The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-25


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ciation and rage was sent up ffom eS Ssv
side ,agafnst me IbS The little creatures
whom Goo, for some ltable pur:
pose, permits to, edit d majority OF our
I.lStop my paper !" from thousands OF
imperfectly, Instructed readers of the
| Iffbl'Ne,,, One imppdent puppy wrote
me TO answer categorIcalIy Whether
was or was not in favor of hanging
JEFF. Davis, adding that / mnst stop his
paper. II 4 Were not I Scores v6lnn-
teered assurances that was defying
public opinion most Of my read.
ers were against MEAS II could be
induced 70 write what they wished said
rather than what they needed to be
the base1ess OF the editorial vocation
according to the vulgar conception Of
/ il. The din raised about my ears now
| Is nothing 10 that then endured and
| despised. am hpmfliRted by the re-
tiection that e IS Tor wasl In the power
of suCh Insects to annoy me, even by
pretending to discover with surprise.
something that I have for years been
publicly, emph lea y y proctaiming,
4 II must hurry ever much that de.
serves paragraph, to call your atten-
| ton distinctly to. occurrences in No
yember last, ID, Upon the Republicans
| having, by desperate effort, handsome
| " carried our State against fortnid-
able-l looking combination of recent and
yenomous Rpostates with our natural
adversaries, a cry arose from several
quarters that 1 ought to be- chosen q.
81 Senator, AZ gqppce, Kind, discreet
I"Only, Keep still about, Universqt An.
l'''SleSty, and your election is certain.
u ust be quiet few weeks, and You
"can say what you please thereafter.
l,''.sYou haye no; occasion to speak now.n
slept on the Well.peant suggestion,
and deliberately concluded that I could
not: in Justice 70 self, defer to It. /
could moi purchase office by even pass
I've, negative dissimuI uIati6p. No man
should be enabled ~ 70 say to me, in
truth, 'fIf 4 had supposed you would
spersist in your rejected, condemned
Amnesty hobby, I would not have
t.giYen yon my. .vote.n 80 wrote and
published, on thes27th OF that month,
my manifesto entitled "Thei True Ba-
..ses Of Re- 61strpctipn;" wherein, re-
.pelling the idea that 1 proposed dick
er with the ex-Rebels, explicitly said:
"I am for Universal Amnesty-so far
as immunity nom fear of punishment
or contiscations is Iconcerned-even
though Impartial Suffrage shOuI |, for
the present, be defeated, l did think it
desirable thar Jefferson Davis should
be arraignedN and tried for traAson; and
1t still seems TO ME that this might pro-
perly have been! done many. months
ago, But 1t was not done then; and
now believe 1t would result in far
more evil than good. ItwOuldrekindle
passions that have nearly burned ont
OF been hushed to sleep; it would fear
would arrest the progress OF reconcilia-
ton and kindly feeling there; It would
cost q large sum directly and a far
larger indirectly; and-unless the jury
were scandalously packed-it would
result In q non-Agreement or no Ver-
dict / can Imagine no good end TO be
subServed by, such q trial; Rnd-hOldlng
Davis neither betterl nor worse than
several afothers-wouldh have him. treat
ed as they are." FiS1FF,' .s5tiqe- am
Is it conceivable that men who can
read, and. who were made aware of this
declaration-form ormostiof you were pres
inland shouted approval OF, Mr.. Fes-
senden's contamination of my views at
the Club two or three evenings there!
after-can now pretend that my aiding
to have Davis bailed is something novel
and nnexpectedi ......--.7Ge5t Il FEE
Gentlemen, shall not attend your
meeting this evening. have an en-
gagenent out of town, and, shall keep
y. l do not recognize you as capable OF
i Judging, or even fully apprehending
me. You evidently regard me as a
weak sentin entaIIst, niisIed by amaud.
lin philosophy I arfaigh you as mar
rOw-mindedH q blbckheAdB, who would
like to be useful to a great and good
cause. but don't.kuow how. q ;Yonr at
tempt to base a great, enduring party
on the hate and wrath necessarily en-
I gendered by Q. bloody civil war, is as
though you should planta colony on
an iceberg which had somehow drifted
into tropical ocean. tell YOU here,
that, out Of life earnestly devoted 20
the good Of human kind, y6uF children
Will select my going to Richmond and
signing that fbail-bond' bS the Ngisest
act, aud will feel that itddId, more for
freed om and Humanity than all OF you
were competent to do, though you had
lived to theage Of, NIethuselah. .agq
Iy11 ask nothing of9you, ,.thenI but that
yoni proceed toSyour end by asdirect,
frank, manly way. Don't sidle on In
to mild resolution Of censure, but
movet the expulsion which you p1rpos-
ed. and which deserve If I deserve any
reproach whatever. All / care for is,
that yougmske this square, stand-npi
fight, and record ;your Judgment by
L Yeas and Nays. care not how few
vote with me; nor how many vote
against me; for I know that the latter
tEwill repent 1t In dust and ashes before
three years have passed. .-Uuderstand,
once for all, that l. dare you and defy
Eon,, and that, i propose 10 tight II out.
Ton, the line thai II have held from the
day Of Lees ;SpFrendeta . So long I, as
any man mlslE y was seek Ing 70 eFthrpYy our
government, be vas my ,enemyi from
arms, he Vas NY tofmeFlyie yierrtng conn
tEymap, So long IS any IS at heart OPP
| posed to the. National unity, the Fed
eral, authority or to that assertion Of
the Equal Rights OF An Men which has
become practically identified with Loy-'
atty and Satie nality, n shall do my
best TO deprive him OF power; =bpt,
whenever be. 4 eeasss tn Pe thus Rde-
mRnd his restoration TO all the priHtl-
egess OF American citizenship, III give
/ You fAif dnotice ithat'tI shall urge the.
I -enffRtchf Sement Of thoSa now pro.
scribed FOR Rebellion SO so soon. es I
shall feel confident. that this conrse
| is cohsistent with the freedotn of
4 The, Blacks and III he, unity of
the 5Rspublic, and That 4 shall de-
mand a recall of all now In exiletonly
4 for participR pRtipgi Ina the Rebellion, !,
l whenever the country shall have BEEN
So tB0roIShfy pacified that rs safety
Win .npt1hsrsby be endangered. And,
30, gentlemen, hoping that you Will
henceiorth comPrehsnd me somewhat
better than Yon have done, remain, 9
YodFs,l2A HoRAGB GREELEY. !
Vi SNpgy yYoTk,elLgy q, 1870 y wa