The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-15
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luihanhol ldathe bonda otLi6at dlaoFgApF
llRefli and demo ollshed Il bel y lon own
white itAexiataib ~ 4 tAea lontaV VeI,ltei
States Of AtaeFln5g q 'pehpe etual l deqtta
that Tho robHl debt nj ~ lh0meyPEc COM
ltEaGtadt shall be forever IN elt w 0ldH
and dBhall nelthhFi Ne as summed, by 4ny
State nOFlby tie Conf Elal Qil the Vt.lle4
'Sthtas. no part tof ~, tAnplaEls u ~
shall be null andTNQit l1RcAp tlAah
debt d the price nf limos eopt blo9Cis Qtld
bytthe decree Of this pelpl pleinp Eoill iol,
tkis beautiful AarItaEG shall ieEer17l4lh
one dollar nf Its increase towaraelA1A
BatlsfhetIon. i.ii ni8!.W pfui tnt
Now NE have heard something ApoNf
making TREASON 0alpps, his the way
to make II 0dlouas lTst 70 set the inab&
Of Cain on the brow, Of the coptri yerS OF
this great treason, the leNderB I'm this
revolt, and say to thO1li v n Spp are peFc
mitted by the grace Of this people, "
live in the landybu sQnght to dQstroy,S
but "a long as (sOdi lets you ltTes .y9p
shall 10 10 fnRLtiye and YaElR lRopdY ~
the land Of tyouF nptlylty,Rs was the
,fiFSk Wanderar aiteri he had covered Z he
brow oi his brother with tleg Rsl1y pals
iness. and the Ierriblog ghaautYs pta death.
iWO'mnlse treason odious again by. says
debt contra Ctep IN aldpf
fthlslhalliah revolt agBilBt the nav ipFlS
Lie Shall lbe null and void and shall
never bei paid; that the doors nttustiee
0verywheEa Shall be clQsed lgalnst Its
enlargement that there shall be no law
amongst this, people 70 recognlzo 4the
saerednOss pr, obi ton of the Internal
contract, hqt that IL shall perish from
the eaFth,ii,; H., nflt5lI.utu.,'. 80 ll6,lz
There Is still, ,Rnot her covenant essen-
tial to the future safety Of the nation,
and that Isl the great debt ontrncted by
this people with their dead and living
defanders, as the price of the ma IONS
life and, the nations safety, shhA be
forever llYiolate, and every rebel knee
and every rebel tongue In eYery disogri
RanIEed fnSnrEeGtlo lonarY Slate shall bow
and confess 10 the BaeredneSs oLithat
contract before they ever again ascend
10 political power 70 We say TO south
Carolina, bet6rs you again come TO Leg
islate for the American people, whom
Won have attempted TO destroy and
strike from the map Of nations by your
great treason, put It into your coistittt-
tioniby your own Voluntary act, never
again 10 be taken out OF that constitu4
tionI that the debt contracted for the
defense Of the nation against your trea4
son shall forever be inVlolate, nnd as q
necessary consequence that you and
Vour children after you will contribute
from rVenf to year and from generation
Regeneration towards Its fall and final
PAYMENT TO the utterttlbst farthlng.
tApplanse.1 Why we owe II to the
deSd 10 nut that Into the constitution
the peonle have saved by their virtue
ana yalor by yielding mp their lives q
sacrifice IA tile terrible coniII0t
Of tie field. It 10 part of this debt
that we shall take care OF their
children who are made wards OF
tlia nation to-day by Virtue Of our
agreement with them before they went
to the battle. We pledged themin for
NAL statute, that II they went out in
this great conflict. and .returned not,
the nation ITSELF would take care OF
their fatherless I, children, and give
them such food and raimenf and
clothe them with the power Of kn0wl4
edge in such measure as. to enable them
10 act we'll their part Us citizens Of the.
great Repnblic. Now we say 10 these
rebels. these little children are not to be-
subiected to disappointment by your
combinations and conspiraUies on your
r6storatlon 10 mower, Yon are not to
come to the Congress Of the United
States and repeat the words Of Andrew
johnson, t11t this Is but an assumed
Congress, You are not to take up the
utteFance which but the other day
thundefed In the columns Of the Alan
Ia ETdil4that organ OF rebellion, pub
lIshedi In that CITY Of Atlanta, GeorEia,
which hhs become historical by. reaSULit
ofthe fact that the conflict ragged for
months about It's entertainments, IN
which was involved the life OF the Re-
public, wherein they shy that this ut
teranco Of Andrew johnson that
this IA but an assumed Congress, ;
is an advance movement !; that
II necessarily results that II Is
an illegal Congress and being illegalal
itsacts qre necessarily null and void.
You observe the reason that tits not a
legal Congress Is TINT all the States ARE
not represented. All the States were
not represented when that pledge was
given. As many were not represented
when the statute was spassed TO which w0
have referred as arc not represented now
inthe Union; and II the philosophy thus
started by Andrew JOhns0n aud echoed
bythe Atlanta Era be true and d{sound,
It results that not being legal Con-
eresS for the want OF repfeseut1tlo In
ten insurrectionRfy States tho laws
It passed, In the language OF that
rebel IN organ, are null and void.
We propose to put an end to I'LL qnih-
bling OF that sort by putting into ths
constitution of the country tho plain
simple words, and making every FobOl
State subscribe To II, that the debt con-
tractedi for the defense Of the hati0n's
life d Inviolate and shall be questioned
by no man, but shall be paid. We pro-
pose, therefore, that they shall not come
into Congress and strike hands with
those natural allies OF theirs In tho
North who co.operated with them 50
cheerfully from the beginning to the
end Of their armed revolt, Rnd say that
this Is oppressive legislation, that this
ia class Legislation, that II operates un-,
equally and snail DO repealed. We do
not want the spectacle presented
through any mistake made In this be.
half Of the nation breaking fiith with
any one OF It's dead or living defenders.
We intend, on the contrary, that these
men themselves shall make confession
by putting this provision In the cOnSti--
tuition, that the war for tho Union was
Just aud that the debt contracted IN tho
prosecution of TINT war was also Just
ana must and shall be paid. TAP
plause:l Put that in with the other
provision and we arc ready to hear
their case, adding to 1t the other grand
words, that the Congress OF tho United
States shall have power by appropriate
legislation TO enforce this provision. z %
Have these provisions In tho consLi-
tuition OF your country, and 1t strikes
mo that you have nIade treason odIonS
SO long rs these provisions stand. You
have, in short, made II almost im-
possible that like rebellion Can ever
arise in the land, because thereby You
have mndB your laws 80 just that II bo-
comes the positive interest, apparentto
every human being, whether citizen or
stranger, within the jurisdiction oftho
United states, to maintain the Integri-
ty OF the Constitution and the law.
There was possibly some cnlOrablG eX-
cuse, us my friend suggested 10 mo on
my way hither this morning, for mon
abandoning the flag OF their country
when they found that their country
could moi, by law, extend its prot0G-
CioM TO them, standing within the ,iurls-
dICtIon Of those insirrcctinnnry Stntcs.
But put this provision In your Consti-
tIoU, und the moment any State takes
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