Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-06

Aue presence OlOluuat NUu thlHG 10 protect
them BY simple order, no 49, call.
ed upon every soldier OF tubs army TO treat
tue women OF New Orleans rs gentlemen
should deal with the sex, With such effect,
that ! now call upon the Just. minded ladies
OF New Oflenus TO ssy whether they have
ever enjoyed 50 complete protection, and
calm quiet. Tor themselves and their fami.
lies, hs since tho advent OF the United
Slalea troops
The enemies OF my country unrepentanI
and implHoabIe, have treated with merit
ed severity. lhold that rebellion is trea.
SOU, and that treason persisted in Is death,
nod any Punishment short Of that due
traitor gives SO much clear gain to him
from the clsmAncy OF the Government
Upon this thesis have | administered tho
authority OF the United States, because uf
which ! am not Unconscious OF complaint.
do not feel that have erred in too much
harShHess, for that hRrshuess has ever
been exhibited to disloyaI enemies to my
counlry, and not TO loyal friends. To be
IIre, might have regnied you with the
unlenIies Ol British civilization, aud yet been
within the supposed rules Of civilized war
fare You might have been smoked 10 death
ia cRyerns, as were the COVenSutcrS OF Scot.
land by the command OF a general OF tho roy.
a! house oil England; or roasted like the ia.
hA5itants OF AIgiCrS during the French
campaign; your wives aud daughters might
have been given over to the raVisher, as
were tho unfortunate danes Of Spain in the
PeDinsulAr war; or you might have been
scalped and lOmAhRwkrd Ms our mothers
were At Wyoming by tue savage allies Of
Great Britain in our own Revolution; your
property could have been turned over to
iniisGrimiuaLe "Oot,' like the palace OF the
Emperor Of China; works OF Srt which
adorned yOgr buildings might have been
sent away, like the paintings OF Vatican;
your sous might have been blown from the
mouths u cannon, like the SepoyS at Dslhi;
add yet all this would have been within the
ruleS Of civilized warfare as prScticed by
the most polished and the most hypocriticAl
nations VI Europe. For such acts the re-
cords OF the doings OF some Of the inhabit.
ants OF your city towards the friends of the
Union, before my coming were n sufficient
provocative and Justification.
But | have net so conducted On the
contrary, the worst punishment inflicted,
except for criminal acts punishable by eve
~ law, has been Punishment with labor to
"a barren island, where encamped my own
soldiers before marching here.
II iS true have levied upon the wealthy
rebel. aud paid ouI nearly halt million of
dollars to feed forty thousand OF the StarV.
log poor Of all nations assembled here,
made 80 by war.
saw that this rebellion was war Of
the aristocrats against the middling men
OF the rich against the poor war of the
land owner against the laborer that it
was II struggle for the retention Of power
10 the hands Of the few against the mauy
and found no conclusion to it save in the
SuhjugAti0n Of the few, and disenlhralment
Of the many. therefore felt no heSta.
ton in taking tue substance OF the wealthy,
who had caused the war, to feed the iuno-
cent poor, who had suffered by the war
And shall now leave you with the proud
that carry with me the
blessings Of the humble and loyal, under
the roof Of the cottage and In the cabin Of
the slave, and so am quite content to incur
the sneerS Of the IdIoH or the curses Of the
rich.
found you trembling at the terrorS Of
ssrvile insurroction, All danger of this |
have prevented by so treating the slave
that he had no cause TO rebel
found the dungeon, the chain, and the
lash your only means Of enforcing obe-
dience in your servants. leave thOm
peaceful, lAooriods, controlled by the laws
Of kindness and justice.
have demonstrated that the peslilence
can be kept from your borders.
have added million Of dollars to your
wealth in the form Of new land from the
batture Of the Mississippi,
| have cleanssd and improved your
streets, canals, and public squares, An !
opened new avenues to uuoccupled land.
have given you freedom OF elections,
greater than you have ever epjoyed before
lhavs 9sussd justice 10 be administered
90 impArtially that your own advocates
have unanimously cOmPlimeutcd the judg.
cS Of my appointment 10.
You have seen, therefore, the benefit Of
the laws aud justice Of the Government
against which you have rebeled.
Why, then, will you not all return to
your allegiance to that Goverument-not
with lip service, but With the hSarI?
conjure you, il you ever desire to see
prosperity, giving business to
your streets And wharves-ii you hope to
see your city become again the mart OF the
Western world, fed by its rivers for more
than three thousand miles, draining the
commerce OF country greater than the
mind OF man hath ever eouceivsd--re.
turn to your allegiance.
II you desire 10 leave TO your children
the inheritance you received Of your ia.
thsrs--A stable constitutional Government
III you desire that they should, 10 tbs fu.
iure, be a portion of the greatest empire
the sun ever shoue uPou-return to your
allegiance
There is bat one thing that stand, 10 the
way.
There is but one thing that. at thi, hour,
ltGudI between you aud the Government, I
aud that is slavery.
The Institution, cursed Of Ged, which |
has taken its last refuge here, 10 His provi.
ienee will be rooted out a. TIE ares from .
he wheat, although the wheat be torn up
With IL, r.... !