The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-18
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The Record Of Several Of the
Present Bright and Shining
Lights Of the Conservative "a
Is party in West Virginia III
as far, Back as 1881. - -
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The Antecedents Of the Would be
Re-actionary Controllers =.
of the State.
HltG a AtE4 Il Al
Choice Leaders for "Union5"
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They are Opposed, of Course, to
the Constit Amend
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The following document was issued
Immediately after President Lincoln's
call for. seventyefive Thousand men, dn
April, 1861 ) to defend the National
Capitol. The reader will lpereeive among
Its signers several of the present prolniii;
nent conservatives of the State-several
who figured at Clarksbnrg in the re-
cent convention, and several who are
laying the ropes and pulling the wires
on, behalf of the present reactionary
movement throughout West Virginia
to fefnstate the rebel leaders in power
and put the ballot box fnpossession OF
the aiders, abettors and sympathizers
with the late Southern Confederacy.
weinvite special attentionto thisdoeu-
ment. 1t was addressed as follows:
TO THE SOUTHERN RIGHTS MEN OF HAR-
RIsoN COUNTY, litE-
/ War is upon usl "A most fearful, ter
rible and devastating war has been in
augurated by the present administra-
ton; it has been forced upon the people
of the South. and the proclamation OF
Lincoln calling for q, 300 men, 70 carry
out uttheinfamous behests of the North,
to murder the citizens of our sister
Southern States, is published in our
midst, and Virginia is called upon to
furnish her quota of men, and means
tor the slaughter of those who know
their rights and dare maintain them.
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. South
Carolina, Texas, Florida, and d.Loutst-
ana, and after them Virginia, and the
other Southern State, are to be tram
pied under the iron heel of Black Re
publican despotism. The gbattle cry
and shout of an intolerent and fnfurt-
ated Northern fanatic, who claims by
the votes of your enemies be your
master, is now heard; he is now arming
a civil war, and melting plood ana ana
rapine at the hands of the slave; is now
calling upon you To aid him, in coercion,
to carry fire and sword into the homes
of those TO whom you are endearedI by
eVeryitie of consangninity,l of interest
and affection. 4t... - ls
FREEMEN- OF HARRIsoEI, Will you
stand, by and permit this war to be
waged without any interference or re-
monsttance? you are bound to assume
a position: the fanatical North calls
upon you; the outraged, injured and
gallant people of the South call upon
YOU; the Honor, theindependent State
rights mem Jof Virginia call upon you,
aud you this day have to decide which
voice you will-obey.r The Union is dis
made Union by the spilling of blood.
The.independence of the Southern Sc
ceied States should be at once aclSnowl- L
edged !: civil war and destruction should
not wrap this land, in flames, and in
ternecine strife should not be forced
upon US. FREEMEN- OF HARRISON
this.dark and bloody drama which
Abraham Lincoln lis desiring to open
up before the country the people oil
Virginia by .5nors3 niEm Ill
PROMPT ACTION,
NAV avert I'VE invite you toimeet with
usfn solemn assem- bly, let every man
come to Clarksbnrg on q s...--s5.f,-.s..,
FRIDAY, THE 2Gth DAY OF ARRIL,
tottake counsel together and take such
action as the eScircnmstances then sur
rounding us may, require, + itIt5 ,isa,2,s5I /.
We do, not propose to you to go to
war, butfwe wantIthe great heart OF the
people to9beat audioly, as we know 1t
does silen uy, responsive to our South
ern listers n this peril Fs hehF Of theit
|lcion ;-wedeplore the necessity of rev
olution. We therefore invite you to
meet with us and say that no hostile
force whose aim shall be the degrada-
tfon of the South, shall polute the soil
of Virginia with fmpuuity. hs s.ii.,s
Come oneI Come all! We may I'M
der the providence of the God OF ar
mics, make you a start that others may
be induced TO follow, or at least wipe
out the stain and stigma of being look
ed upon as coercionist and the mintons
Of the bloody crew who are preparing to
destroy our homes, and worse than
all, the liberties of the heCommonwealth
Joseph Johnson, Daniel e. Summer,
James NJ. JacksonSt Hugh III. Lee,
Ro. Johnson, n. b. Roy,
TGeoa w. Lurty, John I. Criss, {
Robt. Monroe, W;,P; Cooper,