Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-17

sufferings and arduous labors ia the cause
of liberty and the Uion.
An immense coueourse of people assem-.
bled to welcome them home. DIR. Todd, Of
Washington county, was chosen President
A reception speech was made by Prof. N.
D. Tanning, and responded to on the part
ofthe company by Lieut.. Truxal, in brief
but pointed remarks. Among several able
speeches delivered on the occasion, the one
made by Col. Jacob Boyers, of Monouga,
liza county, Va, deserves especial notice. In
Substance it was as follows: 4
COL BoYERs SPEECH. -S-e
l thank you, Mr. President, for the dis
| tinguished honor you have this day con.
ferred upon me, and thank you kind la
dies for the rich and sumptuous repast
which your ready hands have SO bounte.
ously supplied. But in view of the spirit
you manifest, / am warranted in conclu-
ding that all this is but feeble token Of
what you are willing to do for those noble
'sOns OF thunder who have dared the steel
of our accursed foes on nearly a tozeu of
well fought fields Of strife. Ladies you
are right, as ever you are they merit all
your kindness. They have freely stepped
forth to lay themselves a sacrifice upon the
altar of our distracted country. Many have
uceu tu6 Aulibt pElNhblOuS
both in camp and field, which they have
endured in defending your homes and our
country's honor and liberty. Continue,
then, your Kindness, and when you ap-
proach the God of battles remember those
noble companions, brothers and Ssous.
May they soon return with vietory and peace
inscribed on their banner.
Officers and soldiers, thank you for the
zeal and patriotism you have shown in de-
fense Of your country, and in the name of
this people do most heartily welcome You
home to the bosom OF your families aud the
embrace Of your friends. Though it be bot
for the -briefperiod- of four days, congrat-
ulate you on meeting your friends under
such favorable circumstances. Here you
have the pleasure of Joining with your fair
loved ones-your mothers, fathers, sisters,
broothers, co.lVborers and friends, in one
grand common festival. We rejoice tossce
yon returned, for the bright smiles, that
play on the faces of your loved ones tell of
joy.there. Your deeds Of heroism aud vaior
have excited our admiration and won our
esteem.1 Andto-morrOw, when you set ont
again for the battle e-lield, we implore tue
God of battles to aid you, that you may
speedily return with victory, honor and
glory inscribed in characters of undying
brightness upon a flag honored by sea and
land, Aud in renewed 5plepdor may we
see that national emblem perched upon the
topmost branch Of the tree of liberty; there
to wave inglad triumph, while tyrauts look
and tremble with dismOy, and 40 astonish-
ed world acknowledge that man is capable
of self-government. Great appliance
"Thats right, said an officer. looking blue
coat. Yes. my countrymen, ana will tell
you something else that is right, aud some.
thing thatis NOT. My heart has been sore
ly pierced more than once to-day. have
heard q name profaned that was eyer dear
to me; ep.thets passed without mixture. I
love that name next to the kind parents
who gave me an existence. saE
You are Penusylvanians. Your State, in
the main has done nobly, aud much of that
| is attributed to the enterprise of your most
excellent Governor. am Yirginiau,
lund am happy to believe that she has sons,
noblef brave, loyal and good as any who
ever lifted au, arm in defence of right aud
justice! That name HirgiRia, isS dear to
me. Have not many of her western sons
stood bravely in defence of their State aud
your frontiers7 In many instances, have
they not lost all but the desolated and des-
ecrated soil, while they themselves have
been pursued, like beasts of prey, by
guerrilIas and bushwhackers, who End an
asylum in your borders7 Yet, there is a
large active party at work againstt the Union
and Constitution, aud no means effective
are employed to check its hellish designs
which. are torebuild the democratic party
for the purpose of .concealing the crimes OF
its deserters, and gain sides with rebellion,
and give them Compromise Of their own
asking. m iss1 - 3a so si.f.t
DIR. Todd has just given utterauce from
the stand 10 the opinion that slavery is the
cause OF the rebellion. This beg leave
TO call In 9questinn. {. Mint interest have
you in the slavesiof the Souih2 None at
all. Yet ! admit that slavery is one of the
primary causes OF. this rebellion; it being a
ileomPieteE school lin which the Southern
I people are reared, accustomed 20 rule, and
aud, with absolute power, TO govern the
degraded African, Their great success iu
this has dsldded them, and they determine
to enlarge their field and bring the whole
iaboriug white population upon level
with the sons of Africa. have even seen
in this State, and but few miles from
this, a Southern nabob leave a table at
q hotel before he had finished his meat,
saying angrily that he never could eat a
meal at aItable with n d--d 'laborfng poor
man In his shirt sleeves. The presence OF
q white laboring man was an offence to
his ifeikued dignity g HS5
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