The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-28

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We have had occasion, moro than
once, to remark upon the exceedingly
flexible and facile notions of honor and
self respect, entertained by those who
call themselves the ''chivalry," and
who, like the ancient Pharisees, are &C
customed to regard themselves not as
other people, but rather to thank God
that they arc different and better than
common folks, especially Yankees.
AS specimens of their peculiar honor
We have once and awhile referred to
that cardinal illustration which was
given to the world in the last expiring
days Of the confederacy, when the men
who had undertaken rebellion, with
the avowed purpose of founding a
government on the corner stone of
slavery, stretched forth their hands
andin the extremity oftheir desperation
called upon the poor ''nigger" TO fight
for them; to arm himself against his
friends and help those who were intent
on his perpetual and hopeless enslave-
ment and degradation; to come forward
and prove TO the world the truth of
their OFT repeated assertion that he was
not man, but "A mere chattel minister
to the avarice and the lusts of his own
ers, and, MS such, at only to be the serf
OF high born Southerners.
We have recently had another exhi-
bltiOn of the same sort, in the sudden
summersault OF the Chicago Times, and
a few other leading organs of the allies
of the Southern rebels, the so-called
Democracy. Bnt a few months ago
they were busily engaged showing to
the world that the negro could never be
worthy of political acknowledgements;
that nature had created him so much
lower than white men, that he
never could be qualified to un-
derstand the nature of government
exclusively founded for the benefit of
the white race, and that all ideas or at
tomPts looking to that end were nm
archical, radical, and damnable. But
in an hour almost, and with sud-
denness that throws the conversion of
st. Paul, on his way to Damascus to
persecnte the Saints, altogether in the
shade, these Northern allies of the reb-
els wheel about aud discover that the
negro would make a good voter pro-
vided only he can be got to vote the
Democratic ticket-the ticket of his
whtlom enslavers and degraders, and
their Northern helpers and apoloRIsts.
We might multiply Illustrations Of
this general character, which would
serve to show the peculiar quality and
the convenient notions of honor enter
tanned by the late rebels and their gym
pathtzers, but our readers are general
ly familiar with their record in this re-
spect. We may notice, however, a local
occurrence in ono our counties the other
day, that still further illustrates how
readily these peoplecan take on the same
traits of character, which they delight
to ascribe wholly to the Yankees, when
1t becomes their interest to turn their
coats and grindRnax. The Legislature
OF West Virginia at the last session
enacted that negroes may be witnesses
in controversies between white persons.
On the south branch of the Potomac.
in the county of Hampshire, lives a
family by the name OF Long. They
own good farms on the river, and be-
fore the war the dusky forms of their
slaves could be seen toiling early and
late 20 enrich their master. The Longs
were of course pro-slavery, and the
new law making Trigger" witness
was severely denounced by them. A
short time ago old Mrs. Long died,
aged about eighty, and by her will gave
all her property to three of her sons,
and made no provision for her other
children by the will. The will was
offered for probate, and the children
who Were not named contested the pro-
bate ofthe paper. One Of the witnesses