The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-28

The following Is the style OF argu-
ment by which the New York World
urges the election of men to Congress
who viii sympathize with the South:
We can hardly expect = continunhee
of tlla patient attitude Of the south, 81
the North fails to elect o conservative
majority in the next Congress. The
southern people behavetEith great for
oearanee, because they have no evi4,
dence that the present disuniOn Con-
greSs fairly represents the public sentls
ment Ofthe North. It WAS elected while
the war still ragged, and when the ami
mosities kindled by the war were bla-
/ zing with unabated fervOr. 1t was cleo
I ted as q Congress-. and ALTHOUGH
peace interviewed before its first meet
ing, 1t has acted in the same hostile
spirit towards the South in which it
was ehoseu.i The South Is keenly alive
to the injustice OF such course, but
they do not charge it upon the North
ern people. But If the Congress about
10 be chosen shall be Of the same. ma
hgnant Stamp, the South viii naturally
regard It as an evidence that it is the
deliberate purpose Of the North to OPP
press and humiliate them. They viii
be more than human if they can then
restrain their resentment.
I The great ''toTbeaTance'' OF the men
!
sonyille and Belle Isle; the ''great for
bearanee" of the men who eoursed the
ocean in piraticaI ships, preying upon
our peaceful conmerce, and burning
: what they could not steal; the ssgreai
forbearance'' OF men who sent iniected
clothing among women and children;
the great forbearance of conquered
rebels and traitors, who have suffered no
punishment, who are offered a fuu par
ticipation in the government which they
have attempted TO overthrow, il they
will but give reasonable security thai
they will not repeat the crime, and who
refuse TO come IN on any other terms
than recognition Of the principles OF
the rebellion. This corresponds with
. the passage so much Rpplauded in the
i address. of the Philadelphia Conven.
ton, that no people could be expected
to remain loyal under such treatment
as the South was receiving at our hands
And yet, says one Of onr cotempo
raries, "there is a good deal of truth il
this rebel view OF the present political
situation," and the reason for saying
, 50 is thus given by the editor:
"These men rebelled against the gov.
eminent, forfeited their lives to the out.
l ragged laws, Were whipped into submis
: sion, and eager 70 give their assent "a
any terms which conceded permissioH
to live in the land they had attempted
to destroy. For while, delighted
I with the magnanimous clemency Ofthl
victorious government, they kept OF
their good behaviour but soon the
idea occurred TO party in the North
too weak to Lift its head at home, thai
with the aid of the Southern vote, II
might again rise 10 the power from
which an indignant people had
hurled it. A fresh sympathy, and
in the most unexpected quarter, was
{ displayed for the ''lOst Causen and the
losing men. They were shown that
they had friends here who recognized a
common interest with them, and who
wished their valuable aid 70 q common
. object, Their treason was CLOSED over
with dignity phrases, their offences
were called the fndiscretions of gal
I liant people, and every man who de
manded OF them the least security thhl
they would not go into the same thing
again, was denounced as q radical. q
i II was not TO be supposed that under
such treatment any people would re-
main loyal, and they did not. The
most submissive rebels gradually be-
! came the most rampant; the massacre
I I at New Orleans followed. The people
could not be expected TO remain loyal,
and they cannot be expected 70 return
to their loyalty, till they are taught thai
are traitors, but they are not fools.