The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-21

beda corpus when tht lslt1' 2! the lli,-
ton were seriously jo illIled ny nome
traitors, fostering 81 sUeltsrilly ln
their treason even illi shadow and
protection of the Sd Llqnl they "a
much dasplsei; II Of inc lnsiltll.
ti0n Of military fti5li for the trial
Of conspirliOrS and 9Igllni4ers; and
finally Il Wepi diSeog vel = over what
they iermedthe "me pohey" TINT
OveFthreW the TotteFl hFic ot the slave
confedeFncy, thnt iTi 9ned the lead
ing men OF the Tebe tales, and that
nov hold them in n illness 70 answer
the voice OF outraged I'd bleeding ht-
naniiy, which accu helIi Of the per
petratlon OF crimes b which nations
mourn and angels
The chief suppOrt i1e Democratic
party IS to be found oyith. Lead
ing rebels soon fouf here NEaAne
lncolnpatlbllityln -
Democracy. ThOy q .lUil |etiotla
Of ofDaMOcrat Will oTigiged Ills dnho-
lycrusade against Tho Il I6eEti ~ thsna-
iion. When T6ombs, Wigh iny si.yi
or stood up in Congress, iInmCd diately
previous to their embarkatiOn In the
rickety ship ofrebelll1l, and deliver
cd gloomy funeral OFllions on the
old constitution und Union, they
were the great apostles of the Demo-
cratic marty. Had their leading men in
Congress, mt The close Of BpchanRn's
administration, been arrested for trca-
sOnable sentiments and punished us
their great odense deserved, the nation
would not have been called to mourn
the ravuges OF civil war. All, yes.
Whittier says:
"OfHll ssld WOrIis Of tongue OIpen,
The saddest are thtsa-it might have BEEN"
The sagc Of fWheatland was an unter-
rified Democrat dyetlin the wool. There
is not a rebel now sending in his appli-
cation for pardon to President Johnson
who is not n Democrat. There IS not a
ChiyulrOus scion Of rebellion now sneak
ing around the palatial residences Of
England's titled nobility, there seeking
aluxurious exile, far from the unwel-
come sight Of tho rebel gTilYes around
the hills OF Richmond, who is not q
Democrat. JEFF, DAVis is Democrat.
So Is Mosoby, Breckenridge md johns
son. The fall of the sO-Gallcd Southern
Confederacy was u grand Democratic
failure. Mirchcarl once said, on seeing
M exceedingly corpulent man, that the
only use for which nature intended
such n man was 10 show how iilr the
human skin would stretch without
bursting. The only lesson taught by
the Democratic party during tho last
fourye was the facility with which a
political hypocrisy could adapt itself
to propitious circumstances, and the ut-
most extent to which party corruption
and depravity could attain before Il suf-
fered n complete political collapse.
The past hns taught us noble lessons
oftruth. II has taught us thnt no POI
liticnl principle can prosper unless II
appeals to the highest sentiment of hu-
man nature. II las taught us that to
be successful all nltippll measures
must bear the marks 1i intel ligeilt,
cOnscsentIOns, nioFulltHto atiol. IL
has, taught us tlaat hencel ~ thg 1natth
OF Progress d Onward and iililglrd, and
white stIU btllllH - 4 deY6 Worship
per bGfore the shrine 0isO9t own FREQ
government, she traInples beneath her
feet the IDEAL creations Of superficial
Legislation, and marches right onward,
keeping step to the music OF the Union
--n Union free to all classes, the home
of true Democracy, the chosen empire
of grateful freemen.
Respectfully Yours,
4 flt, ~ .,llis J. A. &.