The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-28

Fletcher Harper. 900
Thomas 200
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Concerning the Presidents habits,
Mr.. Fl. J. Raymond writes in the New
York Times "Wendell Phillips re-
Gently allowed himself to allude TO
President Johnson as OF dissipated hab-
its. He did not assert 1t. but assumed
1t as notorious fact which could and
should be taken into account In politi-
cal estimates. A year or two ago, when
the crusade against the President was
especially hot and reckless, this impu-
tation, with a dozen others equally
damaging, was dragged into the SER
vice, and the whole public mind was
nlIed and saturated with it, 1t can do
the President little good now to correct
any OF these stDries,i as it can do him
little harm to repeat them. But we be-
lieVe 1t IS universally known by all
VINO havethe best means OF knowing,
that there is not syllable of truth in
this assumption-that Mr. Johnson's
personal habits have been rfgfdly and
severely abstemtous ever sincsl he has
been in the Presidential office" ~. n
= - -f[H't 80 10 i5f5IuaftI a1r-
1t is probable THAR at Montreal we
shall have the first utterance from :Da-
Wis, in the way of selEdefsnce for his
part in the rebellion. The Canadian.
sympathizers propose to get up a ban
quet in his honor, and, as a mattor OF
course, its main object will be to get a
''speech" from the rebel President, The
less that Davis says about his political
conduct during the last seven wears.
the more likely will he he to enioy
hereafter the political and personal
quiet winch he says he Is SO anxious to
get. It is reported, however, that he
has bought residence in Montreal.
and It may be that he intends to quit
forever the country he tried so hard 70
destroy. II is also reported that his
plantation in Mississippi has been sold
under Government direction, and is
now owned by negro: q, 5s6isTGs .
The New York. Herald has long arr
ticle on the Illicit manufacture of whis,
key, which is now sold openly IN New
York forsI Is and 81 80 per gallon, al
though the tax alone III paidl would be
81 not to speak of the cost of making
the stun. The Herald attempts to
prove that great deal of the LIQUOR is
made in the Southern States, where the
revenue lawsareg generally dIsreratt]ed.
This isquite probable, but it Is not de-
MED, also, that there Is plenty Of cheat
Ing going Onin New York, both among
the distillers aud the revenue officers.
who are continually getting into trout
Ole In spite OF their sharpness. 1t Is
quite certain that the action ofthe last
COnUF1Raa ftNfa bfnak- Jlf,l ,,aEt,E....5..E
all to remedy the evil.s 81 f'ylys' %}sit
Wendell Phillips has let ny all his
coplous store of obiurgatory adjectiyes
at the head of Mr.. Greeley. He speaks
otthe signature of the bail bond as an
act of"unthinking folly" and "a mel.
archoly farce" pronounces the philos.
opher "the dupe of catch.wo,rr,ds., ac.
euses himtof beating down law CON.
fusipg the moral sense of the nation
installing the character Of the spaniel
ior the leryor OF forgiveness, and en-
couraRfng future treason and traitSrs
Mr., Phillips finally declares, thaf Ssos.'
row masters tndig and that he
is compelled ITO believe him more
lacking IN, power to. discriminate be-
tween right and wrong than he had
Ianeled, and in order to preserve his
fsith in Mr.. GFeeley's integrity"
The New York 1sloaa,s thinks that
"Eenianism ought to 1live''-not be-
cause there Is any prospect Of its sue.
ceeding In its aims, but as ''protest,'
against English rule in Ireland. We
submit that the ''protsst'' costs q good
deal more than it Is worth. The whole
movement Is supporter by voluntary
hcontrtbuuons OF 1Eishmen and Iris6-
women, especially in the United States.
some milhons Of dollars have been
acteristic OF the race, Is the Fenian
moyement,-under the assurance and
in the hope that It would lead 10 The
liberation Of "ould Ireland.p Anys
thing that promises this, commends
Itself at once 70 the Irish heart. But II
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