Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-28

ana son nave been slain your partisan :
ship gives aid to the rebels. The father
cries "pause" in your encouragement 10
rebels in arms, HJoseph is not, Simon is
moi, and you would take away Benjamin
also. There are others who cry tEpause. n
adopt the language of his Excellency, the
Governor, and cry 'tpause.p Our sons and
brothers sleep in death. Tongues which
are silent in death, could thew speak
would cry Hpause,'-theys would saw YOU
have marched US here-We come to defend
our country's hag-we come to yiudicate
the honor of our nation=1We come to pre-.
serve the holy memories that cluster
around the banner for which our fathers
fought; you have Lent hope, aud eucourS
agement to the rebellion /; itpause" in your
course, Yes, say .pause.n When YOU
sit down at your table, 'spaase',---set a va
cant chair there ga skelete ill be at your
side. When you proceed q ehan4S6sssrs
H'spause 4" death will be the 3. lfs bohs
of midnight 4pause = the pale tacs and
skeleton finger will point to the. record of
aid you have given the rebels in arms
against the Government. If these men are
not punished atjudgment, ifgnot here, l
shall be mistaken. For.men who assist in
this rebellion, if not executed and damned
eternally hereafter, hemp will lose its val
ue, and bell will forfeit its charter for mis-
user. Great cheering.1
Men are mistaken in supposing that they
can form parties on the issues of our coun-
try's fate. The great popular mind sways
to and fro; 1t may be diverted from the
but it will be ever constant and
true in u2holding the Government. Who
believed that this rebellion can be disposed
ofin any other way exceptby the power of
the sword2 took the position ia the be-
ginning, and take itat the end. All reb-
eldom eau have peace when they lay down
their arms. But there are men here who
continually pirate of their Democracy
great Democrats-they know all about
Democracy, aud, to judge b their actions,
they care very little about anything else |
You recollect the boy said to his father,
Suppose we call our old horses tail |
leg, how many. legs would he have 2"
Give" said the father. AOh, no." said |
the boy, ''calliug the tail leg would not 4
make it leg" Laughter.l Men may call
Democrats, but il does not make |
them Democrats. The frstgreat principle !
OF Democracy is, according 70 jackson,
the "Union must and shall be preserved, ~
[Applansel and there is where stand to- |
nIght-it must and shall be preserved, no |
matter from what quarter the assaults may
come. 1t must be preserved against all its |
enemies. Renewed applause. Why, sir,
pretended leaders Of Democracy, as we
now have, would have sWamped even an
Andrew Jackson in his first quarter
Roars of laughter.1 By their fruits ye |
shall know them. Now is the time for ev-
cry Democrat, for every jackson Democrat,
for every Republican, for every man who
is an honest man, to assist in maintaining
the Government and putting down the re-
bellion. [Yoice-"How'r yougoiuS to put |
It down2"l Putit down AS Saul put down
Agag. heW itssrik kht !to&n through. TApeI
plause. Fs,tt f'-'f'r ~ 1}ll'
But fellow-citizeus, the thing will all
come right by and by. The returned SOL |
diers-and they are in all parts of this mass
OF people-will bring home their stories, |
and will tell -Gopperheadisms how much !
advantage there is, to be gained by shaping |
their course for political purposes, and Civ
ing the country the go by. What We want
is to concentrate public opinion-we want
to bring the whole force aud power of the
Government where it can rest on this re-
bellion, and it must be done. The masks
must be torn from the faces of all Copper |
heads. One side or the other of this ques-
tion must be taken. One is the side of
truth, fair dealing, honesty in the support
of the Government; the other is the side of |
falsehood and quibbliug and denunciation
of the Government. The path of falsehood |
leads to the rebel ranks, aud in expressions
of sympathy and coincidence with and for
traitors.