Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-31

Tas KIND OF PILLOWS WHO w1Sr rHE R
RIGHTS.
When JET. Davis made, his first levy Of
troops. was editing paper at Knoxville,
East Tennessee paper they crushed out
this day twelve months ago. That makes
this my anniversary you knoW. [LaGgh-
ter; On the 25th of October last, they
crushed the most widely circulated paper
that aoated over JET. Davis ungodly do
mtnlons at that time, and the only reli
gioqs paper OF any denomination 10 ths
entire Confederacy, [laughter,1 aud God
knows my Knoxville Wing was not pious
enough to hurt. [ROars of laughter The
rebel soldiers used to meet me on the
streets and commence cnrsing and black
guarding me: "Why don't 20 in for JEFF.
Davis and my native South ~ Drunk on
mean. whisky-for the FIRST levy they
brought into the feld were not the flower
OF the Southern youth as they said-not
the best blood of the South but the rag.
tag and bob-tail of Southern society. Said
|; What are you going, into this war
for e eve are going in for our rights"
"Whst rights have ysu lost2" "The right.
by Cd to carry our negroes into the
territories"-Whep to my personal knoWl.
edge, for no man in the South knows
h40A0 bhnu AOt NHO-hAAEuA QL Whole
army at that time never owned negro in
the world, aud never were related by afin-
ity or rconsaugpinity TO any man that ever
did or ever win own a negro. TGrent
laughter aud applause.
may say Tonight, honestly, and in the
fear Of God, before this vast audience, they
are not fighting for the negro. They make
that the pretext They have thrust the
negro forward. They make that the bone
Of contention. think it perfectly right
that the Federal army should except the
challenge-take up. the glove they have
thrown doWn-pick up the niger and
worry them with the nigger until they
have their fill of the niggeF. lApplause.1
I shall have occasion TO speak OF the Pres
ident's proclamation before / am done, ifI
do not forget it. If do forget 1t, hope
you Will jog my memory. shall have
l shall have occasion to indorseit. TGFeat
and prolonged cheering.1 -aa
There is deep policy, AN infernal scheme
now on foot all over the Northwest to
transfer the Northwestern country to the
Southern Oonfederacy, If they can do SO,
by aud by. They are in alliance with them
and want to transfer you to the Southern
oonfederacy if they can gain their inde-
peudeuce. talk this thing out. ask NO
favor of anybody. There's nobody about
here that care for or fear. tApplsuse.) +.
sob it is time we had a paaee,p say
these men. How are you to have peace?
know the South and the Southern lead
ers, and you never can treat with them or
compromise with them, except upon terms
that will disgrace and degrade the loyal
States. If there is peace they will have it
all their own way, and compel you to come
to their terms. II we are to have treaty
of peace we are to fight for it and conquer
q peace. am for doing that. (Oheers.)
We have amilliOu of men in the ield now;
we have the money aud the credit; we have
the arms and the ammunition, and we have
the bone aud sinew OF the county to back
us mp at home, aud produce bread and
meat for US while we fight. Letus fighton
and fight ever. If million of our men
are slain there is another million to take
their places, thank Godi (Applause.) If
we are slain-a second million-we have a
million Of boys in the schools, the colleges
and the FARMS who will go out and take
our places. Let us tight, II it need be, till
both races, North and South, like the Kill
kenny cats, arc destroyed. cloud ap-
planse and langhteF.) When We shall get
out OF this war, for my faith hasinever ftI-
tered, We will come out victorious: