Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-05


period. TCries of awe will, We WILL
Let me ask you again, to be again as
snred, are you Kentnekians willing to see
the graves of Washington and jackson,
and your own beloved Clay surrounded by
aceursed Secession bayouets Shouts OF
"never, neVer."1 Then again feel encour-
aged, and in the name of Tennessee thank
| You, and thank these fair women present
who have come here 70 encourage, by their
presence, their sons and brothers, and
fathers and lovers, to fight the good tight.
NOBLE UTTERANCESF FROM KEN
TUCKK.
The UnconquerabIe Attachments and
Confidence Which the Patriots OF
Kentucky have In the Glorious Old
Flag.
prom the Louisville Journal.l
Notwithstanding the clustering threats
so frequently made by the desperate men
who lead the rebellion, and their no less
desperate sympathisers, that BeRuregiIrd
would plant the Confederate flag upon the
capitol in Washington, and tear down the
glorious old stars and stripes which have
so long aoated there in triumph, Washing
ton City, thank God, is still the national
metropolis. All the Administrative BUSH
ness Of the government yet goes on, with
promptitude and regularity, and, if there
is any discord IN the working of the ma
chinery, it is only because the utmost Tig-
lance has been unable to ferret out all the
traitors, in heart and Intention, who cling
10 Office MS tenaciously as they do to life
The men of this class are dangerous in
the extreme, for, like the assassin who
strikes with smile upon his face, they
hold on TO Office as the means of betraying !
the Government. They are false TO every
impulse of honor, and, with the oath to
support the Government resting upon their
consciences, they are ready to overthrow
and destroy it They are the miserable
party hacks who were trained and drilled
in the school of Floyd, Cobb 4 Co., and
;ShO know no other standard of integrity
than that low and and degraded and de-
basing one which these prostituted trail
tors erected while they were employing all
the official power in their hands to give
efficiency to rebellion. 1t is To be hoped
that they will all soon be hurled ont of
Office, and be made to feel that the Gov
eminent has power to protect itself against
every form of treachery-secret as well as
open. Their expulsion is necessary to the
publication of the official atmosphere of
Washington. The whole country feels it
to be crying shame that, while boosted
army of 100000 insurgents are within
days march of its capital-hushed with
an imagined victory, and threatening to
raze the noble fabric to its foundation
raukeSt treason should be permitted ts ex-
ist and show its hideous front at the very
door of the sanctuary. But the efficient
labors Of the Potter Committee impress Us
with the conviction that it viii not long be
so-that we shall soon have the satisfac-
! ton to record the fact that every traitor
Gus tongue ia the District has been stop
ped.
We are ready to coucede many Nllowan-
ces to the Administration on this subject.
1t has had far more difficulty in dealing
with these men than persons u a distance
can generally appreciate. 1t found them
infestiug the Departments, and poisoning
the atmosphere with their most haneful in
fiuence; and yet it was impossible, 10 the
! very nature fittings, to discover them ut
| once in thaif ofieial hiding-places. Among
the FIRST dutiAsz of the President and Cabi-
net was to prepare for defensive war, to
call large army into the field, and to
raise money for its support. These duties
were enormous and oppressive, and, of ne
cessity, occupied nearly every moment of
time so that the cases of individuals, both
in and out of Office, had to be considered of
secondary moment. Bat, now, when the
necessary arrangements have been made for
men and money, when The strength of the
nation is beginning to develop and exhibit
itself, when the business of conducting the
war is assuming the attitude of regular and
perfected system, there is abundant time to
cleanse the public offices and crush out Of
fetal treason. The country Will hold the
Administration to a terrible responsibility
| if it he not done.
All our accounts from Washington go to
IafR :, IA I,a,
infused into all our military movements
since the battle of Bull Run, and this in
spires US with renewed confidence in the
cause of the Union. Whatever OF confu-
sion and temporary dismay may have fol-
lowed that unfortunate contest-unfortu-
nate only in its immediate Consequences
they have given place TO the calm of quiet
and active preparation. Gen. Mcclellan
has, we are assured, the entire confidence
of the Administration and of General
Scott, and is proving himself more and
more every day fully equal TO the great
task before him. All these sources of
authority, thus acting in concert and
harmony and combining their energies
for the hottest of earthly purposes, now
present to the country and the world the
most reliable assurance of victory and
success. Whatever is the strength of the
vast army they have gathered at and
around Washington, we have full conf
dence in the belief that it is sufficient for
every purpose, whether of attack or de-
fence. Ii the desperation of the enemy
should drive them to attempt an advance
upon Washington, either directly or by en-
deaToring to gross the Potomac above the
city, the result need not be Looked upon as
at nli1doaSEfEi. They win rush upon de-
feat and dispersion as surely as the sun
shall rise and set on the day of the battle.
tIas aa ia s;a !. sEa .t come ESid mere
will not feel, that, in his young aud gall
liant commander, he has leader equal to
any Of the emergencies of battle aud eV-
cry man will follow the standard of the ma
ton, which he will unfurl with patriotic
pride, into the 'imminent deadly breach