Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-19
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that only Soothsro traitors aud degraded
saVages can take pleasure 10.
We cannot close this opening address
TO our patrons without brief notice Of the
eIehRy,a class Of men, above all others, who
have been productive Of mischief, violence
aud crime, 10 the South. We, Of course,
aiIude TO that class Of them, irrespective
Of seets, who have been active In promo
ting the cause of rebellion. We hazard
nothing In saying that the worst class OF
men who are making tracks upon South
ern soil, are so called preachers Of the
gospel, who have encouraged in this WORK
Of persecution, imprisonment, drunken.
ness, lying, stealing assAssinAIiOn and
murder They have aided 10 the WORK OF
devastating the county; they have con-
tributed to Gil the land With mouTniOgi
they have caused tears Of tens Of thous-
ands Of widows 10 hoW; they have done
their full part 10 banding down to poster.
" an army Of orphan children, they have
aided materially in filling thousands OF
graves with the best citizens Of the eoun-
try, North aud South; aud, fearful to re-
late, they have mainly contributed to ss9d
thousands 70 hell who might have been re-
deemed by the blood o: Christ bat for this
war. We can never hear one Of these base
hypOcrites preach II we eau get beyond
the sound OF his hateful voice. Let all pa
triots resolve upon the same course, and
thus, in all loyal sections, drive the mon
sters into the shades of private life!
In regard to SiaUeyy, We will take the
ground which experience aud logic prove ;
and that Is, that il can no longer maintain
rself in the temperate zone, 4fIer this re-
belliOn, and that the African rSee, when
emaoeipaIed, will disappear. The slave
States and slaTeh0iasRS have abolished
slavery b. The Eebsllioa and its eOnse-
quences-byt the wac aud Ihs constitutional
means accorded 70 the G0veFnmenL for
its defence. The slavery agitation which
brought on this war was the Porfsetiog Of
the EulIi6er's plot for dominion and dis
disuni0u. Aud though We have favored
slavery all our life long, no greater mis-.
IAke was ever made than in suPpOsing that
the masses Of the people OF the South
really favor the Institution They are
opposed to emancipation 10 IheiF midst,
because Of the rePuEnauce Of negroes 10
labor, aud Of the dGmOFaliZed state Of
society that must fOllOE
Other points on which our old patrons
expect TO hear Us speak, alter M absence
Of two years, will be treated upon editOTi-
ally from tins to time To those Whu may
be considered our friends. we feel under
no trivial obligations, but viii Al time be
happy to- Here the copy is OoliteFatcd -
Eds CoR.l To those wuO are our eEeUsiss,
we have no particular hatred or malice,
hut will, at All times, he most happy 10
forgive them, Proridsd they AaDs not been
he PtrsteutosS Of UAioR msN- TLsreioTe.
With the highest regard for friends, de
cent respect for honorable eOeuies, and
The lowest contempt for the Leaders 10 the
rebellion, this jOSrnal, with Whatever Of
talents its editor can mnster, launches
| upon the troubled sea Of Iifel
". q, BRoWNLoW.
Editor Of the Knoxville WGig.
October 20. 1868.