The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-17
10 BaaI-The Reason Why.
DUNMoRE, ". VA, Oct. Z, 1871

Who is who2 What is what? Who
was elected2 How did the WAT resulu
Is this an empire or aIepublic? Are we
peers or vassals2 These questions come
crowding upon one in such rapid sue
cession that the mind is bewildered And
we are constrained to cry cut in the
pathetic language OF .Zsck Chandler,
What are we going To do about 1t!
And all this bewldernent is produced
by reading the speeches OF Mr.. Hayeson
the tour of his peripatetlc government
through the Southern States. When the
smoke of the late conflict had lifted up
and public opinion had weighed
the issues the conviction WAS
that that the South had been whipped
in the contest, and just as the public mind
had become settled to this opinion and
affairs were being adjusted TO this condi-
ton, Mr.. Hayes starts out on his lee
turing tour and reverses all preconceived
opinions upon this subject According to
his statement of the case the South did
all the fighting, the South won all the
glory, and the South Is entitled to all the
fruits of victery. would not pretend to
contravert this view of the result, even if
were disposed to do so, for the authori-
tv is too high but do submit that Mr..
Hayes Is making
HISTORY WRONG SIDE UP.
know that the Southern soldiers did
as gallant fighting as any band OF mon
in the world. But if there was no fight
ing on the other side what was that
million and half of "barsted Yam
keo" soldiers IN the field for?
| know that Bull Run, Malvern
Hill. Charlottesville and Shiloh shed
glory upon the Southern arms, but II
there was no glory won on the other
side. WHY are Gettysburg, VIcksburg and
Arpomattox inscribed upon the Union
standard? If no substantial fruits of
victory rested with the Federal arms,
then Grant was an usurper FOR occupying
jeff Davis seat TOR eight years. One
tl!ng is certain, either Hayes or History
has gotten badly mixed up about the re-
suits of the war For three years | rode
with Jeb Stusrt's cavalry raiders, and
when the final contest came at Apo
MATE Y, under some sort of hsllucinatiOn
that we had been whipped, IN common
To- THn rAI
HAYES is right we did wrong, and the
o.her fellows ought TO have sur
rendered 10 US We took the oath OF al
l,giaUce TO the United States govern
mcn', but according to Mr.. Hayes
views We made q hlunder ami viii have
10 be politically born over. A person
could afford TO be skepLlCal about the cor
rectuess of Mr.. Hayes position if 1t WAS
known that THE MAN Is INFALLIBLE
We have the highest evidence that ne Is
cJnsCientious-so much 50 that he want
81 the assurance OF having been elected
b. the unanimous vote OF the American
people before accepting the Presidency.
And when j. Madison Wells gave
him that assurance be swOre In. lie Is n
teader-heartcd man, tor did not ms
heart bleed tor tue poor negro when 1t
WAS thought that the Louisiana RetuI n
ing Board had been checkmated? H IS
iar-seeing man, in fact sees so far mat
he entirely Tails to discover the
word fraud" which the hand OF Charles
Francis Adams mas traced IN glowing
characters upon his placid brow. He Is
the brother-lu-law of Stanley Matthews,
and Livingstone and Stanley testify that
in all their explorations of Central
Africa no other Stanley Matthews was
fund. Hayes is the friend OF n Texas
Pacific railroad subsidy, and that Is Of
more importance 10 the Southern people
than an army with bshners.
"AND THEY BOWED To BAAL."
Is it surprising then that when u ruler
with fame and wisdom only equalled
by that of Solomon sheuld visit the Dor
ders of a people who learn from his lips
that they were the COnquerors and not
the conquered that the people should
rise up to do him homage and
m true Oriental style should bring him
presents of gold, of precious stones and
of spices and should wash his feet with
perfume. Is it any wonder that Demo.
cratic Governors should leave their
States to get along us best they can, and
make pilgrimsges, accompanied by their
.nribes and chief walters, to prove him
with hard questions. And when they
have discovered tina. the half had not
been told them, is it q marvel that their
spirits should sink in them, and that they
SHOULD employ the words of Shebss
queen of old, when addressing him?
Happy are thy men, Oh fraud, happy
are these thy servants and ministers
which stand continually before thee and
hear thy wisdom.
blessed be the Returning Boards
which delighted IL thee, to set thee on
the throne of Columbia; because
Tom Scott loved n subsidy, forever
therefore madel he thee king, to do
judgment and justice"
ONE CONSOLATION.
But there is consoing reflection in
all this Hayes has policy and It is
conci iatory. He advises the Southern
people to grant An ann esty to the Union
solliers The soldiers who, under pre-
text Of fighting Tor the Union and the
Constitution, went down and invaded
their borders and interfered with their
Institutions, are to be amnestied. Oh,
tnol mcrciul President, thou of the
bleeding heart, who knowest 50 well how
to mingle mercy with justiceN But the
amnesty is not to be universal; such
reprobs.lrs as Mcclellan, Tom Ewing,
q Gorge Morgan and others of that stripe,
VINO fought for the UAior and refuse 10
acknowledge their error, are TO be pro
scribed forever. Hayes and Hampton
have so decreed, and it is part of the
inevitable
THE SURRENDER COMPLETE.
lis not enough for the Union soldiers
to acknowledge that they didn't DO any