Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-15

Never did a Government bear go much
from impertinet traitors as this Govern
ment bore. The sword of retributiou slept
too long, but now that it has leaped from
its scabbard, never let it again be sheathed
until the very odor of treason is puTged
from the land.
With you, fellow-citizens, rests the set
Element of this contest. Let the people
rise in their majesty and will it, and in less
than six months treason will be crushed in-
to the earth SO deep that the trumpet of
the last Judgment will not awaken it.
| OF that we could feel our responsibility
OF that we could, for once, get to the top
of our high privileges!
Never have such responsibilities been
rolled upon nation as those that rest up
on us in this crisis; aud the privilege is
equal to the responsibility. But one such
opportunity has occurred in the history of
the world us that which is now offered to
US.
To yoH, Fellow-citizens, are committed
the interests of civil liberty and the desti.
nies Unpopular government throughout the
world and for all time. Dare you prove
recreant to the high trust? 1t may be that
this generation is to be made a vicarious
could be put upon it. Let tue sacrifice be
made. The eyes of the world are upon us.
The fate of unborn millions is involved in
our conduct. Never did such incentives
spur a nation to action. If we falter-if
we balk-then henceforth let ''Ichabod-
the glory is departed"-be written on the
forehead of every mau-child born in the
North.
There is no use in Disgusting the fact: a
perilous, momentous crisis is upon us.
The hour is big with the fate of the Re-
public. alt is high time to awake out of
Sleep" Tho rebels are in awful earnest.
Their leaders are fighting with halters
about their necks, aud of course they will
fight desperately. They will scruple ct no
means. The life of mudsH is nothing to
them. They will slaughter their men like
sheep for the shambles. Action. prompt,
resistless action, is the demand of the hour.
This me must have, or all is lost. Let no
man lay his head on his pillow TO. night,
until his name i5 on the roll of his couu-
try's defenders, or Until he has rendered to
his conscience good reason why his name
should not be there. Don't wait to cure
your hay or bind your oats. Your country
is more to you than meat, aud that country
may be ruined beyond redemption before
your harvest is gathered into your barns.
Men Of tn North! awake | arisel aroused
The reyeille of liberty is beating! Up up
and to arms Rally to the colorsl
Stay not for questions VIII le freedom stands gasp
Wait not till honor lies wrapped in his pail:
Brief the lips parting be- swift the hands clasping,
'0h for the wars is enough for them all.'
The issue is clearly, sharply defined. We
must achieve by force the performance of
this Government, or go to our graves dis
honored, and bequeath TO our children and
our children's children a heritage of taunts
and sneers. We must accept the nlterna-
tive. Allegheuihns what say yoU2 Shall
your country cry 20 you for help, and cry
in vain? What is n mans convenience,
what a mans life, in contest like thisl
ain the God of battles trust!
Die may, and die must;
But OF where dust to dust
De consigned so we'll.
As where heaven its dsws shall shed
On the martyred patriots bedl"
Fall in / fall inl We bravo PennsylvNni-
ausl To the rescue of the old flag Lib
erty on her bended knees and with stream-
ing eyes implores your aid. Take a solemn
vow to-day that your life shall be at the
service of your country until our eagles
shall again sweep in triumph over every
acre of American soil. Never had brave
men so many incentives to heroic deeds
Treason is to be punished. blood is to be
avenged, wrongs are to be righted, a eouH-
try is to be sdVed. Strike then:
"Strike till the last armed foe expires;
strikei for your affairs am your hres.
Strikel tOrthe green graves OF your stres,
God and your native land.
Strike! for tyrants fall In every foe;
Strike! for Liberty's in every blow;
FoRWARDl let Us do or dle-'