The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-12

here which ought 10 Dee hllcd. and too
many clothed boa the dark hahilimcnt>
fof mourning instead of the bright col
ur, of the season, 90 need that uul
mind. Dee refreshed with regard 10 those
places: and these things speak in IAN
guagc more iorcihlc than amy words ol
mine.
have said our fathers, brothers and
sons huved dared and suffered thus much.
The uir~cN ofuur land, the loyal ladies,
have mot suffered themselves Outdunt
m deeds OF devotion tO their country s
cause bvthose OF any age or nation; mon
indeed hV the soldier himself who has
Shoulderpl his muSket and dared death
i'm the front ranks upon q hundred
FIELDS. They -Nou, my fair friends, per-
init me 10 give am unseen, and.
t1 some. au unknown existence, in the
deep. hidden affections of the heart.
Hope deferred, fond expectations blast
cd. and corroding care and anxiety, are
the missiles which have struck deep at
the fountains OF happiness IN hut too
many bender hearts. and len traces
which even Time cannot eradicate. hut
mot boo vain have been your vatchiuE-,
Nour PRAYERS, and your uhor- of love.
MANY a ~irconcd hero, ON the verge of
despair hI- been revived hN Kind
words cot encouragement spoken and ny
dclicupIc~ kindly and prNvrullN pre-
plrci hV fair hands far away. But !
cannot dwell upon this pleasing theme,
nor upon lhlt of the strong arms which
have been made stronger and the stout
hearts which have brcu made ~tuui,T
bN knowing that fair ones far away
were watching with Slcvplc-S interest
the effect, of the blows trpN were ~,rik-
m. for law. order and freedom All
have proved themselves mot degenerate
descendants utWurthy -Irr>, bat worthy
the Government. tho country and the
blessings transmitted tD them LN those
sirr-. bid say 1ll' speak OF those
" hose patriotism Wa, such us Was me-
cesar, tu save the country. There are
those whose labor wa, 90 pull down
and destroy. What. my fellow citizens.
say you should Doe tine traitors doom %
/ ann mot disposed Co keep alive the
strife bV elimination and rccrimina-
Uuu. but an who raised their hands
against the Government, and all who
aided them. are criminals iu the eyes
uithc law, and deserve 10 die.
The rebellion itself being without jus
tiiicatIuu. wicked, mpruNOkcd, and
consequently unlawful, every act done
i'm aid OF 10 becomes crime. The iu-
niduul stands condemned, mot only as
"a traitor against the best government
ever devised hy human wisdom, aided
hv Divine Inspiration, lat, ii hv has
taken lite. though iu battle, uu land or
sea-, or captured property, either pub
ucur private, tine cause ne served, hc-
caus, gifts iilcgu,i,v and wickednc>s,
per Se. has NO Usg.A tu throw over these
acts and protest them from criminal
itv, or constitute them acts OF lawful
war; lie stands, then, I'M the eyes of
the law, condemned of treason, piracy,
murder and robbery; and whatever
may bee the extent OF exemption from
the punishment provided 10y the law
for these offences 10y reason of amy ann
up-tv, general or special, which may
Poe legally gr1ntCd him, he must still
stand condemned criminal I'm the
ewes of his own conscience, and OF tins
community, and my OWN private op.u-
ION u.s., that tine traitors of tine "GrcU
Rebellion " would servo their own per-
~oual interests hy seeking some more
cuusyuiDl soil than that oi West Viz
uiu,a. There are those. too, ho.Withmc,
are but little better than those last mcu-
toned; who, i'm their allegiance 90 the
Government iu It's hour OF need, re-
minded mc So iOrc.bly of the man who
found ~o much difficulty iu shaping his
PRAYER 20 the Lord So as not Co offend
the devil: and who now reminds me of
the man who, after his wife had killed
the bear, exclaimed "Ncs rhnt zee hurc
done 30 They are now the most clam
orou, lOrsummurv vengeance upontho
offenders. and seem as much alarmed
all for tine couutry-that these rebels
should now return To their midst and
live among them, as they wcrc-all for
misunderstanding the war, lest the
draft would send them among the
rebels
Having stated what, Zoo my opinion.
would he policy ON Tine part Of the
rebel. themselves, / will now state
that 10 is my opinion further, that the
In its action affecting
them, should receive our support and
cooperation, and that any opposition
to it, particular policy should he con-
trDllod 10y the forms and the spirit of
law. Let as not now 10y our actions
prove To the uVcr-cuptiou~ world that
all We have sacrificed has been but for
20 sentiment, that order b. hut a dream
and principle but name. Let ms rr-
member that tine act of Co day becomes
history tomorrow, and lci us hc careful
that i've years hence our acts, viewed in
the light ofhi-torv, may not seem fool
iSh. or De- such that We will bee ashamed
of
The last four years have been terrible
i'm their lessons. hut they have not
Lrpu without their benefits or adNan-
tag,S. Great commissions dispcl the In
nurucc~ bV which the few control the
many. and the popular Will thus set at
liberty makes advances iu the science
Of goN eminent. in civilization, and
even boo the different departments of
research, which centuries
of ordinary cUmpu~urr would u' re-
uuirpd to develop.
The present financial system b. one Of
the collateral tuWuphs of the convui-
~iuu-u d.,td,fUfHH sought from the
creation OF he Government, but brought
into existence as child ofuccc~~itN.-
The creation of the state eft West Nir-
piuis. i,to us bV no means the least 81
thr blessings secured tous permanently
.bv the temporary evils ui the times.
"'rbere is a tide I'm the affairs of men
which, taken 40 the Hood, leads on 10 Ior-
tune" and happily Tor us, We Kicked
NOT the sagacitt to discern the Hood nor
tha daci>inu.to launch our boat upon u.
And most encouraging is the prospee-
tive future Of our state, whose resources
aud powers have been more developed
during four years of CONFUSION and par
IaIanarchV. Than in my years oil pro
found peace with our former as~ocia-
lions. Withthc impetus which has been
given to enterprise aud skill h. ~ im-
.paS-ihle for the mind % conceive me
wealth and prosperity, which Will, my,
ur even twenty years hence, oNcIspieau
tb. hills and valleys of West Virginia.
The war has taught "a that stat" Soy
.sr.ip,,tt =, "a dcluSiOn; that the Govern