The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-01

the offspring of peace and of enlight-
ened reason, and not of passion nor OF
arms. The House of Commons and the
House of Lords were henceforth the
theatres of their operations, and not
the fields of Newberry or Marston
Moor. ~.
The result was that in less than thirty
years all their ancient rights and privi.
| leges, which had been lost in the civil
war, with new securities, were re eStab-
| lished in the ever-memorable settle
ment of 1858, which for all practical
purposes, may be looked upon as
bloodlesS revolution. Since that time
England has made still further and
more signal strides in reform and pro-
gress, but not one of these has been
effected by resort to arms. Catholic
emancipation was carried in Parlia-
ment after years of argument, against
most persistent opposition. Reason
and Justice ultimately prevailed. So
with the removal of the disability of
the Jews; so with the overthrow of the
rotten borough system; so with the ex-
| tension of franchise; SO with the corn
laws and restrictions on commerce,
opening the way to the Establishment
of the principles of free trade; and so
of all the other great reforms by Parlla-.
ment, which have sodistinguished Eng
lish history for the last half century.
May we not indulge in hope, even in
the alternative before us, from the
great example of restoration, If we do
but do as the friends of liberty there
did? L, .,..., 3.
This is my hope, my only hope. 1t is
founded on the virtue, intelligence and
patriotism of the American people.
have not lost my faith in the people, or
in their capacity for self-government.
But for these great essential qualities
of human nature to be brought into
active and efficient exercise for the full
fillment of their patriotic hopes, 1t Is
essential that the passions of the day
should subside, that the causes of these
passions should not now be discussed,
that the late strife should not be stirred.
Man, by nature, Is over prone to scan
closely the errors and defects of his fell
low man, ever ready to rail at the mote
in his brothers eye without consider
ing the beam that is in his own. This
should not be. We all have our notes,
our beams. We are all 1rail; perfection
is the attribute of none; prejudice or
preiudgment should be indnlged to-
ward none. Prejudicel What wrongs,
what injuries, what mischief, what la
at all times from nothing but this per-
yersity of the intellect! Of all the OBJ
stacles to the advancement of truth
and human progress, in every depart
ment, in science, in art, in government
and in religion, in all ages and times,
not one on the list is more formidable
than this horrible distortion of the
moral as we'll as intellectual faculties.
It is host of evil within itself.
could enjoin no greater duty upon my
countrymen now, North and South,
than the exercise of that degree of for
bearance which would enable them to
conquer their prejudiceS. One of the
highest exhibitions of the general sub
iect the world ever witnessed, was that
of Daniel Webster, when, in an open
barouche, in the streets of Boston, he
proclaimed in substance to vast as
Sem blage of his constituents, unwilling
hearers, that they had conquered an
uncongeninl cline, they had conquered
the winds and, elements of the ocean,
they had conqered most of the elements
of nature, but they must yet learn to
conquer their prejudices. know OF
no more fitting Incident or scene In the
lie of thut wonderful man, ctdrus et .UtT
fortlSsinlIs, for perpetuating the true
greatness ofhis character, on canvass or
in marble, thana representation OF him
as he then and there stood and spoke.
1t was an exhibition of moral. grandeur,
surprising that of Aristides, when he
said. HAtheniHus, what Inelnlsocles
interests, but 1t would be unjust"
say to YOU, and If my voice could
extend throughout this vast couatry,
over hill and dale, over mountain and
valley; to hoyel, hamlet and mansions,
i,viuage, town and city, would say
among the first, looking to the restora-
tion OF peace, prosperity and harmony
in this land, is the great duty7of exer-
cising that degree of forbearance which
will enable them to conquer lrpreJu-
dices against communities as Well as
individuals, and nextto that the 1uduI-
gence of "A Christian spirit of charity.
IJudge not that ye be not judged" (" es-
peciafiy in matters growing out of the
| late war. Most of the wars that have
scourged the world, even in the Chris
| tian era, have been upon points of con-
| science, or differences as to the surest
way of salvation. A strange way that
| 10 Heaven. is it not? How much dis
| kind would have been avoided If the
ejaculation of such breasts had been,
| at all times, as it should have BEEN
t, Let not this weak, unknowIng hand.
Presume Thy bolts to throw, - e
And deal damnatlOn ROUND the land,
ON each 1 deem Thy foe.
Ofall the Heaven descended virtues
that elevate and ennoble human ma
lture, the highest, the sublimest and the.
ldivinest, is charity. By all means, then,
fail not to exercise and cultivate tins
Isoll-regenerating element of fallen ma
tufes 1tLslG De w
cised not only among ourselves, and to-
ward ourselves, on all questions OF mo-
tive or conduct touching the late war,
but toward all mankind, even toward
our enemies, If we have any: Let the
aspirations OF our hearts be rather,
.tforgive them, they know not what
they do" The exercise of patience,
| forbearance and charity, therefore, are
1.-The three first duties would at thls
time ehjoin, and of these three the
i'greatest is charity. ,l.s.l.rt... - q
But to proceed. Another one ofour
present duties is this-tCe should accept
the issues Of The. agqr, and abide 6y them
IN good faith. This, ] am fully persua-
tded, it Is your purpose to do, as we'll AS
thai of your constituents. The people
OF Georgia have in convention revoked
| her ordinance of 1861, which was in
tended TO sever her from the compact
/ OF union of17S7. The Constitution of
ths United states has been feordained
as the organic law of our land. What
ever differences of opinion heretofore
existed as to where our allegiance was
due during the late state of things, none
for any practical purpose can exist
now. Whether Georgia, by the action
of her Convention of 1851, was ever
rightfully out of the Union or not,
tTere can be no question that she Is 7t0t0
m. so fur as defends upon her lUiiL. and
4 deem the tcho[e United States, therefore
IS 7lol0, pithout question, our country 70
be cherished and defended as such 6y al
our hearts aud by all our arms i.
The Constitution of the United States,
and the treaties and laws made in pur-
suance thereof, are now acknowledged
! to be the paramount law in this whole
country. Whoever, therefore, is true to