Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-31

SIR, pAsl that :, done, so long as it ple0ss'
God TO girr me a roiee TO szprssS my Senfi-
ments, or an arm, ,oeaA and entte6lsd as it
may be 6y age, th0t roiee and that arm EUiH
be on the side Of my country, for the support
Of the general authority, and for the "'Gints.
nance of the PO,ssrs ofthe Union.-[Speech
of Henry Clay, August LIST, 1880.
EVERY person whom we have seen from
the South, during the last six months, has
spoken of Tue contrast between the war
IKE appearance Of that part of the coun-
try, and the comparatively peaceful ap-
pearsuce of almost the entire territory
reckoned q, loyal. In the South every en-
ergy is called into action, every nerve is
strained. This fact their papers indicate,
and everything in them, down to their adj
,vertisements, fully cOrroboratc the ac-
counts brought by travellers. The offices
Of lawyers and physicians, the counting
rooms and store houses of merchants, the
houses Of planters, are deserted, aud the
men who usually occupy them are off to
the war. The people who are at home,
are des cribed as absorbed in the one great
work Which the South has in hand
Eyerywhrre determination, an energy,
rad eren "a fcrceuess are manifested,
which are not found in the loyal
Statea. As Russell said of our troops
ut Bulls Run, so it might be said
IL
tainly SO here in Western Virginia.
"They wanted Hcrimouy," said he,and it was
true that ;hey did want it, aud that our
people generallystill more sadly need it. Not
the "acrinuuy" that is mean and stupid, but
the acrimony that arises from 81 patriotic
fzeal according to KIN owIedge"-an ncri-
mony that is intelligent and Jealous and
just enough not to stand challeriug about
what should be done with the property of
such traitors MS Charles W. Russell, +. H.
Fitzhugh, jeff. Martin and others like
them--all in the service OF the rebellion,
and all trying to do what they eau to have
us invaded and confischted.
Itis this sort of nunppreciation or indif.
ference on the part of our loyal people that
has given the rebels courage and success.
Aud hence it is that the loyal States,
while they have far larger populations
have been ou,numbcred in every engage
ment.
The Secessionists are really awake to
the fact that they are ut war. Their prep
arations are made accordingly. With
few vessels, they have taken more prizes
than have fallen into the hands of our
squadrons. They have fortified their
coasts at many, if not all, the vulnerable
points, and have closed the Potomac
With their ports hlockaded, they have con.
tinued &c feed and clothe an immense army.
Let us freely confess it, they have display.
ed extraordinary skill and activity. And
if the people have shown energy, the gen.
erals have also, for the most part, shown
ability.
AS the Providence Journal we'll observes,
these are simple facts to which we must
not shut our eyes. And the same paper
just as eandidly aud truly admits that the
case has been altogether different with the
people of the North. Magnificent indeed
has been the uprising of the patriotic
North. Men and money have been offered
With a readiness which has excited the
admiration of the world. But after all, to
how few does the fact really come home
with ali its terrible Significance, that they
are at war; True, they feel that business
IL somewhat deranged, that certain kinds
Of properly are uuproductiVe, that taxes
must be heavy, and friendship and love
keep the eyes of many turned towards the
Potomac. But as we talk with those who
have come from the South, as we rend
the reports which they bring, as we
wA,eb the progress of events, are we
not all impressed with the conviction
thas We re baye not risen to that degree OF
Ssrnss,oess which is needed by a people
alrusgling for ths preservation of national
life care not too many aattsrlng them
selves With tbs belief that this is sort of
d2LItlaa.; warfare that after a few short
weeks Of diminishing It will all be endsd,
and that 10 the meantime all that they
have 70 DO Is 10 drive their business 70 the
Utmost or to make arrangements for i'm.
6Foyips the peace which ID looked for?
Let a. not deceive ourselves. We must