Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-22

NHEz bistog comes 70 deal With the
Sseoud Aaerisaa rsTolution, It viii proba-
bly, bsAd The chapter !. Rational Ia
gTa;iisde, snd IT Viii write that, in all
hgel Of the World, in every variety Of cir
eupstanees, men have teen the sane
RELISH, heurtIess. upgrnteSui.
When opPrelsioa drove the prosd spi-
hts Of the Old worII 70 the American
costineut, tsty resolved that here. in The
wilderness. they Eopl8 build up 4 govern
neat, uoder Which the Rights Of Nan
sbouId be the paramount confederation
The fssters Of European tyranny followed
them, bu. the yoppg giant Of freedom
aross in his might. and snapped them IS
lar touched by ere. True TO the high
resolve, goyernmeus vas established, abe
hrSt and only one eysr kaoEa tlIAt scared
ths freedom and protected Ths rights Of sll
itS eitizea1. IL VAS = Union Of states ia
= common bond aud it vas 90 less =
unlou Of hearts bound by common tie.
Its people we're grntsfuI. happy, usited.
They we're in the fall esioyment Of all iss
civil and religious rights, all :hst Psrsopal
SD political freedom, that the most ar-
deaf advocate sf human rights had ever
dreamed Of Recognized by the nations Of
the earth As one Of tts great powers, with
eoatiaent for expansion. this people, who
offered their soil a. AZ asylum for the OPP
pFeSsed Of All nations, grew into might
and prosperity with a rapidiIy unparalleled.
And thus We have gone on With Increasing
power aad prosperity for more than three
quarters Of century, with no bar 70 our
yTogresH and but little jar ia our harmony,
lil1 We have arrived At a .'piieh OF pride,
Of opaIsnee, OF greatness that seems to
have Intoxicated the brain Of our people.
That capacity for Self-goTernment, tina:
happy admi1ture Of freedom and security,
OF Iibernlity aad permauaaee, which we
ciaimed for our Institutions, and which
has betn almost acknowledged by mon-
Arehy. Is aboat 70 be shown failure, and
that too BY our own madness and folly
We propose to diroWn all these, TO taru
migrate aud rebuke our fathers for seea-
RAG as the blessings We hare so long en-
jOyed. 1t is proposed that We shall prove
Focrsant 70 all that has made Us what we
are, AID repay with iugratituds countless
benefits.
We are aP, to forget, in our pride, the
humble beginning from which we sprung.
We forget the struggle, the hasdships, tie
Toll, the paiu, the treasure aud the blood
which Was the price paid for our liberties.
Ambition has taken the place Of patriot
ism, and hsartiessness Inpplan,sL the rev.
rrenee that burned on the altars Of '7s.-
The blade Of the ASSASSIN has been Struek
At the heart Of "a GOVERNMENT" a CO.
Temporary expresses IT, "ths very psrfee-
tion Of modern times. . Union which
seemed 50 Just, and nationality which
has astoni5hed the Old worldv--and that
assassin, oae who has been nourigbed and
fed from Infancy by It's protecting care
a viper Dred in the bosom OF liberty, has
attempted TO sting It to the heart Was
there ever such mo.strouS ingrAtitude?
Was there ever such madness? For when
Gibbs the life blood Of our free institutions,
who can doubt that the feeble vitality of
Constitutional liberty in the world goes
out for ages, aud it might be forever.