Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-14

| ny 10 0uty looks neither to the right OF
left, but keeps its eye eternally fixed on
principle. Is man to Judge of the divine
MISSION OF Moses by the disobedieDce ri
the Jews that kept them forty years wan
derlng in the wilderness; that slaughtered
forty-three thousand of them in one dav:
or oy the conduct OF Moses and Aaron,
VINO after being leaders of the people, one
of them the tallest of all inspired men tho
other High Priest, fell by transpression
and were not permitted to enter the Holv
Land? Is Christianity to be JUDGED bv ~ =
detection of Judas Iscariot, the worIdIy,
ambition of some of the Apostles in their
early career, the. double faced conduct nf
Peter, on whom the Saviour bestowed the
highest responsibility in his earthly King
dom; the sharp controversy of Paul and
Peter, or the embittered quarrel of Paul
and Barnnbas2 Ete4divine principles of
Judaism were entirely Independent of the
conduct of Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon.
Ahab, or any other men. The purity of
Christianity is uBsullied by the conduct of
any Gof its adVOcstes-those who live that
purity have incess9ut gains accommodating
constantly. And thus it is with every
good principle under the heavens. Il
stands true no matter how much men NAV
err.
There have never been any men on earth
who had committed to them more sacred
duties of an earthly character than those
who are defending the Union of these
States. The very existence of the nation
IS involved in the issue. Freedom, repre-
sentative institutions, constitutional guar
antees, the supremacy of the laws framed
by the people, are all at stake. And are
all OF these to be thrown away because Mr.
of Il
does do so? Are men who have enlisted
as soldiers, who stepped forward 10 6pht
tor the Constitution and laws, to grow
mutinous because they are not all Com
manders-in Chief of the army and navy.
and because MIR. Lincoln is? If Mr.. Lin.
coin has done wrong, shall VIC do wrong,
too, under the foolish notion that two
wrongs, by some kind of presdigitation,
may make right thing from such mate
rlals? !? The name Of the illUstrious Admit
raj Blake will flourish green in the memory
while patriotism is loved on the earth. lie
was commander of the English Navy in
Cromwclls supremacy. He was known to
be Royalist, and of course an opponent
OF Cromwell. But he gained some of the
greatest victories on the seas that England
ever won, and when upbraided with win.
ming triumpbssfor Cromwell, his noble re-
ply, in the rulness of his spotless integrity,
wos, 81 fought for my country, not for
Cromwell or myself. EndglanG bad con
tided her honor and safety to my keeping,
aud was for her gain, not for any mau's75'
That speech come from man of true
mould. Alas! that VIC have so few who
know how to follow his cxulDgle. Can you
hesitate moment about standing side by
side with Admiral Blake? Woul1 you be
to counseItyour friends to stand
ON foundation, on S6Vhich-,securely rests,
for all time, the glorious memory of that
great hero? Never forget, my son, that
men die, and most of them are forgotten,
but good principles live forever. All the
guilt of men has not changed iu the least
degree tho original power aud significance
of the principle, "Thou shalt not steal."-
A whole nation, people of vast power,
taught that it was not wrong to steal; the
wrong consisted in being caught; but Spar
ia did not convert the world. Sparta has
persisted, but the principle against which
she steadily set her face, fourishcs to-day,
as vigorously as wheuit commenced its
career.