Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-04
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Of Sermons. so eents zach. ~ mi ,InoGvii-'59
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We are indebted to Mr.. G. F. Taylor o
Braxtopi for the SLOWING document which
has a considerable circulation in thatre
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HEADQUARTERS N, w. BRrGADE,0
PROVISIONAL ARMY C. STATES,
'''''.-'''''''''---' March lst, 1868.
TO!ths Loyal and Patriotic Young Men o.
North Western Ytrginia: '..'1's ....-s
Some Of the most honored of the gifted
aud distinguished men of your oppressed
section of our beloved Virginia
wisdom and patriotism you and your faith
ers, in years gone by, delighted TO honor
\ with the highest political and personal
1 trust and confdence-men whose pure
character, exalted personal worth high in
tellectual endowments and devotion to
l your rights and interests endeared them to
the patriotic people of the North West
have addressed you some words of wise
j counsel, and friendly sympathy for your
h encouragementands support under the trials
you have been called upon TO endure; and
| they have entrusted me with the pleasant
H office of communicating them TO you
4
/ present. ---.---
As a Yirginiau-a Western Virgiuian by
birth, education, association and interest
soldier from choice in the holiest war
ever waged by any people in defense of
home and country, of civil liberty, and
constitutional right-as your .felto,0. citizen
/ of d grand old commonwealth renowned
for her past glories, sublime in her present
heroism aud sacrifices, and offering an i'm
mortality of fame aud honor in her future
to all her sons-even the humblest, and to
the remotest geueratiOn--whose names
shall appear upon the rolls of her tiliaI
protectors md defenders in This time of
| herperilaud her sure triumph, beg to
add a few words to what has been SO elo-
quently said by these distinguished gen
tlemen. ---'L - - - ? 81
iesire aud intend that in spite of the
mercepnry hirelings who are sElording it"
over yourthitherto' peaceful homes-plun-
dering, rObbfLg and numbering unarmed
citizens--in spite of the contemplate farce
OF State Government, enacted at Wheel
ing by a few corrupt and traitorous cross.
road and village demagogues, fit represen-
tatives of tn 8 infamy, aldagents of the i'm
/ potent malice of the chattering Ape who
rules the hour at Washing gton-tlis address
of your old neighbors and friends shall, find
its way to every loyal freside in the North.
West. need not ask you to read what
H these friends bave written. Your respect
4 for them will induce you-to do that. You
\ will reflect upon what they have said-you
\ will circulate it amongst your neighbors-
you will discuss at your iresides, the facts
SO candidly and. gravely stated ,.and weigh
we'll the arguments so cogently urged upon
your considerations = sYour-w will review the
history of the past TWO years, and contrast
the5motives and actions of these gentlemen.
withthe motives andiacttoUs Of tue traitors
| who have sold themselves. and tried to sell
you and your country. .i ...7as4s E
You have enjoyed n two years of Yam
kee rule, and know how to appreciate its
blessingsl 1t is now in your power to
throw off the yoke, assert your manhood,
and finally drive your oppressors from a
soil their presence dishoners. Follow the
example of the, gallant thousands who are
in our armies from the North West. Come
out aud join them as comrades in arms
fShare, before it is too late, the gloFy-of
being soldier inthe same sacred cause in
(which your own great countrymap, "Stone-
wall" Jackson has won the admiration of
the civilized world, and consecrated for
lever the land that gave him birth athe
| North West. The surviving heroes of the
25lh and 3lst Virginia Regiments, whose
victorious shout has mingled with the, roar
OF battle on nearly every field where Vir-
4 ginia's sons have vindicated her honon will
] welcome with joyful hearts, to place in
their now historic ranks, the friends and
neighbors they left behind when the first
| clarion note of war called them to the
held. More than Thousand bravelmen
| who have joined this command from the
mountains and the Valleys of the North
West, since the last summers sun shOne
upon their homes, invite you to come and
with manly courage. resolYe that you will
Yankee nation has so,emt1lT..- l.- in the
face of Heaven and before a contemptuous
world confessed its inability to conquer IS,
| and calls upon the negro race to inflictfa
towards vengeance upon foe it dares no
longer confront in eqpaLmanly copbst.-
| No othep portion of our eountr5 is more
likely tosbe Invaded BY the negro Regi-
meuts of0hio and Pennsylvania, than your
own section. Your would be rulers at
| Wheeling have indicated their approval of
the controlling idea of the, North that ne.
4 gro is better than white mau-thafto Sc
cure freedomito four millions of negroes,
eight millions of white people may be en-
slaved, or butchered. This is nowhunde-
1 niably awar for the negro, The whitemenl
of the South are to. be compelled, If the
North can accomplish it, to acknowledge
the negro as their social and political
equals, and this work will be commenced
in your part ofSthes country because there
are willing instrumentsto TO engage in liti6w
exercising temporary local government
over you. Will you submit to it i, an
swer for the vast majority No! thousand
times No! Can you successfully resist. it?
| ]. answer Yes! # you will initiate the ex-
Eample of yQqE braye4couutrJmen now in
arms against the tyrants who are attempt
ing this awful crime aigsaiust God and ma