The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-09

THE Richmond DiEPatc6 is very much
disguised with our remarks this morn
ing week ago upon rebel memorial
associations in West Virginia, especial
ly the projected one at Romney. II
charaeteHzes ourremarksa as ''the propo-
sition of a renegade" 1t explains this
somewhat enigmatical expression as
follows:
As in respect to religion it is true that
one apostate is worse than ten Turks. -
80 in reference to political affairs il is
true that one apostate from the true
faith is worse than ten who we're broupbt
mp IN Ignorance Of the truth. The
wheeling 1IteligeneeT has the edronfery
% call upon the authorities of West
virginia 70 interpoSe the arm of the
4AW-no, not Of the law, for no law is
concerned in the matter-but the arm
Of power to prevent the organization of
Confederate Memorial Associations in
that state. No other paper in the
United States, 50 far as We are
advised, has ever dared thus to
outrage the sentiment of humanity
which Is supposed 10 perVade not
only every Community, but eyeTy
heart II WAS reserved for u Journal
published in what was once a part Of
this honored Commonwealth to make a
proposition which the fanatical Greeley.
and the corrupt and slander-IovinR
Forney have never had the unblushInes
1mpudence to hint at
In years gone by, the people Of this
country used 10 read Of the fyrannical
deeds OF a Haynau, the brutalities Of
King OF Bomba, and the prosecutions
Laid with heavy hand upon the HIM
gar1ans, and wonder that human ua-
ture could submit to such atrocities.
When We contrasted the condition of
the people of the tyrant-ridden coun-
tries Of Europe with our own happy
state, We were apt 10 lay all the sins Of
the ruleFB upon the form of govern
ment, and TO congratulate ourselves.
not because no such crimes were COM
mttted in this country, but that they
were not possible under a free, republic
can government. But we are wiser
now. We know now what Pope meant
In saying:
'.FoE forms Of government let fools oopteS4
That which 4 best administered Is best"
There seems TO be no feature OF mo-
narchtAl or despOtic government which
cannot be Initiated in this republic. We
have seen ladies arrested in Baltimore
for wearing particular colors in their
oounets, as they once were in Hungary
for the same offence; we have seen men
arrested elsewhere in this free country
for wearing brass buttons, as In Scot
land they once were for wearing the
kilt; and now We see n proposition
made, and OF course not without some
sort Of public opinion TO back IL, TO ar
rest the widows and orphans ofdeceased
Confedetate soldiers for the unpardon-
able crime Of taking steps to decorate
their graves and honor their memory"
The foregoing is not All of the Dis
PGteRS reply to ourartiele. II contains,
however, the substance Ofthe whole. It
win be remembered by those who read
our remarks with any attention that
We were careful TO state that SO far as
private respect was sought to be paid 70
the rebel dead by their friends, acouain-
tances or sympathizers, We had not a
word TO say IN the way Of objection.
Even common felons we said should be
Thus remembered without hinderanoe.
Il was a mark of our civilization to
thus defer to respect paid the dead, be
the dead who or what they might.
Bat what we objected to was the for
nation Of political organizations in the
hhaps and under the name and disguise
of Memorial Associations, which were
intended not 50 much to do honor 70
the lost dead as to 'tthe lost cause.s
We alluded TO the ineendiary character
Of the appeals that were made by these
associations; TO the treasonablespeech-
e made at their assemblages,a and TO the
general fact that under cover Of the sup
posed privileges Of these organizations
the Southern heart was again appealed
70 and fred mp on behalf Of the prinei-
ples Of the rebellion. nthe Richmond
Dispateh had cared to represent MS
Alright the editor would have extracted
our remarks and then made his COM
monts. But when was an organ OF the
rebellion ever known TO present the
facts to It's readers7