Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-16
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SeceSstontsmi An the Panhandle.
~ IRIola the Wellsburg Heralil - aiesf
Ofall the problems which this war has
given rise to. one OF the hardest 10 solve
on rational priueiplesi is the fact OF sym
patty with rebellion in the Panhandle
People born and 6red, in the interior of the
State or away down SodIhwhefs the negro
institution actually prevails, aud is 10 al
! most every way Incorporated with the daily
/ life and habits of the whites, may be ex.
cased tor even excessive sensitiSeness in
regard TO everything thatseems toencFoach
upon or interfere with it; tut whyiWhite
people living away up In Hancock county,
for instance, where live negro is a great
er curiosity than he is ia any other section
of the Union, probably without exception,
should allow themselves to be carried
away into such extremes, Is t0asay the
least, slightly tneompreheusible. Much Is
to be allowed for early prejudices, We
grant, and much for the outside pressure
which demagogue for political purposes,
have brought to bear upon the minds Of
the people, bat when any man, no differ
ence how decided his political principles,
seriously aad calmly considers the matter
in'allits bearings, upon himself, upon his
neiRhhOrs and even upon hrs p0sterityjit
10 difficult to see upon What gfouhds he
can justify secession, or, what ia the Same
Ithiug. sympathy with tee rebellion. Why
shouIdthe sympathies Of any right mind
Eedsman be WiIhithe Souttiin this rebellion2
Every fewsof them will undertake to Justify
itslnauy of them wiiiclaim to Jetest and abb
Ehor secession both ia doctrine and hrac-
tice-and yet, their "sYmpathies are with
the South. ? Agteat many at the begin
ing 6fthe outbreak, honestly thought that
the South were contending Tor rights which
ito lose ,tt the hands of the Northern PEG.
I pie, butthe events Of the last twelve mouths
haze effeetually proved the fallRcyi of that
fdelusious for not TO this day has all the
intellect hdiingenuity Of the South been
able to frame q declaration OF rights i'm
frtnged.; that will stand the test of scrutiny.
They have not attempted it, for they know,
that except among their own d1pes the Mt
tempt would provea lailhFsand leave them
Worss than before. y - ~ = ~ as
The Government Is bound to prevail41
any ono with half an eye can see lhat-and
e!men who stubbornly hold out In 6ppo-
sition, only brings ruin on his own head.
IL will do very we'll now; while the blood
Is heated a1dIthe matter fresh to fall back
upon pride for consolation, but the tine is
coming when far worse than iaboIitlonist
will be The tadit of having been seces-
sioDietiu 1862 II will not die ont With this
generation, but VIM be handed down asa
1ndelibles even to the third generation.
Defeatwill deprive rebellion OF allfts pres
tige and what might otherwise have been
"a glorious revolution, bids fair 10 turn
toat aud eber so rec urdea as ouly an infa-
ftnous rebellion and defeated scheme Of
traitors and e6nSpiratoSa Let the man
lwh0swahts to bring upon the beads OF his
great grind chiIdFena alhr ten fold heavier
than that be was.a Gblue Light or a Hslack
eookade Federaiist,p adhere 70 the fortunes
Of the lSodthetn Oonfedcracy, aud let him
who wishes to save himself and themitr6I-
BILE, reproach and shame, make 1t a point
70 Keep shady about tie Abolittonists, and
fgradnRlly people may come to forget that
heiever sympashized with rebellion. slsu
The Crops IN 1IononE6lIa County.
WEsT SIDE, Monongalia County,,
'ti june 18Th, 1862.
Editors 1ntsElSyeaes4. &c f4ilss fs
The wheat crop in Mon0ngalia never
looked better. OATS and grass ara very
promising. Should the war continue, and
hay and oats be wanted for cavalry horses
this fall they san De furnished us low, at
least az they were last year. The'p6tato