Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-30
The TEST OF Loyalty.

"where now are the old Democratic lead
ers7" The article answers the question. It
shows where they are. 1t shows that in the
different States where elections are being
held this fall they are going 10 heart and
soul, might and main, for the Union ticket,
diseardtbg party, rising above all double
dealing, striking heavy. and deadly blows
atthsiaccursedirebelli6 standing manful.
ly aud braveiy by the Government, leaving
nothing uudoue, pausing at no sophistry
about the Constitution, but earnestly. thor
ough.y, nncomprOmistngly and devOtedly
throttltng the secession monster in every
shape aud in every way in their power
Such men will live immortal in the annals
of the saved Republic. Their names
will be halo we'd through after time. In
black contrast with them will stand
such names as, yallandigham, Voorhees,,
Seymour, Wood, Carlile, and that whole
tribe of.unscru pulous partisans, who now,
in this great death struggle for the nations
liberties, are acting the false prophets,
knocking the efforts of the government and
all good men, distraetipg and factioniziug
thepeople, Introducing false issues. making
honest men distrustful, depreciating The
currency ofthe country, bounding the adj
ministratiou withitheiro old cry of abolition,
lying like internal fiends about lnigger
equality, traducing and making odious the
labor and the orders of patriotic Generals,
audin every way aud at all times Insulting
their poison into the loyal hearts of the
people Il is a wonder almost that the
very earth does not open and swallow
such men. They are as Daniel s. Dick
inson well said, no common felous,--
They are destroyers of their country,
the /" murderers of the hopes of pos
tetity," the vampires who are sucking
the blood of thousands of brave men in
the camp aud onthe battle field. They are
"leesping the word of promise to the ear
and breaking It to the hope of the nation.
Their double and traitorops utteranees
are copied in the rebel newspapers aud
there cOmmended. carlile has recently
been ealogized intwo prominent Southern
newspapers Gen. Prentiss read one of the
extracts at Chicago the other day, and he,
q Breckenridge Democrat before the war,
expressed his scorn for such men. The
Richmond Examiner. has openly ayowed its
anxiety for the success of the efforts which
are being made 10 divide the North. 1t
hopes for the election of Seymour in New
York. 1t lAments the defeat of Yallandig-
ham in. Ohio. The rebels everywhere,
though respondent and aghast at the mag
niicent preparations now ready to crush
them, hang to the hope of a divided SEN
timent 10 the loyal States. ii.2s
LoyaImen, will you not see these things?
Shall the word of warning cry all the day
undecided by yon2 Will you sprotract the
struggle when, it you would stand hand to
hand aud shoulder to shoulder, it would
soon besseuded3 Do you CONT as for
nothing all the sacred blood that has been
spillsd-all the millions. that have been
spedt9s Are you willing TO let them
go for naaght2 Areiyog ready to give up
your country, its unity, its Gag, its memo
ries, and blot your government and its
magnificent history of freedom from of the
map OF, the world We, ask you these
things sati6Isiy now. This is no time for
trihtng- The issue is too awful aud too
imminentl Never did such a stake swing
n,the balance before. We copIure you to
turn deaf ear to the wilesof the adrers-
airy. Their tale is smooth-their argu-
ments are glossy aud plausible. They. pro-
Tess to be Union men. Yet remember
what southern man has so well said
when he told YOU to beware of the loyalty
of mat man whose vords made Others dis.
loyal. No mans heart is right whose