Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-03

whelming raid. The folly of Buckhanpou
should not be repeated at New Greek
There will be no excuse for surprise, and
the country will make NO allowance for
those whose duty ii is to see that no sur
prise is possible. We decline to publish
all that could be said about New Greek
We however urge the timely attention OF
those responsible to the necessities of that
post. Do not. for the sake of your long
suffering country. let any false sense of
security deceive you. szi II i.ss arsss
Punishment of Treason and Perjury.
"A Change Of Policy Needed
81 RssolVed further, that the President be
requested 10 demand in writing from the
authorities of the United States the lmme.
diale and unconditional release of all citi-
gems of the Confederate States held by them
as prisoners, either in confinement or I'M
der parole or bond, who were arrested by
the officers or agents of the United States
while peaceably engaged in their ordinary
vacations and not in arms against the
United States, and that he Communicate to
Congress the result of said demand.
Mr.. Russell, of Va, offered as a snbsti-
stnte for the resolution bill entitled an
act to repress atrocities oflhe enemy.
The above we take from the proceedings
of the rebel Congress, at Richmond, as
published in their papers on Saturday last
The wonder with us is, what sort of an
opinion must the rebels have of our gov.
ernment anyhow Amore impudeut res
olution was never offered to the considera-
ton of a frat class power, recognized as
such all over the world, than this resolu.
ton offered by rebel member of a gov.
ernment that is no government.
The intolerable insoIenoe Of the resoIu-
tiou is part and parcel of the programme
In regard to Western Virginia as indicated
in the letters of Russell aud Johnson, pub.
lished by US the other morning. The
rebels are going to play the dare everything
game. They are going to extend their
protection las they term it) over that clan
of people in Western Virginia and else
where who take the oath of allegiance, aud
who break 1t: and even that clan who
sMearzthat they will never take up arms
against the government, and who are
waraedIat the time of taking the oath that
the penalty of its violation will be death.
People Who take such oaths and violate
them are never pro tected as between estab-
lished governments. But the rebels who
have employed the merciless tOmahawk
aud sealPins knife of the Indian against
their countrymsn, have decided to outrage
all honor and take into their service all
the moral lepers that eau be raked and
scraped together. Along with Indians,
Peuured scOundrels are to be armed against
us-men who received passes through our
lines by virtue of the oath which they took,
and who took the oath simply as means
to get into the rebel service,
Among the papers exhibited to US the
other day, of which We published a good
many, were specimens of rebel'passes is
sued at Staunton and other principal points,
to persons coming into Western Virginia
They Al bear the death penalty attashsdto
themi-that is, they read that if the bearer
of the pass is found in arms against the
Confederate States, he will suffer DEATH
As we all. know, these penalties are ruth
lessly exacted by the rebels Their disei-
plinesinall respects, is emtnently more Sc
we're than ours. II manis found as a spy,
he is shot at once. If he is found playing
false with Confederate interests, under the
guise of loyalty to them, he is condemned
andexecuted without the slightest hesita-
ton on the part of the authotities.{ Such
is not the case with our Government. Men
are in Camp Chase now who Voltaatarily
came forward here in Western Virginia and
tookthe oath of fidelity to the Government.
aud who received passes which enabled
them to get through our lines to Richmond.
where they went to get commissions EN-.
powering them to come home and raise
guerrilla bands. We gave the names of
some such persons, and there are plenty OF
them, and will be many more, unless our
Government does its duty.
It's NO matter ofastonishment to us that
therebels presume upon. our Government
with a resolution such as We have quoted
at the head of this article, when they see
the miserable policy of hesitatiou which
We are parsuing towards the perjured re-
bells We have taken in arms. Had We hung
every one of them as fsstas taken, such a
Ees9lpuon es the one insolently demanding
that our Government release all such men
As Judge Thompson, tmen who have been
confined by the Government for their dis
covered secret Vaccinations to aid and
aest the rebellion) would never be offered.
Why did our government not demand the
release of Parson Brownlow, and wbv does
a not demand the release of John Minor
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