Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-30

stitntton and laws are for the protection OF
loyal citizens, and not for tile protection of
our enemies in time of war
An old villain in a neighboring county,
went off with company of others last
summer to the Southern Confederacy, Af.
ter doing all the harm he could here. and
be has alsoSa son uOw captain in the
Southern army, and son-in-law thai was
there, but has sueaked back among the
Lincolnites here, and is now prisoner.
Well, the aforesaid old scoundrel was u
member of our Legislature, and arrived at
frankfort, and did actually take his seat in
the Legislature unmOlested, aud is now ut
home and permitted to remain there undis-
tLrbed. aud military Union gentlemau,
understand, telegrnphed to the forces near
his residence, not to disturb him. oh |
his crime and conviction are SO sure a
thing, that it is not worth while for the
people to take him in hand, and it seems
also that his treason is so plain that the
officials think it not worth while to bother
themselves about him in these busy times,
-he has money.
U. C.'s are you asleep, and are you will
ing to sleep with such copperheads in bit.
ing distance of you? are you willing to
have such seed again amongst yoI!-
Shades of fathers sin vain ye fought, in
vain ye bled," if we your offspring want
valOr to rCPel the cncroachments of ty-
rants, or let traitors know their doom.
Virginia voted largely for the Union, and
she has been subdued, poor old imbecile,
"plty the SorrOWs of poor old man. p
tennessee voted sixty thousand majority
for the Union, and she has been trampled
under the feet of the invader. Missouri
/ voted forty thousand majority for the
Union, and her soil is crimson with the
blood of her sons, shed by the invading
foe, who are trying to coerce her out OF her
allegiance, and make her pay tribute to a
nsurper and tyraut. Can't you see that the
same fate awaits you, if you do not wake
| up and slay the dragon of secession, trea-
son aud traitOrism? The time for argu-
ment has passed. Go to work, and do not
run to the military With every grievance.
Correct it yourselves, and remember that
on. laws are for the protection of loyal cit
liens, AID not for the protection Of The ene-
'aiEs IF our country. . -lgl
1 How often have you heard the threat,
that "in a few weeks you will be driven
from yonr country Who made these
threats you all know. They left their
wives and children here, plainly showing
that their confidence in their return was
unbOnnded. Some Of them have invaded
Camp Chase, Camp Morton, Fort Lafayette,
y
among us. They would drive US from our
country for beiug true to our country. If
such a dire calamity should ever befaIl you,
he sure to make the sympathizers go first.
! lu an address to the people of GeOrRiu
signed by Howell Cobb, Il. Looms, NJ. j.
Crawford, and others, they advise and urge
their robbers now in the field to .suake 1ls
feet all the horrors Of tVar at our .freaess"-
They mean by that 10 kill our wives and
children. a class of men who have re-i
turned from the South lately, say that they
went to the South to collect what was owz
ing to them, aud that they have not aided
the enemy. But look ut their course here
amOnRst US. They are advocating the
| cause Of the enemy-adhering to the enemy
in time of war. heard one of them say
that he did not deny being in favor of the
South-in favor of the South making YOU.
feel all the horrors of war at your fresides,
! suppose. Another one of these returned
mule traders said, a few days ago, to u
Union man. "that all of you will catch hell,
before. long, because the Oonfederates were
getting behind Buell." aud they expect us
to protect them until their allies get here
! to give US hell. If am not mistaken, the
| aforesaid Southern drovers tooka drove of
mules to the South since trade was inter-
dicted. One of them had an offer for his
he said he would rather take them to the
Soqlh if he never got a cent for them. ~
Probably they are laid ia the Soath as
a nest egg. and probably they are now
drawing Southern artillery on the field to
slay your brothers. ! heard gentleman
| ~ on our streets, more than n year ago,
saying that we ought not to pay a cent we
oweto the damned Eortherners. Look
out O'CRers and bidders. Take fair ,v0ruiny
If these men expect to stay here they must
| stop their treasonable talk, or they are no
better than the traitors who have gone
from here and Joined thearmy, and should
be dealt with in the same manner. They
are aiding all they dare do. Will YOU de.
tend your tiresides? Will yOu5defend your
wives and children? Will You be mealy1
monthed any longer with vipers IN your
midst, who cODsidsrit one of the Southern
rights to inVsde you State, cut your
throRts, and make you feel the horrors of
war ut your own firesides
Fathers, brothers, mothers and sisters,
why are you bereaved? why has your son
diedi why has your brother been slain?
| for hdrSng been trMs to his country! Their
blood cries loudly from the ground: the
murderer is in your midst, living under
yOnr protection at his ease, and still per-
suadtng all he can to go into the army OF
the robbers, and slay, pillage and burn.
The husband aud brothers bones are
bleaching where they fell in defence of
their country; and at home the wild
mother is screaming over her furnishing
brood, and you atickle and hide behind
constitutional arguments that are abstrac-
ytions, or have 10 fouhdation. o, ven
geance! where is thy rod! "Forbearance
has ceased to be virtue" Mad, dement,
led fieuds are amongst you, doing and
fpromPting every possible injury to you
and your country, taking life, liberty aud
property, and you are projecting them;
you 'strangle at the goat, while they heap
mountains Of iniquity on your shrinking
heads. Is It Constitutional tor them TO
kill your brother at Fort Donelson, and
uncohstitutional for yon 70 kin his muir