The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-08
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appointment OF an Adtutant GEN
erRl,l but It stripped this Adju-
tant General of ali power and trans
ferred it to another to be appointed by
the four State officers. The bin Vyas. in
every feature In violation of the Con-
stttntlon of the State, establishing a
military provisional government, was
intended as legislative revolution,
and had Il passed, would have pro-
duced AN immediate and bloody civil
war. ItwaSput ahead of every other
important measure on the calendar,
was put through from one stagetO an
other under the gag of the previous
question, and Its final passage was de-
Ieated only by the withdrawal of the
Union members from the House, thus
leaving IL without quorum. The very
pendency OF the bill created the most
intense excitement throughout tho
statei and seriously threatened the pub
lie peace, and had it passed the House,
| no uoppt was entertained hut what il
would have passed the Senate.
In q few days the Legislature adlonrnei
having made no appropriations to deIruY the
ordinary expenses of the State Government
the benevolent Institutions, the PenIIentiaF-
les, and other important Matters were IeIt
wholly unpruvfded for, and it was c0Eitident-
| IL predicted by the revolutionlsts. that All
the wheels OF government blocked generally
unless the Legislature was called back in
things. they were bitterly Disappointed. To
call the Legislature back would have been
thought of for moment. The State Ind
Just made an escape rom revolution, and the
CURED q second time. The Governor An
pealed to the loyal people of the state 10
Stand by him in this emsrgency, and they
did. Counties, banks, rnilFoad FcompauIeS
private lndlvlduals md the President Of the
United States came forward and amply sup
piled him with money for all necessary puT-
government OF the State went on. In a few
esS altsf Is me country was surprised one
an oflcial opinion by Attorney General
Hord g the effect that there was no law au-
thOrtZ1ng the payment OF the Interest on the
public debt. Fsaf.f Z 'I55t-II. lI7, n -
This was matter. which touched the credit
same law in force under which Il had been
paid for twelve years, aud the money was in
But q sham law suit was gotten up. SNUG
| gled through the Circuit Court, and hastily
decided inlthe Supreme Court, sustaining tue
say OF that decision now is, that II faIleti "a
command the respect Of anybody, and was
Afterwards treated with open contempt by
all parties. But here again there was bittGr
disappointment, and "hpPe deEerTed'' begnn
Governor negotiated an arrangement with
the loyal House of WInklow, LanIer & Co.
by which they came forward and paid the
interest due from the State up to 1855, thus
preserving her credit and defeating the mach
nations Of her enemies. lf't II 7l5i 7fI7I
During all this time the State authorities
La6ored without ceaising TO supply the troops
called for by the President, 'bltthe task had
Through the incessant exeFtIons OF DEMO
cratic leaders and the IieTCe ienunCintiOns OF
greatly Weakened, and sometimes APPARENT
ly destroyed, but would again revive and 90
forward with success; and Ihe number OF
troops raised In the State under the cifcufTi-
stances, and their splendid behavior iu the
aeld: excited universal admiration. Thedif-
hculty, however, IN procuring volunteers
greatly incTeaset In 1858 and 1864 az the or
ganization of the +Sons OF Liberty" was ex-
tended and consolidated, and their hostility
to the Government and war became mOfs
open and outbreakIng.
: Enrolling officers were murdered, recruit
ting offlcenS shot at upon lonely roads ana
numerous bodies of armed men frequently
assembled. performing military drill. anddS
OF the Government. Various EcheIileS
Of insurTectton. and murder were freQuent-
order which fell through ffon time TO
tlmes ana Others succeededt until In, tho
plan or FeYolnIIoni WAS atyriafIin,Sn,, f+ M
execution OF which all the energy and power
81 9. the order in Indiana and the Western
ammunition Al Indianapolis were to be
seized, rebel prisoners at Camp Morton to be
released and armed and the combined forces,
after dispatching the obnoxious Governor
and SELLING the capitol, Were to mnich
voltin favor OF the Confederncy. hut here
again q bitter disappointment was li1 store:
the mighty secret could not be kept, The
going on for two years, but the Iunexpected
discovery and seizure Of large quantity OF
on an explosion, and the prompt arrest by
General Hoyey, OF anumber OF the rInglcad-
efs, struck terror into their ranks, and Shd-
denly brought TO an end the great conspiracy.
When the arrested parties were put upon
trini. quite number OF them turned Stately
eyldence, and laid hare a desperate plot,
which, for magnitude and deliberate and
atrTcious wlckedness, Is almost without par-
which followed In October, the Uufon bnTty
carried the State by a large majority, and
was equally triumphant In all the Northern
States. In January following, the Etgisla-
tufe assembled, and thau attention Of tie
members was Immediately Invited to the ex-
by the lfoYeTnOr-the monies b0TI0Weis, the
expenditures Of the same for the asyl1ms,
sick md wounded soldiers, payment OH inter-,
est on the public debt, &c.-nll OF which was
both houses for examination, who, after iu-
vestigotion. approved the account In every
and especially commended the manner in
which 1t hnd beeh kept, and recommended Il
, ~ t!4oP 9 ~ tne SSttte ouacetS. The re-
port w0s adopted by the legislature, and APP
ptopFiations made inamed lately 10 pny on
the money boEToWedl by the Governor, and
It WINS grave responsibility assumed un-
der extreme necessity, and could not be for,
gwen by the disloyal, because It was success
Another institution which was OF great
importance to the state and Government
70 the dlsloyal. was the State Arsenal. It
was begun Mt the very beginning Of the war
70 furnish Indiana troops with ammunition,
which they could then procure nowhere else,
aud was Afterwards confined ns necessity
to the Stnte, aud blythe request OF the Cow
prices fixed by the War Department. and
said TO be lower than those paid ,elsaV here,
1t was only desired by the State that the
prices paid should cover actual esI pensaa, and
they were adjusted upon that basis; biiL so
well and economically WaS the Institution
managed that upon 6nRl Bettlemont Il was
discovered that q net PTsnt Of eeyenty-seven
thousand dollars had Hccrued, which Wds
paid into the State Treasury. This was the
nFst time the State had engaged In an enter
prise In which she did not lose money: and
the Arsenal proved OF more advantage to
her m PecuniRFy point OF view than the
vast donation OF swamp lands, out OF which
she had been sWtndied In every part.
stE .CONcLUsfON. u 20
Il have not attempted to anticipate theac-
tlOn OF Congress or the President, or TO dis
GUS tdings that are settled, OF any Issues that
DO NOT seem necessarily involved In The APP
preaching elections; nnd in eOnctuston, L
XnOrt the Union men of Indiana not 10 attt-
1qEthemSelYe8 70 be enticed from the con9id--
eratlon Of the great questions by side Issues,
which Democratic pOliti ticlans are bnsilys en-i
gagged in thrusting forward. The interests AT,
stake are too vast and vital To be endangered
by division In our own ranks upot inmate
dal questions. or by Bringing foEWaTd matters
which, although they may be important in
themselves, can gain nothing By being pressed
At time like this.
-aa C. A. WIHaERTER,
IN IN ~ "