Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-22
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r-= lAASA " AuH ulell2enceF.l
GANP DgSHISON, Mny 10Th, 1861.
.Oe0T ST:-lt' Is with pleasure that |
| acknowledge the receipt of your favor of
the itb inst, It iS.u pleasure, not only
hecnnse il is from one WHO has been in
tue capacity. of friend, nelghbor and
teacher, bnt because it conveys to me the
joyful tidings ofttlie brave course of nv
native county. More pleasing news could
not have reached me. than that yon con-
veSed 10 me, nameiy:s that If the citizens
of Hancock continued to take the same in
tercst in the present awful crisis of our
country, III less than twenty days Won
4 would have SIX hundred armed ,men in
your county, for the defence OF Western
Virginia.
For the Bibles which have been SO kindly
presented to inc aud my fellow soldiers
from Virginia, allow me, through YOn, to
tender my enrnest expires .ions of profound
gratitude, wishing the donors God speed
In their righteous work in presenting that
holy and most valuable gilt.
When IcnliSted in my cnuntry's cause,
did it through ,sgreat sacrifice. Behind
me left the teuder associations of hUme,
with all the sacred remcmGrAnces of the
past, of kind friends ana ncighbors, the
blessed influence of christianity, for the
sininl, degrading and demoralizng influ-
cncG Of the camp. Behind me i haze left
nn "HsctiODate father and mother, An,l the
tender anu sweet associations of mi only
sister. Snch are the sHcrihcSs OF. the SOL
dier. While this must lie riassed among
the greatest of sacrifices, there are many
other privations to which the soldier is
subjected. But when the demands of our
country are so great, and tue cause so just,
it is our duty to nohly make t5e sacri6ee
Tor tue sake of the UNtoH, Rec C0BsiitHtion,
aud he enforcement. of .SuSt and lOholesoRis
ta'sT. s':
w Mestern -. virginia., IN you hive u deep
interest,". interest. lhere are my friends and reiil7-
tlohs-theFe every TIC tli''t 8. sacred, every
assoclallon that IS dear. Mist our sacred
rights be trampled iundet foot and yiqlptehj
|. ny tf1tz &eeurseu gritseiEiie eessiphZl
MUST our God-gtYen rights be invaded iiy
tnat miserable, wretclied and unjnstmnre
.le"I 40! western NtrglniHns, resist
IL Resent the injnryi redress the wrongs.
Let me entreht you, my fellow country
man awake, ana act with that promptncss
that meu never acted before. What will
you do in tliis mOmcntous issne2 The
great thentre OF action awaits you; the
drama IS commencing; the curtain is ris.'
ingi the prompter is calling. Which part
ifWill you act VIII Jou act the part of
the wise and proud American citizen2 or
will youAct the part of the base, mad nnd
trenzied sccttonalist?
Let me enirent yor to striks n blow Mt
once for tile union nt these States MS tile
OF our National hnppiuess.-
strike blow fOr2this great Government.
strike blow for the well prOporlioncd
coinmns OF constitutional liberty, the
skiViful architecture which reunited M
tional sovereignty with State Rights, iutlt-
Nlduhl security nnd. public prosperity.
You cannot be so disloYnl to your own
best interest, ns to do anything that might
produce the disruption df these States
Are there amy in your midst so bnse rs TO
stand side by side with those IIell-hnumtls
OF desnncti"m2 whose only aim, impulse