The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
rho New RebellIon.
To the Editors of tho IntsllIgencer:


To the Editors Of tho IntellIgeneer:
Certain political aspirantS and design
ing demsgogues, to crafty a dGSGppotnted
thirst for Office, plunged the country into
civil war in 1901. The consequences Of
which were that the earth was made
drunk with human blood, every house
hold became o temple Of mourning, and
the whole land south Of that Inflated line
known a. Mason and Dixon's was made
to resouud with the groans and shriek9 OF
dying victims. Fields were dotted with
tho graves OF innocent men, tOrecd to the
slaughter by cowardly skulkers and hang.
ers on out Of danger, by the false cry that
the "hated Yankee had invaded the sa-
cred rights Of the Southern people, and
trampled under foot the Constitution oil
our fathers"
Scarcely has now tho smoke Of the bat
tie and the smell OF the blood Of the fra
trlcidal strife been waited away by tho
breezes OF heaven, and washed In the fra
GRANGE OF the flowers Of the fields by the
angels Of peace, before these authors oil the
wreck and ruin Of our common country
in the four long years Of war, under the
hypocritiCal preteXt Of erscHtiUc uSurpG'
ton, were found engaged In disorganizing
the government Of this State and getting
up new REBELLION against the Constitu.
tional authority OF one OF its co-ord-
mate branches. Until these old enc
mics Of the public peace got into
power, there raS peace in h1
State. The people under the benign in
fuence OF good government, and tho gen.
eral desire 10 cultivate friendly relations,
and let "bY cones be bygones," were
prosperous and happy. There was no
discOrdant element In the administration
OF the government. No warning by the
legislature upon the Governor, and no dis
position to reUire the system OF proscrip-
lions among brethren Of the same politt-
cal family, for honest differences OF opin-
ion. Ali went on smoothly and well,
tho leaders OF the old rebellion got into
power; and no sooner do they get into
Office again than they revive their war
fare upon everything, which saVors OF
love Of country, and the union Of the
States; and on every man who voted for
Governor Jacob in preference to Camden;
a syStem Of Tetcspdper putting and nIutua!
admiration and praise Of one another, and
dispdndgeMsRt and detrdcti0n ito say the
least) Of their equals in all respects, Is the
0ame uhich they haze thus far played most
Suees9tuLy. And this game they intend
10 keep up, until they get complete con-
troll OF the State government, il It costs
the country another reign Of blood.
When you cast your eyes around about
you, and behold the men who are con-
uolling the Legislature and the Judiciary
Department OF the State government, and
cali In review their anteCedents, traitors
and treason arc becn in tho usCCnudnt,
They whose hands are rcd with the blood
Of innocent men, dictate the laws, least
In high carnival on the public treasury,
and sit enlhroned in Judicial ermlne, and
denOunce Governor Jacob for maintain
ing that constitution which he swears 10
support. This picture, sad and gloomy
as il may seem, as auguring the future
destiny Of our young State, Is neverihe'
less true. History is said 10 Ire philosophy
teaching by examples Ransack her
libraries and search her musty volumes
till the eyes grow dim, and you will fail
10 find an instance on record in which so
much Of ingrdtitude, presumption, immod'
eSty and Ddnt Of real merit, have made
such Roadway in tho subordination and
rule OF people 10 so short time after 30
great civil convulsiOn as the rebels have
In this State. When one COolly contem'
plates the present state oil afairs-thc ter.
rible ordeal through which the people Of
this state have been forced to pass, Ind
the threatened impeachment Of their con-
stitutionally elected Governor, to get him
out OF their way 80 they can the more ei'
fectually plumber the peoples treasury, 1t
Is not to, be wondered at that tho honest
masses, speak of another tcar, as not only
probable, but ine0itable. Ifsuch cOlam:
ity should again befall our State, well
might It besafd, "woe to the vanqulshed"
FEDERAL SOLDIER.