Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-05
TO the People. OF Harrison county


FettoO- CitiEens:-I, the undersigned, do
hereby inform you that have been com
mlssioned by the President of the Confed-
crate States of America, TO raise5a compa-
ny of men within the enemy's lines in
North Western Virginia, to serve in the
provisional army in the service of the Con-
federate States, and subject to the COM
nand of Brig. Gen..lJ. D. Imboden, and
being deslrous of rendering service 20 my
country, and of assisting you to escape the
tyranny of the North, have consented to
encounter the dangers Which,I, as natu-
raj consequence, must undergo in passing
through the enemy's lines, to give you an
other opportunity of testing your loyalty
to-the South by coming out and enrolling
your names as Voluuteers-toL fight in her
defence. 1t is unnecessary for mefto re-
mind you ottthe cruel Treatment, which
you have received at the hands of the
Hankees--of- how they have pillaged your
homes, destroyed your property, 3 and.
shamefully Imprisoned you, simply because
you voted for the Act Of Secession. It is
unnecessary for me to call, your attention
to the innumerable outrages which the u.
is. soldiers have committed upon the peo-
pie of our beloved country, as well as upon
the entire southern class ofipeople in, our
gtorioGsfold State of HfrgiRi1. You have
witnessed all these acts of Injustice perpe-
trated by, men who claimed, to be fighting
for the q Hsioh, but whose conduct tends
only to excite the rage of southern men,
and cut asunder the last ties which have
connected them to the old Federal Gov
ernment, and now we call upon you
as men-as PATRIoTs-as VIRGN1ANsl to
shoulder yonr guns and march TO the field
of battle, and revenge the deaths of your
friends, and the insults which your wives
and children, your friends and sweethearts
have had to bear at the hands of the infer
nal supporters Of King Abraham the First.
Weicall upon you in the name of all that
is sacred-by the memory ofthe past ag-
gressions and insultsby the honor Of
your families-and by the suferings of our
once happy and belovedland, to raise your
arms ID the defense ofthe rights Of human.
ity- We entteat you in the name of the.
Commonwealth of Yirginia-in the name
of the Confederacy- and we plead with you
by the acred-memQFieso of our foFefathers
our heroes and statesmen, to aid in the de-
Tense Of5our eb9ltsy; come out flke men
auds fight in athe defense Of our beloved
Confederacy, and shoEyto the world that,
youy still possess the undauhteda courage
and generous soul of a aVirgtnian! If We
are conquered, wesare ruined foreVer.' Our
beloved land which has furnished SO many.
illustrious characters, andswhose memory
lis identifi with so many nemorabie.
events, will live, like the land of. ,Rriam,
only in song. We may then take up the
lamentations of Simonide our glory has
departed. But we trust there isea bright
future before us The eyes eoEathe world
are upon us, and let us not prove false to
onr honor and our trust.r Thenlet us turn
out unanimously, and in the coming sum-
mer campaign We viii deal the enemies Of
our 1and-the disturbers of our peace
land dssPoilers Of our homes d blow so Sc