The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-14

1edueFS were putin lnhL UulluluSOt OtCduc'
of their rebel boastings and -rejOiclngs
I You saw others in the City Council Yo
iiting TO take away, tho privilege OF, tht
Il soldiersto send home his ballot on elee
tions days. You saw others then In thu
same council, electing men TO the city
offices who had voted for the ordinances
of secession. You saw them sending
as delegates to their conventions, anc
making officers of them, too, the mos
prominent secessionists in our midst
You saw that the other day in their
State gathering in this city the mosl
prominent secessionist in Marshall
county was appointed one Iof theil
State committee And since that you
saw that in their Clarksburg conven-
ton some of the most noted rebels in
the State were the leading spirits.
What do you imagine FELLOW citizens
these men would do had they only the
power? Would they carry out your
views asifouSht for and upheld by the
Union armies during the WARP ur
would they carry out as near as posi-.
BILE the views of those with whom
they so notoriously sympathized on
the side of the rebellion? We put
the question to- you. What would be
the natural course for such n party to
take in case it came into power? What
would Union men do inlcase the rebel
lion had been successfully Would we
we have changed over to sympathy
with rebellion2 Assuredly not. The
rebels at least would have taken caro-
that we had no opportunity to'exercise
control. They would have made good
the address issued by Charles w. Rus
sell and others from this section IN
1868, which was that voluntary aid
and assistance to the government. OF
our country would "neVer be forgiven
or torEotten' by the rebel leaders when
they became successful, as they then
boosted they soon would be. tsl ..ss
In support of the proposed amend
ment to our State Constitution, which
we have quoted to you atthe beginning
of this address, we beg to call your at
tention TO the following extract from
President Johnson's speech, delivered
at Nashville June 9th, 1864, and after
ward repeated, in substance, to the
Virginia legislative delegation last jan
uary, on the occasionsof their visit to
him at Washington.
"But in calling a convention to re-
store the State, who shall restore and
re-establish IL? Shall the man who
gave his influence and his means TO
destroy the Government? Is he to par
ticipate in the great work of reorgant-
zallont Sunlt ne WY ii .1i;,,o5 20 .,nn
cry .i.tt., 80 IS is Ln 60 fs,an
tt;s 1sroc;ons 6Iood Sf onr hrnve SOL
iiers and officers so freely poured out
will have been wantonly spilled. All
the glorious victories won by our noble
armies will go for nauGht, and all the
'nsd beroes during the rebellion will
have been made memorable in vain.
"why all this carnage and deyasta-
tionY II wns Iirs Una. srImSom m0ishe3 ~ n puI
Gov" 1orS snv sau hat ' traitors should take. a
Sack seal n the tOork Of restoration. II
there be but five thousand men in, Ten;
nessee Loyal & 10 Tue % inlstce tTss,a i1yn 1sna
ond 10 f,itbfni men should control The
,gork Of reorganization and reformation
absolutely. I say MGt the traitor ms 70
ceGSeG 5Gs T become ~ pM5fe W ememW
He had forfeited his right 10 Uote
10ith loyal men iohe1i he renonnced his cit
izenShip and sought TO destroy our GoU-
ernmcMt." 1--WE say to the most
honest and industrious foreigner
who comes from England or Ger
many to dwell among MS, and to
add to the wealth OF the country,
Before you can be citizen you
must stay here for five years II
we are so cautious about foreigners,
who hotvoluntarily renouneeE their homes
to live with us, what should we shy to
the traitor, who, although porn ana
reared among us, has raised parrici-
dal hand against the GoVernment Whlcn
always protected him? My Judgment
Is that he should be subjected TO Sc
we're ordeal before he Is restored to clti-
zenship." tsgfiss!1
And apain. fellow. citizens, We beg
,,o.,,,;ssier -, snnnort of the amend
per III lllsslou, ~ ~ suPPOt. VI ,,'.
to quote TO you tue 'ol'oWlnG e@-
tract from speech delivered by Dam
iel Lamb. ESQ, in our West Virginia
II...,,5so - 1,oIo,-aFas * TTahr,iorv 1898
House Oh peieea'e' III ''.H 4eo'
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constitutional amendment of this sort
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