Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-21
From the N. z. independent.
Our NationaICred

Iltssl Our National Credit A
sour credit is conquering interested
ayarice at home and defying interested
conspirators abroad. d."-WILL1AM II. Sc
WARD. .,45a Ts .i ID
Our worthy Cabinet Minister, in a
most eloquent and patriotic letter to the
great public meeting in this city an Sat
urday last, uses the truthful language we
have quoted above No better or more
appropriate text could be found for nse
IN these columns, and we commend its
thoughtful consideration to every one of
our quarter of million readers.
The Government of the United States
has more reason to-day to be proud of its
high position than any other nation on
the face of the globe. In spite of q rebel
lion unparalleled in its strength of num-
bers and in its power to achieve what
they have undertaken-in spite of the in
fernal, chilling influence of thousands of
Northern traitors and liberty-hating Cop
perheads-i in spite of imbecility, disloy-
atty, and plottings Of Maj jor-G Generals in
spite OF extensive, secret, and wicked or
CARNATIONS among us to assist the rebels
lin spite of q bold, defiant, and most
formidable movement to depreciate our
currency and destroy our national credit
in spite Of the steady, persistent deter
mlnatlon OF the moneyed aristooracy of
England toIhelp JEFF. Davis to the very end
lin spite of Gu expenditure of at least
one Thousand millions of dollars to sus-
tain our noble Constitution and our bene-
hclent democratic insitutions-in spite
off combination OF obstacles never known
N
al resources to-day are such that we NAV
boldly defy the combined ''avarice" and
''conspiracies" of all our enemies, come
they from whence they will, at home or
abroad. We say this plainly aud firmly
to the face of John Bull, and to every
other monarch of every other power on
the globe. We are no longer to be intim-
ldated, disturbed, and much less fright
ened, IN our onward march for the up
lifting, moral culture, developement, and
happiness of every man, woman, and
child, white or black, in our wide domain,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. a.s.5r3 7
Our resources are in the bone and.
muscle of more than two millions of men.
who with one heart will, if necessary,
fight for that freedom we now seek-afe
in our mountains of gold, silver, and
every precious and valuable mineral-are
in our couhtless millions of broad and
fruitful valleys and prariesAare in our
immense manufacturing capabilities, in
oar3 Yankee ingenuity and skill, in our
facility to overcome difficulties, in our
characteristic perseverance, and in our in
dopeitGble s0iIG Allthese give us a foun-
dntion of adamant, which all the raging
fury of our enemies Confederate or for.
eign-can neither jar nor touch.
How stands our national credit today
in view of such factsH Let Wall street
answer. Let our Minister of the Excheq-
uer, Mr., Chase, answer. Let the people
answer. Is public confidence shaken in
regard to our public securities? /? No.
ltnever was stronger. Are our Govern
ment stocks, bonds, and certificates of in
debtedness offered below par No.
They all command a premium.
We have not yet gone to smash to
please either the Confederate rebels or
their English abettors We can live,
breathe, have our being, grow rich, and
prosper, in spite of the, war. We can
sustain ourselves with money te, theSery
end of the confict-though that conflict
continue for years-and come off victors
at last, with no dishonor to our National
Treasury, for our credit IS c0nq,tefisg
interested avarice Mt home, and defying
interested conspirators abroad.9 -
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BEIlsGToS. Va, April 18th, 1863
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