The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-10

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DeBow ON the Condition OF the South.
j. d. B. DeBow, whose incendiary
writings did so much to foster the re-
bellion, and who was SO insolently de-
1iant, now talks pleasantly and mildly.
We give the leading portion of his tes-
timony before the heReconstruction Com
mittee; 7Frss
The South acquiesces. There seems
to be general, nay, universal acquies-
cence in the results of the war, though
much dissatisfaction prevails in refer
ence to the course pursued by Congress.
The people having fairly and honestly
tried the experiment of secession, are
satisfied with the result, and there is no
disposition in any quarter, in any shape
or form, to embarrass the United States
Government or to refrain from the per-
Torrance of all the duties of citizen
ship. Those in favor or opposed to Sc
cession, are agreed that 1t is our best IN
terest to accept what the Government
has done in reference to the negro, as
we'll as in reference to other matters.
The Freedmen'S Bureau is uuivers-
ally complained of as a great evil to
the whites, as well as the blacks, and
has been the cause OF much heartburn
ing and feeling of hostility which did
not exist at the time of the surrender.
speedily yield on the adoption of liber-
al measures by Congress.
MILITARY. FOrce.-None whatever is
required at the South, except what the
States themselves would furnish. Or
der has been completely restored.
Treatment of AeH.-There is n preju-
dice against those who remained in the
South and pretended fealty to it; but
who now, for Interested motives, set up
that they were always loyal to the
Union. Much deception of the kind is
practiced. Union men who left the
country for that reason and took no
part in the war. are respected when
amounts to hostility, and no one would
be molested in any manner on that ac-
count. know of nc. exceptions. Such
persons require no protection. There
might be some little unkindness of
look or expression toward them, and
they would not expect freedom of So
cial intercourse. No attempt would be
made by any one TO Interfere with their
personal rights. -l-11' 4a
Treatment of Northern Afen.-The Sc
cession men-the men who were such
are generally ruined, and their families
destitute, and there is for this reason a
disposition to sustain them if they un-
dertake any business. Actual sympa-
thy with their opinions must, ofcourse,
have its weight. On the other hand,
there are many who are in tiourishing
business, Northern men who came to
the South during or since the war, and
who conduct the most extensive and
lucrative operations. The discrimina-
ton, where itexists, is. merely social at
present. II is we'll marked. We have
never known it to take an offensive
shape. There is GOODNESS, reserve, but
nothing more.
Ladies at parties may not receive the
attentions of Federal officers, yet the
festivities go on in the same room and
no unpleasantnessJo occurs. The feeling
is stronger than 1t was. It lis the result
of political causes. 1t will wear away.
WI the South support The Union
against a foreign pOwer?-Many young
men might be tempted to fight against
the flag, but ninety-nine in the hun
dred of the people are sick of war and
would sustain the United States be-
yond a doubt, if not from affection at
least from a conviction of the over
whelming power of the Federal Gov
ernment. After the result of the last
war, they would know any opposition
to be hopeless. Besides, all foreign
powers are hated and despised because
of their conduct toward the Confedera-
cy, and would never be trusted; and
none are. believed to be able to cope
with the United States,