Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-29
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state of the country. In these days, "neu
| brawling demagogues, and secession sym
pathizers seek to stop the monthes OF the
clergy by the cry of political preacnlIng,
! it is refreshing tOaread the out-spoken de-
| liyerance of this body of Christian patrl-
ats. and 10 see the bold and determined
stand they take for. the cause of God and
the rights nJs. T9o
WHEREAs, q most wicked, and causeless
war is now raging in the nation, threaten-
ling its very existence and whereas, it is
a Christian and ministerial duty to sustain
the Government that protects and }blesses
us, and also to separate ourselves as far as
practicable from all imputation of compli-
| city with rebellion and treason /; therefore,
3ReSotUed, That we solemnly appropriate
the hour of 10 "A. M. next Friday, to re.
Il ceiye the oath ofaIIegianee to these United.
tIStates,lan do hereby respectfully request
the Hon j. Judge GhAffee, of'this judicial dis
trict to be present and administer the
same' aaa o 1ne s1aia.a
On Friday, at the time appointed, the
1 committee on the state of the country made
a most able and spatriotictr report, as fol-
i lows: s5F a Il tiA Re
The present gigantic rebellion is con-
flict between two antogonistic powers OF
civilization the one founded on the Dec
laration of Independence, and recognizing
the dignity of labor; the herifounded
upon Slavery, a supreme disregard of the
welfare of the laboring classes. The one
/ seeks to ELEVATE all classes of society, the
other makes the elevation of the few to de-
pend upon perpetual degradation of the
vast majority. Slavery, be it remembered,
I does not degrade the black man alone; the
Il poor whites, on account of the odium at
i tached to labor, are reduced to a condition
i SO low as to be despised even by the me-
/ groes.g The determination to extend, per-
Il petuatec and natiOualize the saystem of
i American SIavery-making it the central
ideal in the entire national policy. domes-
tic and foreign, aud demanding that u
| minority amounting to less than lone'seV.
| enty-fifth part of the entire population of
the United States should have coutroll-
ling influence in every department of the
GoVernment-has,fo r many years been the
settled policy of those now in rebellion.-
| Not content with domineering over the
helpless victims of their selfishness at home,
they determined to ruin both North and
South with rod of iron. The fear that,
owing to the greater prosperity and more.
rapidly increasing population of those
parts of the county consecrated to iber-
ty, this power to control everything their
own way was about too pass out of their
hands, has led them to the deliberate pur-
pose of breaking up the Government of
the United States. An institution origi-
| mating in theft and robbery, and whose
continuation from generation to genera
ton is but prolonged theft and robbery,
now rises up to destroy our Government
| and lay waste the goodly heritage which
God and our fathers have bequeathed to
US. AS ministers of the Gospel, we should
deem ourselves guilty before God and man,
did we not feel a lively and abiding inter-
est in the preservation of our Union and
the continuance of our free institutions
Christian men and Christian ministers
have as great an interest as any
class of men in all that concerns the well
fare of our common country. In the first,
place, it is q duty directly eujoiued upon
them by God himself to maintain and up
hold good government, as diVinely or.
dained Institution, In the second place
the labors of Christian men and Christian
ministers have Contributed in no small de-
igree toithe prosperity Of ouT Copntry..7r
The senseIess cry about naddlinR
Il with politics shall mover induce Us.
\ 70 look on and see our country
torn to pieces. We care nothing for
absolute political partisan issues. The
only living issue now is, whether the Gov
eminent shall live or die. Our convictions
are as strong as convictions can be, that
the Government of the United States, ex-
tending over every square inch of her ter
ritory, should be maintained at all costs
and at all hazards; and that Whatever
stands in the way of this, no matter what
it may be, should be put out of the way as
i an enemy to the human race. 1t seems to
us that the signs of the times strongly in
dictate the will of God that slavery, the
cause of the rebellion, shall perish with
the rebellion itself. The negroes every
where hail the approach of our armies as
the opening of the Year of Jubilee. Their
uniform testimony is that they have been
Iprayipg for this hour. They come within
our lines with tears of gratitude, and with
lprayer and praise mingled with songs of
Thanksgiving They ascribe their deliver
ance to God, in answer to prayer. They are
all willing and anxious to aid the Union
cause, and willingly offer up their lives
to our common country. To refuse their
aid is to strengthen the cause of the rebel
lion; for, if not permitted to help save the
country, they are compelled reluctantly to
aid in destroying it. May God grant that,
aiding the cause of freedom, they may
themselves all become free men.
We have no fellowship with that profess
sed loyalty which, pretending to be favor.
able to the Union, opposes every measure
that can possibly restore it. If the rebel
lion is to be put down, it requires men to
do it. To oppose enlistments, therefore,
or to oppose the draft, is to aid the rebels
IA matter they understand very well and
4 count upon. IF men go forth to defend
the Government, they must be fed and
clothed, and this requires money. To OPP
pose the raising of money for this purpose
is to help the rebellion. This is also we'll
understood and counted on by the rebels.
| These men make a wise distinction be!
tween the Government and the Admins.
tration. They will aid the Government.
Ibut they will not cooperate with the Adj
ministration. Do they not know the gov
eminent is carried on through the Admin
istration, and not otherwise !? To refuse j
to co. operatet with the Adm, I'M strat;o, 4,