Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-31
9, 4stI f55. Illp.4, 900, 600

united NOftnt ana QeQuct tneIp. lFOW Fns
Total free population OF the South, thus:
To the free population Of the isassss
nineteen Northern States and nj, ID.
eYeFTitQrtesss...I..,.... ID 2VV,vVV
ton ne 81 the soutS:............,. $500, 900
And we will obtain for the fg- 40. a.
ures which exhibitthe numer- -s.,ss
feal strength Of the National
Observation-Disclosures. "a, 100000
From the total free f g.
population Of the 10 s74t9 -,rrg
Southern States. ...S, 434s l66 -..
Deduct theloyaI pop - oT H.
uiation ofthe South, 81 4i
estimated at........4, 900, 600
land we,will obtain for tkeesti-T ,.s,
mated numerical strength Of
the rebels. i. Observation-Disclosures. 1854, l55
| we admit hlht-a part Of out data-those
fixing the number of the loyal people in
the Southern Sthtes-is,i to some consider
able extent, conjectural. We leave it,
therefore, to- our readers to make their
own corrections; to suit their own better
knowledge Ofthe facts, and also TO dispose
ofthe servils element as they think proper.
This may, or may not, be too favorable
an exhibit. Possibly it may teud TO in
| bplIe hopes luhL are ,ueAuueu W DC uuSuGus
Our Jeremiahs will doubt, and at once
pronounce such numbers of Upion men
limpossible; aud Southern Cathalines will
pronounce the table to be tIbosh,p MS they
snuffed out, in scorn, all Western Virginia.
But all there Is saeredJn the past, rich in
the present, and hndling in tho future, as
to oursconniry, pleads forfts REALIZATION
There is this, thus far, known: Cow
ards have come forth to- hail the
Union armies as deiiVererss Must not
such despotism as the desperate Con-
federates Alien. Act enlarge these crowds 2
At any rate, we have assurances, the
source Of (which Ne arc not at liberty to
disclose, that Union, men throng in the
the Southern States, and that they are
afiIiatiug rapidly for the overthrow of the
Davis 'despotism. That glorious patriot,
Hon. Joseph Holt, whose address in Boston
we. Publisl,tAis morning, in an address to
tho Kentucky troops, few days ago, said:
@Uniou menI who are your brethren, throng
those States, and will listen for thecoming
fOoist cps of your army as the Scottish mai
den OF Lucknow listed for the airs of her
ntive land. Ills true that amid the ter
rors and darkness which prevail there, they
are silsnced and are now unseen, but be as
sured that by the light of tho stars which
yoa-catry upon. your banner you will find
them all. E4i
a RhopE 1ktGSb Journal says-"When
We hear that someb ody has been lung toy
.tI'edson, i~s shall know the government is
likely 10 stand"
There is great moral and politicallesson
in the above remark, Country has been
made secondary to social, political and per-
sonal relations, instead of standing out as
The first object Of the American people: Ia
this condition of things exists the great
difficulty TINT now rests upon and affiiets
the Republic. Men first think; of self and
then of country, when country should be
first In the popular heart. Men plot mis-
chief against the government and, some
consideration comes between them and a
proper accountability for their often.
ees. The penalty Of treason is avert
ed. A regiment in the service . is
demoralised and disgraeed by mutiny I'M
der tho instigatton and influence of a
prominent citizen, and yet he escapes
through the connfvance of personal or pol
itical friends, when strict justice demands
that he shall pay the forfeit Of treason, be
that what it may. Traitors have been
seized-men and women have been caught
in betraying the nations welfare, and yet
we have to find in the future where any
body has been hung for treason We do
not seek the blood or lives of men aud wo-
men. bat we do regard it as all important
to the future welfare of the country that
all men and all women shall pay the pen
atty of plotting against its welfare, we
care not whether they are of high or
low degree. The worst foes to the I'M
ion now are those who design its over
throw at the North. aud eoyertly act with
that purpose The Knights Of the Golden
oircle-the man who, under the position
and advantage of having been Judge
seeks 70 demoraliEe our armies-all such,
We care not who they are or where they
come from; are worthy candidates for a
Ffslol's end. The clemency which saves
them from condign punishment Is as dan;
gsrous to the, Nation as the treason which
incites them to action, and 10 as much to
be aepiorsd. tits a sad, but just require.
nent that she country should promptly en-
ter upon The business Of hanging is trai.
tore and den Fesso6I Eill6SfeSsJbold aud
dangerous. Theirenaedy is severe and Ia
mshtabls, but the szisisnce9 81 tie Gov.
eminent dem9ndsit. There is no altsrna.
tive .4sIotSsl -yL0SE-k-r5 Is
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