Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-27
WHEELING> VA. SATURDAY. MORNING, JULY 81 1861.

but the dastnrlly conduct of the rebels up
to this time, has been calculated to begct
in the public mind, a feeling of contempt,
which has iulled tile country into a false
security, which would undoubtedly have
rendered the work of recruiting much more
tlrdy than it will now be, under the stiny
of disaster and disappointment. In this
point of view, we can niready sec tho good
10 our cause that must necessarily grow
ont of this temporary reverse which onr
fortunes have sustained, and it is far from
improbable, that our defeat in this engage
lnent will contribute more than our sue
cess would have done, to the nearness and
completeness of our final triumph. twill
also lead to an overhaIling of the posi-
tions of military rhiettains aud leaders,
that will probably result in the getting of
the right men in the right place, which
will be great element of future success.
see that Gen. Mcclellan has been cnlled
to take the command of the Grand Army,
in its preparations against the rebels in
EASTERN Virginia. The military tact and
skill, manifested by this accomplished
chieftian, in his short but brilliant CAM
paign ia Western Virginia, will be taken
by all as an earnest of his future success
in crushing ont rebellion in the seat of its
recently won BY the gallant ROsecrIuz
will give to the people of Western Yir-
ginia the assurance that their protection
and security have been entrusted to COM
Pcteut hands. There will another good
result from our recent disaster: it will
give occasion for the display of the rebel
lions and trnitOrous spirit, wherever it ex-
lists, and will enable the true and loyal men
of every section to place the seal of their
eternal reprobation on every paper and
every individual who mHnifestS sympathy
with the rebels in their present triumph,
which must, in the nature of things, prove
to be but temporary, and short-l lived. 1t
is impossible now to recognize more than
two political puIties in this country. Its
whole population is now divided into
Union men, and anarchists, loyal men,
and trnitors; under the one or the other
Of these two divisions, every mun must
array himself; every minor issue will. for
the time, he ignored by the masses. and
the mat who, in this, the hour of his
countiy's trial, and of freedoms peril, will
be governed only by selfish considerations
OF Ills own personal advancement, will
find himself an object of contempt, II by
word and 81 Kissing, crushed beneath the
stately tread OF the loyal masses OF his
elinw-cOunirymen.
Let the heart and the arm of every loyal
man in the nation he nerved with the de-
termination to spend aud be spent in his
country's service, and never to rest until
that proud and glorious fag-the emblem
of the power OF the nation, and of the
blessings of its free institutions-shall
again be vindicated in tho total defeat and
discontinue of the rebels and traitors who
seek the destruction of that power and
the salvation of our free Institutions
With all that bright galaxy of names of
heroes and sages and ,statesmen of our
early history, who achieved our indepen-
dence and founded our institutions of gov
ernment fresh in our memories, let us
swear on the altar of our county,. muiv-
ing hostility to the traitorous horde of
rebels who are now seeking to overthrow
and destroy all thai those glorious old an
ccsters of ours achieved, ut so great cost,
so immense II sacrifice, for blessing to
their posterity, and to the world. Let MS,
trusting in God, take courage, renew the
conflict, and. whatever reverses we may
be called to endure, let us march on, with
unfultering purposes, until rebellion shall
have been put down and traitors punished.
Let this be inscribed on our banners-this
be our Lhttle-cry: Cop AND LIBERTY.