Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-19
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Our country has been divided aud dis
trAeted for the last three years. and even
| engaged in u cruel and uuTelentiug VAT
I In the South there bias been u strOug Union
element all the time bot, poWerless tor
| good. as It was kept down by rebel bay
onets, under the worst reign Of terror ever
known to civilized country. AT the
North there has been all the time tory
element 10 sympathy with the rebellion,
but equally poWerlesS tor evil, because OF
its weakness, and the iutamy Of its leaders,
| Upon one most important point, We are
happy TO say, our people of the loyal
States are unanimous-men Of all old par
ty affiliations agree that, whatever else
may happen, the rebellion must be put
down, aud the Union must be preserved.
When the rebellion was iDaugurated there
were thousands among us who were halt
inclined to regard the attempt to quell the
outbreak as hopeless. and who were more
than half inclined TO end the war by con'
eeding the independence Of the bogus Con.
fedeFAcy, although It had originated 10 aud
was based upon the great Southern plat
form Of falsehOod and perjury.
Our old subscribers, whose names were
legions, will bear testimony that we de-
nonnced the rebellion aud all concerned in
promoting it. Nay, We told the public,
aud especially the South, what would come
to pass. In one Of our editorials, written
before the war, we used this remarkable
language: "If the Cotton Staets rush
madly into this revolt contemplated, a
long and bloody war will be the result
Ia war that will drench the land in blood
and involve both sections OF the country IN
untold millions of debt, 70 say nothing OF
the slaughter of hundred OF thousands,
and Of the suffering OF the people and their
utter ruin IN business. And more than
this, and worse than this, for proud Peo-
pie TO contemplate, the South will be whip
ped and driven in disgrace back into the
the Union, and made to yield obedience to
the laws and Constitution Of the United
States. The southern disunionists, demA-
gogues and editors hAtIer themselves, and
have so taught the people, that the people
of the North wont fight, and that If \ bold
front is shown them thOy will come to any
terms for the sake OF peace. This may be
true Of the politicians and demAgOgues Of
the North, who are IN sympathy With
southern traitors, who acted with them in
breaking up the charleston Convention,
and in procuring the nOmiuation OF Breck-
inridge, but it Is not true Of the real peO
pie of the North. They are brave and
patriotic, and will fight 10 uphold the old
dag, aud TO mHintain the Union, until they
put uUuu buU LSuENllSH W VAeVNu4'HNNS 49,
who are engaged in it, Come what will
or may, We shall be found, it alive, battling
on the side OF the Union, and 10 opposition
to this infinitely Internal conspiracy to
destroy our country, and against the bad
men and corrupt politicians, who ARE
urging the deluded people OF the South on
to ruin"
Thus we spoke before the war, and GIer
ii eoMMGHeEi we uttered the following sen
timent and prediction, in a leading edito-
rial: 1.-THE deed is done! South CArOliua
is outl But the end is not yet. Other
Southern States will, 10 their madness and
folly, go With South Carolina, and noW
comes the tug of war. What is this for
II is to secure our rights, which means to
make our negro properly secure? Slavery
is secure; but il war OF several years
duration is forced upon the county, il
will destroy slavery. We say this Is q
pro.slaTery man, and not because We ere
iu sympathy with Abolitiouism. as great y
heresy as secession. Our cVneeru, how.
ever, 10 for Tennessee, and We call upon
her citiIeAs to show their sense, patriot.
ism and courage, by remaining where they
are-in the Uuioul Desperate effOEts will
be made TO carry the Border States out
with the Cotton States. Should Maryland,
Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas
der-g0 into this internal crusade, their
territory will be made the theatre of hos
tile operations; and before the war ends
those States will all be lain IN ruins
Mark our prediction! YauGey, TOonbs,
SIidelI, Davis, Isham G. Harris, Aud the
other bad men South, who will head the
revolt, know that it will ruin tue border
States, provided they can keep the war in
them, and this the Cotton State traitors
will seek TO do. And when the war comes
for come 1t will, as certainly as there is a
God in heayen-ihese guilty Cotton State
Lords will come upon rs of the border
States to drive back the Northern hordss
who may seek to invade our soil But
what we say will be denounced as the raw.
ings Of traitor to the South. Go on,
mad men Of the South, in your wild and
wicked career, aud time will tell who IL the
false prophet aud the traitor. We say
again, aud thus far In advance, that We
intend to adhere to the Federal Union,
should 1t cost rs what little we are worth,
and even our life."
The past is with the reader, aud we have
only to speak of the PJsteRt, and Of iehat
Is to come. While, in common with the
whole eountry, We deplOre the ravages Of
war, and would hail with heartfelt rejoIe-
ing the return Of peace, We deem it iucou.
sistent With the honor and dignity Of the
nation to make any other tenders Of peace
TO the men 10 arms against 1t than such As
are embodied in the Constitution OF the
United States, under which they can stauy
time resume their place in the American
Union, subject only to such pains aud PEN
alties as they may have incurred; and while
We would have our military authorities 10
command, and our Government deal in
the most liberal spirit toward the deluded
masses, and the patriotic who we're con
scripted, We urge the punishment Of intel
ligeut traitors, and insist that the halter
should be summoned TO do its appropriate
work among the leaders. And We rejoice