Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-20


President Johnston's proclamation of
the 9th inst. ecogniEipg Francis q. Piers
point, as the legal Governor of our State,
is the, ,Sommeucement in the great work of
reconstruction
IA We 7haYe ,RF last found the rallyiug point;
and there fs work for US to do, and it be.
hooVes US to, go at it in earnest. Personal
anim6stties polttfcaIa IaggraddfE fEements based
upon selfish motives, should be expelled
anmercit6llJ from our midst, and nothing,
but true loyalty, diVested of everything but
the future veal of Virginia and thet Upion
of the States, allowed ,to. influence us in
the work We have before us.. id
No matter how much obloquy has been
hesped upon G0Vathbf Pierpoint-no mat
ter how hard some parties have tried to
make. tle publio fistrust him, he stands
to-day, head and shoulders above any or
sHIbis enemiesa
His record as loyal man and Virgin
ian is before the world. When Ahe) sword
of rebellion was drawn and the dark cloud
of civil war rose higher and higher, land
covered Virginia and the South, therefwAs
no vscilitahhg orihaafr Aedged Uniodism
displayed BY Gqyernor Pierpoint.
: His shefgis5 and time were employed
end hisgwhOIe soul was wrapped up in the
the ground work of State identity and also
Stats goveriment for The. people of Vir-
ginia. sat
Battling against all enemies, OVefcoming
all obstacles, he has come ont of the strife
ivictoriousH The grand result of his active
lebors-his vigilance and uudaunted perse.
Estehce, he nov presents to his! fellows
What ib Il TIE tie z 9seSsulta 1t is rail- yinK.
point-a government-Statei identity-snd
the true philo56ph of self. f.goVerumentup4
held and kept inviolste. Who else but Gov.
fPieFpqintiani our little Legislature, acting
Inudersthe althorIty OF th9 Redesal d6VIs
ernmt, has done this great work for the
Commonwealth None. He has stood to
Ibis post mAnfulIyy beating gidoWn7albeppo,
sition; even when his Union friends; alnost
to man, doubted bis strength and ability
% accomplish the great work. '4''aa :.
told that his design and the OBJ.
'ject othtssdeep 'solicitude, were chimerical;.
(by those who wished TO see eithescause tri.
umphant, butlacked> the foresight and de-
cision to work In co operation with him,
he said: Gentlemen, II there was nothing
but my own interest at stake, IlWould be.
willing to admit that Virginia is chimera
Or nohentity; but 1t is for. .Xifgtnia's peo-
pie, their interests and their identity as a
body polite, that 1 claim to work, and, as
YOU think risk my reputation uponthe res
sult. You call it itchimertcel; but the future
viii show that il is fact, now and. always 8 :,
1t is around man, that could utter suoh-
nimsnI nIs, ,as, these that has! left upon re.
cord ,hisblnyaltyp his perseverance and
foresight, that the people of Virginia. are
invited to rally and commence upon the
firm basis of national principles, to recon-
struct the disorganized branches of social
and civil government. -
live have,beenrEuinedin in fortunes, lour
homes made desolate, and our soil made
red with brother's blood under the CO.
partnership rUleof a.Ieff Davis and Extra
Billy Smith, We can reghin our ofoftunes,
bury the bloody past In oblivion, and bes
come prosperous under thesF1le of Cover.
nor Peitp6int, whose loyalty to his c6un.
tryhas been tried in the furnace and comes
rontsbright and uutarnished. sszss =
With such man for our leader, (who
has the resp tia1d con fidencego of the Fed.
eral GoverhmentT and the whole loyal
massesf North and South, )5weloA6 look
into The tutnre, hopefully, knowing that he
who stands at the head of our State Gov.
sEnment ia experienced in his work and
honest In his purpose. 'e -