The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-09
From the N. Y. Nsws.l
naxvu ofa Refer Day.

We begin to see daylight through the
stormy clouds of passion and the steam
ing haze of battle, which have long dim
med our horizon When the representa-
tive men of opposite parties, but men
known as HONORABLE and higlrminded
American citizens, no longer able TO en-
dure the mad excesses of popular pas
sion and ferocity, come frankly together,
and take counsel together on the means
of abating the deliripm Of the masses,
and bringins sisociety back into its natnr
Eal condition, one cannot bnt angur good
of such Il movement
1t will be seen by advertisements. that
Mr.. Gerrit Smith, that well known and
conscientious Aboltionist ofmany gears,
has been moved to Indignation at the
! pretension of the dominant faction to
make criminals and felonsg of their polit-
ical adversaries; and in compliance with
the reonest of some of his fellow citi-
zens promises TO address them at the
Cooper Institute on Thursday evening
next Oh this theme; cI.LS IL
Neither lie tafhor Moral Right to cry
the Rebels for Treason. The Way to "a
Sure and Enduring Peace, Lies not
through 4, PerJfdy aid IFen5eat'ce, but
through Justice and love.
And who are they who sign the Fequi-
sition to Gerrit Smith toannounce tina &
saving doctrine2 Among the signets
we find, along with Horace Greely, Mayor
Gunther along With Henry Ward BeeclI'
er, Richard OGornian. We have heard,
too, thatiCharlesO O Connor has consent q
to take the chair, and Introduce Gerri
Smith to New York audience All tins
is, in ITSELF. a phenomenon 1t means
that the wisest and best men Of the Iapd
feel the need of coming together ano
Joining hands and voices to save the com
mon country from danger and disgrace
Such a requisitiOn to such "a sulalb t.
speak on such theme, will aSsuredly fill
the Cooper Institute as it has neyerbeen
filed before; and thence will COME a
voice loud and earnest enough TO make
insane faction and sangulnary passion
pause in their career. ~ :. !;
This is the requisit lou to. Si,ta CNr
Gerrit Smith has responded. with reildy
compliance: s E-s--
GERRIT SMITH, ESD, New York.
DEAR SIR: The events wlicb-wHh tn
creasiug emphasis are inscrfbing our na'
tional history, attract and dfiBlprcss rilf
public mind. We think that in1orma'
ton is needed and counsel required We
know that the interest which you have
felt in the conflict whichis passed, con'
tinues to the stages OF its pacitic2t'on
and close. Us -t ....a.fI N4i -.
Understanding your Willingness 'o
communicate with your feilow-citizens
on national topics, we would be pleasca
could you address a public meeting in
this city at the Cooper Institute, on the
evening of next Thursday, the 9th IN
slant, on the present attitude of the conn
trv. G.. Godfrey Gunther,
Horace Greeley Henry Ward Beecher
Ell. Chaplin, David Dudley Field
Rich. O'G0rman, Henry W Bellows, %,
Sam. l.. NJ. Barlow Hiram Ketchum. o.
The National Debt Napional Gurse
From the Freeman's Journal
What a terrible consternatiun W0aA
have been caused among the pafGeaas "t
the Fifth Avenue, by the announcement
of the HaalFS plan TO pay otfthc nation
q! debt, had those selfish people regarded
the affair as anything more than gooS
Joke. From the hour of the adoption %
the Constitution, the puritanical ciemen'
under parties of various names, has Ia
bored INCREASINGLY to devise plans 10 IL
strict the rights of suffrage, aud 10 rc
duce the industrial classes to the condi
ton of serfS. In the old United State.
Bank, they found machine admirably
calculated to effect their purpose, bn'
the extrao dinary popularity of P'esI
deut Jackson enabled him 10 lrnstrat'
their designs The war upon the Soutl
under the specious pretence OF free1nG
negroes, offered a rare opportunity to'
the accomplishment of their darling oh
+ ect, and was embraced with eagsrncs ),
. by the most INSCRIPTIONS and unpTiucl
pied political party that ever infested
this or any otner country. We bellcv,
nation can be enslaved by the corrup
ting influences Of national debt. but
when used in conjunction with huge
national debt, the result may be regard
| ed as foreign conclusion. The present
situation of political affairs, must pre-
sent a most promising future TO that very
considerable band of scoundrrlS in thi,
country, who profess to regard natlnna
debt as q national blessing. Wherelor,
was the diabolical war just ended, wage,
in part for the creation of Il permanent
debt, debt which would involve SuCh eN
pcnses rs would make us and eur poster
ity content to let the principal remain
Next in order will be such an adjustment
of the taxes as will enable what are
called the better clisses to keep tn,
"plain people" at hard labor and low
wages, with the means Of suhslstanc,
disproportionately high Ignorance vii
naturally follow this train, and it vii
sood be found that we live in the mid,
of despo:ism, where the prime minis
ter "can touch bell, and arrest 4 mar
here, and another there, and no power
on earth can release them" The writ -oi
haJeds corpus can thenl be suspended IL
every village in the country, whenever
it may suit the caprice or convenience of
even tax gathercr The mushroom arr
stocracy sees already inits seawnithe fu
ture lords of human kind here in Amer
lea. The debt of England is mainly
held by three hundred and twelve, fam
lilies. How long will it he before ooF,
will be held by as few Not a quarter
of century we imagine, unless some
Wendell Philips at the head of power
full party of fanatics, aided by the South
should conclude to advocate repndiatior
and succeed in extinguishing the debt
Since the Ark rested on Mount Ararat, il
has ever been thus, and being the com
mon lot of mortals, it is useless 10 be
wall our fate. Know We not hereditary
bondsmen, who would be free bisasyl
must strike the blow"
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