Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-10
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Sometime ago paragraph appeared in
the Wheeling Press sneering at the idea of
that notorious, sheet being considered dis.
loyal. Whew to call il disloyal when its
habits were SO correctl The Press need
not sneer. 1t is considered disloyal, an
ally of the London Times, an alder and
abettor Of our national enemies, by all
persons acquainted with 1t, who are at once
intelligent and impartial, Does any man
doubt that IL stgengthens the bands of our
Southern enemies? Does any man doubt
that'Jeff. Davis and his whole crew, hear
tily wish success to the Press and its afili-
ated organs2 The Press wears thin dis
guise Of loyalty. How could it effect its
objects without assuming tleast thin
disguise of loyalty? Suppose JEFF. Davis
or any one of his agents in the editorial
chair at Wheeling. Must he not put on a
cloak of loyalty2 To throw off all dis
guise would not answer his purpose As
an ayowed traitor, he could not produce in
the minds of his readers, profound distFust
of the government. He could not so effec-
tually weaken its hands. And above all,
he could not create tu the breasts of one
class of his fellow. citizens ttiernost odious,
the most malignant passions, against an
other class. BY way Of illustrations: A
short time ago, a woman speaking Of the
volunteers, said she hoped tifbe abolition
lists that bad gone to war with our South
ern friends, would catch southern bullets
and never get back to Ohio.h Not oae in
ten thousand of those of whom she was
speaking, had ever acted with the political
abolitionists. They were good husbands,
lsaffeetionate sons, worthy citizens aud warm
patriots. Such were the men whom she
wanted slaughtered by Southern bullets
and bsyonets. ieaiet7
Ii, the town of Olarington, on the 22d
day Of October last, q fellow, in the United
States uniform, said that II be- "had bis
choice to shoot Abe Lincoln or jeff Davis,
he would shoot the former. He would
rather shoot him than a mad dog. The
South was rightn end Ihe .hoPsd it, would
como off victorious. The United States
Treasury N otes were good for nothing, and
he hoped soon to see the day when thou
lsand dollars oftheni would not buy a. din
ner." give these as specimens aud sam :
ples, but by no means as solitary instances.
In fact such sentiments are becoming alto
gethet too common. But the people, who
openly and dimprudently express sentiments
(which are almost uniyersal amongst large
party, are ignorant, stupid, untutored be-
| ings. They only repeat their LESSONS in a
little less artistic form. They only spout
the treason which is daily inculcatedI into
them. A man who could suppose that
such sentiments originate with such people
could mistake a tub of filthy water for a
living fountain. No, no; the treason orig
mates In the, Wheeling Pres, the New
York HcTGtd, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and
thousand other affiliated organs, and Is
only bluntly expressed by their disciples
and followers, But the language Of these
organs themselves, aud of'their more art
ful Adhereuts, is really as unmistakable az
that Of their. ignorant and untutored
allies. Mark them. When merely for
the sake Of effect they express opposi-
tfon to the national enemies, to the men
who have dissolved or Government, aHo
have slaughtered our sons aud our broth
ers, who have sought TO effect our utter
ruin, then their la4E qua &c Is Odry, cold,
technical, and formal. But whsh they
speak Of their own fslloW-citizeus, Of tie
men who bear the burdens aud perform
the duties Of society. who are the main
] stay Of the Government in peace and in