Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-10

cstuess of his present convictions, as well
as his disinierestedness. he says:
hesitnted long, my ieiIow-cr,iz"ns be.
tore determined 10 issue this address.
dislike to be abused aad slandered But
more than all, dislike to live under clouo
with those friends who Lave not yet
reached my standpoint. And, BESIDES All
/ POSSESS is in the Confederate lines
rheir leaders will deprive my family OF
slaves, home property-tiehis due me-in
a word, reduce them from competence and
ease 10 penury. Aside from what have
inside the Confederate lines, I could not
pay for the paper this address is written
urDn. But il may all 20. Did desire
;uIlrr promotion, and could bring my con-
science to it, would do like the JOknsons,
safe from bullets and hardsRips them
selves, they assist in holding you on to
this hopeless and ruinous struggle, and Mt
the end OF the conflict, will come back aud
say: 81 Sfdid trih you 10 the last -
4 EiIonor ms aud mine" God deliver me
from such traitors to humanity, and to the
interests of our needing people To me
the path of duty is plain. II is to lend my
feeble aid to stop this useless efnsion OF
blood. Aud though it beggar my family,
and leave me no ray of hope for the flu
| lurP, ] shall follow II.
= shall send this address
to every hill and corner of the State, to
the citizen and soldier, at home or in pris'
on, and shall send with it my prayers to
| Almighty God to arrest them in their path
way Of blood and ruin. Why trust Davis
longer! Had he twice cur resources he
would still fail. With success he would
be u despot But the whole thing is tumb'
| ling to pieces. Soldiers arc leaving dis
gustcd and disheuTtened;und whole states
huve gone back u their home in the Ma
tional galaxy. Maryland and Delaware
will neqer again be shaken. Kentucky
has intrenchGd herself in tho Union, be
| hind IL wall of bayOncts in the hands OF
her own sturdy sons. Missouri is as firm
ly set in the National galaxy rs Massa.
chusetts. Tennessee tempest-tOssed and
bolt-riven, under the guidance finer great
pilot, steers for her old mooring, and will
be safely anchored before the leaves fall;
while the rays of light from the old North
STATE, flashing out titfully from her dark
ness across the troubled waves, shows
that she stirs, is not lost, hut is strug
Cling to rcjOin her sisters. None of these
Then with crippled armies-with devas
/ utlu5-hllu uGsOldNG
disheartened soldiers, and worse than all
with weak and corrupt leaders, what hope
is left to the few remaining States but es
pecially to poor oppressed and down trOd
den Arkansas? None! Better get oul
brothers home while they are left 10 us
Open the way for the return of husbands
fathers and sons. and bind up the broken
links Of the old Union. The people mus
uct to do this. tell you now, in srie
and pain, that the leaders dOn't care fol
your blood. Your sutferings move then
not. The tears and walls Of your nn
guished and bereaved ones, fall on hearts
Of flint! While they can make u dollar
wear an epaulette, they are content
Finally, with gricf-stricken and sorrow
full heart, i implOre mothers, sisters
wives and daughter to assist, by all thei
arts, in saving their loved ones from THU
terrible scOurgc, ere ruin Ovortakes yOr
and them irretrievably! While God givei
me strength, daunted by peril, swerveC
by no consideration of self, shall give
my feeble aid!