Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-29
REAcrIHa ARGUMENTS

HEACfIhG ARGUMENTS.
"Some of our Contemporaries refer to the
extremity to which the Southern people
are reduced as incontrevertible evidence
that that extremity will soon cause them
to succumb. We take = very different
view OF the infer noes deducible from the
facts. We give an instance. In speaking
Of these extremities contemporary says:
aLAdieH appear In the eoarsest homespan cloth,
while their husbands have been Obliged 70 don the
the IsSro cloth formerly devoted exolusiVsly to
their slaves. shirts 0fIhe cloth to make them are
growing searcer and ecRrcer, n nearly the whole
stock hand bad been sent away to the soldiers.
May have no steets % their beds, and the only
gar they obtain Il the setElbgt OF molaases hogs.
heads lea has nearly disappeared and salt IL grow
Ing seareer every day"
''Amidst all these extremities, these pri-
vations. this destitntion, this gloom and
misery, do they complain With the pa
thence of Job, they endure all without a
murmur. Aud as Job pats the pertinent
question to his sympathiEers, canst thou
draw ont LeViathan with a hook" so would
We ask the simple question-can we com.
pei such martyrs TO their cause to love
Union made detestable BY a multitude of
ATTRACTIONS upon its character? No, the
lipdomitabie spirit eViueed by such facts,
show, most cOnclusiVly, that if we look 70
"a restoration of the Union, We must pre-
serve all its hHllowed principles intact,
that every returning political prudigal may
share its beauties and boz mites in common
with US. II they are now feeding on husks,
let US invite them 70 return to their faith
er's house" where there is plenty. All
that we should ask is that the rules and
regulations of that family circle of States
shall be respected aud oOeyed."
Can anything be more reasonable than
this article2 Does il not say to the rebels
bold on. bear patiently aud We will soon
aid you2 Who, pray, is making infraction
on the Constitution? The Wheeling Pres
says not the rebels, but the Union men.
No, the rebels have not nothing wrong in
their eyes-u0 no word of condemnation
is found in the PreSs against them. They
are complimented by the editor for their
patience and endurance-they are called
martyrs while the Union men are denounced
for making wilIui infrActiOn upon the Con /.
stitutiou. Can patient public bear this
long? hope the Provost Marshal will
look into these articles and not permit the
4 loyal Union sentiment of this city to be
| insulted by these toadies of the Wheeling
4 Rress. The above articles and many Others
of the came kind tharappear in that paper
are written etpyessiy TO insult the Union
lmen OF the city aud to crafty the disIoyal
sentiment Of tho city. Who doubts that
the Wheeling Pres is tue recognized or.
I gan of sscessionists of the State now
:. Who are it's supporters but secessionists
and secession sympathisers? Aud are We
to bear its abuse day after day--shaIl /,
las it says it WHY say what Pksdsts, write
te6Gt IL Pledsss and no man shall binder
It Is useless to arrest men on the street
for the expression of disloyaI seatimeptl
If this sheet can IrTife lchdE Il pIedses and
say what 1t pleAscs. No YANKEE,