Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-28
TAKE Your choIes.


The sspioa4gs Of the press has begun
and not 4 moment too soon. One or two
Of our city journals which have been the
most reckless IN their disioyal teachings,
have been stopped by the United States
narahal n fTaHSifH between here and the
South and West. Severe IS We must call
such = proceeding, IL is one We eandidly
think demanded By the disordered eOndi-
tion Of the times. If the publie mind be
daily saturated with disunionisn, Il must,
in the end, exhibit all the symptoms Of
that disorder. One thing or the other be-
comes inevitable, via: We shall have TO
abandon all hope Of seeumlating VOlun-
ter army 70 match the enthusiastic forces
Of The South, or else We must stop, per-
force, the eiFculsfion Of those sheets which
hold the war up to the common UNDER
atandinR a. ''unholy" aad insidBously euI-
tiVats q popular aVeEBion 70 the army Of
the Union" Here is your alternative; take
your choice.
The above forcible remarks are from the
New York Sunday Tiniss. Take your
ehoieelp This Is an injunction that every
maa-sVery patriot ought 10 lay to his
heart. We must take oar choice, As the
T5mes says, and that soon, fOr the injary
that Is being done by every days delay is
inealeulable. More vigorous and stringent
measurss are called for In this immediate
region. Facts have come to our knOWl-
edge within few days past that are
alarming. We presume they are facts,
for we have the evidence Of some Of the
most reliable gentlemen Of this aud neigh
boring counties. There Is beyond doubt
an spvard movement among the traitors.
Within day or two past our authorities
have been notified by messengers here of
the importation Of arms by the secession
ists Their toue all through the surround
ing countrr is much holder and more def
ant than it vas weeks ago. And all this
has some eause-some reason lying back
Of it. They are not bnoyAnt and active
and defiant for nothing. Depend oa that.
As far a. our United States Marshal
here Is concerned, be has discharged a
patriotic duty in suppcessing the sale Of
reasonable sheets on our streets. He has
enIoiued upon all the newsmen Of this
city 70 bring NO more OF such wares to our
city. Aud We presume his injunction will
be Ubeyed. The next thing to be eonsid-
cred Is what are our State authorities
doing7 Is every effort being made to
head OF the traitors that can aud should
be made? We merely ask the question,
for we do not kuoW. We only know that
the Union men in the Surrounding country
are AMIGOS and apPrehensiye, aud that
they feel that the strong arm Of authority
ought 70 be laid on the SeeessiOnists in a
way that they cannot afford to disregard.
All talk about reason and Cancellation
Il idle with theso marauders. They laugh
Il 70 scorn. Their idea Of supremacy and
law is brute force. Nothing but a demon
sIratiOn and display of force has any effect
on them. They win go on plotting and
eoueIAving aud eonspiriug aud importing
arms just as long as they are allowed to
do 80. Aud they will oyerAWe ADD threat
en- their timid neighbors just as long as
they are forborue with. There Is no use
in disgusting the fact. The Inactivity Of
the Union men has lost them ground. =
Some Of the best men Of the region around
West Liberty have told US within the last
few hours that the uniou cause has been
losing ground there for some time back.
And all because Of relaxed policy
Large quantities of secession sheets are
beiag circulated and every effort is being
made to damPen and put down the Union
feeling.
Ills tims-bish time tina. bal. 10 this
state Of things should be called. Aud the
question Il how much longer shall We wait.
Shall we wait until the seeessionisss arc
stronger and better prepared, or shall they
be dealt with at ouee, and vigorously.