The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-16
The President,s Policy.
g OF THE REGISTER :

You rejected my last communication
and did think l would never trouble
YOU with another but at time like the
present, cannot keep silent. The ca 60
hes scribendi is too strong to be resisted.
Ihave no other medium than your exec
lent paper in which to vent my thoughts
The lamented VIM. B. Buchanan of Ellen
dale, wrote much, in prose and verse, for
the Home Journal and for one of your pre-,
decessors. When last saw him, in con-
versing on the subject, he said 'he had
to let off the steam" My case is similar.
For more than halfia century, l have
taken an active part in politics; always
for the good of my country not for emol-
ument; my only aim has been my coun-
ty, nv God, and truth, and l "never
wrote line which dying would wish
TO blot" have nerer held an office. All
this NAV sound somewhat egotistical,
but write thus, mot inItheIway of cast
ING. but that my opinions should have
some weight with my fellow citizens.
NV heart overhows with gratitude to
the Almighty for his great goodness in
endowing our President with Heavenly
wisdom to restore our glorious Union,
and to be the President of the Nation and
not of a party. His name will be held in
gratful remembrance by future genera
fions, The good effects of his policy are
already apparent Business is becoming
brisk in the South. Many who were III
arms against us have commenced the
dull pursuits of civil life" All wealth
is created by labor, and God knows it
will require no little wealth to pay the
interest on our war debt.
Bishop Johns has nobly responded to
the Presidents pacific and benevolent
cause. The Southern people, with Il few
exceptions, are becoming reconclled to
their fate. The prospect is brightening
for restoration of friendly feelings be-
tween those who were so lately in hos
tile array against each other. Who is so
wicked and unpatriotic as not to wish
that we may be again a united, happy
and prosperous nation!
The planters in Louisiana and Missis-
sippi are making preparations to raise
cotton. Dr. Grederick Stanton, a man
of indomitable energy and enterprise
has made arrangements with capitalists
i'm Philadelphia to furnish the requisite
funds. Thanks to the Presidents wise
policy they are able to give good securi=
ty, as they own the land. The negroes
are to have one fourth of the net profits;
the balance to be divided between the
capitalists and the planters, the first to
recover one third and the planters two
thirds. The negroes are strongly attach
ed to their old masters, and will work
for them in preferences to working for
others. 1t is true, some will not work.
They say what is the nse of our free
dom if we have to work? Better to have
remained slaves; then we had masters to
care for us in sickness and old age"
Some one has truly said that the worst
use Won can put man to is to hang him,
Surely it would be putting the planters
to bad use to hang them, as has been
strcnuously urged by many OF the Re-
publican party. Who can say that the
President has not pursued wise policy
ia permitting them to live and pursue
the useful occupation of raising cotton!
Who can say that he has not manifested
a truly christian spirit in forgiving orr
euemiesl Let it not be thought that |
would insinuate that those elergymen in
your city and elsewhere are not good
christians, who asserted that God had
permitted Lincoln to be assassinated be-
cause he was too|merciful, too lenient to
the rebels. But must say, ignorant sin.
ner as am, that it sounded to me like
blasphemy. Who hath known the mind
of the Lord" says st. Paul
o.. AN OLD MAN
Oct. Is, 1865, ,......