Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-20
WHEELING, VA, FRIDAY MORNING,

itbis time eomBleta ia arms. equiPmenr
means ~ tfahspd ftatinu. and every othe
IphitieAl npptisaet 81 ,slfEiee. Why. the,
do they tatEy Is Napoleon, with sixt =
4 5fth6bsani dodlseis liBed recruits, seitlin
the frozen astIe eftbe alps, aud aYoid,
ling fbgif hostile fofEidestlons, eOaid i
fiVs weeks, reach INC plsins ofLomhlrdl
pierce The AuEifi51 Iine4, and annihilat
Il fhs army Of NUla6 9 hIadred and tWenIi
lIh0nsaHd stT0bR, 90 lte Held Of Marengt
4 liHEfeby smaHcfptSigg The whole of ItaIy
4 SbalIii be saId tbst We tAnnot surinouu
tho bills Of YiTgipin apd Kentnrky, 10 spi'
lot their drfeuees sud. peHetrating to th !
l lteaft ofthe rebellipo strike 10 detnil lhei
dEi1its--iHfsriorsl 0arpWn insnumhen
arms, equipmeni dlseipline and all tba
Il constitutes the tfte. soldier. and stTetclie 1
lslOngn line or o5Isf tWo thOusan'i miles /
the Heterogeneous hos,
Ms we go, or scattering s9em in cnnsterla
tiop, and testcre III ( rule pf the Eepdbli ;
titOse fair rutst1usi ttrScyi lsusHrPa
tiO97more inlni 1ie IN an hat OF the AUS
tFian, aud which holds 10 bonds of terro
even those wretrhed mrh who are COM
omitted 10 its slpllEEi Alr. President. I
d0ubt our ability Is diSgrAcefaL Let
Inot be said that the SHOWS of winter ar (
l.upon u.s. II Washington could march hi /.
barefOOted soldiees over the frozen road !
If New Jersey, theif footsteps marked wit I
blood. and in tIeSmiddie Of winter eros
1.-THE Delaware; fiifSh with floating ice, "a /,
we'notHt the same reason, move our well
clad leginns towards the mild valleys o
tue South, to re-tstabliih that rreedoh
which their. suffering seenred2 VIII you
wait till spring, WHEN the roads, if ever.
will become ippassaOle 7lOr till our troop /
shall have been decinateil by the disease I
of summef2 No. Clear this war a.
the doubts that surround its Pur
pose; give to the volunteer battle cry.
cherish that enthusiasm which is tudIs
pensable 10 success, and which nerved tli I
conscripts OF Napoleon % tho achievemen /
of victory, without reference 10 the dispar
ity OF numbers See that your volunteers
are not thrown upon artillery without pre-.
paFatiou; they must sed tie guns, com I,
them, hear the whistle Of their halls, and
thus prepared no strength of EOrtificatious
can resist tlieaI; they ire the most effect
i've troops on earth. lie who doubts this,
or undertakes them in COMPARISON with
Others, knows but little Of their energy oi
purpose, or their devottCn to the country
aud their tfag Where wns such another
victory ever gained upon tan open field as
that Sof5Ruela Vista3 Twenty thousand
we'll disciplined troops, inupIy supplied
with artillery, overthroYn by torty-stx
hundred ragged American volnnteers.-
Those who wItaessed that conflict kpoiv
how to appreciate tile iudomitlble fighting
qualities OF troops like odrs. Tue oeeu-
patton of the rebel states'by Our army is
military necessity. laugh to srOrn the
policy OF winning back the traitors TO
their allegiance by seiziuE and holding
unimportNnt points in those States. Ev-
cry Invitation extended Oithem in kiud'
ness is an encouragement % stronger re-
-iatane 9ae. plinst- 81
ufe: 40 long as al ave four million
slaves TO feed them 80 lOug will this rebel
lion be sustained. My word for it sir,
long before they reach the point of ex-
haastiOn the people of this country
will lose confidence in their rulers.
And il is unreasonable to expect tue
Ioyal citizens of tbe rebellious States
TO manifest their desire TO return to their
.tIIe4iarre while their homes and families
are in the power OF their oppressors. Did
the Italians welcome Napoleon till he had
expelled their tyrdnts, and thereby proved
uis ability to project them2 SOewilh the
people OF the disiUy4 Il Stltest llAEcti' your
armies IlIert; engage and scatter the forces
of the enemy, whip somenodyi evidence
your ability to protest loyal ciliEens. their
homes aud familiesi and then, and not till
then, will they rnlly TO your standard br
thousands uud teHs of thousands. have
alluded. Mr.. President, to the 81 We pUpu-
llation Of the rebel States. Il is claimed
.uy the friends of slavery that the institu-
ton is a source of niIietry strength. The
slives are made nosouly to feed Had elothe
their oppressors, bnt TO build fOrtitic ttions
for their defence, and even ia some cases
to bear arms in their service. The slave--
holders ARE right, aud they are wrong the
insIitnii0n is AN element Of strength, but
f,uly white Il exists. Withdrtw that ele-
ment, and this rebellion fl Il of Its own
weight Theimasters will not work, AMI
they must eat Now, they are fighting u
retain their slares, exposing their lives apil
the lives of their SONS. Suppose we had
their slaves; to what lengths would they
90 in n opposite direction in the hope to
recover them? They would bow down in
dntiful submission even TO Abraham Lin
elm himself In my opinion, the obtt4u-
ing possession of those slaves by the gov
ernnleut would be more effective in crush.
ing out the rebellion thdn the seizure, ifii
could he nude, Of every ounce OF ammuni
lion they poasess. As tue fear OF losinll
their slaves is nov the incentive to war
so would then the desire for their recovery
be the inducemeh6f6 peace- March you |
armies into the b eRft hi7 tie 0Onfederacy- |!
win one victory Jose kinduess to cruel
ty, aud. as the peat aatry q France raliies
70 The standard Of Napoleon on his retuftI
from Elba, SO will the slaves, with one i'm /
pulse, flock to ours. The General wh |
commands that army VIII be received viii +
the same acclaim rs was B0naPArte; ttieyi
will hail him as their libefitOr md triendi
and nv their, very numbers will Secdt
sufety 10 his army. No tEouble theu of.ob j
tanning fuformation Of theE enemy . opefa /,
tions. Interested IN our -grAtelui /
as they will be faithful-=every movemen
viii be fnstantls reported. sudangerini
their champions and protectors. Peaei Z
will be rest0reil, aud the espse of the Wa I
removed /; and then, in these !halls; IN III