Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-23
IRON WAsHIN GToNg

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FROM WASHING GTON!
The seCessionisIs Getting scarce In
the CCRpital--Thht Letter or ME-,
Observation-Disclosures and EtherIdEe
| SSreneaeas, SPeeeh by the LRtteTl-s
slOner OfPatehfs. rs - = 10.
I Correspondents OF the Intelligeneer.l
WAsHtSGToS Cry, March 90, 1861.
! Dear IHteiLigehrer:-A little Washing
ton gossip from one of your neigGbors may
not he amiss, and may interest some Of
| your readers. The secession feeling in this
city is fast los ng ground, the murmurs of
\ discomfort that come from the South, with
every telegraphic flash, do not sbnud
mellifuousiy and are not at all consoliug
to the few out monthed fre-eaters who
intest this ''mHnufacturing city" They
! nrs smothering their manifestations OF
ehivalry a. or their numbers are growing
/ %small and beautifully less" think the
office seekers here are doing much toward
changing the sentiments of the people
1 Before the accession of abraham to the
presidential chair, treason stalked boldly
Through, the streets; and men were timid
| who still loved the Union. They feared If
they gave free expression of their loyalty
TO the "st0rs aud stripes,n that they would
be tnsrked by the traitors, and Subjected
the E1resideht;< who have throngcd and still
thTong the city, generously Offering. their
I assistance in the various departments, pro-
i.ridinR they are well paid, have become so
well convinced that their number is9ovcr-
whrlmtugly large, that they hesitate not
to say that the Onion and General Jack
son are good institutions, aud together
with the 9Th Of July, should by all means
he perpetuated. Yet there nre n few bold,
bad and daring bipsds who, from purely.
selfish motives, play into the hauds OF
rebels and trnitOrs; II seto of political GAM
blers who have deluded, the he,soyereigns of
this nation into . bestoRAli of POLITICAL
place and power who devote all their
attentiont tostheigAme OF politiealI enchrei
have a depbsitory Of jacks in,their sleeves
and always deal from tile bottom. The
English language has not words sufficient,
to 'eSprcss Il patriots contetapt sfIt sIcti
misanthTopes, neither has the Vocabulary
of the dampedl -..5.,
A letter from n distinguished citizen
OF your place, intended as a philippe on
the President, but which may prove a com.
-Piiment, has gained publicity here, and the
author fear, unless he speedily rstFacts
aud repents, will be .fit for treason, STRAIT
agem and spoils,n and after abusing the
confidence of his friends. t'lOubly, dying.
SusAii ~ .4OWh 10 IIu6 vie ,uepIuS, from
whence he sprung, unhonored and unshng.H
] anu sorry for this, and had hoped for
him nobler fate, and mn immortality In
the hearts of his countrymen.
johnson and Etheridge, of Tennessee,
are the lions of tile day, and are almost
jwOrshipped here. The latter leaves to o-day
for home, Last night large crowd, at!
tended by an excellent brass hand, sersnas
hded him. The band played ''Washingtonrs
March" "Red, White and Blue" and aITail
Columbia" to whichhg responded in a
+. firm and patriotic speech. He said
he was for tile Union, first, last and
all the time. 'Secession is tre,ison, and
ITS aiders and abettors must meet n trail
tors DOOM was forcibly remtnded of
those two "twin relics of barbarismn the
Gazette s GTize1E aud ZnGeptndeat Repu6Ii-
| can, across the river from you'll ) A voice.
t--"WhO are the tnSitors?" Spiritually
/" You tVho set at defiance tie IGirs of vour
couRtTy--y0it rho IeohId EQyfgOVr baekdnRS
on the UHi0H-yoH trho ftouEd l6IGst ths
hopes 81 millions liping and veto Ifve. I
i.caltthings by their right nanies. Jackson
called It treason, and with one bold stroke
smothered 1t in its infancy. But now it is
monster: But ere twelve mouths the
people Will resume their Judgment, and
secession will be buried 50 deep that its
monrners can never find its grave, be-
lieve the policy of the Administration Is
peace, andwill support it. The policy of
secession is war, choose re Between then.
A VOICE H0rrah for JED. Davis ssYss
yon may hnrrahfor JeG. Davis. do not
wonder atlyOV for 1t, for ne t6ois ata1itire
from justies The sympathy Is natural
This Union RlNstaRd nil rsusail entire; qHd
u 'ciI lire lChen traitors and Tebels shall be1
gTopmg ther srdy inio lie eoafass daa
along the borden Of He'll Next August
Tennessee will give secession another blow.
more terrible than even before. u shalt
retire from public life, but as private
citizeni shall bring a willing hand and
heart 70 the battle for the Union. Under,
the Stars aud Stripes was born; and,
come what may, so help me God, under
them mean to die. Fellow citi TENS of me
United States,l thank 5ou for this mani
testatIon. Good nightI Good nigbtIp
AT the 'e0hcIusionloR each sentence h 4
was greeted with thuuderipg applause,
and s.Yo o1're noble man" You've done
your duty" "God bless you, We love you y
The band bade him good.night by playing
Yankee Doodle and the Star Spangled
Banner. 4, -.
They then called on J0hnso=. He was
not well, but told them be vas frm in the
faith of the fathers; thhnkssl them for
their manifestation OF appreciation, aud /
bade them 9d-night is
Day before Yesterday, Thep Breckiu- /
ridge was makitg bis speeShs johnson re-
marked to some one near him: s'Isast fall,
stumPed my State foE that man, and told
them he was Union man. How am 20
appear before my eonstituenls on my re-
turn home, When they kuoY twas false |
lhood?H 10 point Of ability Breck kiuridpe'S |
speech is considered tar beloE par.
! The Senate has not vel eonl1Fned Halo
way as Commissioned Of Pateuts, aud |