The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-27
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The Conservative Party OF west Vir-
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O radical.


The conservative Party of West Vir-
gInia---AslYiewefb by One Who issNot
\ Radical.
i Fyonl The Buckhan,sqn Republicqn.
We believe our course, since we have
had charge of the RepNbE bEicd11, will bear
us out in saying, that we are not TGdt-
| Gals, as the term is generally usedj but
| when we see the so-called conservative
party led away and controlled by de-
funct politicians of the Vallandigham
school, we must say, we do not belong
to that party. .ziis.ia 9it4M
| ! At every conservative meeting which
has come to our notice, the controlling
| spirits-the officers and speakers, have
| invariably been of this class-the same
| men who opposed the war throughout,
and only submitlto its results, because
they have been defeated in arms. They
l now fall back on the same Constitution
they sought to destroy, because they
| think that, by shrewd management,
| they could draw the honest, and rally
| conservative men of this State to their
| aid, and thus obtain the Power ssof con-
trolling the destinies of this State. We
| have ever been, and are now a conser-
| vatiye; but when we see the avowed en-
1 emies of the State and nation, some of
| whom have sincerely laid down their
arms and desisted from an attempt to
4 DESTROY Gue sblOg
now so boldly plead, exalt to themselves
| the position of leaders of hisiparty, we
are compelled to say, tue don't belong TO
| that party.
| Throughout the war, we have done
| what we could for the salvation of the
| country, and we cannot strike hands
4 with men, who, though they have but
now laid aside the insignia of treason
| and rebellion, say .'the Constitution
| must be preserved, or the country is
lost" We love this sentiment, and it
has been to US, a guiding principle
| through life; but, in our humble opiu-
ion, it comes with an ill grace, from
those who have SO lately made a des-
perate, but futile attempt to destroy
that sacred instrumentnthe charter of
our liberties, and again we are COM
PEELED to say, aOe don't belong to that
party.
When;we see every who has been
'sympathies were with the rebellion,
boasting of the fact that they belong to
the conservative party-when we see
nine out of every ten men who. We're op=
posed to the formation of the new State,
rally under the banner of the conserve
tive party-when rebel soldiers eoti edit
conservative newspapers, then indeed,
and most emphatically, do we say, '0e
don't belong to thGtPGrty.
When we see men who have raided
over our country-robbed our citizens
of their property, and carried many of
them into prisons-threatened to return
and drive off every man who was OPP
nosed to them-men who descended
| from legitimate warfare, to petty rob-
berry and barefaced stealing-claiming
to belong to, and to be exponents of the
| conservative party, then, again, we are
compelled to say, it0e don't belong TO thGt
| party.
doing this, most cordially do we endorse
| the language of President Johnson, that
| oioyal men must rule the country"
| If there be but tf1e thouSG'1d loyal men
in q State, they are the State" The self
styled conservatives endorse the Presi-
dent. and as matter of course, they
must endorse this. His speeches while
Vice. President, seem entirely to have
| escaped the memory of these gentlemen,
for he said, at great mass meeting on
| the Sd of April, 1865, "that he was in fa-
yor of leniency; but in his opinion, evil
doers should be punished" Do they
endorse this 2 80 49,
In the same speech he said, "Treason
is the highest crimeknown in the cata-
logue of crimes, and for him that is
guilty ofit-and for him that is willing
to lift his impious hand against the au-
thority ofithe nation-I would say that
death is too easy punishment Do
these gentlemen endorse this?
In the same speech he said, "My no
ton is, that treason must bentdde odtOuS,
and traitors must be punished and inn
poverished, their social power broken,
and they made to, feel the penalty of
this crime." Do these gentlemen en-
dorse this?
In the closing of the same speech he
says: "Hence say, the innocent and
misguided boy, I would pardon, butthe
hdLter. to intelligent, Influential traitors. !"
Do these gentlemen endorse THIS 2
Nav, verify; for if this programme was
carried out many of the leaders of. the
conservative party, (so-called) would
have long since been hanging higher
than Haman. We hope hereafter that
when these gentlemen pass their reso-
1utions, they will bear In mind the e1-
tracts we have given above; and remem-
Der, that in endorsing the course of
Andrew Johnson, they endorse what
would, if carried out, be a death war
rant to their rebel leaders.
TILE new residence of Jay Cooke, the
great Government stock broker, situ-
ted on iChelton' Hills, eight miles from
Philadelphia, is thus described in The
INew York Citizen:
"It is built in the French style, with
steep slate roofs and massive plastered
chimneys. Itis now quite finished ex-
teriorly, and will contain fifty bed
chambers, chapel, a gymnasium, a
| library, and all accessories to the pala-
tial home of a Christian banker. Its
| dimensions probably exceed those of
any private residence on the continent.
1t is pierced with about eighty great