The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-18

Judgements for agitHting the County Seat
question again. n With the experience
which our Belmont friends have had In
sucllinatters already, they certainly mean
business in mourning the labor and ex'
pense OF a second canvass Of the county.
They will meet with less organized OppO-
sftion than last winter and, Il they succeed
IN securing an affirmative vote Of the Leg
stature upon the question, We may look
for lively times rst, -,,. a.a
Gen, Lee..The Restoration of the
...-... ... Lost Cause. lie
CHARLESTON, November IL, 1870.
10 Mt Wheeling LHtellIQeaer. ..... ....
Every person, organization or society,
ecclesiastical or social has a perfect right to
eulogfze, cor even taHOnis0, after death,
those they love and admlre in5ilG. This
is right, md exhibits cOmmendable trait
ID tic human character; and however
much the lovers Of the '!LOst Cause" may
desire TO eulogize the life and character Of
General Lee since no passed away, II Is
their perfect right 10 do so, without let or
htndrance; but VIC submit whether the
following, which was taken from lead
ing religious Journal Is not rather highly
wrought to be applied to one who was so
eminently imam Of blood" 0s was Gen.
eral Lee: .rU .ia-f, i
"He has gone from . COrruptible crown
to an incompatible, and we eau only sOy
over the grave Of the most renowned Of
Americans, what would be swecter music
To Ills ears than all tho plaudits Of earth,
"Servant Of God, well done" Tho lust
precious light Of the day Of his GOuntry's
freedom had vanished when his star went
down, but it has disappeared only 10 rise
in u brighter armament, and TO shine with
that reflection Of the Sun Of Righteous
ness which imparts to human, nature its
only enduring lustre, and in comparison
with which the glOrics oil earth are but
glow.worms in tho valley oil the shadow
Of DEATH" aIi LatEa 'gg a4l
What was there in tho character Of
General Lee to warrant such expressions
rs would be extraYagant Il applied to
apostles and martyrs. or such as had spent
u lifetime in "turntng mahy to righteous
nesSg'}i .H.'al bfE .t"ish 5te..
Now, weIwo4ld!not utter,a single senti-
ment against General Lee, now that he |
has gone from amongst us. We fain would
throw tile mantle Of CHARITY Over the
clark spots" in the history Of General1
Lee, and would haye. felt grateful had his
friends and, admirers spared us the |
necessity Of ever recalling what we know
of this Servant Of God" In his lifeline,
and we have no doubt had General Lee
been consulted in his last moments. of
CONSCIOUSNESS, at that moment when, in
the languagel Of another, sail men are
honest, hewould have, said to his friends,
''save me from so much Of this fulsome
dpnot mock mo by attribuiing 10
me virtues in death thai, / never claimed
in'liIe." Now, II General Leo had ever
CfaimedtO be'a man OF deep, ardent, de.
voted piety, the fact has ever been over.
looked by his most intimate friends. But
there Is q. long chapter in his history that
we cannot but read IN our minds side by
side and in connection, with these extraV-
agaGt eul6gies 10 which we have alluded.
General Lee was educated OF the expense
OF the United States, for the purpose of
defending their interests when the cmer-
gency should arise; he had received and
pocketcd thousands upon thousands of her
treasures in times Of. peace. But when the
emergency did arise, what did he do
Did he, with all his talent and ability,
both natural and acquired, throw himself
in the breach, to defend the honor and in
tegrity of that government whose prOtege
and pet" he was? Nay, verify; but he
Joined the enemy, and be-
Cam0 the mighty leader o! tho wickedest
the world ever saw, and in the
interest, not Of liberty and human rights,
but Of the vilest system Of vassalage that
ever dsgraCcd mankind, involving the
country In war the history Of which
makes tho blood OF the patriot run cold on
account Of the atrocities and crueltieS
BY which it was characterized. 01 "'' ~
The cruelties of Libby, Belle Island and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS so many Of our
brave boys suffered, groaned and died OF
cold and starvation, will be foul blot
upon our country which will take CEN
turtles 10 ctTaCe, and yet 1t Is admitted by
all thata word of ,remonstrance from the
commanding General, (which was never
given,) would have saved the lives Of hun
lreds and thousands OfOuE7 countEy's
brave defenders. .sJc s-Gu4 LEL = r.
But tho object oil this communication
was not so much to dtsctiss The character
Of General Lee as to call attention TO the
note iof warning contained in the shottY
paragraph above quoted. ID "The Il last
precious light Of the lay OF his c0untryS
freedom Ind vanished when his star went
down, but 1t has disappeared only to rise
in q brighter Firmaneht." % .i4. M
Now It is difficult. tounderstaud exact.
" what the writer meant by the words
quoted In tho last paragraph, but lids evil
lently one Of those oft repeated threats In
lulgc1 In by southern, papers that the /
Lost Cause is not entirely lost, but that
he object Of the great struggle TO disrupt
md destroy our fair heritage by division,
md establish government whose corner
stone will be human bondage, is again to
DC renewed and cOnsummated and that
their canonized saint has ex
changed "a corruptible crown, for IN In.
,nrrGptible one" but that the "starT" Of
lis earthly hope md ambition has only |
gone down to rise jagain, under, moro Ia
1Orablc auspices This must be what Is
meant It anything. n.-na'd th"f
Irthcsp.a arc the predictions and this the
.eHchtng Of the organ Of that Church,
which, pcrliaB, alia m6rO3to prepare the
Southern mind for the great rebellion, and
5 dOtRgFmore to keep alive the fires Of
reason than any other, II bchooves oil
'ight minded men to consider tho matter
n the light OF reason and common sense,
md not be lulled into the belief that the
war isoycrand the country safe.
The friends Of the "Lost Cause" held y
meeting at this place a few
evenings ago. composed OF oX.coniederate
officers aud soldiers, and number Of
'ynpatffzing democrats, lin which two or