The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-25
osouihern Loyalists +"

weakness for renegade rebels. Not"ltn'
standing their affectation ofintense 10y
atty and the holy horror with which
they generally regard man who has
once worn the gray" and tho fierce
bowls for vengeance which they gener'
ally put forth, still there is certain class
offormer secessionists whom the radicals
are fond of taking to their arms and
pettipg and beslavering with ILL
deserved praise. No matter how great
q rebel he may have been nor what
crimes he may have committed, as soon
as a southern man comes North and
ISLANDERS the people of his own section
7 and offers himself as tool to do the
dirty work for the radical party, he is
at once welcomed, liohized and toadyed
I, to by these superlatively loyal men.
Y Rebellion, even though it bs against
"the best government on earth" seems
to be easily forgiven; but opposing
schemes Of the radical rarty is
the only objectionable sin. If JET
EERsoN DAVIS were to write let
tiers from his cell in Fortress
Monroe advocating negro suffrage and
negro equality and denouncipg his late
associates as thieves. cutthroats and
murderers," and landing the men and
the measures of the radical party, he
would in turn be praised by them as one
OF the greatest statesmen OF the age
and would stand good chance of OBJ
taining the radical nomination for the
Presidency in 1853 Past disloyalty IS
really no crime in the eyes of these time
serving politicians; present radicalissn
expunges all past misdeeds and covers
a multitude Of sins"
III There were, doubtless, some men IN
the South who remained true IN their
allegiance to the Federal Government
during the war There we're some men
who wished continually for the success
OF the Federal arms and periled their
lives to render aid and comforr
to the Federal cause, but there
]. are very few of these men in the
ranks of the radical party, very
few indeed who would be called
loyal" by the radical politicians, or who
will have anything to do with the con
1 vention of so-called Southern Loyal.
lists" which is 20 be held in Philadelphia
next month. The men who will attend
that convention will DO mainly broken
I down secessionists who have forfeited
the respect and esteem of their neigh
bors. or obscure individuals scarcely
known even in the community in which
they claim to live. At least, such has
been the character of majority Of the
Southern Loyalists" who have visited
7 the North 10 the character of politicians
during the past five years.
We all remember what al ado was
Z made by the radicals over one Colonel
CAN'T. of Arkansas, about three years
ago: how he went about the country
making radical speeches and how he was
4 Toasted and toasted and burrahed over
by the excessively loyal" people of that
day; and we all remember, too, that be
was recently arrested in Baltimore for
committing flendish crime upon the
person Of little girl, his own niece; aud
then absconded, fOrieiting his bail
Doubtless, ii it were not for this little
difficulty" CAN'T would ocoupya front
seat aud be leading spirit in the ap
preaching convention of Southern 10y
alists"
Just now, JACK HAMILTON, Of Texas
is the favorite of the radicals He has
exhibited his capacity for serving the
radical cause repeatedly and with dis
tipguished success, and the convention
Of Southern Loyalists" is gotten up
mainly through his fundamentally. He
1 is the big dog with brass collar" in
the whole movement, and it is thought
s v many that he Is expecting, in return
his lsbors and suffsrings in the cause,
,ceive the radical nomination for the
II Presidency Let US see how he
N at home:
y Houston Telegraph, Of recent date
4 { HAMILToN's portrait in no verv
N ing colors, and gives the names If
ses for the substautiation of ALL
5ft argos it puts forth. 1t accuses him
10 IS immortality in private life aud Of
D. as heinous crimes. 1t says that in
e ssy be ran for the Legislature and was
IS ted by J. W. BANKS because il was
$ cily charged that he was Sin the habit
Is beating his wife" His political char
4 ster is thus sketched; Il.
"As to bis political course, from 1853
TO 1853. he was most violent Secession
4 list, insisriog on the RECESSION Of the ar
4 cIes of annexation Of Texas to the
Union, and seeking support for public