Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-16
speech OF Auditor Crane at PhIIa-
deIphIa Last Saturday Night.

deIphIa Last Saturday Night.
FtliOlc. .eountrymen:-The iutroduct ton
have received to you tonight causes me L
remember what had otherwise forgotten
have lost all recollection of geographical
lines know now Of nothing but my
country, and of the Union of the States fol
which SO much blood has been shed.
| have almost lost all recollection OF geo.
graphical lines, though was born in Rich
| mOnd, Graded among Southern institu.
tons surrounded by Southern associations
and filled With the prejuitces and section
alisms Of Virginia society.
In West Virginia We have become q
brotherhood. There was day when Out
principles were RntagOuistic to each other
| then looked upon you, as did most around
in the light Of sordid aud ungensrous
people. fought you then as nuisances;
chased you in hill and valley as disturbers
OF the public peace. As the Apostle Paul
said he felt when holding the garments OF
the rebels who stoned Stephen to death, /
believed was doing God q service
As the light OF Heaven breaks in upon
the soul of the poor sinner when God saves
his soul and the pearl Of great price is 10
his grasp, it was tome when saw and
fOrsook this error instillsd into me from
earliest childhood by the daily lessons sur
rounding me. gave up the graves Of my
fathers, the friends OF my Youth, my home,
my property-everythiug had-aud for
the sake of freedom gave up the country
for,which my own father gave his life.
come TO you now from West Virginia
free West Virginia. (The audience here
interrupted the speaker by cheering for
some minutes come from the noun.
tains OF our glorious West Virginia TO urge
.you to unite With US 60 cAtty on this war
tor the integrity of the UGiou, until We
crush out this atrocious oligarchical re.
bellion or perish in one common grave
ICheers. am proud to come from West
ViEginia-a free State, peopled by free
men. Hers is no common history. We
have nothing but Union men there. We
are more loyal there than you are here
under the steeple Of Independence Hail.
We haven't q coPPerhead in Western Vir-
giniR- Let any scOundrel dare open his
mouth for any other peace than that which
follows the suppression Of the rebellion
and tho restoration of the Union, anu we
run him into prison or into the Ohio. Tu
multuous applause.
We own Western Virginia. 1t is sacred
to liberty. We have bought its soil, and
paid for 1t by tolls and blood. Isacrifced
ior it everything, and all are loyal as
am. In Western Virginia the bringing
poltroons who would cry peace must hold
their peace or go for il to jeff Davis
(Laughter.) have been a Democrat all
my life. am a Democrat by birth and by
education. My life has been spent among
Democratic influences, but thank God, I
never yet was stained by connection with
the dirty, miserable aud treacherous
Breckenridge Democracy. | was Doug.
las Democrat, (cheers,) and seventeen
thousand more OF us showed our iudepen-
dence by gathering around the banaer of
that great statesman. (Cbeers.) These
cringing towards | They steal the name
Of democracy and have not the spirit to
wear it. | wait until eastern Virginia is
redeemed-uutil her flag, now buried in
the dust, is again brough forth to the light
of liberty. We Democrats of Western
Virginia will be there. and no contemplate
polIroon who now sympathizes With the
oppressors OF UniOn men shall look upon
that sight. (Long cheering.)
am ashamed Of you here in Pennsyl-
vauial We in West Virginia have no
"peace" party. We don't think of peace
except a peace following victory. What
has freed hers In old Virginia | sacri.
feed a large fortune in slave property,
have owned slaves all my life, but when
slavery stood in the way Of Union let
them 20. tCheers.) am utterly asham.
ed 10 come here, and hear of peace party.
Western Virginia knows no such term
What are you going to do2 Will you
prove the truth Of what have all my life
heard Of you, that you are a low set of
sneakiug, cowardIy Yankees, given up to
mere money making, and loving dollars
better than country or kiudred2 This Is
what the rebels say OF you. know ali
about the rebels and the rebellion. op.
posed Memminger when he fret wanted TO
lake Virginia out OF the Union, and
while the debate was IN progress beau.
tifnl flag from Pennsylvania arrived there,
a gift from Union men to Virginia. They
said il was only ft 10 be contemned, and
refused to permit it's glorious stars and
stripes to be unfurled. For two days
fought them, aud at last succeeded, aud
the stars and stripes did float over the
the heads of those men, and have now
in my pocket resolution passed by the
Legislature of Virginia, thanking Penn
sylvanie for the gift. + d. u = -.l
We are carrying on war for the future
Of the country, for our pOsterity and fol
ourselves, aud "conquer we must, for Oul
cause is just" The time is coming when
treason here will be as little esteemed as
though IL were that of Benedict Arnold
aud the traitors who are now deludinf
their countrymen will share the same In
fanny. have not known much OF Phila
delphlaus. LIDO not know Judge Wood
ward. know he is q Judge, and they say
he doesn't make d very good one. know
you don't want to make him still wors
Governor. But let me ask you about him
Did he ever make q speech for the Union
"a united cry, "Nop
Did you ever hear Of his doing anythinJ
for the soldiers2 (Tsoars Of "No, never r.