Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-30
Further RecOnStIuctionm moy.mant,
In the south.

By the arrival of steamer fIom the
Gulf We have received interesting aud most
encouraging accounts of the further re.
construction movements being inaugurated
in various parts of the Southern States.
Convinced by the stern logic of events of
their past errors, the people are now sp-
parently as anxious TO get back into the
Union as they were four years ago to get
out That slavery must go by the board
is generally admitted, and they appear to
be perfectly satisfied if they can be received
back without political punishment or con-
hscatiOn of property.
On the ll'h instant, just four years and
four months to q day after the passage of
the Alabama secession ordinance, q large
gathering of the people of the city and
State at large, Was held at Montgomery,
the capital of the State, and the first CAP
'taI of the Confederacy. The utmost en-
thusissm prevailed, and in place of the
''roars and laughter" awakened in 1861,
by the reading of Mr.. L,ncoln's call tor
fifty thousand volunteers to suppress
the rebellion, there was now heard
earnest expressions of loyalty and sim
cere appeals to the people to unite in
bringing the State back to her Union
moorings. Neither were the leading par
NciPators in the assembly, officers from the
Northern army, or Uniouists from the starts
but rePentsht rebels convinced OF the error
of their ways. Gov. Shorter, Col. L. E.
Parsons, Col. n. A. Baldwin, Col. ]. O.
Bradley, Col. Seibsls, W. B. Bell, A. B.
Clitherall, W. J. Bibb, J. G. Strotbers, NJ.
J. ssfOld, G. Goldth waite, and others who
called the meeting, and delivered speeches,
&C., have hitherto been among the most
earnest and Gealous secessionists in the
State. After some preliminary business
and speeches, series of resolutions were
adopted, including the following:
Re'olUed, That we hereby pledge 10 the
Government of the United States our ear
nest and zealous cooperation in the work
Of restoring the State of Alabama to her
proper relations with the Union at the
earliest practicable moment; and to this
end We address letter to the President of
the United States, and appoint deleRa
tion of our most intelligent And.influential
citizens to proceed to Washington City and
confer With the authorities Ihsrs'upon mat
ters touching the immediate RESUMPTION
of our position in the Union.
ReSoLUed, That the assassination Of Abra.
ham Lincoln, President of the United
States, and the attempted assassination of
William q. Seward, the Secretary Of State,
are acts OF Infamous diabolism revolving
to every upright and honest heart, aud we
eiusereIy trust that every partici pant there
in will be brought to speedy and condigu
punishment and we shall hold as enemies
all who sympathiSe With the perpetrators
of the tou! deed.
A committee appointed for the purpose
sIso drew up letter to be forwarded to
President johnson, requesting permission
for the Governor of Alabama ito convene
the Legislature for the purpose of calliag
Convention Of the people, in order to re-
store the State Of Alabama to her political
relations with the United States" Ad-
ding: 1--WE have been In no small degree
encouraged in addressing you this COM
munication by your recent enuuciation at
Washington of the principle that the States
which attempted to secede apd permanent
| y oSNGA NACE SOuu6CLlOu Win Tue Union
are to remain States still, and are not to be
lost in territorial or other divisions. To
for ever. put en- end to the doctrine of Sc
cession; to restore our State to her former
relations to the Union, under the Oonsti-
tuition and laws thereof; to enable her to
resume the respiration of her life breath
/ in the Union, is a work in which we, in
good faith, pledgeyou our earnest and ZEAL
Gus cooperation, aud we hazard nothing
in the assurance that the people of Alaba-
ma will concur with us with msjority
approaching almost entire unauimity."
On the llth inst, the citizens of Dallas
county, Ala, assembled in large numbers
at Selma, and passed q series of resolu.
tiOns requesting permission for the Cover
nor to assemble the Legislature with view
o: o:returuinE to the Union. Judge Byrd,
an Influential citizen, delivered brief ad.
dress, in which he said the war had decid-
ed two questions, secession Gnd slavery, and
both adverse to the South:
He counseIed conciliatfon and modera.
ton, and said it greatly depended on the
generosity aud maguanImity Of the visitors
I0heEheT c0ncii1tion and harmony 10ouLd Be
permanent and su6stantGL. These are the
sentiments oflh people, generally here
Rbouts. -,.y -''.9
Mississippi, like Alabama, is also NOV.
ing With alscrity in the matter of recon-
struosion. At meeting of the citizens OF
Jefferson county held at Church Hill on
the 9th inst, it was nnauinously