Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-12

illustrates this spirit. The writer says;
ItI feel when am Sighting the North as Il
/ were fighting The reporter did
not catch Il all, but the ehiyalrous writer
felt as If he was fghting the very dregs o
creation, and it was a burning shame to
stake his valuable life against such low
lived, vulgar set Of miserable scamps.
That is the way in which they talk o
all the people of the Northern States.
must tell you how they hope and expect tC
carry out their designs, They have theiI
| friends in the North, whom they are drih.
ing in accordance With their views, aud
whom they expect TO carry out their wishes
These minions of the Southern oligarchy
said at Washington, that they would cut
you down by calling this an "AbOlitiou
war" Accordingly Beauregard issued his
proclamation calling this an "Abolitiou
war; and the soldiers Abolition soldiers
He also instructed their Northern allies e
call YOU all Abolltionistsi because .'tt would
have a cutting effect" Itdon't hurt much
Another fact yon should be aware of
It was regularly arranged that when Gen.
Lee invaded Pennsylvania there should be
Simultaneous rising throughout the North,
Il was to be managed by the secret organ
izations they have In all the States. Hence
Che appeal Of the Richmond press to the
knights of the Golden Circle, $50 keep your
lamps burning"
What was to be the effect2 1t was not
to prevent the consumption. 1t was to
make a grand rush upon all the free me-
groes of the North. Men like Seymour Of
New York, like Read of Pennsylvania,
we're grinding the Democratic party to that
barbarous and atrocious work. They
knew the moment when to strike.
The object of this was to territy the
slaves of the South. After this Wholesale
murder of the Northern negroes, the South
ern slaves were to be told that the North
groes and would nOt suffer one to live
amongst them. It. Was to be told that
there was scarcely a lamp post in our cities
but negro was found hanging upon it,
The slaves of the South have already been
frightened by such stories. Many were
cruelty massacred in tn he late New York riot,
and the slaves have been made to believe
the slaughter was general in the North.T
Such was the terrifying effect upon them
that Gen. Foster said the other day that
the slaves dare not rally to the Federal flag.
This scheme was concocted by the traitors,
to be carried into effect by their Northern
allies in order to defeat the operations Of
the Proclamation. Accordingly when the
negroes are asked why they do not come
into our lines, they lift up their hands and
exclaim, "Oh, massa, they hang all the
poor darkies in de North"
: Another fact It is well to bear in mind.
An eminent citizen of Ohio, who has been
convicted of high crime against his coun.
try, and now enjoys the protection Of the
British flag, was at first sent South among
those who were Thought 70 be his friends,
~ ! mHan.-
rebel aatltOtf ties 70 hold on 70 sYinii 5btrg
to the last; and By AL means preVeat che
opening of the Mississippi river, in order
to keep up the irritation in the great North
west, and thus lessen the chances of the
Federal Government in conquerfng the
South! What was his Object2 Why, If
Vicksburg should not fall, the rebellion
might succeed
Such is the object of the rebels South
and North, and such the programme by
which it was to be effected. They would
prevent the working class from voting, and
build up an Oligarchy worse than any for.
eign monarchy. This Is what the rebellion
is all about, and nothing else. If any one
supposes they are fighting for any rights
that arc infringed, he 10 Wretchedly deceiY-
ed. have not heard one Of them pretend
to say that the slaves were not as effectu-
ally guaranteed to them as they could be
under a separate government. have
heard them say an hundred times that our
free institutions are unsafe and cannot be
relied upon. There is the large class Of
free white working men, and there are the
millions of slaves. They think the time is
coming when the population will press up
on the means of support, and the poor
whites will make common cause with the
h al iRh n "a
negroes should all be slaves, and the poor
whites should be soldiers TO patrol the
country that the nabobs may sleep in peace
without being disturbed by horrid dreams
of midnight assassination, Hence, not on
ly must the Government be changed, but
more territory must be acquired, and the
whole country be filled up with slaves
This Is the secret of the rebellion, as sure
as you live, and whoever denies it deceives
himself. For this object they inaugurated
the rebellion, and are suffering their just
deserts in the devastation of their country,
the destruction of their political power,
and the humiliation of their pride. The
election Of Mr.. Lincoln had nothing 70 do
with it. They began to prepare for it be-
fore he was heard Of Their States were
filed with secret societies to promote this
end. @ -
They did not beIleHe the Horth WonIu
make war upon them. Many in the North
shuddered ct the thought of shedding fra
ternal blood. We shrank with terror from
the prospect and while we were standing
back, wondering whether they really meant
war, they were robbipg the treasury, seiz-
ing our arsenaIs aud custom houses, and
taking law1ess possession Of the whole
country when rebellion was dominant
They sent the exciting news with the light
ming fash that Charleston had been fred
upon and straightwey 10000 soldiers were
hurried to Norfolk, ~. s,l rf.
What did they intepd7 Nothing less
than the seizure Of Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York, and install
JEFF. Davis Dictator over all before We
should be prepared 70 move against item.
of the Knights of the Golden Circle all
nvay fba NSnrth that wafA daludfuey the