Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-04
FEEL1Nc OF THE corNrnY.

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FEELING OF THE corxTnY.
The RNllying OF the Union Sentiment
tnS rescue OF the Constitutions
An Able and Spirited Article from a
Conservative Paper.
lFrOm the n. Y. World Independent paperl
The plot thickens: we are ut this hour
in the very crisis of revolution. The
country is aro1sing ITSELF like the strong
man in Scripture, aud bursting free from
party bonds, MS Samson broke the green
wlthcs which tue treHCherous Delilnh had
put about his limbs in his sleep. The
only political parties which will he known
III the struggle which is upon us, will be
Tue party that stands up boldly for the SUI
premaCy of the law, for the maintenance
of civil order; for firm adherence to the
Constitution, and resolute defence of the
Union against all its enemies-aud the
party of treason, rebellion, per6dy aud
revolution. The universal cry of tho anti
pertidy, nnti-treason, anti-rehellion, anti
revolution party will be, that it is ready to
have the strength of the government test
ed; that 1t desires to know whether We, in
tact, live under n government or not; that
ii is time to see whether law is to prevail,
and loyalty to our institutions is anything
more than name; or whether this fair
fhbric-renred by the wisdom of our ia
theirs, cemcntcd with their blood, and
established, as they supposed on the i'm.
movable foundations of justice, liberty
and pnblic fnith-is really SO weak that it
can be toppied to the ground and crum
bled to atoms by the first touch of trail
tors finger against one of the thirty-thrce
pillars.
AsaD evidence that the manly sentiment
and patriotic impulses of the country are
too strong for the Delilnh bonds of party,
we refer to the unanimous exultation of
the whole North in the late patriotic cx-
plot of tile gallant Andersou-to the no.
bic pride with which that spirited achieve
ment swells the mighty public heart. We
refer, too, to the instinctiYe sCorn- ,ofsthe
6uscneSs which leads not merely demo-
cratic partIsans, but even federal Office
holders, to postpone the Claims OF grnti-
tude and past association to the higher
claims of country, and wash their hands of
the cowurdly recreancy of this imheciie,
this reasonable, this atrocious, this infa-
nous administration. General Wool, II
life-lOng democrat, repudiatcs it, in the
letter of mingled advice and entrenty in.
which lie expostulated against the folly
of withholding n reinforcement 10 the
garrison in Fort Moultrie. General Cass,
veteran democrat, rcpudiatcs it, by
resigning the high office which he could
no longer honOrNbly hold. By the
clOseness of the parallel, he reminded
the country of his breaking his sword
when Hull ignOminiously surrendered
to the British in the last war. The
democratic press, too, is begipning to re-
pudiate this craven and perfidiOus admin
istration. We select for particular men.
tion prominent instance of this kind,
which is the.more honorable and siguiii-
cant from the fact that one of the editors
of the paper hOldsa lucrative federal office.
1t is to beregretted that any portion of
the conservative men who have always
plumed themselves on being the firm sup
porters of law and order, the peculiar
champions of the Constitutions and the
Union, should fHlter in this hour of trial.
IConservatism and courage are natural allies
in fact, though not perhaps in popular
estimation. ltis n false and bastard con.
servatism that truckles wien treason dnres
to lift its lnnd against the Constitution of
the country. 1t is the proper business of
conservatism to hold, with firm grippe,
the good we have got, and stoutly resist ali
attempts to put the country nfloat on the
bOuudless and dangerous sea of experiment.
We ara fallen on times that demand true
manhood. 1t is only by the robust and
manly virtues of courage, frmness, hon
esty, aud patriotism, that the country can
be saved. Any conservatism that is not
POSitiUe, that is not founded iu the vipor-
Gus will that dares to resist disorgantza-
tion in every shape, is spurious; it is
chickens hearted timidity trying to mask
itself behind respectable name. The
shepherds dog is n conservative; yet if lie
neither bark nor show his teeth when a
wolf pouuces on the flock, -bnt, instead.
haOoFE HE lt, N.,sl q.
aud snenks away, he does not conserve
the sheep, nor, if his master is man of
spirit, himself A policeman is, by his
ohce, a conservative; and, while matters
run smoothly, seems the most negative,
inert, idle and dGwdling- man in the COM
munity. But If he do not show some.
touch of manhood when he sees a
burglar break into your house, lie ia
no conservative, but cowardly caitiff.
A well-manned, perfectly equipped, we'll
commanded, staunch ship of war, is the
truest type of conservatism in the world,
While no enemy comes near our coast,
while no pirate assails our commerce, il
looks a gigantic STATE toy, a sort of ornn-
mental aPpendage which adds somew hat,
indeed, TO the respectability of tue gov
crnment, but is too inactive and uuproduc-
tive to be of much real use. But oncelet
the national honor he endangered, and
need protector or an nvenger, and YOU
shall straightwRY see this respectable con.
serEative one of the most sterribIe things
that man has ever invented. Ia.a time Of
public danger, tFde Conservatism; is the
mightiest force in the community.
The hecGuservatiEe Glasses have the deem
est stake in the preservation Of civil order.
The supremacy of law, and the stability Of
which this snpremacY is the Foundation.
are the theme Of their constant edlogy,
because there is NO other solid support for