The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-19

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prosecuted vigorously, and pushed Sout
with determined energy, until the old nag
the banner of beauty and glory, shall wav
] over everv foot of territory on this cont
nent. Il 81 eil i1 ~ .--r@.
= The GUERILLA WARFARE which the rebel
delight in, and threaten Union men witt
can not be long maintained when once tn
war is ended, or when rebel soldiers are
driven from a State. Self-preservation W
lead good men every where to unite wit
the Government in closing itout. No mere!
will be shown to such thieves and assassins
if they continue their rayages, when thei
armies have laid down their arms They
have no claims under1the laws OF. warfare
they are out of the pale of their protection
placed there by their own reckless viola
ton of those laws. This picking off OF mel
here and there. and these guerilla raids up
on families and villages, where murder and
plunder are the only motives, and not IN
any sense the furtherance of the objects oi
! war; should punish with death, without
even the form of trial. Let no such men
be taken as prisoners. Let stern ven
geance be taken upon every guerilla that
falls into our hands and their co outlaWs
would be, in a larg, measure deferred from
crimes that only Southern traitors and sa
wages can take pleasure in.
We can not close this opening address to
our patrons without brief notice of the
CLERGY, class of mon; above all others,
who have been productive of mischief, vIo-
lence and crime, in the South. We, OF
course, sllude to that class of them, irres-
pective of sects, who have been active in
promoting the cause of rebellion. We haz-
ard nothing in saying, that the worst class
of men, who are making tracks upon Sou
thern soil are so called preachers OF the Cos.
pel, who have encouraged in this work OF
persecution. Imprisonment, lying, stealing,
assassination and murder. They have aided
in the work of devastating the country;
they have contributed to fill the land with
mourning; they have caused tears OF ten
thousands of widows to flow. they have
done their full part, in handing down to
posterity an army of orphan children; they
have aided materially in filling thousands of
graves with the best citizens of the country,
North and South; and fearful to relate, they
have mainly contributed to send thousands
to hell who might have been redeemed by
the blood of Christ but for this war We
can never hear one of these base hyprocri
tes preach if we can get beyond the sound
of his hateful voice. Let all patriots resolve
We upon the same course, and thus, in all
loyal sections, drive the monsters into the
shades of private life ...
In regard TO ofgtaoery, we will tako the
ground which experience and logic prove;
and that is, that it can not longer MAINTAIN
itself in the temperate zone, after this re-
beIIion, and that the African race when
emancipated, will disappear. The Slave
States and Shareholders, have abolished sla-
very, by the rebellion and its consequences
by the war, and the constitutional means
accorded to the Government for It's defense.
The slavery agitation which brought on this
war was the perfecting of the Nullifer's
plot for dominion and disunion. And though
we have favored slavery all our life long, no
greater mistake was ever made than in sup
posing that the masses of the people OF the
South really favor the institution. They
are opposed to emancipation in their midst,
because OF the repugnauce of negroes to la
Dor and OF the demoraliZed state OF society
that must follow.
Other points on which our old patrons
expect to hear us speak, after an absence OF
two years, will be treated upon editoriaily,
from time to time. To those who may be
considered our friends, we feel under no
trivial obligations, but will at all times be
very happy to Here thescopy is obliterated
Fps Cow, To those who are our enc
mics, we feel no particular hatred or malice,
but will, at all times, be most happy in for
giving them, provided they have not been
the prosecutors Of Union men. Therefore,
with the highest regard for friends, decent
respect for honorable enemies, and the low
est contempt for the leaders in the rebellion
this journal, with whatever of talents its
editor can muster, launches upon the
troubled sea q life.
w. G. BRowNLOw,
Elitor of the Knoxville Whig.
October "A, 1853.