Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-15

NV trends, this is u sacred wnr--a war
waged for tho last hope OF man. II Is
war be,y cen freed ON and slavery. between
humanity and Observation-Disclosures pro-
Vress and barbRrism. Loving freedom as
/ did in my fAtherland, and having long
known and felt that division and discord was
weakness and despOtisHl, shrink from the
thought OF seeing my adopted country
divided and made the prey OF tyrhnts.-
The same great battle for the onward
march of freedom IS being fought in Amer
lea now that has been repeatedly fought IN
the old world the same that was fought in
England under Charles lin France under
Louis XVI-in Germany during the thirty
years war. 1t is the same that was fought
in Switzerland when the Southern cantons
Of that now happy land rebelled. 1t IS
the same that was lately fought in Italy
under the lead Of Garabaldi, who broke
down the tyranny OF the Kingdom OF Ma
pies and drove out the hated Bourbon
The rebellion is the Naples of American
There can he no liberty-uo eOmpOsure-
no peace, until it is crushed.
My friends this is the same war of l77O.
This nation then went TO war to establish
the rights of man. She is now at war to
maintain them. It is not play thing TO
nut down such rebellion as this. am
afraid we do not all see the full extent Of
the dangers that threaten US, and al
though it may not be policy in me to point
them all out, yet VIC should not deceive our
solves in regard to what may be in the flu
ture. This great republic, where all of us
have so long been free aud happy aud
prosperous, is threatened with more dangers
than one Look ut Eugland-lOOk at
France-look at MexicO-look Ut JEFF. DA.
vis-look at the Copperheads in our midst.
All are working to the same end; all are
in unison to destroy this great and good
government. What means the coming of
Macmillan, a scion OF the tyrant house OF
Hapsburg, to Mexico? Does it mean liber-
ty? No; ii means white slavery, just as
JET. Davis rebellion means black slavery.
Napoleon who has destroyed the liberties
Of France now threatens ours. PCrfdous
England, who never does anything boldly
or openly, is secretly at work in alliance
with the Cotton planters Of the South
She is at the head of the scheme for estab-
fishing Maximilian in Mexico.
But all these designs, my friends, are not
to be feared as are the schemes and aims
of the Copperheads. They Turk in our
midst, holding their opportunity to strike.
If they were in our front we could meet
them, but they disguise themselves and
pretend to be neutrals aud even friends
This rebellion aud this copperheadism is
all one aud the same monster, and while
jeff. Davis is Its head, Vallandigham is its
tail. The Copperheads are the reaction
lists who are tue allies Of she enemy within
our lines. Do you stop to think, my friends,
that all that is mean, all that is sordid,
all that is dcspotic, all that is bAleiul to
liberty is arrnycd in this rebellion OF in
sympathy with it. II is made up OF men
who believe that human rights are the
privilege Of only tew-whO would have
an arislocracy built up on the ownership
OF man, and those who sympathiZe with it
are the degraded creatures OF our Clties,
villages and towns, who kill people be
cause of their color-who burn houses be-
cause those who own them are tho friends
of liberty. All the odds and ends of these
mean and sOrdid elements will flock around
the standard OF Macmillan in opposition
to the proud dag above me-thc symbol OF
protection to the weak and elevation to
the oppressed Some oiyou complain that
the Government is tyranuical. am oil
those who believe it is too lcnient, Rm
so because see the greMt dangers which
IT has to meet. It must save itself from
the hands Of its dcstrOyrrs. II it cannot
reason with them it must arrest them
Severe discipline is always mercy; it is
always good policy. DO not be deceived
by those who cry peace in your ears. 1t
is the effort of the enemy to break you
down. Are you ready to withdraw the
armies of the Union from New Orleans
and give up that city again to the
slaveholding rebels. Arc you willing to
give up Vicksburg, Nashville, Memphis,
Chattanooga? II you are, the army is not.
It would never submit to SO great shame.
Never You cannot Withdraw your armies
unless yOu are willing to acknowledge the
Southern Confederacy. Aud what does
that promise you? They talk to you OF
compromise. l would like to see the COM
promise that JEFF. Davis and Fernando
Wood would get up2 What would it
mean? Submission TO the Union on their
part or submission to the rebellion and
slavery on your part? No! my friends,
you can never separate this country. Ma
ture f0rbids it. There is no boundary for
a separation, and there would be no peace
NO happy future. You cannot draw n
military line of detcuse. No country in
the world could support au army large
enough to maintain such line You
could not establish a political line, on one
side of which men should be free and on
the other side OF which they should be
slaves.
Gen. Sigel then turned to Considera.
ton OF our foreign reIRtlons-ouF dangers
from England and France. He took the
ground that the lever through the country
now prevailing, for an alliance with Rus
STA was new danger and also danger
indeed. It would be a diplomatic ALI
Ance-not one on principle, aud 1t would
lose US moral support and sympathy from
the only friends we had in Europe. The
liberty loving masses Of Europe-of Eng.
land, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary
hated Russia. Beside such an alliance
would bring US no strength. What avail
is Russia. She seeks US for her own dip.
lomatic, selfish purposes.
In conclusion General Sigel addressed
himself to his adopted fellow citizens, ad.
juring them by what they bad known and
felt of despOtism in their fatherland, and