The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-18
WE have private letter by yester-

WE have private letter by yester-
days mails confirming the dispatch in
our telegraPhie columns this morning,
that Gen. Towards report of matters in
the South, as carefully observed and
written down during his recent extern
sive tour, Will show very unsatisfac-
tory and untrustworthy condition of
public feeling in that unfortunate sec
"a tion. All persons who know General
Howard Will attach great weight to
whatever he says. His character as n
Chistian soldier and as an officer of the
highest intelligence, is most enviabIe in
deed. In these respects he has an estab-
lished reputation beyond any general
officer known TO the people. Therefore,
more than to all that has been written
or said by other tourists who either Off
cially or unofticIalIy, have visited the
South since the close Of the war, Gre
denee will be given to the words Of
Gen. Howard. Already, in advance of
publication, and from its ascertained
character alone, his report is having a
visible effect upon Congress. The pre-
cautionnry feeling against admitting
Should the report when published bear
out the present understanding of its
contents, it is hardly likely that any
members from the lately rebellious
States win be admitted this session, un-
less an exception perhaps is made in
the case of Tennessee.
But we need not refer to nor wait for
General HOWard's report to justify its
understood conclusions. The revived
Southern newspapers daily furnish us
proof that matters and things, as res
poets loyalty, are not what they should
be. On the contrary, they show us that
instead OF Improvement, the public SEN
timent of the South, under these re-
vived Influences, is apparently retro
grading. We are 10th to believe that
such is the fact, but candor compels us
TO admit that from the evidences before
us, In the shape of our Southern ex-
changes, we nre not permitted TO believe
otherwise. The Richmond papers, with
ono exception, are little else than open
organs OF reasonable sentiments. True
they insinuate and suggest "A great deal
Z that they fear directly to assert, yet the
- LAG OA NA1e
and the editors glory in their ability to
compass their end in this way. The
latest issues of the Examiner are pro-
excessively more and more offensive.
The idea of Governor Peirpoint pre-
tending to be Governor of Virginia, is
derided In SO many words, and the le-
gislRture is appealed to to sweep him out
of existence as an exotic and usurper.
The restored government is n thing for
B Ulcers and jeers" with the editor. And
In keeping with the remarks on this
head arc all his expressions about the
general government and the people of
the loyal States West Yirgfniu comes
in for share OF his rebellious abuse of
course. 1t is suggested that we ought
TO take on the name OF "Knnnwha'' or
"CheatiH" or "Boremanin," or some
other designation than Virginia" We
nre not fit, lnthe editors eyes, to be call
al yirginians. Only such as adhered
t. the rebellion are worthy to wear that
honor. 80
We have not space to quote Il great
number Of such disloyaI filings us are
before us in recent copy of Rich
mond paper. We only nlIude to the
tone OF the papers now published in
TINT city as showing that, be Gen. How
ards report what it may, outside of that
and all other reports, the evidences are
furnished in abundance by the South
ornPapers themselves, that there is any
thing but n healthy public sentiment
ia TINT section-eertainly not such n
sentiment rs would induce us to wish
TO see many representatives of it in
Congress.