Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-02
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: -".Hot Every one that satin EordI
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% The papers which were lately s1s pended
In this city profess, An oVerpoWeriug re.
gard for the Government and the Union.
They Will not deny that the war for The
maintenance of both has reached most
Important crisis. They will agree that II
Is the duty of all good citizens whs Visb, "a
Rellaas profess to wish, that the rebellion
nay be IeopqpeFed forever to. make every
ALLOWANCE for the exercise, at such time
Of that supreme discretion which necessari.
Igsbelohgs 10 every GoGeflmehEl They will
be disposed. tp-yiews the acts of the Gov
egnment when irritating aud i'll judg-
ed, as not leveled atthe1 liberties of the
citizen bpt at the crimes of rebels. They,
Will eoncede that at q moment likethis the
pnbltcStionS Of a forged proclamation OF
the Ptesfdent to the eject that the strhpole
g going disas strously against "a is 40 Of,
tense OF the grRyest kind. whose tendency
ls % strikea fatal blow. at the cause for
which hundreds Of THOUSANDS of or fellow
ettizens are lighting bd,fallioE in theifield.
They eau not seriOnsly plead that il Is.
only "a hoax" nor mean soberIy to ex.
euse themselves by saying that they had
lett their columns thout any responsible
supervision. Their columns, by their own
vehicle Of 2 damaging blow at the Union
and Government to which they 40 zeal.
ously profess their devotion, and however
SINCERELY they may deplore the order by
which they were suspended, they will hon.
orSbly allow that, under the circumstances.
they ought TO suffer some kind of penalty.
and will believe that the suppression, how.
ever mistaken an act, came from patriotic
zeal ra ther than from dssposic tyraupy:
Now let every candid man decide wheth
err granting that tIhs Suppression of ebuse
papers was III judged; their comments up.
on the act show a sincere desire 70 forbear
with the Government, or whether they are
not intendedto do exactly what the forged
proclamation they published was meant to
do-namelyi to perpiexth Government of
the Ulited States, dishearten the loyal
armies, encourage the rebels, and invite
foreign inteFtere6ce d OF
It Is strange of course, that journals
which, by their own account are so Sdevot-
ed to the salvation of the country, should
put the worstT conceivable Interpretation
upon every act of the Government; shonld
stimulate opposition to the rising Of soldiers
BY draft should resist-wiIh. an acrimo1y
that might, except for that professed deVo-
tioni be- called partisan-4the whole policy
OF the Government very strange indeed
that papers 30 zeRlo6sly loyal in profess. /
sion should constantly deno9nce The Gov
ernmeat 80 much moro fercely than the
rebellion, that they are universally cousid.
cred as virtual friends of the rebels. But
such is the perversity of man. Add there
are probably people 10 be found st this. mo.
ment, and intelligenti and, loysl people too;
who sihcerely belisYe that both, of those
loprqalas IT they we're sEi died, hoped that
the proeiuuAti tieu mig he be ryonutno,i speS;-i
Pile who thipk thar IL Is NOT q hearty loyalty
70 the Government which makes them dai
ly depict the Government as the real enemy
of our liberties; people, IN foe, who be.
lieye, that lpeilher of the journals, 90 pro
tessedly loyal, would be very sorely grieved
IL the Government of the United States
should be overthroWn by compromise
with rebels. eI It is our firm faith that such
people 'conld be. found. And fit we're in.
deed SO, ahoE,-well might The papers in
q nestion exclaim, hof-What avail then are
the loudest professions of loyaltyintr'
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