Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-14


ltichnond deputies, and bend the knee,
and bow the head, and receive the collar
branded with our masters name, and rise
up, his property-tlIe contract having
been sealed, and the price duIr nait down
Tor us, some days back Va could,
suppose, do all this-providing that is,
that every spark Of freedom and lnnng,oi
is already crushed out of us, aud tllnt we
nre willing. thnt We and our children
should be serfs forever. But will we do
IT? For one my answer is tliis-and i'll
mistake not it will be yours also-NEvER,
so help me God!
the REAL QUESTION.
tits not one of mere party nolitics-Ttis
not question of North or S6nth-thouol,
artful demagogucs have laboured hard to
persuade us that it is so, in the face of
the fact that there IRE !hundredso thou
sands fas loyal Union loving hearts in the
South us boats in human breasts. It is not
q question OF whether this or that man
ought to have been elected to tue Presi-
dencY of this nation. If our candidate
was not the successful ono in the last can
vass, it was not the FIRST time we were
defeated in an electiou-thou9h it is the
first time that the people of this country
have been invited to follow the example
of disappointed factions in Mexico Ly Mt
tempting the overthrow of the govern
ment in consequence of such drfcat.-
But the real question is one of Union or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or M Guverrt-
ment. 1t is n question, in short, of law,
security nul peace ON one side, and of
anarchy, war, and despOtic usurpntion
ON the other. II you hold that Cnnsti-
tutionally elected President, sworn to
preserve. protect and defend that Cin.
stitutiOn," and pledged to execute the
laws, must sit idly by while tho property
of the country is pluudered. and its flag
insnlted and assailed, if you think man
ought meekly to sit still while armed
marauders Hre Seizing his goods and
burning the house over his head, then
further argument would be nnavailin..
But if you believe that the " "penple of
tho United States" in the Constitution
which they adopted, created n government
and not II nero lcague-and for tie very
reason that the latter had hccn tried, and
had proved incffcielt-And that since the
action Of the whole people. was requisite
to establish this Government, nothing less
Than like action of tho whole people
can destroy it, If you beifev6 With the
Father of his Country, that our Union
s'ls n main pillar in the cdiEiee Of our real
lndependcnce-the support nf our tran
guilty ut home. our peace alFOad, ul our
safety. OF our prosperity, OF that very
liberty which we so highly prizes" then,
You will say with the immortal Jackson,
when thirty years ago, he was acting
against foes from the tho same quarter
with the present ones, "1he Union; il
must and shall be preSfIVel Z" or with the
eloquent Webster, Liberty and Union
noto and tOreCer-0Re and ipsepard6le!"
THE REMEDY.
1t is no remedy to sit down in weak
despondeney, and cry 1--WE are ruinedv
I'VE are ruined" We are not ruined,
eHLsSS are ruin ourselves The attempt 10
cnslave us is the crime Of others; IN as
sec to it that ire ShQliRot descrrc to he slares!
1t is no reprQach to us. that others have
sought to betray US; it will be IL bitter,
burning intamy which no years can c(Facc,
ut which our children will hang their
heads and blush, if We do mt, should we
consent to and ratify TINT betrayal. Let
us in Western Virginia stand firmly to.
gether, and all tciH be lcel To this end
let us hold County and neighborllood
Union Mcetings-Pledging ourselves to
each other and to the Country, to stand
by tho "0ld Flag to the last.
Let us exercise our rights as freemcn
by cNsting solid vote against the iniiI-
mnuS Ordinance Of Secession.
Let us peaceably, but firmly, at the
same time and places, vote for suitable
persons to represent us, rs afOrctime, in
the Congress Of the United States.
And let us he assured that SO long ms
we Loyalty stand by tho Government uf
the Union, Il acu stand by as! Thnt
Government has men, and ships, and
money, and credit: and it ought not to
be concealed, tllnt in this contest. she has
with her the good wishes and influence 0f
the civilized world! She Las long and
strong arms Even now they are being
thrown securely and cffectpally all around
this greRt rebellion. 1t will be utterly
crushed out US surely us there is Il God in
Heaven
But for Western Virginia to stand fast
under the flag which Washington first
unfurled. is not only loyal and true, but
for her homes, it means peace; to follow
the mad fortunes of Eastern Virginia con-
sPirators, means tear-and such a war as
must work her ruin. If Eastern virginia
will offciously invite transfer of the war
from the homes of those who causelessly
began it. to her own homes, and to her
own capitol. let her take the fruits Of it
IF she i0al hare border line, bristling
with bnyonets, and frowning with fort
resseS, let her rnn it along the Blue Ridge,
and take the good of it ut her own door,
rather than along the Ohio River. If she
will ''secele" from ns, let her go; we can
spnre her. For fifty years we in the
West have taken just what she was pleas
ed to give, aud no more! She hns dug for
us, not one rod of Canal; she has built for
us not one foot of Rail Road-She has
neither built, nor endowed .torus. n sim
gle School. We hare done all these fiinGs
for heZ. And for ourselves we have in