Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-13
EEom the FourteenEh YIrglnIa,

L Ia 9EgG 1es * March 8, 1862.
Editors Lntetligsncer:A % g!7sGM .o.sSF
The iatb Virginia Infa1 TRY is still at New
tCseek.sa Walare heEe obeying orders aud,
| suppose dischargipg. our duly, though il
is rather a dull place. Our boys were
h1ueh. Gheered by the preSeneei Of the! Ray
masters who aAa nded ont a. few of UpSlei
Sam's green 6aekstai The gegipeptsWill be
mucn oensAtfeq 9ys the money, as many of,
tneir families were much tn need iWewere|
Paid1up!tDIJRu! 1stSIJI5a z.n!a s..5J ss,,1
Our. regiment will compare With nuv re-
giment ia tue afeldy in drill, aud good orier,
generality. And as: a geheralb thing, theyi
are easily controlled. This speaks:wel for
'4h& GollAd lin tRtit RpH others who have la
horedNlmosn necessarily, hight, andiday for
tneigood of the regiment. Twill here state,
for the Satisfaction 3 { pnI friendsi that our
QuaTteEn& liter :ts 3s ,Akipe :eus as o6liging
s1ltttle fellow asyOn will isee one in a hun
'dred.S Through. the promptness of Drs,.
sSllSssiNna Gilleapies the health of our regi..
ment has vastly improved, s-5.f, - 5..ssl l..
r." A'word relative To our INTEREST We are
nlk befe iGsdsfeqse of ourElibeFty, that boon,
of liberty, the heritage. of our Forefathers,,
bought blythe hearts blood of. f.many, a no.,
ybls patriot on.suvh.battle fields, MS that of
Bunket's Hill, Brkhdywine and, Y orktoWn, ;.
aIl Ito lprQeure free gqYsrb ment5r,,I5s 10 re-
A Who has not lost. a friend in this same
great defense of civil, l,Gnd riligious, liberty,
in our present war; n one -b9 TRAITORS; and
no one can teHS who-of, or how many, of,
their, friends are tofall before-the cannon's
Em3uth S6efores the great triumpbapta battle
us foughti che great drama ended, aad the
GoYernnIept restored 4 ams.aWaEe shat
slavery has grown to. be giant powers ia
AmeriCat and: thRtit has assumed, to, itself.
powers and-rights that does not belong to.
it. 1t has assumed the right to dictate, to
the whole country; 8,00p,000 white popu,
'1Htion has. assumed the Fight;to dictate to
$4,000, 900 or 10000, geo white population
atSthq sEorth.o THE natural tendency of
slavery; IsI To despotism of the blackest
Hive and dye; it tends to the oppression of
i the mass Of white population. Slavery is
the poof-uian's en- en4yi slavery is. q grand
opsticle In the way of a general diffusion
of =knowlsdge to: the masses of our people.
Slavery is entirely. apti1prog ogressiYe,s il, is,
virtually opposed-tosthe. .aiyaneement. of
every art and science; it is opposed 70 the.
development of the resources of every land
where it exists 1t requires Yankee inRe.,
| nniry To carry thu arts aud sciences, to per-
-fsetiOn spdto deyelop the.gesoqrces of,any.
country Rnd.We. all know that slavery is
in VetsFatelyt opposed to the. sYapkeeites,;
1ttdeure we can ever hope for progression
while We are In staTedom. And | have
honesay ). and sincerely, sometime since,
tcome' to the CONCLUSION that the, very exis-
| 1tence of slavery IN America endanRers her
| 9est land Ep1pP tame hopoEed institutions,
/ and I i6ereye that the safest and surest
road 10 an all healing balm for lbeFtyis
wounds IS for US todestroy the very exis-
slavery as We advance on .ths en-
!9yy e9ypy, AID sweep from AmeEica,s soil forever
the slaye; despot Of America. 80 =.
We have a contest on hand in West
! Virginia Mt this time for our very existence
as free State aud free people. WehsTe
a party ,Rmung US, known as Peace Dem
beF&ts, tiB BUttatnHts, &c. We know that
thatsg"me party. votsd for the ordinauceo of
Esecsssiou, and haY6 since been doing ALI
4 they could against the government and
4 theF-sUldisrs, -iu every sneaking aud UNDER
handed way that they could invent. And
II now this same paftySis laboring to rob a 3
4 lot our most precious prize, the New State.
i They.Wapt us to sill l1be tbra1ded. with the
4 sEeE5heinous black mark, slavery. We
1 have not forgotten hemayet,s and on elees
ton day, We will show them 4hEt We ara
4 not 10 be robbed of our Fights-by traitors;
more, our day is coming IN whiehSNe viii
deal out Justice to these fellows in-a'sum.
4 mary manner. live loose the-NeW STATE
/ .tIiW6uld not giye.a pinch Of-snufA for all
i the property inside OF her tines .. s5-S-+
Those peace prAtlegs may harbof an. idea
that Wezwiil sneSer wnip the. eonfederacyI
bnt how fAtss ia the. iaeasz FersWe viii
! whip them as sure as water runs. We are
4 slowly; but surely edging in on them, aud
,Eit;is only matter Of time-ter the hole
confedArstiou TO fall. Then traitors Will
receive a juss-rsWard forsz4hetrs unhoIy
] deed4lI.am responsible fanny own 1ieEs
:. Twill close. - zeIIRa Ml.s
1 Letters 40 the soIdiers.
] The great army of letters. that 1narche.
4 southward. with every noruing sun Is !
- -. - =. I'm 80. !. -,