Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-29
whatsws Fight For.
OAllP BARBouRsvILLE, Sept. q


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We hght not for men bat for principles.
Our republican form Of goyernments doubt
less, has groWp out Of athe cardinal doe
triueS, Of the christian .religi0n,a Those
doctrines teach that the God of Nature
recognises 10 distiuoti0as between men in
Consequence Of their WealthS ancestry, col
or or knowledge. This Is, however, dis
rectly in opposition 70 mans selfish nAture,
and the almost qniVersal practice OF man-
kind in every ageO of the world. FoF.When
we trace the history Of the human race,
from the morning OF its existenee down
through every page OF that history We
discover written in characters Of blood,
that there has been . persistent struggle
between the two antagQnistic ideas Of uni<.
YeTsal liberty and despQtism. On the 0Ra
side there has beepl q, constant effort 70,
permanently establish upon the consider
ations above. referred 70, = FBitHg class,
whose privilege it should be TO Fegel- In
all the wealth and spleudor which 8it was
possible for the world 20 impart 70 aAn'sI
mpgtal .eEistenee, Rndi this, TOO, upop the
toll sweat and blood, ahd at the sudefings
and degradation OF millions Of the race
The object Of this class has always been 70
get possession Of che refus Of power, that
they might rule the balance Of mankind
for their own interests and selfish purpo-
ses. aI saielI .ds tsa5 .l-5-s
This other idea is this, that though
man may be poor, though he may not
have descended. from t.AbFaham,n though
he may not possess as much knowledge Rs
as his neighbOr, and though his color may
differ from that of other men, yet he eOmea
into the world in possession Of the same
natural rights that belong 70 anybody else,
aud that life, liberty, aud the pursuit OF
bapiness, are his birth-rights, as much so
IS though he had deseended froma long line
Of kings and mouArchs. The c0nFOVersy,
theref0re, that would necessarily grow out
Of snrh opposite views and opinions may
be properly termed, aud Is the ttirrepressi- |
BILE conflict" and has resulted in the, de. ]
struction of bilious Of human lives aud
the shedding Of seas 0fhuman blood The |
wars that have sprung from these two au-
lagonistio systems have been the fercastI
aud most destructive the world has ever
seen. They have well nigh orimsoned the
whole face Of the globe with blood, widows
and OrPhans have been multiplied by mil
ions, whole nations, with All their great
ness aud maghifeenee, have been swept
rom existence, and ne monument left 70 |
ell Of their former magnitude aud grand |
sur bat broken fragments and ruined
;emples. - q is7u
Ills this against which we are fghdne
% day, this spirit of tyranny and oppres-
lion, this idea of an aristOCfacy or ruling /
slassH that would forever bIot froni az I
world the idea Of liberty tS All rnaakind,
md would exutt in a haal and eompIets
triumph OF universal iespotism over the
FOULS aud bodies of men. .a3,-
Nineteen hdadred years ago ChristIAnity
lnnOdneed to the world thar ft5 object WGs
70 elevate the poor, the humble aud tbs 1
he naughty and the pr0da. Kings we're L
% be tOppled from their thrones; empires,
aud desp0tisms were 70 vanish
before its Onward march, like the mists of
he morning are scattered by the Fays Of
he san. Our Government e the Offspring |
II Christianity. It is built upon right !
justice aud truth, and the man
Who strikes at the one strikes at the other.
These southern traitors hate a reppbIi-
orm Of government, They are fghting /
o destroy it, and il their arms should trt- L
lmph, and our Government should perish, i
hen the power and spirit Of the chrIstian
eligiOn perish also. This, then, We re-
'eat, Is what We are lighting for, We fight
Tot only for our Government, but for our
liberty and christianity also. But be not
IeceiTed. The army is not the only in.
to be used IN the defense Of our
ibertieS and our religion against tyranny
md in6delity. but the pen, the pulpit, the
the press, the rostrnm, and
he ballot box, all are % be brought 70
'ear in defense Of the rights of man, and
heir almost omnipotent energy should be
lurled like ten thousand thunderb0Its, sent |
With lightning speed from the msgizines Of
he eternal, against the spirit OF slavery
md oppression, until it be swept from the
Universe Of God. May God Almighty's
lEm give rs the victory, We believe il