The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-02

THE Augusi6 ga, eftpafele prints
the notorious letter In which Ek-P resi-
dent Pierce before the war encouraged
the southern seeessionists to make what
demands they pleased, and takes occa-
sion to warn the southerners to beware
of linking their political fortunes with
Pierce and men like him. Hear its
words, and remember they came from
Georgia: G.fsy
"Already have the Copperhead De-
mocracy OF the North and men of ultra
southern views commenced talking
about what they conceive to be the
wrongs of the south. Already have
the hungry office seekers of colder
chimes sounded the key note of opposi-
sentative and wise policy, and COM
menced calling upon the south to assist
them in accomplishing its overthrow,
IL such a thing is possible. Already
have this set of public crib cormorants
begun to devise most infamous schemes
and projects whereby they can once
more foist themselves into power. OF
course they know they have no strength
of themselves alone, but they hope to
be able to do something and accomplish
many things with the assistance of the
south. They wish to embitter this sec
ton of the country against the WASH
ington authorities. They care not how
much harm the course they desire us to
pursue would do to the south, that is
wish; all they are working for; all
they are seeking to accomplish is to
carry out projects which will subserYe
their own unpatriotic selfish views.
Ought the South to give further heed
to the appeals and fair speeches of this
class of designing demagogues? We
think not. Every true patriot, we be
been led Rstray by following their bad
cOunsels in days gone by. Let us make
no more missteps in the future. Let us
cast aside the baneful teachings of these
Northern Copperheads, and also of
those Southern leaders who are already
acting in concert with them in order TO
better their fallen political fortunes.
We have suffered enough by listening
to their vain boastings and pompous
promises in the past. Let us to-day,
and for all the future, spurn with the
contempt and scorn they deserve all
their false and specious pleadings.
It is now clear enough that the prom
inent secessionists were led by the
flwning sycophancy of some Northern
Democrats to form an entirely errone-
Gus opinion of the state of public feel
ing in The free States. Because Frank
Pierce assured them that if disruption
should come, "the fighting would not
be along Mason's and Dixon's line
merely" and Eaton, of Connecticut,
threatened that Massachusetts troops
should not be suffered to,pass his State
toward the South, they leaped to the
conclusion that at the first
demonstration of hostility on their part,
the North would come on its knees be-
fore them and sue for terms. They
rushed to arms with that expectation.
They have drained the cup of disap-
pointment to the dregs. .,auai
Tho sensible Southerners, who see
how disastrous was the mistake of the
rebel leaders and of the Northern cop
perheads, who were all through the war
encouraging them to hope for success,
should Mt once, like the Chronicle, cut
loose from those leaders and repudiate
those copperheads and stand in good
faith by the Government, which is en-
TO secure TO them peace and
order and prosperity. Instead of ally
AAA6 tAAoAASS4FeS VIII LueSef pOnIlcal
who cannot SEQ that any
thing has happened during the last four
years, but wish to rule the country on
the old pro-slavery Democratic princi-
pies, they should awake to an apprecia-
ton of the new wants and the true
policy of their States. They should
concentrate their energies not so much
on political intrigues, as on plans for
developing their industrial resources,
They should endeavor to SO order af-
fairs in the South that capital and talent
and industry would not be repealed
from them, but would come Mastering
to their soil to give them n higher meas
ure of prosperity than they. have ever
enjoyed before. They should aim to
net in harmony with the dominant loyal
sentiment OF the North. Tho North
erny men, who before led them on
to ruin, should no longer be taken as
allies and guides. Some of the South
erners are wise enough to see this. We
fear that too many of them are not.
News From the Interior.
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