The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-28

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not again unsheathe his sword In de-
fence Of constitutional liberty? Shall
the ianatIcal radicals usuFp the last
vestige of the glorious Constitution be-
uueathed 10 us by our fathers? Veteran
soldiers to the front! March to your
tents, o Israel! Immediate danger
surrounds us. Organized organizem
A Petersburg paper finds food for
much fury In the new North Carolina
scheme Of reconstruction, led by Mr..
Holden, and congratulates the people
OF that State us follows:
1--WE congratulate them on this ad.
mission of their foes, that they cannot
find villains enough In all the State to
| fill their offices, under the test that for
any time In three years Of the Fevolu.
tion, they we're unfaithfnl to their
brethren and their VOWS. We Congrat-
ulate them that these foes find 1t neces-
sary to come down to the year of de.
sertion, Of cowardice, Of starvation, Of
unparalleled suffering. Of agony, Of
despair, to hunt amid the graves OF the
peoples hopes for food for their loyal
feast. Thrice honored, North Caro-.
lima
AN the light of the JacObinlsm which
rules the Federal legislature to-day, we
do not hesitate to say that the 'dlabOli.
cal designs OF the government surpass
the darkest picture imagined by a
Southern man during the war;"
The Richmond Times gives expires.
sion TO a "dlsturbing apprehension"
In the minds OF many, that the good
old Virginia stock will run out in about
generation, "oVerwhelmed, confound-
"ed and demoralized by an invasion of
"washing machines, cooking stoves,
Goldfish, cold meats, picked pork, poor
"Cheese, and Yankee notions gener-
"ally," but encourages itself with the
hope that .'the blood oftrue Virginians"
will not deterlorate so easily, and says,
with delicious flavor Of the old bonn
bast ofthe days before the war;
"If Northern immigration sets
strongly to our State 1t will be seen
that the foreign element will change
sooner than we will. The habits, GUS
toms, genius and virtues of our people |
have been planted by God, and by the
help oi God we will keep them. A
thousand years oi war may roll over
us; earthquakes may shake down our
mountains and swallow up our dry |
land; floods may dash their wild waves
over the places of our abode; but as
lOuk 10 NuElk A4Ould q " AV 6SA VI NhN
Old Dominion upon plank OF the
wreck he will be a Virginian STILL"
The Columbia South CdroLiMidN grows
daily more violent, and now declaims
In this wild fashions
'l.Ooking to Washington one would |
imagine that hell had been transferred
to that point, and that we had ex-
changed a dellberNtive Congress for
pandemoniumi Let all Unlon.loving,
patriotic, God.iearing men, North and
South, wait, watch, and stand firm!
We shall yet crush the strOng-handed
faction Of rump treason, and mete out
bloody justice upon its advocates!
Be men, uud bide your time-sleep
upon your arms-reRdy 10 strike glort.
ously for liberty and your cOuntryFl
Live the republic-perish all its enc
mies.'"
There is something droll in the COM
ment of the Richmond Times on the
burning Of tho "Yankee iron-clad," the
New Ironsides. 1t remarks:
''The Southern people will be able to
bear this disaster the more philo- |
sophically when they reflect on the fact
that tho iron.clnd in question was n
very prominent actor in the events OF
the war on the Southern coast.' To us
the most touching, pathetic line in tho
account Is the lasI-and she cost over
81, 900 DOOR Southern pockets will be
taxed to make this good"
The Nashville Banner, one Of Mr..
Johnsons most moderate and valued |
supporters In his own State, mikes the
following observation, which he can
hardly bo expected to acquiesce in:
"In honest truth, the great majority
OF the so-called Union or loyal men OF
the South were the merest trash that
could be collected in n civilized com.
munity, Of no personal credit or social
responsibility"
We return to the Richmond Times TO
quote the following pleasant remarks
upon some Thanksgiving sermons sent
TO its office by gentlemen whom It calls
"Bloodhounds OF Zion" "PHriRhs of
the pulpit" and "the rabid dancing
dervishes OF the church militant" be-
Cause, IL observes, none Of them prayed |
for the release of the unfortunate states
man at Fortress Monroe:
"StutIed with turkey and surfeited
with pudding, they still seem to hunger
for the little which the war has left to
the defeated section. Rubicund with
generous wine, their feYerlsh thirst for
rebel blood and cruel prosecutions is
as consuming as that OF some tawnv
lion for water after Il days hunt be-
meath the scOrching rays of an African
sun"
The Petersburg Express has an elab.
orate article on "lhe duty of the South
the gist of which is that all commercial
intercourse with the North should be
restricted within the narrowest limit,
and that the South should establish her
industrial independence, wearing home
spun fabrics and raising grain enough
for home use. "The North" says the
ErUyeSs, almost In the words with
which we were made familiar half n
dozen years ngO, "cannot do without
tho South, but IL is obvious that the
south can, and oughttO be, entirely In
dependent Of the North"
The same paper throws aside Its dig
nifty in another column, and mAkes nm
excuse for bad prOoi-rending, rarely ex-
Cellcd in CRndor. thus:
ave make our proloundest apologies
to our admirable Raleigh correspon-
dent for tho fearful blundcrs with which
his excellent letter published Saturday
was marrud. The Latin man OF the
concern was nibulOuS last Friday"