Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-23

are standing frm5 for tde fJoustit utiuug the.
Union, and the enforcement OF the laws.
They have never consented and never will,
to the hell-hatched scheme of destroying
the best Government ever erected By man,
inspired by Divine wisdom. From all
cnn hear, land have Information from
various parts of our Stntel and see, am
firmly convinced that large majority of
the people of Virginia are opposed to Sc
cession. Yet the probabilities are that
the Ordinance passed by the Convention
will DC adopted; md war, it may be justly
4 nsked2 The answer is eAsT-Yo diSenSS-
ions are to Be qLLolred.
Sirginiaus who have heretofore enjoyed
! the right 10 discuss freely, at any time and
atuuy place, all questions affecting their
interests. are now, when the issues involv-
ed are of more magnitude than ever pre-
/ sented 10 them, TO be deprived of that right.
) am fully aware that should the ordinance
of secession be carried, and this charge be
made by any one, it will be Indignantly
/ denied by the secession press of the State;
/ but mark the course they pursue now. Do
they not denounce every one who is OPP
| posed to the ordinance of secession, and
say that any one WHO may. vote against il
Is no: n FREUD to the South or tue State,
and should not be permitted To remain in
! the State2 No matter what may be the
auteccdeuts of the person; his forefsthers
may have fought for the independence of
tue colonies; his father or himself against
the British in the last war With England;
hc may be stakeholder, he may in his
conscience and before God believe that
every interest present and future demands
| that Virginia should not sever her con-
nectinn with the Federal Government; his
moral character may be above reproarh,
yet unless he will vinlata his conscl.
enec, 10 contrary to his Judgment, do
that which lie believes will ruin his
State and ultimately deprive him of his
interest in slnves, By voting for secession,
he.is not trustwortllyi he ought MOTTO he
permitted to remain in the State. so Ieli-
pora! o moTes ~ Should the Union men
be over:Iwed and stay away from the pulls
land fear thousands will, ] and the ordi-
nance OF secession pHss-Virginia Ehitched'
on to the Southern Coufederacy-th lib
critics of the people will be gone forever.
! Let those who read this mark the predic-
zion. Already the Richmond EGdminer
calls Cor a Dictator, aud but few of tho
press raise their voice against it. Indeed,
the little opposition manifested by any of
| the papers that have seen is like the COO
ing of the dove or the feeble blenting of
the lamb. The papers of Virginia, at least
| In the tidewater portion. are afraid to al
low any expression OF Union sentiment
! Had the Union men any medium of the
ktnIlr you would soon see hot shot poured
into the ranks of the sccessiontsts.
understand that there are from 300 to
$50 troops in Alexandria, among whiGh
nre numhcr Of loafers from Washington,
in tue so.caIled National Yoluuteersi
also learn that the ctdevOnt Capt. Schaffer,
who WAS reported as having returned TO
iyour city, with disclaimer that he had
been trying to raise troops to fight against
the Government, was in Alexandria a day
| or two ago, and was hcartiiy Chcered by
the National Volunteers at their armory,
corner of King and Royal streets. 4u-
jourd hui rel demam REIN" To give a sam.
pie of the secessiontst's notion of 40 coer-
cion, tits quite common to hear them say,
"If you vote against the ordinace of se-
cession yOn ought 10 he shot tlowri; - II
will shoot you down, or Twill help to put
rope around your neck" &c. Tnese are
the men 'cho could nor eosres!! All such
men. unless backed by mob are cow
ards; but they have the mob with them,
and the tnan who votes for the Union
mu,ttake his life in his hands. sYou may
hear from me dg6ins AsrnA CAsrRA: =
P: ST. learn .thatften men belonging to
Capt, Thornton Triplett's company, desert
ed two were caught in Alexandria, aud
eight escaped to yopr city.