The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-27
The RebeIlIous Element in West Wiz.
EIniR,


EIniR,
Recent advices from Greenbrier and
Monroe counties show very revolu-
tionary and seditIous state of society.
The condition of things is worse than
during the war, and Union men are
less secnrc in their lives and property.
The rebels riot In consciousness of
power, and make no secret of their in
tense Rnimosity to the Stnte govern
ment and it's officers in their midst
This is especially the case mt Lewisburg
andat Union, the cOunty-seats of Green
brier and Monroe. There is class of
wealthy Secessionists in both of these
counties, that is mainly responsible for
the seditious and imPlacable spirit kept
up among the peoPle.-AmOng the most
prominent of these influential malcon-
tents are Allen T. Caperton, n member
OF the Confederate Senate from VIr-
ginia, during the war; Sam. Price, Lieut..
Governor of the State, during the Same
period, the rebel Colonies Hounshell
and Jones; and last, and, perhaps, least,
II. NJ. Mathews, who was here last
winter claiming n seat IN the legisla-
ture, notwithstandinghe could not take
the oath, and who is "A son-in-law of
the late Judge Fry of this city. These
men have been fomenting recusant
spirit among the masses by all sorts OF
incendiary harnngues and utterances,
and seem determined to make the
country too hot to hold single Union
man who is willing TO take the oath of
Office and execute the laws of the State.
We notice that one of their late per-
fOrmauces Inns been to expel DIR. j. F.
Caldwell, member elect OF the House
of Delegates from Greenbrier, from a
literary association mt LewisburE,
because of his Union status. We
notice also that Mr.. Mathews attacked
n member of the Board OF Supervisors
on tho streets in Lewisburg the other
day, simply because that official had
rebuked ON the bench, as was his duty,
certain violent and indecent express
slons of contempt ON the part of Mr..
Mathews toward the officer. And we
have already recorded the fact thnt
Hon. Cyrus Newlin, the courageous
and patriotic Prosecuting Attorney of
Monroe county, was obliged week or
two since, in self defence, to shoot n
rufilRn who had logged his heels and
followed him up for days, and at last
had fastened quarrel upon him so
gross in its nature as to leave him no
escape. On election day, at the county
seat of Monroe, the rebels took
complete possession of the polls,
and would not suffer the regular
ly appointed officers to receive the
ballots of the people, but, instead, set
up a concern of their own and went
through the mockery OF nm election. At
Greenbrier Court House the Union men
abandoned the election, for fear of their
lives, and none was held. The fact is
that the loyal men have to pay very
dear for their principles in that section
of country, and the consequence is that
their numbers are diminishing by emil
grafton, and those who remain do not
and will not dare to assert themselves.
So intolerable has this condition of af-
fairs become, that General c rant has or
dered a small body of troops from the
line Of the Virginia Central Railroad
to move into Monroe county and assist
the civil authorities of West Virginia
In executing the laws and suppressing
the outbreaks that are constantly oc-
CURING,
We trust that the commander of the
forces sent to the relief OF our Union
people in that unfortunate county, is a
discreet and firm man, and that he will
not suffer himself to be wheedled and
hoodwinked by such oily-tongued
rebels as Caperton, Price & Co. He
should force the rebel element right
down into the traces of the law, and
compel them to acquiesce in the dis
charge of every duty, or else leave the
country. That alternative should be