The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-04
The Union Element In West
virginia.


men, in this State is about as complete,
apparently, as even an enthusiastic Con.
EaJers,e could desire. We should sup
pose that for policy'S sake that element
would not want to crowd the Union
men in the party clear over the wall.
The election Of u State ticket Of such over
sheIminv Confederate antecedents Us the
one il.t chosen ought to suffice for one
canvass, But the signs are that this il
MOTTO be the case. ltisnOt enough TO have
the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
departments OF the government filled with
men Of Confederate antecelentS and sym
uathics-wilh men who believe in the
right Of secessiOu-but We must also have
West Virginia represented in the Federal
councils by the same class Of men. The
State must be solid" for the complete
vindicatiOn and triumph Of the "Lost
CIuse." We must have men in the two
houses Of Congress who have the same
Confederate an.ecedcnts and symplthies
u those lust elected in the State. There
hto be no let up until the last position
Of honor ia filled by those who were true
TO the South during the war. The
Union element must stand aside to let
those who went with their State against
their country become, as before the war,
the ruling cl1s.
To this end such men as Wilson and
Niniu must be elected to Congress. Mar
tin .ecessiOnist) will succeed Faulkner
,ecesionist) and Wilson (secessionist)
viii succeed Wilson (secessionist). No
room iOr any Union man. No War Dem
octat need apply. Federal service is not
recommendation but the contrary.
Now We submit to the people of this
Congressional district that unless the
Confederate element be indeed the only
'ishttul arbitcr OF our destinies, that it is
time We should awake and see how com.
psteIy We have been carried captive by
those who only ten years ago were sup.
p''elto have placed themselves beyond
the possibility oisuch complete dominan-
c1 over us. Certainly the interests OF
iaI' Congressional district are not with
the principles, nor the cause, nor
esen the geographical section, with
which these people identified themselves
during the war, aad with which they
20 exclusively sympathize even now.
Why should any Of us out
Of mere blind worship OF a
Aans-ot Democracy--a name that is
now almost Synonyme for the word
COnIederacy, prefer to trust the future
not only Of this State but the Federal
government, to men Of such untecedents
'ndpriuciplcs. lsit true, ns Gov. Tilden
eontended in 1860, (Sec his Kent letter.
that these Southern men alone possess the
true ideas in regard to the nature Of our
Sovernment-yiE., that it Is a mere lea.
snc, dissolyable at the pleasure Of any
one State, and not a Nation, and ,ha,
should trouble arise in the South there is
aoPoWer either in Congress or the Presi.
aent to coerCe the will OF sovereign
STATE, II we 'ympathizs with such a view
VI 'ae Government as this, and are again
Wiling to see James Buchanan at the
Gead OF the Executive Department, we
% we'll to vote for Tilden for President
Add for man like Col. Wilson to rep.
resent Us in Congress. The latter declar.
~ himself at Charleston in 1872 as an
aa'0ca'e Of the principle OF secession.
W Course he will vote in Congress to
'u'A'n his theory Of the Government
'aeaeVer crisis comes. We know just
wat TO fear when We elect him to repre-
Sh'U' All we can hope for is that If
''sc'ed, he will not have a chance to de.
WI a' again as he did at Richmond in
1861.