (and
the Lord send he muy always be IN ouL-sidcr)
is similarly troubled. "These terrible fanat-
ical Union men Of the hanaWha valley VII.
not shake hands with traitors whose hands are
red with the life blood Of their brothers,
fathers and friends, and whose hearts ore
overlooking with tho gall of hatred toward
the Government oftheir fathers, Who after
FORGETTING tho right to breath the breath Of
life in FREQ country, insolently croxd in
among Us, jostling Union men out OF their
places, and receive the fawning aattery and
favor Of Conservative q Union men. Away
with oil such Union men.
This silly young man further imagincs that
the terrible Union men Of tho kanawha,
have organized secret political association,
which mny "cross the Ohio river, and PEN
citrate the entire North" "Tbe low whisper"
80 .Hmov vet he converted into thun-