Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-05
AN IDEA.
Rdttorr Lntelliaea a.

"CopperheGds," "Bnternuts,"s az. G. |
Cs., " ''Seeesh- SympsthizeF % FaARndig-
ham Democrats" ara synO1gmoRslE znsed1i
by the loyal press of the North TO designate |
q coptemPtible elass of traitors Who are
either too cowardly or too mean 70 assist
the Government in suppressing the rebel-
lion. e.55s
Like many other kinds Of synonyms.
these are used with . latitude of siguifca-
ton which it ia yell to bear in mind lest
grave injustice be done TO q class of stay
at-homeites, who are not disluyRl, but sine
ply chicken-hearted. a soldier, therefore,
who has good many respectable friends
at home, would hereby, for. their sake, offer
an apology for their conduct. BE has been
requested to do 80 by q goodly numeer of
them, and for their credit and the credit of
numerous others situated in like case
would, At least, offer some explanation of
tllEtr ConducLs Wnlcn mus I1r uAS uUT UeEu (
attempted by any one.
1t is assumed that there is such q thing
as eot0Grd. a man cannot help 1.-THE is
born coward as he is born poet.
Certainly there we're Thousands of eotv-
drds az well as brave men listening from
time to time to the national reyeilIe as it
sounded from the Capitol of the ustion.-
There were few traitors too.
The towards responded not, the traitors
muttered doggedly and sat down at home,
while the brave men were kissing their
| loved ones, dashing away their, tears, and
hurEying of to the sauguinary battle field.
Regiment after regimeutlof asInoble men as
ever trod ColumbiA's soil marched away
from their cherished homes to meet the
desperate Southern foe.
AS the ranks of the loyal grew thinner
at home, holder aud holder still became the
I fPna . n.
day one beholds a group of brave young
men, already enlisted in their imperilled.
| eountry's service, sitting around the FIRE of
home singing the ''Star SpRngled Bsnner,"I
but on tomorrow the scene is changed
the circle is broken, the young patriots are
off for the wars, and a bold, bad man is
breathing words of treason near that hal.
lowed hearth -stone. IT'S u wonder the
burning justice of Jehovah does not cou-
sumo him to ashes.
| But the army is complete. 'tSix hun
dred thousand moren--six hundred heca-
tombs OF humanity waiting ready to be of.
tered on the altar of libeFtyl The soldier
in his heart of hearts excuses the halt, tbs
blind, the aged and the young. They
would have come but they conld not But
OBJ what unutterable seorn has he for
those who could but would not! The poor
coward he pities-alasl that he should De
coufounded with the traitor who would not
join the Union army though be should feel
perfectly at homo among the bombs and
balls of battle. Yes the towards shudder
! SILVER Withs cold heart freezing ague, but
who blames them they are not to blanc |
Human nature is proud. Whether a man
Is or is not coward, he don't like the name
to be applied to him, Thousands of men
at home have experienced the truth OF this.
Brave men have been called towards, but
they sprung to the military blackboard, and
with the fierce cipheriug of lead in charac-
| tiers of blood demonstrated to the nation of
what stuff they were made. CoWards re-
sented the insulting appellalion by writing
and speaking, and carrying the "Star Span
gled Banner" through the peaceful groves.
CoWards "sunR dumb" awhile it is true,
but when men began to ask, ttWby did you
not assist the Federal army yourself pr
then, and only then, towards began to act
like trattors-then, and only then, began to
cry down Lincoln ard the war, aud preach
up Davis and slavery This course of ar
gument was adopted to prove that they
| would fight if it were q just war; but while
it was an A6OltioR ttdr they would try to
keep their swords at home in their Sea6-
6drd'! This is coward turning traitor, in
order to make fools and knaTes at home be-
lieVe him a whoIe-souled hero, ready to
die fighting desperately when his kind of q
war should begin. OF this eoward-turned-
traitor class ia Vallandigham. Such men
are harmless as sucking doves" Let
them aud towards keep distinct and not
analRamate, SO that we may know who 10
dTraiS OF gunPowder, and who would DO.
tray us to our foes, J., ii. DALzELL,
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