The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-01

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by wisdom, our measures by moderation, and
! our principles by Justice. ssi5iIr 5y.a.sd y y
So much for what nave to say on this oc-
clSIon touching our present duties on this abb
sorbIng subject, and some OF our duties In refer
etce 10 a restoration of peace and order, with
out which all must sooner or later result In
have, as said should, only to glance at
some general ideas now as to the Iuture prov
poets before u.s. ON this branch OF the subject 9
OF my views of that from what has already
been said. Would that could say some
thing cheerful. bnt that candor which has
marked all that have said cOmpels me 10
say that 10 me the future is faF nom being
bright Nay, Il Is dark and impenstIssole.
thick gloom curtains and closes In the horizon
all around us. This much lean say, my only
hope Is IN the peaceful re-establishment oil
good government and its peaeetql n1ainten- l
full prospect to this age now, Is the restoration
OF the old Union, and with 1t the speedy re-
turn OF fratetnnl feeling throughouttt its length
and breadth, these results depend upon the
the people themselves, upon the people OF the
virtue, Intelligence and patriotism; but for
this should have long since deSpaifed. Dark
and gloomy as the present honr Is L do not
yet despair of free institutions, but let the
Virtue, Intelligence and patriotism OF the peo-
pie throughout the whole country be proper
ly appealed to, aroused and brought into ae-
tlOn, and all may yet be well. The masses
everywhere nre alike equally interested in
the great object Let old ISSUES, old questions
old ditferenees and Old fsSds berg be TegatTdsd n s as
will hereafter be considered the siluE1nn
period of our history. z.-.,
us. Let IL not be said Of us in This day, not
yet passed. of our countryas tTinl4and agony
that there was a party for CRSar, and party
party for Rome, but ali patriots by whatever
distInction heretofore styled, rally IN an cleo
tions, everywhere to the support of him. be
he whom he who bears the Standard
with Constitution emblazoned on Its folds
President johnson, IS now, in my Judgment,
the chief great standard-b bearer of these prtn-
cipleS, and in his efforts at restoration should
receive the cordial support of every we'll
Iy my only hopes Should he be sustained,
md the Government be restored to Its former
functions, all the States brought back to their
PRACTICAL relations under the Constitution.
our situation Will be greatly changed from
what II was before. A radical and funda-
mental change, MS has been stated, has been
was known as our peculiar Institution, which
so intertwined with the whole framework of
nearly all the accumulated capital OF CEN
tury, but shall have still left the essential of
free government contained and embodied in
the old Constitution, untouched and unim-
paired, as they came nom the hands Of our
With these even II we had to BEGIN entire
much more encouraging than the prospect
before them when they hed hom the oppres-
homes In This then wilderness land. Thelib-
critics we begin with they had to achieve
With the same energies and virtues they dis
played, we have much more 10 cheer us than
they had. With a climate unrtValled in Salu-
brity, with a soil unsurpassed in fertility, and
with products unequnled I'm value in the mar
kets of the world, 10 say nothing of mineral
resources, we shall nave much sttll to wed US
to the good old land, with good Government,
the matrt6 from which alone springs all great
human achievements, we shall lack nothing
but our own proper exertionss not only 70 re-
.ro az es ~ t,an has
ever before characterized q great, fiee and
happy people. At least know OF no land the
sun SHINES on that onefs better prospects nn
The old Union was based on the assumption
that II was for the best Interests o.. the people
each State faithfully performing to the people
of other States all their obligations under n
common compact / always said that. this
assumption was founded on broad, correct,
and Statesmanlike principles thtuk so yet.
y was only when y seemed % 6e imposSi6le
greater evils than would perhaps attend n
separation, that yielded my assent, in obedi-
ence to the voice of Georgia, to Try the expert
ment just resulting so dlsastrOusly TO us In
deed. during the whole lamentable conflict, IL
w4ls1ny opinion that however the pending
strife might terminate, so far asthe appeal to
the sword WIS concerned; after awhile, when
the passions and excitement OF the day should
steI : o1Id Be made upon contlnentai principIes,
upon a general basis OF reciprocal advantage
My earnest desire, however, throughQ hQutalI,
was, Whatever might be done might be
peacefully done; might be the result of calm,
.dispa sionate and enlightened reason, looking
to the permanent interest and welfare oHalL
And now, after the severe chastisement OF
war, III the general sense OF theWhole country
shall come back to the acknowledgment OF
the original assumption that II IS for the best
trust IL WILL the States still being as distinct
as the olllowss but one as the sea, can per
ceive no reason why-.under such restoration
-weas n whole, with peace, commerce and
honest friendshi p with all nations, and en-
itangliEtS alliances with none, may not enter.
der in the old world by the grnnder achieve
ments hereafter TO be made than any hereto
fore attained, by the peaceful and harmonious
workings or our American institutions OF
SelE-goveFnment.i N fH ssI.sfi rtts i
An this Is possible, II the hearts Of the peo-
pie be right 1t is my earnest wish to see It
Fondly would indulge my fancy In gazing
on such a picture of the future. With what
rapture may We not suppose the spirits OF our
fathers would hail its opening scenes from
their mansions aboyet Such are my hopes,
resting on such contingencies but " Instead
OF this, the passions OF the day shall continue
to bear sway, and prejudice shall rule the
hour, IL conflict OF races shall arise; II am:
bttion shall turn the seales II the sword shall
ism; II the embeps of the late war shall be
kept aglow until, with new fuel. they shall
name again. then our present gloom Is but the
shadow, the penumbTR of that deeper and
darker eclipse which Is to totally obscure this
hemisphere, and blight forever the anxious
anticipatons and expectations Of mankind. I'd
Then, hereafter, by some bard IL may be
sung - ai sF--15 li-pI -i5iii1
The star OF hope shone brightly in the West;
Ihe hope Of liberty the last, the best;
Tint, too, has set upon her darkeped shore. ~
And hope and freedom light the earth no
tll1 more. zilit= III 4tf ltiiT1 20 - 'ff-1
May we not an on this occasion, on this an
IiiveFsary of the birthday OF Washington,
Join in q Ieryent prayer to Heaven that
Ihe Great RIIlerl OF sytnfs NAV avert from
This land such a fall, such q fate, and such a
requieni LGreat applause l--- .ff