Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-15

BtatesmanshiP or ge1sEalsAiP N II "
beseseh Gsnsssl Kelly, that as be rsiaes
III. Elimination spd eternal gratituaeof our
llov,l p.oDle tba. he make bare the arm Of
81. .t.est power IA this expedition u
Tu.l.r county. Let Il be one that trait
orr win shuddet 70 think Of.
.--.,,.,, h., of 1he RebeIs-Our
DnfY In TFestsFn Virginia
We pabIiSh on our frEt page to-day the
sso.es.ratiou Act Of the secession rebels,
5.ssed 81 heir COngres, At Riehmoudlaud
;,,u.8 q circular form By judah P. Ben
f,nip heir Attorney General We call
sublte attention 70 MS provisions. ReAdit
ioval men u NheeIidg and Western Viz
ginia, and say What you think Of IL Say,
also rhat yOu think Of the policy that Is
pursued in oar midst, in eOutrldistinetion
70 it. ETerythisg that your loyal bFeth-
reu have anOag the seeessionistE, WhethAr
Is be lands, houses, money or aoy species
ofreal or personal property Is sequestrated
and eonfseated By this act TO the use Of
the seeessiOnisis- Everything. Nothing is
LEFT
See how light every Bail is driven and
elenehed in The questions which Nj. Ben
ismin directs The agents TO put TO every
Suspected and unsusPeeted party sHaTe
ron nov, Or have yoa had, IL your POsses-
sion or under yOur control, since the 2lss
day Of Nay last, any lasd or tGnds, tens-
meat or Geaea1aLs, hereditament or kereditq-
aens, ehattsl orehaftlei, right orr hts,ered-
Il or ertdiis within the Confederate States
or America, held, owned, possessed or en-
ioyed for or by an alien enemy, or in or to
which any alien enemy had, or when
since that ZINE, any right, title or interest,
either directly or Indirectly"
This sPeeimen paragraph Of the e1-
eeeding yigor with which the con6seatiOn
law is drawn. Every receiver is instruct
ed thus:
a.Immediately after taking your oath Of
ofiee. you will take possession Of all the
properly, Of every nature and kind what
soeTer, within your district, belonging 70
alien enemies.H
But it is useless for Us to quote one par
agraph As more ofa speeim en- than an 9th
er. Every one should read them al. The
question is what do oar people in Western
virginia, as well as elsewhere, in the 10y
al States, owe 70 themselves in view Of this
IAW7 sit matter OF policy that they
permit such a law to go unretaliated2
Shall such a man ns Charles W. Russell,
Of wheeiing-bogusly pretending TO rep
resent this district in the Confederate Con-
gress-help to frame and pass law eonfs-
eating whatever property any Of Us may
happen to have in Eastern Virgins, or
any where within the power Of the trait
Ors, and Jet his property here go uucOnas-
Gated wemust, indeed, be more or less
than men in this community, If we suffer
its exemption. It may be said that We
have no law 70 eonfScate such property.
That Is true. az yet. But We have the
means Of preventing its transfer into other
hands until our Legislature meets. five
have not, then are We poor defenseles
community, indeed.
We are informed that every sseessiOpiSs
who has len Wheeling, and taken up arms
against US, is now engaged, through some
Of his friends or agents. in putting his
property beyond reach. There is no doubt
bat that they can succeed, unless some of
our Judges, State or Federal, or our Govern
or, or other authorized person, take upon
himselfor themselves to stay their schemes.
Is there no one among all these Junction.
aries who will assume the authority, even
if he does not End IT in the statutes2 Is
there no Jackson man in authority among
Us, who will put forth his hand and pro-
tect the interests of our people. If there
is not. We deserve to be despoiled, cheat
ed, outwitted and Hdone for" as We are,
by the seee5sionists continually.
Gen. Reynolds Brigade In Western
Virginia.