The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-06-27
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Not few of the formeI lel officers
have given sound and 4phDl i6me ad-
vice to their soldiers, but tss farewell
address of jeff Thompsol Is his troops
is couched in such points arms that
we reprint it hero as an iiifcation OF
prevailing opinion of atlie febellious
States: -
I have called ap together
that may advise you as to = 6lif stcrtiLs
ana ana proper course 10 pursut Tor the fu-
tILcI 1uIS: " Is useless now 10 qriminate
ana recrinlinOte, but the filS4i isis evident
that as an independent natjiIIf we arc
Dadly whipped, and the fauIt nd blame
rest upon ourselves, for has NE been
more obedicnt and indn rfous we
would have succeeded.
hou have now assembled o he ma
roIed IN conformity with my sreement
anu anu order; and hope yoll al comply
ing with the spirit of my luFtla5s and aTe
aching III good faith; for uni ess YOU are
doing so, the object we sifes s. desirons
to attain Will be missed. and instead .f1f
l.Peaee and qIliet, re w iii sea nc S4tty
teuds, nnrders,s hollse- bur gat sslisl
sfonples Ahat viii l1tS=llUrsses rt,at1 open
Let each man determine when he
leaves this place, that he tUiH no to his
home, there TO remain, and irOTR night and
ddy to repair the damage that has been
d0ne Gy the pdr, 0ndHcUCT' 90 oB'hiS farm
c.rccpt TO 90 to mill; and, if there are pri-
Vate .quarrels between himself and
neighborS, ne had better 90 pack up, and
hunt d1OthcI' HciJhbOThOOd; and, Ii 7iot
1riiki'lg to submit 10 the lars or tic INIT
ed States, he had better Lcdue Eic c0untyy.
You must remember now that YOU
have no rights and can only claim such
ns may be given to you by the conquer
ors, and the less YOU say about politics,
untll you have become naturulized, the
better for You. The Yankees have won
the negro, and we must let them dis
pose of him as they please. When YOUR
opinion or advice is asked, YOU can uui-
city give it, but do not volunteer either.
We have fought four long and bloody
years for our rights, and have lost, and
now we cannot get by simply talking
what we have failed TO win with ouT
arms; and the matter was talked over
forty years before the fighting began.
-itt Irh0 cannot or iriiL not be submissive,
should tedTe the CIitcd States CLs soon as
possible, and presume that many
Young men Will go. / am surc there
will be no hindrance, for the Govern
ment should be glad to get rid of all
VINO are not disposed to be penccahlp.
To the MissouriaIls who nre present, I
would speak plainly, and advise them
not TO think of returning to Missouri
unless they have Il clean record There
are many who have been fair, honest,
and chivalrous soldiers, who can have
no charges against them except the one
of being true to the South; there are
many others who have forgotten the
laws of God, the laws of man, and the
laws of war, and they, of course. cn0
not cEpect to iire IN Missouri in peace.
Then there are others who, though thev
hnVe been honest soldiers, had deter
mined in their hearts to have private
revenge Mt the end of thalynr, Ind we
succeeded, and SOME who have said
that the Union men must leave IL they
won. Each OF you know to which OF
these clnsscs You belong, and You must
do as You would be done by" and act
accordingly.