The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-22

CAMPBELL, FREW & CO.
RDrroRs AND PRoPRIEToRs.
THURSDAY MoRNING. MARCH, -.
THE rAvoRIrE charge against the
IlI15ifo5,nfS. party here IS that they Iegis1ate
and labor tojkeep themselves in power.
This Is not quite correct: the object isto
keep the copperheads out Of power
The case with Us here Is in the main
the same as it is all over the country;
yet in one particular there is an appre-
ciable, difference. A large portion Of
the persons now composing the tory
element OF the State, who were not in
the rebel army, refused until recently
10sy6ts or in, any way recognize theya-
lidity of anything done by tho reorgan-
lied Government of Virginia or the
State OF west-Yirginia- It was .'bo-
gus eoncern'' with them, from the be-
ginning;,and aslong as they had ground
of reasonable hope that the success Of
the rebellion would wipe out the .bo-
gus'' Government here, they refused to
attend the polls OF respect its elections,
as they did to countenance any other
of its proceedings. They did, by direc-
ton of their leaders, SO far depart from
this settled policy, as 70 turn out and
vote for Mcclellan in the fall of 1864, in
the hope that through his election they
would be able TO turn the tables on the
Union party. Tho exhibition they
made OF their strength ON that occasion
was not fidttering. When Lees army
was disbanded and that portion of ii
nom West Virginia was permitted to
come back here under. protection OF
Gen. Grants orders, this hope reyiycdi
and these same tories having been able
10 secure the services Of a few apostates
from. the Union, cause hope nOwliy the
accession Of Lees paroled soldiers 10
vote down the Union aud New State
party, at the polls.
The Ethiopian cannot change his skin
nor the leopard his spots. Have We
good reason TO suppose tho iRen who sc
long refused 70 aek aowIedge5t the New
State have now all mt once foregon'
their cherished aim or foreSwOrI
the hitler. oatbs : they / ddily tswor'
10 put the nccursed 1'abolition
lists" under their feet? It is no
in tbsf nipfe' J@f such men TIM
they should. Their whole Politica
creed is one OF deception and treachery
They hold that the end jdstifies III,
means; and they have shown in tn,
past five years that it matters littl
whit the means are or what the end in
wolves for the country. These are fact
known by all.
Well now we submit II this extraor
binary state of things does not justif,
tho Union people in adopting eyer.
proper and lawful means to keep thes
aliens and enemies of the State from
getting the whip hand of the loyal PEG
pie. Every man who feels that tn
separation OF the people from old Wiz
ginia was right, aDdswho realizes tiin
reunion must make our condition
greatly worse even than 1t was befor'
the separation, cannot but feel that5it il
yituI TO preserve at least tho legislutiy.
majority and executive control in The
hands of those who are friendly to thu
separate existence andprosperity of thu
State. whosit in the Legislature orfil
the executive Offices Is a matter of nj
consequences, SO they be loyal TO the
United States and to the integrity o
the State, with It's distinguishing fea
lures, as member of the Union. 1
the question was simply one Of spells
we can Just as we'll charge the copper
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