The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-01
IsFhoM MAlIPsHIRE COUNTY.

RaErifek ;ySs.lss yySesr.lssu,s 4 Peer Union
lyIAlenjf and athot so-eaIledj iCOnSeFSA-
ttEesll tngI0 asii . osruaha -in5g I
Editors IntelEi0eneer: -
I take the 1ibefty.of asking q small
Sspace in youryAluablepaper, in reply
to an article that appeared in the South
Branch Int EEi1encer, of the 9th inst,
over the usigpaturel of John I. Peerce,
tan1unpardQned REBEL of Hampshlre,
The article iDthel South Branch ttntetttT
0enceris sd ddressed TO the eConseryatlyeS
OF Hatnpshire and Hardy Counties, and
iin it he tPeereel shows the same lold
hebef hatred to the Union men OF those
tcounties;a or, as he calls US; the sradir
] Gals. 10 / should not have noticed this
ingenious prod dnction Of rebel slang,
but for the fact that he directs the hre
of his supposed powerful battery at the
Union citizens 'of the above mentioned
counties, andat those parties that have
libroug ght suit against him and ether
rebels for damages That we, have sus-
tained at the hands of those plunderers.
He 1Peercef SETS out that he is to-day
an pnpardope rebel, and that the COM
E,sefSatiyes ara ,the only class that can
extFicate him from his position. ititls
Iys L doubt not the truth of the state
Iiment as Fam we'll com vinced that no
!, Union man viii put imself 70 the
least trop Bile ito bfea * the chains that
bind one of thelmust bitter. rebels that
ever disgraced our country AS to his
INSERTION that he never did anything
other than-to- carry out the orders
VIII Be estSb bIisRed before others than
the CONSERVATIVES at theOproper time
and place. His insinuationsi that uthe
Governor of 'WestiVirginih dictated or
Areouestad the 'tRRdica ~ Union mem to
draw up. the, statements set forth IN the
counter petition, against his pardon is
yfaiss.T1 Coy. Boreman did not dictate
what should be ist atedi in the counter
petition. He IsaysHthab iothe petition
purports to be signed by thirty persons.
That is true; but at the same time these
thirty persons are loyal men and not
white-was rebels and iiEitit will
do him any good u canafprOcure the
like Jpetiti6ti,s - setting forth the same
facts. He, (Peerce) believes that names
were forged tto the petition; his belief
or opifii on. very much like the oatl1s
Of many of his cortrait tors, not worth
The paper on hfch il is writtens How
ever he said that he had made 9his ap-
plication for. pardon. under oath and
that he would obey all the laws, con-
stitutional or tsunconstitutional, SO
,longasthey were in force If we judge
from other rebels that have received
pardon and that have taken the oath ,
that promise leaves great room for
doubt. He disclaimslas untrue the in
situations, OF Mr.. 7. r. Carskadon and
others, denies that he ever took horses
and cattle but for which he paid or
made strenuous efforts to- get pay for
the parties, without respect to politics,
This is not the fact and Will be so estab-
lished in open Court, andiifi he did not
buy from a set of unauthorized plum
defers, - 81 We ask ,owho fed and shell
81, q. .Ns,k. I,E.,-
gentlemen of the late southern confedT
He boasts very much about the "hon-
oEable,, soldier that he was. We know
that he!wassan accomp plished stock dri-
ver,- but suppose his, hard fought battles
will not number more than one; but
rsupposelthe poor maprthat he, bad for a
fighting, while Mr., Peeree was anihon=
of the late Southern
Confederacy, deceased, and at the time
the 2Ist rrallroad bridge oyer the Poto-
mac was burned he was a patriotic vol
,unteer; SO. .at;that time. he was bridge
er,, g alias honorable gentleman.
I He calls me and others that h9ye
brought suits against him and other
rebels, Shy1ocks, hungry wolves, lovers
OF money and radicals. Poor felIowI--=
HE should have called us abolitionists.
That used to be one of his pet reproach-
eS. II nope lnlbgl glssnt FlStAtffuP .S A9 Pura,0 =,
mind ,by,way OF remembrancem So
far as / am, personally concerned in
those suits against him and other trail
tors. L expect to make them pay every
dollar, "Shylock to the contrary, not
withstanding.-- The laws of West Vir-
Lginia are ample; and uwhen i do that, l
will be perfectly satisfied for every trail
tor. and rebel to leave the country. d At
the same time those plunderers should
be- satisfied to get off on So liberal
TERMS Their property should have
been contiscated and somebody's neck
stretched. :
The, President may pardon for treason
against the Government of the United
States, but his pardon does not release
from any violation of the State laws.
The Governor may pardon for offences
against the State, but not relieve from
6fiyate wrongs done to loyal citizens.
Our property has been plundered and
our bills must be settled without refer
ence To, amnesty proclRmations. ImI
1 am to-day beggar ESQ far as money
is concerned not possessing one dollar
DthatI IGan call llmy own; made so by a
set OF robbers and plunderers who were
doing all in their power to destroy the
best Cove vefhnieht ever given to man.
But while u beggar $50 far as money
is conceIned,l i am, proud 10 know that
am not begging pardon for crime
the greatest known to law, Those par !,
don seekers and returning rebels should
remember the days of 1851 and '62. If
a spirit of conciliation is shown 1t must
come from them and not from us. I
am free to confess that SO long as those
returning traitors show such con-
tempt for, Union men, Ishail treat them
as rebels and traitors, and not as citi-
,SS5faras Tam concerned I shall live
as independent of those "honorable"
traitors AS II there was mot one in the
county. mean such "honorablep
characters as thosehigR born gentlemen
that have such keen relish for beef.
-.lf75fa,l arroR 81 JAMBSI. .iBARRICRs
NKw CREEK, JAM 26i 1856. 9 ha''osi y
Letter from = ,VgheeIiRE Boy away mp
In Vermont. iIun-