The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-11

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And the recognition Of the young Re
public Of the South.
They left nothing unspoken, nothing
unwritten, and nothing undone, to
Hamper,
Embarrass,
Demoralize,
Annoy,
Confuse, and
Defeat
the General Government in It's Beelzebub
business Of coercion.
They helped us as far as lay in theii
power.
They hoped and prayed that we would
succeed In shooting the Red, White and
Blue into rags and tatters.
Their sympathy was a stimulus to the
Confederate Chivalry from the commence.
ment to the close of the struggle between
the States.
A speech from vallandigham was like
a blast from the bugle.horn Of RhoderiC
Dhu.
An editorial in the Cincinnati Enquire
was worth a thousand men.
Their d%enunciation Of Lincoln and his
devils sent q thrill and throb Of hope
through hearts that had begun to falter In
the fight.
We have not forgotten that they were
our friends in the times that tried our
souls, and that Is why we are solid in
their support to-day.
We cannot, will not, forget their SER
vices in our behalf in 1875.
lngratitude is not a part OF the South.
ern nature.
While we thus do meet and fitting
homage to the Democratic party Of North.
land, we want the branding irons and the
whip Of scorpions brought forth to mark
and lash the sinking seouudrels who have
turned traitor to the party faith and still
affect al affection for the party flag.
These runagates-these Shiny, sneaking,
shameless runagates-seem to forget that
men have memories, and that Historyhas
a habit ofimpaling facts on her immortal
page.
Turning to the files OF Democratic pa
pers Of the Northern and Western States,
we discover that these men were the loud.
est and the lustiest in favor Of bidding the
South good by and godspeed;
That they CRASHED their teeth and
stamped the ground in wrath whenever
1inkhorn issued n OF his infamous calls
for recruits, and swore that would re-
sist conscription to the bitter end;
That they cursed him to the conclusion
OF time and eternity, because he emanci-
pated our bond,servants, and thereby, at
one prepotent blow, destroyed the labor
system Of the South, demoralized the so.
cial, moral and business welfare Of the
world for indefinite ages, and brought an
unhappy race to ruin, misery, want and
ultimate extinction.
And yet these fellows say that they
have been Union men, first, last and all the
timel
And TO hear them talk you would think
they had conceived and drafted the devil.
spewed Amendments!
o the parvitude Of their peridy!
And how small, how mean, how pitiful,
they must feel when their present position
is contrasted with the proud plane on
which they stood in the battle days Of
1875!
II there was one atom OF manhood in
their moral makeup, they would stink
off to some dark corner and die OF very
shame.
"Union men" forsoothl
II they were Union men, why didn't
they drop into line with the party that
fought for the Union, instead Of allying
themselves with the friends and upholders
Of State Sovereignty?
"Union menl'
Yet they denounced the Union soldiers
as "Lincoln dogs"
"Union men!"
Yet they voted for Alex Long & Co.,
who wanted to let the Union slide.
"Union menl"
Yet they tried to discourage the Union
soldiers by declaring the War a failure as
late as 1854.
II they meant the Union Of
Washington,
Jefferson, and
BuChanan,- p
The State Sovereignty,
White Mans ..4
Union OF old, we would consider them
worthy Of the crown and palm Of party.tel'
lowship;
They want us to distinctly understand
that they don't take any stock or bonds in
Lue Ulu OuLOuI
That they believe in this new Union;
This Centralized Union;
This white, black, and speckled suffrage
Union OF to-day;
This Union Of
Force,
And hate,
And blood,
And pollution;
This Union OF Lincoln, Grant, Hayes
Garfield, Sherman, ct al.
These traitors Struggled up to the
Amendments, and hug, kiss, and fondll
them by the hour!
Yet there wouldn't be a negro voter Ii
America to-day II it had been left to thet
Oh how they did tryt 10 fight down blacl
suffrage!
How they strained and struggled agaiss
II, till their veins swelled 10 abe size Q
w%hip-cords, and their vocabulary was OK
ed Of It's last epithet2 .
And how much dirt they have cheweI
and swallowed since the New Departure
Why, they have congumsd peck,
mountains, planets Of dirt;l and they az
still in the businessat the old stand:
Andn now, gentlemen, these are the me-
who have staggered 70 the front and a
serted that the 0kolona Sat5 is in Reput
llcan pay!
Because we will not preach the Repu1
lican heresies Of Consolidation and Neg
Suffrage, they say that We arein Repu6l
Because We teach the Democratic trui
Of Secession as Jeffersonttahghthl
: Because we teach the Democratic trut
II that this is q White Mans Governmer
as the party platform taught 1t, they q
that the &dts Is nota Democratic pape
o the ineonsisteney-the naked, mas
) inconsistency-of these etinging crave