The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-23
RATE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
To Southern Union Men.
The Convention that Meets in PhiIa-
'leIphIa on Next Monday Week, the
I'D OF SeDtember,

3u OF September.
The undersigned have been appoint
cd, by the signers of the accompanying
cal, Il committee, to Oaddress you in their
behalf, and to urge you to prompt and
energetic efforts i'll the appointment of
delegates, from your State and section,
to meet delegates from the other South
ern States, i'll Philadelphia, on the first
Monday i'll September next. BY the
strong ties of common sufferings in the
past, and the dangers present and flu
ture which surround us, we appeal to
you, once more, to come to the rescue in
IL moment Ofimmincnt danger to your
selves and our country. We had all
hoped that, when treason was beaten
i'll the field, and her armed traitors cap
tive to the Government which theV had
wickedly sought to destroy, we of the
South who, through four long years of
untold IsuQerings and horrors, adhered
to her fortunes and her banner amidst
all the changes and vicissitudes OF war,
would mt least receive protection to nll
the Constitutional rights of American
citizens. We relied confidently on the
sense of justice and gratitude of the
loyal citizens of the United States,
through their Senators and Representa-
tives i'll Congress, to guard, in the
most ehectual manner, our future
peace and security against tho ma
dislOyalty of the late rebels. This
confidence we believe has not been mis-
placed. We relied, too, as we had n
right to rely, on the earnest and efli-
clent cooperation of the executive of
the nation, placed in power by the
great Union party of the country be-
cause of his supposed devotion to the
Government, and his adherence of
treason, and desire to see 'intcLLigent
conscious traitors" punished and made
disreputable. We confidently expected
his hearty cooperation with the politi-
cal department OF tho Government i'll
providing such Governments, in the
States lately in rebellion, as would pro-
tect the country from COnspiratOrS, in
official positions. against its peace; and
secure to loyal citizens life, liberty and
property, together with the ineStima-
BILE privilege of impressing upon the
minds OF others his conscientious con-
victions of truth, by speech, or through
the medium of the press, We also had
reason to hope that the freedman, as
well as the loyal white man, in the
South, would lind ample protection for
MI his rights rs an american citizen, by
actual military force if necessary, until
equal laws and corrected public senti-
ment would place them on IA firm and
enduring basis. In these hopes, predi-
Gated on the oft repeated declarations
of the President, we have been griev-
ously disuppointed-crUel deceived.
We have neither seen treason made
odiOus nor traitors diSreputable byany
act of the Executive of the Nation, We
hare seen Misunderstanding, inte[Ii0ent
conscious tr0uOrS-bearing away from
the national capital with exultn-
tlon, in the same pocket, indemnity for
the past, and endorsement and security
for the future, in the form of special
pardOns and appointments TO Federal
Office; while leading, intelligent HniOniStS
were made conscious that, fidelity to
the Government was not the passport to
Executive favor; but, on the contrary,
serVlle SubServlence to the President
and his policy" as against the delib-
crate and mHtured Judgment OF the
loyal people of the United States, and
the Constitutional power of the Senn-
tors and Representatives. in Congress,
was the only condition required of ap-
plicants for favor, whose claims, thus
sustained, were, in no instance, i'm
paired by reasonable untecedents.
We have seen our States that re-
manned i'll rebellion to the close of the
war, without an exception, remitted to
the conUrOl of n rebel magistracv, elect
ed by rebels to the exclusion of the
friends of the Union. With one voice
we can testify to the encouragement
given to traitors and treHsonable Senti-
ments in the South in the past twelve
months; and the deep gloom and des-
pOndency which has settled upon the
minds and hearts of the loyal people in
those States.
When the effect of the Presidents
policy was first felt to be pernicious
and ruinous, we were justified-cer-
tainly excusable-in believing that it
was but an error in Judgment which
would be corrected by him with
promptitude as soon as discovered, We
had well hoped that he would hold to n
just accountability those, who, we be-
lieved, had so grossly abused his Glenn
ency and apparent magnanimity. They
had doubtless understood him far bet
ter than we. The entire course of the
rebels seems to meet his unqualified as
sent and appreciation. The election of
an unpardOned rebel to the Chief Mag
istracy of a rebel State, who in his first
message to the legislature, denounced
the war on the part of the United States
against the rebellion as the most un-
holy and disgraceful in character ever
practiced by a christian nation, had the
effect of procuring his speedy pardon.
The entire control by late rc6cLs, and
present conspirators against the peace
of the country, of eleven States men
who cherish the most deadly hatred OF
all lovers of the Government, and are
threatening them with violence, rs in
nounce the loyal people of the loyal
States and heap invectives on their
loyal Senators and Representatives in
Congress, who, they pray, may be
Corcibly elected by the bayonet from the
Halls of the National Capitol, and the
Government administered by the will
OF the President: these, and such as
these, together with their Northern
sympathisers, are esteemed fit associ-
ates and counsellors of the Chief Mag
istrate of the nation, and constitute the
material, out of which, new party
the johnson party-is to be formed to
guido the country through its present
perils and mould its future destinies.
Tho leaders of this movement arc
well understood by the loyal country.
The president and his friends we'll
knowing that he has forever forfeited
the confidence of the great Union par
ty which elected him, have madly do
termined to organize n new party of
this "speckled progeny of many con-
functions" The effect has been to con-
solidate and crystalize the Union party.
1t stands, to day, more compact, pow
erful and confident, than at any period
OF its existence. Its triumph in the
approaching fall elections is not only
certain, but will be overwhelming.
What is the duty OF the Unconditional
Union men of tire South and what is TO
bC LAOll ROSlalOu CuL uuIy 10 W hCG
with the friends of the Government,
who are our friends, and our only
friends. We must take position with
the loyal people and Congress of the
nation, against the Vaccinations of the
new coalition of rebels and their north
ern sympathiZers.
We can have no affiliation with those
who deride and hate us because of our
love of the Union now and in tho past,
and who-there is abundant reason to
believe-are at this moment, again con-
spring to overthrow the Government.