Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-28

musiciapsI private and commissions,
l0liieeFs now in The afmies of the C0nfeder
2. Iment or eonsetiptipn into the ~ itaty ser
q Vide Of ths 6phiedeFate States, 50 a6d 81
= same are hereby retatued IN said sefyic ~
and during the existing var with the Unt
o Lied Sta!es and no s.,t,., =
elE sHD. 9. BE u Jttsltes s,ideted, That a.
tFeopsI 20 retained ili seF giee Phall eontinu,
4 to server Ia, the COM Anies,l battAliops
B. squadrops, batteries and Eeglnents Il
which they now are, until transferted, dc.
!. tailed, exempted or discharged Ia accord.
: ance with existing Law and regulations
!. or such laws and regulat Ions as may here
after be passed and Adcp ted with ireterence
i 10 transfers, details, exemptions or dis
;. ehargss in the aFmte5 pt the 0onfed deraey.
Mr.. GartFsll pt Ga, elisssa an amend
meut tatialloY the poor g rssalpsd iu
service 70 seleet their sstn ~ AUD heldSof-
I& &ar.i Read, of KY, offered ag Rmendment
to allow the. troops from Kentucky to
4 mount themselyes and become 2 m part OF the
cavalry. 80, -, N, -.i.,.,
The amendments were ordered to be sent
Ito the committee with the original bill.
sl aTHR nEatANIsai OF THE RHp."
From the kiehmOhA Kdi ialrsE, Dee d.
4 The presidential campaign In the Unitedi
States, which takes place dufingsthe cbm-
4 ing summer aud fall, has been looked 70
as, the edlminatioa Of the war The An-
burn speech 0frSeward, foreshad0Wipg .
lpurpose on the pattsof Lincoln to hold on
to the teins Of powetFunt he Was both
de jurs aud de. faeto President Of these Con-
fsdefateN States as we'll as OF the United
States, was regarded as a manifesto Of
Divine right, which would be maintained,
\ il necessary. by the force OF arms. Since
the delivery of the Auburn speech, events
have occurred which have greatly changed
the aspect of public affairs. The battle Of
Ohiekamaaga threw all YRnkeedom into
the deepest gloom, from which the success
of Grant at Chattanooga relieved the
people Of the United States go suddenly
and unexpectedly that that volatile and
changeabIe nation has already utterly for
got all their past reverses, aud are now
ready to prostrate themselves, with East.
ern adnlation, at the feet of Grant, and
humbly ask him to put his foot upon their
necks for the next four years, as Lincoln
hhsidone for the last term.
Poor Lineolnf as the day Of his exit
draws nigh he will continue 70 sink lower |
and lower in the estimation Of the people |
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footstool, and besought him TO be their |
tyrant. Another man, "ffom the battle
above the clouds, 2 ini the boastful LAM
kuage of the enemy, has arisen. who is
fast supplanting Lincoln In the estimation
and appreciation OF his subjects; and We
have seen that this s'coming imam" is said /
to be coming to Virginia. Let him be-
ware, There is in Yirginia at this time
also a "coming man..
aEsoIu1aoAs IN THE iy1aaieiA HoUsn OF
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ar .m.sl FR1DA4s December ID.
Mr., Hutchinson offered the following /
joint resolutions, which lie over under the
rules - aa.s
WHRRRAs,i Abraham Lineoln, President |
of THE United States, has, by various mes.
,saRes-and- -prUUiAmations -endsaEored to
create the impression upon the civilized
world that the secession of the several
States of the South, and the organisation
ofIthe confederacy, We're acts Of those he
styles the leaders Of the people, in contra
distinction to the people themselves, and
was not the free aud spontaneous choice Of
the people: and whereas, in order 70 carry
ont this idea, he has recently Issued his
proclamation in Whiohshe endeaVOrs to se-
duce the patriotic soldiers OF our army,
and the citizens Of the ancient c6mmon-
wealth, from their love of country, and tn-
cite them to the abandonment of those due
ties which deToly lye.up0n them as descehds
ants of the noble and ehivalHOns ancestry
OF '7e in the present struggle for national
Independence and civil and religious hber-
atv: Theref0re we, the members Of the Gen-s
eral Assembly OF Virginia, freely chosen
by the people ih accordance, with the
time honoredl laws and institutions of the
state, aud fresh from association aud in.
tercourss With our pSttiotic Cdnstitnents,
do hereby,for aud in behalf of ourselves,
and in the name OF the people Of Vitgiuia:
1. ResoIpsd, That the separation from
Ehe United States was the deliberate act Of
the representatives of the people in CON.
yention assembled, ratified by the almost
unanimous voice of the eonstffutional |
voters of the state; confirmed by a. VoInnz
thry enlistment of tloEe than one hundred |
and thirty thohsand men, cheerfnlly sus.
tained BY rate 0fltaxation unprecedented |
In the annals Of legislation, aud defended |
By q hdt6isin and sell sacrificing pAtrf6t.
ism unexampled fn the pages Of history;
and that dfny Representation, from any |
Quarter whatever, thai the people Of Yir-
einia haye,acted under duEsss insthis reY-
olutiol, IL q gross fnisrepE alton Of
facts and b slRnder upon their ChRracter-
that having calmly counted the cost and.
weighed the dapgeF9and difficulties ineeess
sary for the aehieyement OF the rights and;
Independence they eoyet, the people ofi the
Old Dominion tspurn with contempt the
prohsrea pardon and amnesty Of the .said
lLincoln. u n.W isif= J st tiEsittf.sl
2. Resotpe9, THAT the terms proposed by
the said proclamation are degrading %
freemep; nndHall iWhp Seriously eRteFtatni
lIthem are destitute Of patriotism and traitors
la t6afa eandtFt rdtfdt Vufli ha "a tsay,aPdaNI