Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-03

Charles S. RhOads to prOpel it, in the same
direction. At CIarksburg there was the
RegiIteJ, as viIlainous add piratical sheet
as Cooper, and some others about Clarks-
burg no worse but possessing more brain,
knew how to make it. AT Fairmont the
PTrgfn'aH narshalled the democracy OF
Marion to the support of such men as Kid
well, All Raymond and ::Neesou, who
dispensed at second hand the doctrine of
Pryor and Barnwell Rhctt. twas well we
had Peirpoint and Hall to fight them, or
more damage would have been done than
the past years history of that county now
exhibits. at Philtippt Tom surghnor and
the Je5ersoHian seconded the Richmond
Enquirer aud Charleston Mercury !; and
though he lacked brains aud education, he
made himself useful to those who had
them. In the Kanawha Valley was the
Republican in the same sort of hands and
numerous other sheets in the Interests of
the conspiracy, the names of which we can
not now recall. These sheets were weighed
down from week to week with perversious
of fact and misrepreseutatio of the north
ern people designed and calculated to pre-
pare "the southern mind" for baptism Of
Ilood. The Richmond prints sounded the
keynote from time 10 time, and the tune
was caught up and repeated from one cod
Of Western Virginia to the other.
When the great events OF the fall of 1890
and the winter of 1901 were crowding
thick upon US, all these exertions were re-
doubled. Speeches of Tooubs and Wig.
fall and cart loads of the Richmond En-
qnirrr were disseminated over Western Vir.
ginia wherever tht mails could reach OF
ficiais, from GREATEST to least-cIerks, sher-
IFS, commissioned Is, conslables, were busy
in spreading the poisonous blast.
Such were sorac of the preparations to
draw Western Virginia into the rebellion,
and they partially succeeded. Northwest.
ern Virginia, though, ever loyal to the great
Idea on which our government is based, no.
bly, fought the iusidious wiIes of treason to
the last. Aud she has her reward. The
war was quickly driven beyond our Dor.
ders and We rePose in comparative peace
and security, while great armies sweep
over the East an: encounter each other on
Is soil, and LEAFS nothing behind them but
death nnd dests atiou. This is, however,
but the present SsWnrd Of loyalty. In com
mon with the WsSole country, Western Vir-
must suffer ftous this war; but it has ma
ny comPensatiO$s for US that it has not for
others. War isiilways terrible remedy,
but remedy nlTertheless. 1t kills, but it
cures and Oi!cn kills when it is intended
TO cure, and curFs where it was designed to
Kill. The Easily forced the war upon the
West, with the Expectation of fastening up
on MS "a yoke m6re grtevous than before
Instead of that, it comes like a giant,
and lifts the burden from orr necks,
and we go free. For whether we
gain political separation from the East
at once or not, EIhetr tyranny of ideas over
US is ended forever, aud sooner or later
the separation must come. The Infusion
of northerners has already made radical
change. 1t haEinaugurHted new era of
ideas among eSsn those who never thought
at all. 1t has walked people up. They
never can go ,ck to their browsing again.
When the war Is over thousands of. these
nOrtherners wi remain with US or return
to take up th{ Sir abode in region where
nature las be! so lavish other gifts, where
land is cheap End fertile, where forests are
untouched, NJ minerals abundant--aud
nothing seemsswanting but liberal laws
and an indeStriOus intelligent popula-
ton. 1
We can ueyar be what we were before
the war; and 3h that there ia nothing to no
regretted. W. have turned a new leaf of
our history, md whether willing or not,
we must go or. There is no looking back
Causes are atwork that compel us TO join
in tue onward. march to progress and pros
perity-aud every soul that loves lightbe;
ter than darkness. plenty better than pow
ertyr justice better than oppression, and
the welfare of his fellow men, as above
all, must yield willing concurrence in
the necessity.