The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-13
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week tlsGt ended with tbs N o. SHIy.
+, Il MS full o. Tie Late rebels and toslI
Iiel1z, enEzEed n deylslnE ss
ineEhod by Ehieh 70 psEsuEds the eo1Ll-
tfry 70 nencnras the ziesoO h won u
the VA, and q intrust tbs C5oSefnLEss =
I 70 those Who baVs dops thar utmost -
DESTROY Il. The Convention a. 1En,
many Han represented every u4slOSrz -
I Individual and elass in the So1Dl1y =
z Ita object Was 70 EESSt the GpS NIB - -
rom ne hands Of iks0se whose PstIloI1e
{ fidelity has bssa pEoTed In sTsEy ~
4 TO- faspz=tT WITCH ~ party aeS7PL-
! I'd ths challEpRs OF war thrown 0oHA
/ b. tboss Represented In the ConEent9on
| 1,itf, e,,d emery forced the rebellion 20
1uooodn5onal surrender, saved the
I TJnEou, and yiDdJeate1 the amazing
! csoIeY of free popular government
Had the Republican party doupieo'
and paFieyed. and called for sufrsnnsfI
and encouraged TsbsilIoni hso y sAulI1 :,
bIed, snd dedded, and detEyed; had u
doDs eEsetsd what the DemocrAt1e par
/ y did, the rebellion would have III
unphsd, the Government would nave
ioVsr1hFoWn, and the hope OF popular
( liberty every where in tbs world Wouio
have Dsen fatally dfmmed.
] II, boTeEET, when ths war eD1e1' tDs
| nstssI leaders IN The SOuthern states
and their political allies At the North
Rad owned frankly that they had put
thsiF cause 10 the test ofthe BWoKds and
I having Lost, bouorabIY aequleseed In
! the consequences; that, asssntinS 70 the
( abolition Of slavery, and relieved from
I feaYof personal harm or of general con-
dscation, they acknowledged the right
1 Of the loyal people 70 decide what pol1ti-
I cal RusTantses the changed condition
/ Of their States nequiredS II, In Euch q
spirit they had united With the people
Of the loyal SLates, old party lines
I 81 Afsz TtFLezSTEsd and the 0EFA4-
I ing questions would have been o. q ttns "
1 commercial and manufacturing anu
/ Agricultural policy. But Euep C14ISe
I was not TO be expected ana hncn re- 10
/ son and generosity were 100 l9eal.
/ Whatever tendency there may nave
} hen fnEaKd This condition was arrest
ed By the conduct of-the DsmocretIc
DarfY, Under the encouragement oil us
support the naughty, defiant lmprec-
ticAble, and utterly intoleraD!e bpnit
of the old slave leaders 81 tbs Souin
awakened, and aimed 70 se1zs the poiili-
cal control OF The late rebel States. In
{ ia old manner IL bGTsDgued the loyal
/ people Of the country upon the Constr
4 tutiorl, and atiIt painting Eith the MAD
effort 10 destroy IT. TING spiEit ana IL
disciples claimed 70 be 1tH true inteh-
r,retEr4 Dripping with the blood shed
| IN Rebellion 10 pefpetuAte slavery they
shouted that they we're The zeal deEsnd-
era of Law and the only friends Of the
rights Of the people. They we're the
Hessisus Of tie Revolution OF 20 IN
deriakInR to teach patriotism 10 the
Yankee sons Of liberty.
Growing every month and every day
more insoIent, these meD-whom mere
craft, at least, should have taught 10
remain coucezied-bofdiy threatening
endless Resistance 70 The Governments,
and bloody suarchy In the Southern
States, with standing menace OF war
against the Onion mill hey have their
| way, come thronziDg TO New York to
I dicf2te terms 70 the Democratic Con-
/ vsntioD. They did not propose nor
| profess aequiescence in the results OF
I the war. At home John Forsyth, one
/ Of the most malignant of the rebels,
and row one of toe chief Democratic
/ leaders in AlHbamz, spoke Of the Late
rebel State governments as "oYeEturned
/ by revelation, tyranny and the sword"
Rheti, OF the Charleston Mercury. wrote
from new York, gIorytng In the Iebsl
| military lines as ''OttT Lines" and de.
clarinE that Southern. men" would
not ubmfs 10 the reconstruction pro.
posed by Congress. a rebel Colonel
/ from Georgia, at a meeting In New
! York, Ebouted that If "Softhern Dem
loctats will take care OF the bayonet,
! The Southern Democrats would be re-
1 sponsible for the result of the ballot in
! Sovem Der. !" meaning that the Kn-KIuz
lake GnLe III AOyHA HgAEAos
Il Bir. Langdon, Southern delegate 70
the Convention, wrote that the sin
iquitous legislation" of Congress will
be wiped out forever" Rebel officers
lone OF them the hero Of the Fort Pill
low massacre-were members Of the
! Convention, and others attended as
; counselorB. The presence OF these
rebels might have been noble spec
tacle in the case We have supposed; but
as fact they were hereto recover what
: they lad lost in the field they were
here TO serve 1.-THE lost cause" with ex-
actly the same Patrioc fidelity That sent
J. them TO Bull Run, and doomed Union
soldiers to AnderBonville and Sails
bury.
Does anybody suppose that the late
: rebels have changed their views of the
n nature of this Government? Does any
> thing tend to show it2 II Governor
! Brown, of Georgia, or General Long
street, or any conspicuous rebel, hon
orably confesses his honest acquies-
cence In tho great result, he is de-
nounced and ridiculed not alone by the
. leading "DemocEatsn or ex-rebels OF
the Southern States but by the North
, ern leaders also. The only class of the
population in those States which the
Northern leaders especially favor and
, praise Is that of the unyleldinR, ICON
sistent" rebels. II, on the other hand,
, any one of the late rebels accepts the
Situation In Roo0 Ialln ana nearby
. seeks TO aid in the speediest and most
: satisfactory settlement of our difficult
D ties, then, like Governor Brown, he acts
: openly with the Republican party.
e Are such facts OF no sIgnificance7 Do
: they not help to show in what direc.
5 ton and with what party lies peace
3 Was there an Eonest loyal man who
3 had given bis sympathy, his prayers,
7 his money, his blood, his friends, his
children, 10 maintain this Union and
, Its Government against the rebellion,
] whose heart did not beat more quickly
3 last week as he reflected upon the as
sembly OF the enemies of the Union
t and those who aided their rebellion, 10
/ obtain possession of its Government
> and to crafty their hatred of loyal
( menu Was there one such man in
. the city, is there one in the country,
: who does not soIemnly resolve that he
3 will do all that lies in him to battle at
: the polls this party which again enters
upon a Presidential campaign as IL did
I in 1850 and in 1864 with the threat OF
revolution II IL does not ? 1t Is
the insolent old slave power contend
ing for the Government with the loyal
n people of the United States.