The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-08
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waEELING, W. VA, MAY $, 1886


a petulant and disappointed old man
whose a~nimosities have not been sottened
by the mercy shown him by a torgiving
Government, and whose early hatred Of
the North has become the sole companion
Of his old age; but when the disloyal sen
ments he utters are greeted with applause
by the Southerners the people OF the
North are controlling themselves beyond
expectation in maintaining their present
Calmness.
The intolerance OF the old South is the
ppreasonableness OF the new South. JEFF
Davis may indulge to his hearts content
in denunciation Of the established union,
and shed tears OF regret over the grave oil
the ConiederaCy, but when a Northern
man critiCises the folly OF the South in be-
ing mourners with the arbitrator, the
disciples Of the Lost Cause denouuCe it Al
presumption. This smaCks otsthe ole
spirit and threatens to become q Banquo'l
ghost.
This Is instanCed in the sentiment e1'
pressed by the ministers who are attend
ing tho Southern Methodist Episcopal
conference at Richmond, who were Of the
unanimous opinion that the presence OIL
Governor Foraker, OF Ohio, as d crater
nal" delegate would be inconsistent with
harmony and good feeling, This view
was strengthened by tho production Of
some OF the Ohio newspapers containing
Governor Foraker's recent denunCIation
Of Jefferson Davis and the people who
were honoring him.
Governor Foraker said what any loyal
American had a perfect right to say, and
was more moderate in his utteranCes than
could DO expected Of a man who had sui
iered ~privations and undergone the
iatigues Of the march and the dangers o!
battle to put down the rebellion that
Davis by his incantations seeks to call to
life again. Governor Foraker's language
will be endorsed by every true patriot,
lie condemned Davis, and had no words
Of bitterness for the men who were misled
by him. What he did say OH the subject
at the Grand Army meeting OF Cleveland
was as follows:
Inever yet have seon the time since
the war or before the war closed when,
outside OF the hostile lines, | could not
clasp hands and have respect for the brave
man who could take his lie in his hand
and battle for his convictions, though
they were aver so wrong, Therefore, 1t is
that l can understand why tho people Of
the South can honor those men who led
them into that contest, but | cannot un.
derstand why they should ever honor
such men as Jefferson Davis, who, know.
Ing better, misled them to their ruin in
the attempt TO destroy the best Govern.
ment that the good Lord ever permitted
the people to have. Whatever Others
may represent, this man, JEFF Davis, who
talks about liberty, represents only human
slavery, the degradation OF labor, the
treason OF secession and rebellion, the
horrors and iniamies Of Libby and Ander.
sonyille-all, in short, that 10 most mali
cibus, vicious and damnRble In American
history. 10 talk Of him as an illustrious
statesman who Is TO be honored with
Washington in history Is 10 insult every
sentiment OF loyalty and deCenCy in this
great country he wickedly did 80 much "a
destroy
Has not Governor Foraker a better
right under the laws Of the land, by
his experience as q soldier In a war for 9
unified country and the integrity Of the
stars and stripes to speak periodically
than the dlsturber Of peace who Ia doing
all he can to revive the spark Of hate
that has 80 long s%mouldered?
While the ministers Of the gospel were
discussing the improperly Of Governor
Foraker d~eseCrating Southern soil by ap.
pearing at Richmond as a bearer Of the
lraternal greeting Of one branch otaChurCh
To another, Jefferson Davis at the same
time harangued a crowd at Savannah
where he said:
"Has Georgia lost the State sovereignty
which, with Rhode Island, che won Ia
17707 No; o thousand times no. Truth
crushed to earth will rise again. You
may hold II down for a time, but 1t will
rise again in its might, clothed In all the
majesty and power that God sayeit. Ant
30 the independence Of these States, the
constitutional liberty, the State sovereign
ty which they won in l776, and which
Nathaniel Greene, the son oil Rhode ls
land, helped TO win for Georgia Is vel
as for Rhode Island, car never die"
Again at night, at a banquet tenderct
him by the Savannah Guards, he gave Ut
tetance to the following:
"There are some who take IL for granted
that when l allude TO State Sovereignty l
want 10 bring on another war. l am toC
old for fight again, and God knows l dom
want YOU 10 have the necessity for fight
ting again. However, II that necessity
should arise know you will meet 1t a
you have discharged every duty that yot
felt call upon 10 PERFORM"
Az long as the ex.President Of the Con
tederaCy ways his tongue in this mannei
the sensitive Southerners must. not be
surprised to find that their Northern
brothers have nerves, and that their heart
beat az warm for the old Gag as the gtieI
Of defeat rests heavily on theirs. II JET
Davis has any regard for the dsCenCy o.
appearances, or gratitude for the mercy
shownhim by a tolerant government he
will Immediately retire to that ~seclusion
which he 80 much gtaCed and from which
lie ouldhaveemerged He Is doing
nothing for the people he 80 g%riOyouSly
mlSled and for whom heproieSses so much
love, but Is only drawing out in holder
relief the outlines Of his intamy which
was well.nigh forgotten.
Absi, a Top, who wore rings on his fin.
gers and picked his teeth with dagger, is
1had. n Raa ha Win In tp7O 0nL nm the