Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-31

darinely maintained. History has rssord-
ed, for our instruction and admohitt6n,
that Cataline and his co-conspirators fell
withhtheir faces to the enemy and so,
probably will fall the rebel leaders of the
South. The more earnest, the more
prompt, the more united the efforts that
are now made, the bricter will be the strug-
gle. All delay, all seeming hesitancy, all
dtssensiOn, while strengthening the rebel
lion itself, is fraught with incalculable
danger and mischiefto ourselves.
II, however. from any cause, this contest
is to be prolonged, we must not seek 10
conceal from ourselves its probable conse-
quences; but even now, in advance, we
should bravely and calmly look the worst
of them in the fnce. Your ships may have
to furl their sails in many sea, and the
grass may spring up in the marts heretofore
pressed by the busy feet ofcommercei wide
spread bankruptcy may possibly ensue,
and the wall of sorrow may go up, not
only from stricken households and com
munities, but also from cities and Stntes,
over the brave aud true men who have laid
down their lives upon the altar of their
country, But our institutions are well
worth all these sacrifices, and all other
sarriites which we may or can possibly
make for their preservation. All that we
are and all thatwe have are the fruits of
these institutions; and all that we may now
generously devote to their safrly,in thishor
of their extreme peril, If we are successful.
they will give back to us aud to our chill
dren's children, increased II hundred, nay a
thousand fold.
But even now, in the very shadow of
these threatened disasters, even this night
and this hour, we could have peace. We
could have peace by laying down our
necks, our country and our flag, in the
dust beneath the feet of remOrseless trait
urs. Loud cries of Never" .Never.'
But how can we do this, seeing that the
graves of onr fIthers are yet with us, and
that Bunker Hill yet speaks to US With
voices which will not and cannotbe stilled?
[Cheers.l ]
If we filter, we fall; and not only will
Washington, your capital, he subjugated
and sacked, but your cities and your fields
will he swept over by an army carrying in
its train desulations scarcely surpassed
since the Goths stabbed their steeds in the
palaces of the Caesars. The fiendish tone
of the Southern press, its exultHnt threat
enings, and the events which have already,
trnuspired, fully justify me in this declarN-
tion. If, therefore, we think of our lands
and gold of our Merchandise and pleasant
homes, or even of the blood that courses
in our veins, in contrast with the honor
aud integrity of our Government, we are
lost; we shall perish suddenly, irretrievH-
bly,, and ignominiously. But if true to
ourselves. as verify believe we will be;
If true to the kindling memories of the
past, and to the grandeur of our mission
rs people, your armies will Hssuredly
triumph; and that triumph the Union sem
timent ofthe South will render complete
and enduring, [applsusel and thus, out of
all this national turmoil, and battle, and
bloodshed, and wringiug anguish, there
will in the end arise II future for our
country, bright as that rainbow which
spans the mists that mount above the tor
tured hell of NiGgnra's waters. For that
future that bow OF promise and of beauty
may well be accepted as the appropriate
emblem. [ApPlause L
One of the most fearful obstacles which
has been encountered in the successful
prosecution of this war is the disloyalty
found in the midst of us. Cries of
"Thnt's so."l This is especially true in
relation to Washington city and the Bor-
der States, but it is in n degree true every
where, and to this is traceable much of
TINT discouragement under which the ma
tion is now suffering. The country is now
rejoicing in those bold and decided meas
ures which the President is taking to sub
due this fatal source Of weakness and de-
feat. [Gheers. 1t is in vain that the
stalwart arms and hearts of this great ma
ton toll Mt the pumps, so long MS men are
kept on board with augurs in their pockets
who ut every stolen oppor tunity are bor-
ing holes in the bottom of the noble ship
on which we are embarked. [Applause.l
Ebllow-citizens the thought of dismem-
beriug this Union, which has been the
source of all our strength and all our joys
as II nation, can be entertained by no true
man. Dismenberment would involve the
abasement of all of which we, as Amert-
cans, have so long and so justly been
proud, and the complete ruin Of that grand
inheritance which we have received from
onr fathers. and which it is our duty to
Observation-Disclosures in its blessings to
our defendants. II would conduct us from
palaces of prosperity and powerto novels
of wretchedness and to graves of dishon-
or. r-s,rl-fi Il. fIat=a 5l sui
When the. wise men of old, sitting in
Judgment upon the rival claims of two
mOlueEs 10 tue possession OF Tue same Eullu,
-decreed tbatit should he rnt in twain, and
that one half Should be given to one claim.
ant and the other half to the other, it was
the f,lse mother who accepted and explted
in the Judgment, while the true mother
turned away with horror, preferring 70
commit the life Ofiaher offspring TO The
keeping of even her own enomy, rather
than that it should thus perish, The .ilial
aud the maternal Instincts are in this re-
gard the samea Tile man whoSis willing
that this prosperous and free country shall
be severed by, the sword of treason now
suspended over it, may have been born
upoh American Soil, but he has no Ameri-
of "good.'') The true son of the Republic,
like the true mother, turns away from the
proposal With Indignation and abhorreuce.
But, fellow-cttizens,. l. have presented
myseIf before you NOT to make Il politicRl