The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-31

,.arv nrotection from Virginia, what
xVoIiId be the condition OF me 10y "a
,1sorIe In Virginia and. of the blaeksi
I'll think they would be in a IA
,,,sntabIe condition. So great Is Inc
Ireiudice entertained, especlaliy SIills
those who were faithful IN thelI oDllsa
Hons to the Government during the war,
tLat 7 do not think they would receive
sny adequate protection fortheir rlghls
on person or property, from the eouLus'
and I think that they would be PerSe-
o,,te5 through the machinery OF the
conTts. AS we'll as privately. Even now
when military law prevails in the STATE
and when military authority y sSa
preme, attempts were maue ~ ~
eonrts to punish the Uniontsts tor acts
done nv them under military authority
during the war, and have been oDligeo
10 interfere, and release from prison
men thus prosecuted. ,-,. oO,,, p
rsnce2 49,, s,,;,,, of
proceedings in some five or six ca'ses o., OF
This kind. In some OF them tne PaLt .la
tbsv were imprisoned. have releasd
,bosa in prison, and in all cases have
taken possession of the indiclmentS
and warrants, and, when bonus hau
been given, of the bonds.
OSWouid the Unionists be saie IN
case OF the removal of the protecting
troops? 80. D,,ion
am supported by, as think, the
nnanimons feeling of the Unionlsts
themselves, which has been frequently,
and still continuest to be, expressed TO me.
o.-Has the liberal policy of Presi,
dent johnson in granting Pardons ana
amnesties 10 the rebels had the enect,
in your opinion, to increase or decrease
the feeling Of respect toward the Gov
ernment OF the United states on the
mari OF the people of virginia.
Al nm unable to trace results 10
their causes in that matter; but since
tho time when / took command, esPe-
cially since military restraint has been
40 much relaxed as il has been during
two or three months, dislOyal puDIiich-
tions have very much increase. Ihey
seem to have increased in proportloh 10
the relaxation OF military restraint.
O-The newspaper known as the
Richmond Examiner has been recently
suppressed by an order eminating from
Gen. Grant2
Ayes, sir.
o-For the utternnce OF disloyal SEN
timents, and of language insulting 10
the Unionists, and to the Northern sec
ton of the country
Ayes, sir. -,
Q.-How is it regarded Is itregard-
ed as one of the leading opponents Of
public feeling and opinion in virginia.
Alt seems to be an exponent OF the
secession feeling.
Did you execute theorder Of Gen.
Grant?
Al caused it to be executed. gave
the order TO Gen. Turner, who com
maudsin Richmond, and he executed IT.
Q.-Has the order been revoked or
modified in any wayT
Al: has.
Q.-By whose order, SO far as you
know?
A.-so far as 1 know officially, by
Gen. Grants order.
Q.-Has 1t been revokedr
Alt has been revoked, temporarily
by order OF Gen. Grant, and, as under
stood, on the condition that in the fu-
ture It will not pursue course detri-
mental to the Government,orth the grown
orexpression, in acts aud words, ot Union
sentiment among the people OF the
States lately in rebellion, or to the Gull
tiyation of friendly relations between
the people of those States, or any OF
them, and the other States of the Union:
and that it will not, in any way, fail in
its editorial correspondence, or transfer
OF articles from other newspapers, to
give support, countenance and friend
Ship to The Union andits supporters