Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-11
GOV. Pisrpoinrs Proclamation.

sion aud is taking the incipient steps me-
eessary for general arniiug and organi-
ton of lhe people of Virginia In ali the
reorganized countless wedtlated At length
upon the the necessity of such measures in
our Issue ofsMobday. The time has now
come for war preparations on grander
scale than ever before known IN this or
any other country. The American people
must prepare TO ward OF the greatest dangers
whichfeap threaten free people. The
line, OF the loyal States from Harper's Fer
ry to the western borders of Kansas, is
liable to invasion. The rebel leaders as
pire to the control of the continent, and
aim TO rule all. the States by the sword.
With the help of foreign Intervention, they
expect TO become masters Of the Free
States as well as the Slave States. The
danger Is Immediate, and unless we are
prepared to welcome it submissiysly, it be-
hooyes us to prepare to confront it as men.
To that end, all men must understand
thatthe engrossing duty of the hour is that
of the soldier. Besides raising the full
quotas under both calls of the President, a
work hardly less important remains to be
done. The whole loyal country must be
transformed into camp of Instruction.
Pennsylvania has set the example. Vol
pntary drills are well, aud individuals may
fit themssIyes thus for the coming contests.
But more than this Is requisite. Official
organization is necessary, and formal di-
vision into company districts, aud desig-
nation of drill officers. The drill must be
something more than the assembling Of
awkward squads. A regular and compre-
heusive organization of the entire people
into an army of reserve, will also be nee
essary for the emergency hesitate must
be thus organized, and this reserpe must be
armed and equipped.
We have been late IN preparing for the
exigeneies which the past year aud a half
have thrust upon us. The hour may come
when such delay may be fatal. The gem
eral arming of the men-of the loyal States
as an army of reserve. will prepare them
for any danger, and prevent evils which
otherwise may oyefwhelm us.
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THR sudden disappearance of the great
rebel army from the yicinity of Washing
ton week ago, our Ignorance where this
army has gone. and what the plans of the
leaders are, show their superiority in the
secrecy of their movements. Their plans
are not communicated even to their own
officers, except SO far as is necessary to
carry them out and the southern press is
silent on the subject. Our operations are
conducted with no such secrecy. Newspa-
per correspondents near headquarters vie
With each other in communicating the plans
of the generals aud the forces at their COM
nand, The positions of the several camps
and supplies, the condition of every dtvis-
iopAnd regiment, the numbern of sick aud
disabled, in fact, all the information which
the enemy desire to possesi, is paraded-in
newspspsrs:With conspicuous headings to
attract attention and create q sensation
The rebel army, 100000 to $780, 900 strong,
is hOSeringion our borders, yet:ne one has
the least idea where.it will strike.
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impregnable Qualifications, aud crowdiug
past 1t, to carry our invasion into the
oarOlinas and push for Raleigh and
ChArlestoni WHY. The idea of suel,E 4 move.