Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-14
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30 one who scans attentiyely the thrill
ing harratixss of the recent bloody eonHicts
near Richmond, can fail 10 see that what
ever De ths other dement's Of the febs
coWardice is moi of the plumber. 40 fanat-
ic hoIdepf TuFepunAls under the banner OF
Nahomet; no stolid phalaux of serfs dis
cipliued to iafDs bs some ambitious despot,
hEerfqpght mors eteFplya pd deyotedly than
slave oligsrehs. ..--..-.t.
Had such courage aud endurance been
exertei in 4 better cause; had they fought IN
the.n6bis cause of freedom instead OF that
which uphoids slavery, We might. pave ac-
corded to them the highest meed;ot admit
ration. Nothing could have withstood the
onslaugnts of a foe az once so numerous
and determined butthHt stern array OF ~
Vincible freemen who TO heroic bravery ad-
ded the eIil igb tenn eht and Ii snRerior
civilization. To these Advantages may also
be, added avery effective artillery, and PSF
haps some difference. il JeSaed to'th quat-
lily Of small arms. These counter6alances
were all necessary to enable 0uE noeleaF4ny
to beat back the hal -bafbaEie ihpt Which
SO persisientiy assailed them with over
poWering: numbers. That Mcclellan g ar
NV has thus far rolled back the tide of
fierce assault, and inflicted on the traitor
ons host loss which will forever be re-
membered as an awful lesson to our south
ern neighbors, Is a subject of cougratula-
tlou 10 every patriot, eyes though he may
mourn some relative OF friend left PROSTATE
on thatsnnEuinsry'6 eid. %ssf a2f a1~s isyia
Both conteudiug armies fought brayely
ip,tbEt sRtfS otIlins IS Succession of lsdttlest
but certainly to the Nortbmen must be nc
corded the palm of superiority, siree their
foes sotitnumbered them Two to one, and
made their assault whilst our army was
executing n critical flank movement But
chief among other points of difference IS
this-our troops fought for the best cause
Whiehscan engage the energies of an en-
lightened soldieryr the cause of freedom
and national integrity-the enemy for sla-
very in its. grossest ,form, and for O disor-
ganizing priuaiple of sseoession,i WHICH if
temporarily successful, would be sure TO
bring in its train anarchy or despotism.-'
The great mass of the Southern sarmies is
evidently composed 6fSrudeL aud lgnorant
men, taken from that class of poor whites
who are not themselves owners of slaves,
but rather t1e serTs of the slave propris-
tors, kept designedly in iguorance- and pot-
erty, lest .theiriinRuence might leopard the
dominance Of the slave aristOc=acy.s
These are the blindiustruments used BY
the head traitorsin this great conspiracy
TO be cast aside as useless or dangerous in
case the confederaey- succeeds, and 10 be
altogether ignored and tlisfranchised. No
one can doubt this who has observed the
disclosures of Southern planters to Russell
of the london TIptts the significant de-
bates in the recent Virginia Convention.
Orhthe numerous hints which has been
dropped IN the columns of influential jour
nRlz., zs..s -
Ifanything could possibly add 20 the
turpitude of a=rcbellion so foul ia allits ass
poets, it is perhaps this manifest design of
itsleaders TO sacrifice the masses whom they
have cajoied or coerced into their service.
Who can imagine the uncomfortable amount
of falsehood' and deception which induced
their first leTies to enter the field, or tEc
atrOciOus cruelties which attended the,
subsequent CONSUMPTION Law We hear
that thousands of these unhappy victims
are wandering among sWamps along the
Mississippi river TO escape the dreaded ne
cessity; and doubtless thousands of those
who have been dragged into the ranks
would most willingly avoid the combat If
that were possible. They. csnuot. The
traitor chiettains had. so arranged tue reg
iments that all must fight aud SO in very
desperation they must advance 10 the can
mons mouth and be swept away by the uu'
erring fiIe.of the Federal guns.
One cannot but feel an emotion OF pity
for such of these combatants as are forced
thus reluctantly. into thetfieId, andsof still
greater adherence for the guilty traitors
who brought on the great calamity.
They already had virtual oiigarchy which
allowed TO the poor white man only the
shadow Of liberty, and they now lead him
through fields OF carnage where success
would ouly leave him a bondman. only one
degree above his felIow-slave the black
man.