Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-06

%V"3 eSuGsuVuf Wnen lVetySSmuSh in
consequHncesof your false moves, the bat.
tle mas gone partially dgainst aus, and iau,
attemptinr TO gather together once more
our shattered forces, TO strengthen :, :. f;,.
the hnal--"th this greatest and last Of i6ei
str1gg les between freedom md slaverv',-
! think that just ditfidenre i'm yo,, our.
intallibiltty, If not a magnnlimous Femeni.
orance OF my past services, and. ~ pener-
Gus trust in my humble leadership. shonld
lnunce You to be silent T. WhnteVer shall
oe- the issne of this, Z shall not fear N
trust my course to the candid iudpuent oF
Posteritg i remember that when a war
was threatened between Great Britain and
the United States, we give up Ave .and
forty one hundredth degrees of latitude Of
our magnificent country, rather than Iiobti
ShallTWe go to sWar4Withr our brothers
rather than yield a territory which il mi
worth 0ne-hnndredth part as much Hs No
gaEelte atoreign toeifop pence2 lIawilI do
nothing tscOdlpr rofnise lr-6utinll-t -thinos
short Of dsiint of ptiuciple, for-c0neiliGtio9,y
~ y 9. Areat hthataig and again have we
. oeen misunderstanding nEonr7persohs and propcr2
y ny tue slave power, and that It is now
tue policy to test by force OfCatmsg REcibg
er we have 'ydpeTRment''5 or M, / b i1JrI,"t
other g0Ver1RIeHtS has stood lthe tren - ~
.change $50 long and SO well 2 d sTbat 5,,ss
nave settled our troubles by war of words
instead Iot cannon balls, is the biphest
proof Ltonr advanced civilization.
A'ter elghty years, We have advanced
IRON ioneitreei state to eighteenrfree states
anu whcrsHs, in 1919 there was one free
s.a!e and twelve slave suites, now tlera are
elshteen tree states and fifteen slave stotast
VIC have wrested, for the first time. the
government from the rule of the olipHrtI,y.
ana placed ityiu its home and foreirSn rcIs'
uops, upon the side ofilibertv. We bnve
sScGEea tue liberty of speeehanCl the press
IN ait the'South md in all the border sInve
states-and the left wing of the great. lib-
erty y9irests@ upon the border slave
sIaIos, All we want is. time, and the sub
geGSOn Oh tue slave states to be general
influences or religlonland progressive hui
mantty and civilization, TO solve Deac,.n.
blythe great problem of the eJconiTncI;o,;
nt the African andrwhite'races on tbis cir.
unent. 4On are not content, with thesp
substantial. advantages the order
OF qllftrnelprogress, whiuhis peace--,iritl
you appeal TO Nrms-you waut''to zee tchekhz
g. g. you ;hH'e a SoratN1eTt!Or nor YOn mistake
tne polley for thG'PrinCiples of our p6rtvL.
stne-shelL torthe Kernel, when III e man ia
drOwnded, you hold on to and moEp ~
display OF the coat which you have torn
from him! 1t is not true, us all well know
that the South is Igl.0LLy. wrongl =. /. Etanj
upon my own rsspOnsibility-you upon
yours-let all give their, ad.icc, and then
agree to disagree. After ali has been sad
then Let us all 1pite IN aefion. Whether
you-or shnll, when the worst comes To the
worst, be wanting in tirmncss and COURAGE.
remains to be scent Whether the mast.
the present, or the future, have, do. or
Shall s1bject me to the deunciation of
'"'cowerdly submission,' leave to others
Aud may God save tho Commonwealth
Yours obedionv SERVANT, 2. - -, :