The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-12
WE are in receipt of an anonymous

WE are in receipt of an anonymous
communication from some one who is
.dispIeased with our remarks few
mornings since concerning ga Tub
that will not hold Water" AS a rule
we pay no attention to communications
not accompanied by the name of the
writer, but that We may not even seem
unfair we will allow our friend to state
his case. [The italics are his own:l
.sYou say the 'Conservatives' appear
The special defenders of our worthy
President Andrew Johnson. j will
here ask you one UeyY important ques-
fiOu. What is it that's wanted7 Is 1t
tie Union? YOn are of the Union
party, 'so-called.' Then why not re-
ceiye all honest recruits to make this
Union? Allow me to say, Mr.. Camp
bell, we do from the pureSt motives
Of the human heart-that IS II you VIII
admit us to hare Gny-I will here say,
as for myself, done all could do 10
defeat the Union party, 'sO-called.
voted for General Mcclellan therefore
must be coppefhead) and now VIII
lingIy support the Issue as 1t stands.
When see our President standing on
the true principles of the Constitution,
neither favoring one party or the other,
but trying alt I0ICer that in him lays
To cement this once happy country TO
itS former greatness, but now rent to
pieces by fanatics from all quarters. i
think that all good men FROM all parties
should give him their cordial niu. =lDe-
lieve, sir, the Democratic party are
doing it,"
This brief extinct fairly states the
Eist OF our correspondents letter. The
kernel Of the difference between us mp.
pears TO be, that we say the "democrn-
cyp or conservatives" Tor by what
ever name they are TO be known) in
their fnlsome praise of the Presidents
policy, are insincere and mako their
professions for Interior and unworthy
purposes. Our friend claims that 'tlIe
democratic party" OF whom he is one,
are prompted solely by pure and exalt-
cd patriotism.
We do not say That our friend is not
as honest and sincere in this matter as
he claims. We grant that he is one of
the few who follow blindly where DE
nlOcracy" leads, but are primarily hon
est pntriots. Accepting ms true that nc
nus ut heart the good of the country,
and hns sincerely rcpented OF his late
hostility toward the Government, we
are vet bound to differ with him when
he asserts that the same is true of the
Democratic party.
How shall we judge the Democratic
partyH BY its conduct in the past.
And what terrible judgment upon this
party is tho history of the rebellion.
orplighted faith violated-of oa.hs dis
rcgarded-of treason plotted and inau-
gurlled! It is not needed that we
should refer particularly to tho dark
and repnlsive record. Thecountry does
not forget that It was Democratic adj
administration that permitted, encour-
aged, nbetted tho rebellion; and would,
lift could, have surrendered the Gov
crnment and tho capitol itselfinto the
hands of tho insurgents. We do not
forget that Democrats attempted in
furtherance or this plot 10 assassinate
President Lincoln in Baltimore in the
dark days of 1851; that nll through the
gloom of tho rebellion democratic pa
pcrs and orators, not only failed 10 give
the Government word of support, but
tlenouncedit as a tyranny, endeavoring
to subJugate by demonstrations"
IteVuS " pcOIle nBhliH5 IOl iADCAt " tAAtaS
Democrats everywhere labored assidu-
ouslyand untiringly to aid 4he rebellion
by embarrassing the Government; that
they rejoiced over the successes OF the
rebellion and mourned over the victo-
ries of the country; that Democrats or
ganizcd conspiracies 10 resist the draft,
on the peaceable enforcement of which
hung the fate of tho Union; that they
met in Chicago and after nominating
for Vice President an original and
nvowed secessionist, nominated for
President a man who, MS u soldier Mt
the head of Union armies, had been
the greatest failure (if nothing worse,)
of the war, but whose federal blue gave
them pretext for protesting to be n
party IN fnvor of maintaining the
Union; and that they then adopted n
platform declaring the war on the part
of tho governments failue, tho govern
imcnt already destroyed and the rebel
lion alreadya success. In short there
is not an intelligent living man In this
country to-day who does not knowthat
for some years before the rebellion, and
all through It to the bitter end, the par-
~ calling itself .'democrntic' plotted
and laboretl inccssantly against tho In
tegrity of the United States and for the
success of the rebellion.
Canitbe possible that we need so soon
nItcr the great tragedy to be reminded
of these fiictsS It is possible, because
these same meri guilty of this unparnl.
lclcd treason, now that they have been
subdued, ,lisarmed, and not only un-
punished but forgiven, have the un-
blushing efIrontery to parade them
selves before tho country us tho special
protectors OF the Union, and self-ap-
pointed supporters OF the President in
tho work of restoring its Hnelent au-
thority. 47A
What guarantees docs this party with
such "a record, now give the country OF
repentance and reformation? None,
Their very endorsement OF the Presi-
dent, for which they now ask so mneh
communication, exhibits no love for the
government but only their hatred to,
wards those who have always been its
true friends aud stood in the way o.
their schemes to destroy it. Repen'
lance implies a realization of quiet. i
these men realized the enormity of the
evils they brought upon the country
they would feel some modesty, oven i
incapable of shame. and would seek &c
hide themselves and the past in oblivt'