The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-20

In the following letter to the Philadel-
pLIn Press, Confessional" lets tho man
speak to the exclusion of the politician.
TIE picture no draws is lnmentably
true:
It will be many years before hatred OF
the cOlOred mnn on the part OF reckless
politicians and their ignOrunt followers,
is moderated, and many more DO
fore IL is wholly destroyed. l notice
even among tho-s6uCherners who come
here for purdOn, that tho translation Of
the slaves into freedom hnS converted
whit was sort Of interested Kindness
into very different emotion. or the
purity leaders IN your midst l nGeu
not speak. Their present bitterness
nVaiust the COlOred man cannot DE
stronger than II was ut any time since
the beginning Of the war. They only
show il more Extensively and frequent
~ now, because II Is by harping on thnt
ono string that they hope TO hide. the
proof of their own reasonable practices,
and TO induce thoughtless voters toI
support their candidates at the coming
elections. The two elements TINT are
now most vGhGmGntIy nrrnyGd against
Tint large and DISTINGUISHED class, are,
therefore, the defeated rebels In the
South. and the defeated rebels who SYM
puthiZed with them in the North. Be-
tween these two cOngeninl Influences,
the colOred citizen has rather unGn-
Vinble prospect before him. Denied the
most trining share in tho government,
expelled from tho cars, attacked on tho
streets, and constantly misrcpresented
| by tens OfthOusAndS of active and ma
lirnnnt intellects, even In what are called
tLo free Suites, his fate in the South is ono
strongly calculated to awaken tho
ulnrm Of philunthrOpist and tho states
man, A people of better opportunities,
higher aspirations, and stronger intel
liGeuco, would fnlter and full under
such unceusing and increasing burdens
of prejudice and prescription. 1t Is In
vain that you tell the prosecutors of
these people how little their opinions
had to do In the prOvocati0n OF The war
how nObly their orderly conduct dur
ing the rebellion rcfuted the prediction
thIt they would rise upon their masters
and cOVor their plantations with fire
and Llood-nOw, with scarce an eXcep-
ton, they were tho friends, and the
pilots, and, in many cases, tho nlmO-
nGrs, of the Union SOldierS-Nnd how
they fought and fell in the defense of
the Union cause; such arguments only
increase the anger of the lnte rebel and
stimulate the venom Of the COpperhead.
1t is easy to see how, II there were no
earnest cOunterHcting interest, tho col.
Orcd millions in the United States would
fare. The duty of considering their
destiny, of providing, from a full
knowledge Of present perils, against
tyranny over them, is therefore not 10
DO lightly weighed or partially dechnrg'
ed. Happily for our character MS hut
name and enlightened people, the Negro
population are not to be left TO the cruel
care of wicked and revCngcful men
Even supposing that the great majority
, of the Southern people have sworn L
1 be the remOrselcss prosecutors OF this
population, and TINT In thissntanic cru
SADIE they arc to DO aided by the heart.
less purity leaders and their deluded
, followers in the Northern States, thu
instinct of protection and OF justice tt
all the dOwn-trodden children of men
: and Of horror and hate Of nll shnpes
and degrees Of tyranny, will quicker
and swell every manly and loyal heart
! The defeat of the rebellion has devolved
many stupcndous duties upon Amerl'
can patriots and Christians, "and this
is Of them"