Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-06-17

PeTpOlnt 10 thelr letters and IN tnelr eQl-
toriaIs, because of the character of his ape
poiutees to Office at Richmond and other
places III Virginia. One or TWO of them go
SO far as to charge that he ia in completely
with the rebels, and that his sympAthies
are against the right sort of men-All of
which is not only untrue and grossly uu-
just to the Governor, but highly detri.
mental to the cause 10 which he has been
devOtedly engaged eince the rebellion broke
cut Gov. Peirpoint certainly has giveu
very complete evidence as to the direction
Of his sympntbies in this war. he has
been all the while in the front rank of the
tried and earnest men Of the country. With
bis whole heart he has struggled against
ard helped to crush the slaveholder's re-
beiliCn. Now that it has been crushed and
his efforts to that end crowned with com.
Plete success, and now that he has entered
upon a new and not less difficult sphere of
his unfinished work, our impatient cotem-
POraries seem unwilling to take for granted
that he has been laboriug" in good
faith all the while, but choose rather
to insinuate that his predictions and
symPathies are with those against whom he
has been fighting 80 bitterly, and
not with . his old allies. What in
tolerabIe nonsenseI it is a shame to
respectable papers to print such stuff.
Have the editors no rational patience in
their compositiop2 What and whom did
they expect to find in the South after the
surrender Of Lee and Johnsonf They
talk as if, once the smoke of battle cleared
away, they expected to find a sort OF New
EUgland country, full of loyal men, thickIy
studded with Star Spaugled banners, and
resonant with hallelujahs for the Union.
No rational and intelligent man expected
to find such country or such popula-
ton in the South after four years of war
war in which nearly every man, woman
and child in the South was directly or in
directly, willingly or unWillingly, implia
Gated. 1t would be eaey to restore such
a country to the Union. Gov. Peirpoiurs
mission would be supeIduous. But there
is 90 such State among any of the seeded
States. There is not even one such
county, we suppose, throughout the
whole south-not even magiste.
hal district. The people are more
or less rebels. We can only divide
them into two classes-those who now
bear US NO emnity in their hearts, and
those who are still ugly and resistent. From
the former We must chose as co.operators'
in the work of reconstruction those who
are willing to accept the overthrow of the
rebellion As fnAilty, and willing to aid in
the speedy re-establishment of law and
order on Union basis. Governor Peir-
point is busily engaged in endeaVoriug to
secure the services of such men. He is
calling them to his aid. He ia advising
with those whose antecedents warrant
him in suppOsing that the teneta of their
lives are not wholly discarded. or course
ne linda few as thorough going as himself.
He did not expect to find more than mere
handful of such. But he finds men like
Bot's, no went to jail for his Union sen.
timents, and who has suffered more than
many of his critics ever did or would suf
fer, for his loyalty. He has also called in
Baldwin, Rives, Stuart, and men of that
cIass-men who all their lives, up to the
actual outbreak of war, opposed and de.
nounced the doctrines of the States Rights
Democracy, as being sure 10 lead to seces.
sion and war aud ruin. Some day, now
that their prophecies have been 60 fully
VindicAted, we must suppose that they ao.
cePt the virdication as creditable
alike to their former judgments
aud patriotism and thus fud cause
for returning promptly and gracefully to
their ancient allegiance. 1t is by and
through such men that no who Iabors for
the restoration of Virginia 10 the Union,
must work. Single handed and alone
Gov. PeirPOint could never hope to restore
the Union. He does not want to be the
mere creature of Union bayonets 10 his
PV9l''V"' II NO 10 statesman he knows
that his government thus upheld and per
Petuated, would be but the mookery Of our
Institutions. Hence he will desire and
does desire most earnestly as We know, to
enlist the good feeling of the masses in
the work OF restoring the State. In labor
ing to this end he will, Of course, make
mistakes, aud among hts mistakes will be
some bad appointments. No man will &c,
rid of such aPpOiutees quicker when once
he dQds them out and can better himself.
But in the meantime we pray our impa-
ttent contemporaries to give the Governor
chance. 1t is very narrow and uuRsu-
erOus thus to Prtjudge him. We have the
fullest confidence that Gov. Peirpoin, will
do right. We know bis heart is fully set
ON doing his duty to his State and country
The experiment he is making is frauebt
with mOmentOus consequences to us all