The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-21
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Revival OF the Rebel spir,,.

a'FF%SSESSRPSAu klhpbES OF C06 North
and the poorly reconstructed rebel
ones of the South have lately become
almostas violent in spirit and language
as before the war. Some of them dare
to hint at renewal of the struggle for
"the lost cause." To begin far North.
in a confirmed republican State. the
La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat raves
in this style about Congress-. So
MThe rumpimob of flawbreakers. con-
sUtutlon nullihers, union haters, and
rpftAans ofthe' Massachusetts school, of
Pollllcs Is once more in session at Wash
ington. There is located the heart of
the dead, Union, and sweeping down
from the North, the East and the West.
the carrion birds of abolitionism have
assem bled to croak above the hellish
work of destruction" E
The Louisville Journal, which main
tained a patriotic course during the
war, has fallen into The political con-
troll of an impenitent and bitter rebel
Mr.. Prentice .contenting himself with
furnishing the supply ofsmall jokes
and It can use such Language as the fol-
lowing about Congress:-i 80. s5a.l
This Congress will not heed the
Constitution, it will respect no obliga-
lions to man or God; but the true pol
icy OF the South for the present is to be
calm, quiet, observant, and resolute.
The faster the affairs of the country. get
worse, the sooner they will probably
get better. 1t may perhaps be the yery
best thing for the South that Congress
should go or attempt to go to the ut
most. extent of possible outrage. A
majority of million of men in the ma
tlOn for fhn PiuhFu NF
States, and that vast majority will at
no distant day sweep away and scatter
every obstacle as. by the. breath of n
hurricane. Who is so insane as to
think that this country can be controlI-
eu permanently or long by the devilish
passions OF u tacttous minority?"
l. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph is
also for mastery inactivity as the
southern policy, and says =
SIN the meantime, one thing is per-
fectly certain for u.s. It is, that the
course OF action to be pursued by the
radical party North, is not clear to
themselves. Though possessing power
10 pass measures, their position is em-
barrassing. Their embarrassment will
continue and be aggravated by such
mastery inactivity by the South States.
as shall compel the radical Congress to
take the initiative of new measures.
after the refusal of the excluded States
to ratify the amendments, Their con-
dition is not unlike that of the Hunch-.
back, who exclaims in agony, Speak.
for heavens saker"
The Columbia Is. C.) CaroLnia,., one
of the mostviolent of fire-eating papers,
takes the same view:-
Looking to Washington one would
imagine that hell had been transferred
10 that nninf and ftof 6H. !.
changed deliberatiye Congress for
pandemonium! Let all Union-lovine.
patriotic, God fearing men, North and
South, wait, watch, and stand firm!
We shall yet crush the strong handed
faction of'runpstr treason, and inete out a
bloUdy justice upon its advocates Be
men, and btde your time-sleep upon
your arms-ready to strike gloriously
for liberty and your country! Live
the republic-perish all it's enemies - "
This is quite tremendous, especially
in its high-toned patriotism and love
for the republic. But a religious paper
of the Southwest, the Christian Com
PG'sion, printed at jefferson, Texas,
does not fall behind the fiery South
Carolinian. 1t says: ~ Ia75
eve are no extremist. We believe
in the Bible as it is, and the Constitu-
ton of the United States as it was.
Our fight, If we have to fight and must
fight, is against the radicals and the devil
The one, If we had the power, we
would simply remove from the Union
the other from the entire world, Who
Is SO base a coward that he will not
again unsheath his sword in defense of
constitutional liberty? Shall thefanat-
ical radical usurp the last vestige OF the
glorious constitution bequeathed to us
by our fathers? Veteran soldiers, to
the front-march to your tents, oh,
Israeli Imminent dangers surround
usf Organize! organize ,.lrsl