Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-20

they may be decided, The maintenance OF
the war is the main duty. He has sou!
lofty enough, too to spur, every party as,
ISOLATION, and every care for hiO political
future, and to devote himIelfto bis work
with unqualified devotion and complete
siugleneSS OF purpose. He has Infused the
same spirit into bis army. Ths,All.PteVail'
Ing feeling 10 that Of intsnSeRt hatred to
treason, whether manlfesting itself either
South or North. In fact, this iIupassiOned
loyalty chsrActerizes all the Western ar
mics under their present leaders. The
resolutions, Whcs We copis1 u day or Two
since, Of the officers and soldiers OF the ten
Illinois regiments at !Corinth, made up
largely Of Democrats, is a fair illustration
oil the general temper. 0ae clause oftbese
resolutions, which was addressed directly
to the peace ConspirAtOFs Of Illinois, ran rs
follows: "BewaFe Of the terrible retrlbu'
tlOn that ia falling upon your. coGdjutors At
the South; rs your crime Is ten.told olaeE.
eF, 1t will swiftly smite you with ten'tOId
horror, should you persist 10 your dsmna'
bic deeds Of treason" This language Gao
come only from earnest nen-men who
will fight with the same emphasis that they
talk. II was nsVtr heard under the BuellS
last year, though there WAS 10 small
occasion for It. There will be enough Of
It now.
1t lisa great thing that the direction Of
nearly all Of our principal armies has at
last come 10 the hands Of men Of this ear
nest mould. There 10 nothing which gives
US stronger ASSURANCE Of ultimate success.
Soldiers thus led can never become ser.
iously demOralized. The lofty sense Of
duty and the generous Ardor which they
see In their commanders inspire them, al.
most without their knowing Il. II Is a
constant reminder to them that they are
fighting tor their country, aud not for mere
party Orindividual interests. II isa guar.
anter, TOT, that they will be handled solely
on military principles. A General who Is
faint. hearted 10 the cause, OF who has pO-
litical ends to take care Of, can never DO
relied upon. lie may not act nj all When
military necessity requires It, or he may
net 10 such perfunctory way ms to strip
the action Of halt It's rigblful effect. This
war has been put back by that sort Of
management more than eau easily be cal
oulnted. II should never have been endur.
cd for 90 instant The General who, while
yet in active service, should encourage the
use Of bis name by any part or any faction,
for his future interest and theirs, should
have been set down at once as unfit for bis
plAce-We care not who be might be, or
what bis party. This is u war for the ua'
tun'slife or death. There never wns such
an awful issue n. stakes. 1t should eulist
The whole mind and heart Of every mau in.
trusted with any responsibility 10 it. great
or small. Especially was this necessary
for tho commanders In the field As was
their power, so ought to have been their
devotion Ia too many instauCeS, 1t was
not SO; aud We have not yet done paying the
penalty.
OF course such leaders as RoSecrdns will
be hated by both the rebels and the rebel
sympAthizers. Every form Uf obIoquy wilt
be heaped upon Ihem-every style Of de-
traction which the combined forces Of bate
aud dread can haven't. But they will be
sustained by their soldiers All the efforts
to fOmcnt disaHeGtion in the ranks by the
4 free circulation Of seditiOuS newspapers, or
} By auy other means, will only rccoil upon
those who make them. The soldiers will
stand BY them to the ieath and the great
loyal body Of The people will "grappIe
them to their souls with hooks Of steel"