Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-13

no ill mp the ranks o. tue Iron uuards % serve
mr. three years, or the war. II IL desirable that
,bs name Of those wishing to Join be handed In as
-, ~ urartieabIe 70 S. n. SelSll, II. II. Weoden,
or The undersigned at the cOmPanys Head Quar-
tiers. No. AeLnfe House' ~ s-,,,n,,,,,,r =
sedti-H BW.sTbPHENs' Ir'
rsy- GEs. scnExcx IN TIRE eiTy-
spEAkrxo At the McLuRE HoUsB.-Gen.
Robt. sebenek was in the city last eve
ming, on bis way to join Gen. Rosecrans.
About Z o'clock, large crowd assembled
in front Of the Mcclure House, and called
upon him for speech. The General, nc
eompanied by Gov. Peirpoint, came on.
upon the balcony. and was introduced to
the crowd by the Governor. In reference
10 the existing condition of things, he said
there were but two sides to the question.
There are those in favor of sustaining the
Government, aud those who are in favor
OF prostrating it. There can be no mid
die ground. You talk about peace. We
are all for peace. You talk about neu-
trality. We would all be neutral, If we
could, but peace aud neutrality at this
time are only other numes for secession
and treason. Those who are not for the
Government are against it. He said lie
had infinitely more respect, If he could
have any respect at all, for the man who
come out boldly under the flag of JeiF.
Davis, and me, him upon the field of bat
tie. than for the sneakiug poltroon who
gives the rebel cause all his sympathy, but
is afraid to incur the danger. The tory of
the revolution was gentleman aud pat
riot compared with the seccssionist of
1861. The cause Of the present war is,
that a class of men have been teaching
that We are a collection of separate, petty
confederacies, and that our allegiance is a
matter of locality. At the breaking out of
the war, it was common TO hear men say,
! must go TO South Carolina, because /
vas born there; or perhaps, II he was not
born there, lie had married there, and
there lived his connections; or, IL reither
born there nor married, he had lived there
a long time and done business. What
should we do with the man who was born
in one State, married in another, and did
business is anoiherf We must have u
great common country, TO which we must
owe a common allegiance. We must be
born where we please, (if we have any
control over it) do business where we
please, and marry where we can. 1t is
this political lie, therefore, about separate,
petty sOyereignties, that is at the root of
all this difficulty. To illustrate, go to any
of your hills about here. You see first the,
tall hickory, then the knarled oak, aud
then the miserable dog wood, or some such
scrub, and you really think there Is some
difference but go back little ways, aud
we see the whole vast, verdant forest
beautifully blended into one. At home
We puderstspd these little differences of
locality, but when abroad We are never
Virginians or Ohioans, but American eiti-
zeus.
1t is for this reason, said the General,
that we have a common cause in this war.
We must fight it out together If we expect
our liberties to Ss meiutaiucd. do not
go to fight the battles of Virginia or Ohio,
but go to fight the battles Of the United
States shall not ask the man WHO is
stauding shoulder 10 shoulder with me,
"what State nre You from, sir" ueitiler do
expect him to ask that question of me
1t is enough for me to know that be is
there, engaged in the same glorious cause.
concluding, General Schenek said he
did not think IL would be long war. If
We ali did our duty, and came forward to
meet the emergency as It should be met,
the neck aud the back and the heart of
this rebellion would soon be broken. He
was willing 70 give alIliis strength of body
aud mind, aud all ne had, aud 80 in with
all those vho.vers willing to drop all par
ty lines and sectional prejadices to accom-
p!ish the great object.
General sehsnek was loudly npplauded
during the delivery Of his most excellen,
speech.
Calls were then made for "Pierpoiut," to
which the Governor responded by intro
dncing Major McPhial. The Major proceed
SdtO address the crowd !, aud was followed
by Auditor otRne, E. B. Hall, Esq, and
others.
RAiLRol5 AcclpENT.-o saturda,
evening the freight train on the Pits
burEh, Fl. Wayne and Chicago Railroad
eOllided at Clinton, Eve miles west OF