Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-15

iians of the forest" We quote from Mrs
Kemble's work:
"On our drive we passed occasionally {
tAtlered mau or woman, whose yellow muC
complexion, straight features and singu.
larly sinister countenance bespoke an en-
tirely different race from the negro popu
latiOn in the midst Of which they lived
These are the so.called Pineldndera o
GsOrg'd-I suppose the most degraded racI
, Of human heings claiming an Anglo. .Saxor
origin that can be found on the face Of the
earth-flthy, lazy, ignorant, brutal, proud
penniless savages, without one ofthe uoblel
attributes which have been found occa.
sionally allied to tho vices of savage nature
They own no slaves, for they are, almost
without exception abjectly poor; they will
not work, for that, as they conceive, would
reduce them to an equality with the abhor-
red negroes; they squat, aud steal, aud
starye on the lowest OF all civilized sOcie.
ties, aud their countenances bear witness
to the EqualOr of their condition and the
utter degradation of their nature"
! !.FrOm such the conscriptiOu which has
fed the Southern army in the deplorable
civil conflict now raging in America has
drawn its rank and file. Better food for
powder the world could scarcely supply.
Fierce aud idle, with hardly one OF the
necessities or amenities that belong to
civilized existence, they are hardy endur-
ers Of hardship and reckless to u savage
degree of the value of life, whether their
own or others. The soldiers pay, received
or promised, exceeds in amount per month
anything ever earned before per year; and
the war they wage is one that enlists all
their proud and ferocious instincts. 1t is
against the Yaukecs-the Northern sons
IoF aOil fraa tnil and inHRIliUAnRR-hhR
hated AbolitiOnists, whose success would
sweep away slavery and reduce the SOuth-
ern white man to work. No wonder they
are ready to fight to the death against this
deIestabIe alternative, especially as they
look to victory as the certain promotion
ofthe poor white population of the South,
of which they are one and all members, to
the coveted digaity Of Shareholders them.
selves"
Now, with the fact demonstrated that
the most complete and degrading ignOr-
ancs makes this class of population 10 the
Cotton States the ready and dangerous
tools by which the selfish and uupriuci-
pied leaders of the rebellion may hope 10
overthrow free government, what help is
there for the loyal States except to meet
them on the field, and to crush where there
is no possible chance to convince2 Glory
ing in their ignorance, their savage preju-
dices. their crimes, rushing to battle with
murderouS determination to slay all who
oppose them, it Is only in the fact that
every great battle thins them of that the
leaders see their hopes OF success dimin-
Ishing, their resources failing.
Aud the evil-fairly attributed TO pop.
ulnr ignorance in this cRse-is not alone |
that which appears at the first glance
We're they TO place their leaders in power,
were it possible to establish another Gov
ernmeut on this continent which might go |
on unmolVsted, that very act would seal |
more completely, if possible, the hard
fate OF the "poor white trash" of the South; !
they would then find themselves under the |
heel of that despOtic power .foTeUer which |
has thus far made them fight its battles
without compensation, which has sent
of Governor Brown-''the fevers of the |
camp and the dangers of the battle field"
Let US hear from one of these Southern ]
politicians:
"Separation from the North will merely |
adjourn the contest. The form and spirit |
OF democracy has made its ray across The |
Border; it has overspread the States of |
DeidwGre and Maryland; it has extended |
iu the States OF Kentucky, Missouri and |
Virginia it has entered Southern cities
it has glIded into schools and pulpits it |
has crept about the halls of legislation
and so it is that we are not alone in our
contest with the Moth, which bears the
banners of Democracy, But toith the De
mOerdey ,itSeJ within tue States, the cities
aud institutions of the South"
In other words: eve, the privileged
orders OF tho South, after We have over.
thrown free government in the North or
conquered 'separation,' and shown our
deadly hostility to everything iu it's ten
dency democratic, we then intend TO rub
out every Uestige Of equal rights in the South
to erect the revOlIed States into Slave
Oligarchy, which shall have the privileged
few for It's controlling spirits, its masters;
and we will make war in turn in the South
for tho prosecution of these aims, If need
be, until We are successful" What other
interpretation, we wOnld ask, can such
language bear than that We have given to
it? Aud who does not feel that such
spirit, 80 hostile TO free government, must
be driven rom this continent it we are ev-
er to see freedom aud prosperity agAtn7
The truth is, the loyal States are not
only fighting their own battles against this
fierce and unpriucipled Slave OIigarcby,
but they are fighting the battles of the
poor people of the South as well. Made
blind and mad by their reckless leaders,
the poor whites there would rush on to
their own destruction in the course they
are made to pursue; and ignorant of what
would be the ultimate result of their efforts
they cannot be argued with except by
the arguments of the battle field. We
may I,iIu Ihnm hnt va mnat maat thnr,. t.