Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-15
The sruts Of ThinEs IN soIas Of our
Cnnnllaa.

The BERfe u Things IN SOuns Of Our
Counties.
SoGEfTNIs, In surveying the Whobe Geld,
We almost conclude that there is no earnest
appreciation among our people in Western
Virginia, Of the necessities which the wick
ed rebellion has forced upon Us. We APP
pear half asleep. Nobody scarcely arOuIes
As they should. We say nothing Of the
IeiluTsly manner Ia which recruiting has
been carried on. That has been harped on
until it is worn threadbare. We aIlude
Just now 70 the way in which We bear our
selves towards traitors caught, tin fay
TanGs dslieto." Look At the state Of things
In some Of the outer counties. II reliable
men are 70 be relied upon, We are 70 be-
lleye that this very day, men from the
rebel army-Gormer citizens Of Taylor,
Preston, Harrison, and other eounties-are
coming tack into winter quarters Com
ing back to promote treason and house
themselves for the cold season. Coming
back As the euisSaries Of JeR. Davis and
Bsauregard, on leave Of absence. 70 see
how the land lies among us 70 report up
on our strength and our weakness; to
make rs as much weaker as POssibIei 70
thoroughly spy out the land 70 beguile
the unWary, diSaReet the lOyal, confirm the
waVering disloyaIi in short, coming back
70 plot our ruin as Ear a. possible.
These meu-e1aetly Busb nen-are COM
ing back We are told every day-sneaking
quietly 70 their bones, and feeling their
way softly into iheir old places and man
nsr Of life. They are permitted 70 do this.
They are not arrested. Only a feeble COM
plant L made here and there by an almost
despoodent Unionist. 1t is likely that
nons Of them will Be arrested; that they
will be allowed 70 do just as they always
did-tO 60 and come, plot and plan just as
they did months ago. No one in aathoFi-
~ esteems It his business 70 take any steps
for their riddanee Zach one depends on
somebody else, aud somebody else, IN his
turn, depends on some other one. And
thus the matter goes. Aud thus we go
into the WileS, aud for auRht We are doing
TO save ourselves, into the clutches Of the
most lawless set Of eonsPiratOrs that ever
Cursed the face Of Gods earth with their
presence.
Is there no Vigor IN our cause at all Z
L. there 40 power ia the arms Of our au-
thorities1 Are we paying our money-are
We suffering all the annoyances OF revo-
luHou-are We kept restless by day aud
night, all for nothingi Are the wicked to
go hand in hand unpuniShed among US all
The time, until We are vsxed out-Worn
out-utterly dsspOndent-utterly demOral-
lIsd aud imbeeiled1 This is the serious
question. Who will anSWeritR Will our
mAgistrates1 VIII our military COM
mauders7 Who will do anything1
The loyal people of Western Virginia
would worship bold, vigorous, relentless
set Of Ieaders-wbose policy should be
iron as DraeO, aud whose justice should
be even more swim, severe and terrible
than was CrOmweII's. Is there Que such
among usi L. there even a blind D andOlo
among usR
Look how IL has been. DR.. Parsons, a
member Of the last Wheeling cOnyention-
as good a man, as pure patriot, probably,
aS livss-has since August last been kept
an exile at Cranberry Summit, in Preston
county, almost within sight Of his home,
In Tucker county. An armed band Of
secession desPsndoes had control Of the
county, although not hundred in number.
The Sheriff Of the county had proclaimed
that he would hang every man who voted
for q division Of the State. The county
was tsrrori1ed. The Union men were de-
fencsissi because they were unarued.
They have been morally subiugated.
Now We put it 70 any true man, what
would be the policy to pursue towards
these doIPeEadOssI Would Ii not be to {
hang sad shoot every one Of them a. fast
a. they are caught. They have burned
Ihsy have rOhbed-they hare committed
burglary, and hare despOlIsd prominent