The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-11
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1.-The . rebels having failed onthe field
OF battle, are now trying the field OF
politics. Their object is to, get into
Congress. Their hope Is that Andrew
Johnson viii buildsup aparty that will.
enable them to overthrow the Union
party of the loyal States, and again
dominate the country, or strike again
ana ana successfully for tndepe ndeuce.-'
The seed Of a new civil war Is wrapped
up In every ballot cast for copperhead.
candidate for Congress.
Throughout all, the South not one
Urion man snstains Andrew u Johnson's
policy" That of itself Is an unasn-
swerable, conclusive, startling, argu-.
ment. Among the hundreds 81 thou
sAnus OF traitors North and South there
Is not onelwho does not sustain this
pollcy - Can any voter who yet hes
rates about bis duty to his country
need more to decide him than the bare
statement OF these two facts Z iii,s.. s75s
The Rebels, repudiators on princI-
pie, have, in their new State constitu-
tions, repudiated the Confederate war
debt. They never would have paid it
anyhow: But tlsest have s.olghers reiasu-
Gqstetteqs the1E 2asEpO To- make, he Lslited
EEteSpdy Sts 2 Onth contrary the very
nrst amonth that sees them with their
SoPperhead allies, in a majority in
EongFess, will see the debt fastened ON
the North a. Z. T'f.iS,5,e6 s = =,
Fl : "a rIecisely 9ne of the issues forced
upon us in the coming ielectionslby
Johpson's "pplIcy'' is, whether one
white rebel In South Carolina, like
Wade Hampton, shall count as much
such New York patriots as Peter Coop
eF, Ezra Cornell and Reuben 3. Fem
we want guarantees, not promises,
from Andrew Johnson's rebel friends.
Twenty months trial OF. the iPresideu-
tia1 .agent OF, the. &. .uniriecon nstructed', has
taught us the utter worthlessness of
PROFESSIONS and promises made byun-
repentant rebellion to loyalty. THE
country now demands Constitutional
guarantees, and tgiI take 3lothin0 less,
Docs the right to make laws for the
people of the United States reside in, a
congress elected by the ballot. cor in n
resident elected by q bullet? Z,
How = DEM nocratlc Politician Didn,t
.fa1Ihke Good Advice. EsI
s1...a From The cfietn9uti Gazette. 5.5 :, 2, n
The day before George a. Pendleton
started forI' Washington, in july. 1891.
Ine 1ol4oWing, conversation, occurred
between him and an old Democratic
citizen, who called upon him al, his
office: =
George, you have known me ever
since you have known anybody, ALWAYS
TO have been Democrat, and I have.
Icaalted 70 see you and give you my
views before you leave for Washington.
IMynXtew ts. thattif the Black Republic
cans ask for 250, 600 men to crush outthis
'IePeIlions do you,goii In for 90, 900 to 1OO.-
900 more, and If they ask for $4OO, ,OOO, 900
do you go for 500, ,66O, 900 more. III The tbe
rebels lind that the Democratic Party
nave taken this stand, they VIII cave
SIX months; but III they find the
!Remocrattc Party siding with them,
GOD only knows when itu will be
After his return from washington
the next Winter, i met him on Man
street, and after shaking hands, i asked
him ifhe recon onected what said before
ne iett for Washington. He answered.
4!shall never forget it.' then said
to him, You did not follow nv adj
VICE. he observed, "Mr. G., it Is i'm
possible for a man who Is attached 10 a
party to take a stand in Opposition to
that party. ], then observed to him.
:t9ou are mtstakeni sir ;'iif you had fol-
loWedt that advice and had stood alone,
1G ts my opinion it would. have made
you one Of the, most popular men in the
United States in five years. time, and
e,veentuaily eve ni;y placed you In the Presiden-
THB dispatch of General Sheridan to
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