The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-25
.ITUnDAY MORNING. APRIL go.
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,1URDAY MORNING, APRIL go.
The Register and tie soldiers.
Tho Wheeling Register is troubled in
l,sbalf OF the Union soldiers OF the
,,ate. 1. ought to be. 1t fears
ba, as un element of the Union party
hey arc being sighted. Having
II ancient and undying affection for
bese "LincoIn Hirelings," (as they
AVE for the Re9fSter,) its bowels of
nmpassion are moved for them, and
sends up such "wale" as followeth:
A Convention of loyal" Soldiers
md Sailors WAS called at Parkersburg,
for the 10th of this month. II was not
.ald. Tie loyal" leaders OF the State
,eem to have discountenanced the
Convention. II would not do 10 let the
military element organiZe upon such
Ian extensive scale. The boys In
iglueW by consolidating their forces
night be able to dictate Congressional
Nominations, and the like. Such "a
.onsummution was not to be tolerated.
Hence the Convention failed.
Now, pray, good Mr.. Register, tell us
tomorrow, by whom, by what authori-
y, and for what purpose this Conven-
ion was called. Please explain in
lao same connection why, in your
opinion it wss not held; and give US an
estimate of tho number and names Of
7oyul soldiers and sailors hereabouts
Or elsewhere, who thought it ought to
no held.
The Register is probably aware, if not
bye can inform 1t, that the Union sol
diers have II pretty thorough organiza-
llion in West Virginia, and If they had
perceived any necessity for "a separate
convention they would have called and
held 1t. They did not want n couven-
ton. The Register therefore wastes its
fsympathy. 1t may be interesting to
that sheet to know TINT there arc some
I fifteen thousand returned Union SOL
diers in West Virginia, nine.tenths of
! whom vote the Union ticket. 1t is
1 hardly proper therefore to speak of the
: soldiers ns an clement of the Union
1 party. II would be nearer the truth to
say they are the Union party heres for
! they are the preponderating part of II.
! They are therefore very we'll able TO
take care of Themselves and 10 indicate
their preferences without comprehend
assistance.
WOquote again from the Same source:
The snubbiug OF Brigadier Hangman
Harris Is another case in point. Yes.
! teTday he WAS virtually read out of the
party by the lSTELLIGENCER.
The Register is diplomatic; but ex-
cuse us, we don't accept the flattery of
its assumption that the INTELIIdENCER
Ia the censor of the Union party in
West Virginia. We do not imagine
Gen. Harris considers himself read out
of that party by our structures OF
Thursday, any more than Gen. Jackson
OF Parkersburg regards himself read
out OF the Democratic party by the
Registers article of January 18th, or
any more than Mr.. Smith Mcdonald
accepts himself as read out OF his party
by that journal Mt the last city canvass
Indeed, we are not sure but Gen. Har
rls may regard us as having been read
out OF the Union party by his organ, the
Richie Press. The truth is nobody
can be read ont of any party who does
not want TO be. The Register would
AAhN " lGfAC S6us A4hAAl1 VI pbul
elseout OF the Union party If it could.
Accordingly it applies salve TO what
Il supposes to be u soro head as follows:
"Then again he aims too high. As
long as he is pleased to be content with
situation in the legislative kitchen, Il
Is all welli but when he aspircs to the
Congressional parlor, he trenches upon
the proscripuve privileges OF his bet
tiers, and Is severely disciplined in con-
sequence,
Now this little game of promoting
dIssensiOn in the Union ranks was dill
gently played two wears ago, but with
out success. 1t will not succeed any
better now-charm the serpent ever SO
wisely. II It were supposable at all
that any prominent member OF the
Union party were purchasable, what
can the Democracy offer? They are
like the Devil when he took the Savior
to high mountain and offered him nll
theworld TO fall down and worship
him, and at the same time didn't owl
a foot of territory on earth.
The RegiSteris not only diplomatic
it is INSCRIPTIONS. We quote ono,
more.
And so 1t is with the military Gle
ment whenever il comes in contac
with the aspirations OF the stay.a
home demagogues of the ''ring.n "Sol
dieTs are good in their place,
it Is condescendingly admitted, "bu
it,"
1t would have its readers believe
though it dare not assert, that tn
words printed In quotation marks
"'Soidiers are good in their place, bu
they must not be allowed TO so beyon,
it," are quoted from the ISTEILiaES
GER. This language never was EN-
ployed by US, and the Reof,,.,. l-now,
it. To our benighted moral sanso ,har
is very little difference be,weo1, a.,
kind of thing and prevarica,loD 7. :
only the difference between letter On,
spirit. How hard run for arcumsr
must newspaper be that resorts ,
such petty tricks.
THE President took very sinpn,,
step yesterday in sending a commur
cation to the Senate Withdrawing Il
nomination of Ewing and nominatil
Gen. Schofield Secretary of War
place of Mr.. Stanton "to be removed