Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-02
TroubleE 81 N. nor,i.r.


Troubles OF the Border
Prom he Philsaelplia Amsrislhs -
ltlis a gqnetkable feature d ourleiyil
Tar that authors can hardly deal a
'loF in G fuftheranse that does not
NOuhd their friends. Their design of trans
Terring hostilities to free soils6eing Con-
ltantly defeated, the raYage and desoiation
AL either on districts indignantly rebel. /
Ilous--as On GheflestOn ana iiLs ssdFruund-
lngs-or else on those border SLAVE States I
g4Etial in4eCted5 Wtth 9dislgy lty7 Tho
EeFp hrst step N that Wanton spirit of de.
strpctlon which marks the rebel opera.
lions. namely, the wholesale burning of |
property on tbs Baltimore aud Ohio Rail
road, fell chiefly on, Tie Wealthy secession |
sionlsts Of Baltimore, whilst the FIRE which |
go needlessly destroyed Hampton was ex- |
pressly directed bye The rebel Commander |
Msgrndera and fell chiefly on ,disloyal Vir- |
ginians. The rebels cannOt find shelter for |
their sharPshooteEs ips any sYillage,o on the |
shores OF southern rivers /, without expo
sing 1t TO the aveuging bolss from our gun.
boats and thus II Is that so mady rebel
towns lie rufuous aud deserted; the dwell
ers seeking refuge inland, deprived ofhomei
and emplo3ment, shfvering with cold, and
The very last ILLUSTRATION of this shows
most forcibly the fatal necessity which
,plipgs to the foul rebellion of striking its
own friends in every movement of its franz
Tic career. Here is! this sKentuckiRn town
OF, Paducahi now SO seathed and desolate
from the late iucursion. which, was
strongly tipCtured with secession ptlnci-
pies, and would have sided with the trait,
yrs Lad notsthe5 Uuton pc AVER iuterposed.-
Conaagration and robbery have swept and
despoiied il. Its rebel friends have haiti
destroyed 1t, while our gnnboats aud be-
leagpefed garrison have been forced 10
augment the damage a hundred instances
of The kind might be cited to show how the
armed traitors are continually iDiuriug
their own friends in the indiscriminate-
plumber which attends their march, aud;
the Wantoniapplicatton Of the torch which
SO often aggraVateBth the horrors of war. ~,
Unhappily for Kentucky, the decided.
and unqualified course. of loyalty which.
might have spared her people these deplor-
able calAmities was evaded or postponed.
whilst thousands of her young men entered
the armies Of rebellion, land thus added 10.
Its strenth and duration. IL has just vitality
enough III the way of invasion to reach
the debatable States Where slavery still
fingers, and iu'its expiring foundefihgs it
assatls and harroRsu friend land enemy.-
'Hadthe border States been faithful and
earnest from5lhe beginning, where would
now stand the traitors, who commenced
this war; Driven, back near or into the
Gull, their maraudlug legions would be
ipowerless to annoy Kentucky or threaten
Maryland. The instruction Wonld by
thissttme be ended, and the nation left free
70 resume its accustomed career of peace.
tali1lustry and progress. Because Ken.
lucky battered aud besitated her people
were divided and Embarrassed, and even
up to the present hour she has scarcely
assumed the safe aud honorable position
of = State thoroughly loyaI.and patriotic.
But perhaps it5tht aff these loses SSdI
sptertngs may come compensatin2 good.
Perhaps in no other way could be i'm.
pressed the mauy sanitary lessons dsriy6-
Die from this war. Now may, men learn,
by personal experience, aud through ter
rible visitattons brought 20 their very
t1resholdsi the awful guilt and folly of
distutbing,a lOug-settled government for
trivial or Imaginary lcAuses. They will
appreciate more truly the blessings which
IFes3lted from this American Union, and
which ditfGsed themselves ALI over the
land. The surVivoIs,df theayoung Ken
tucktanswho Wentf0rth SO impuisfyeiyto
defend southeFnlrighIs,W which never we're
Invaded, may return afterthe war to build
up again their ashalIeredl fortunes, and
learn wherein true honor and duty consist.
Ehey will. betae less likely to heed the
daogerOus indictments of the demagogue,
and TO yield INTERESTINGLY to declamaIory
;speeches. 10 short, they will be soberer
apdiwiser citizens. III Ia
saQoqbtless, too, by that time the system
Il .nf oh Nh q how 7a1n
strange tntaLuution, will be so weak and
htoltsringthat they will scarcely be tempt.
ed to an effort for its preservation, They
will see In the hatefnls thing the actual
cause of all their woes IF it then have a
lremuAntdof vitality, let ,us hope they will
l.puiLe with thea friends of human freedom
land procnreitsf final extinguishment. Ooly
thus can the border States do iustioe. 10
4 themselves and Ihe Union, establishing ON
q firm fQuudationatheirS own permaneut
security and happiness, whilst removing
lIhe only setipus cause of difference and
eontenttou with these Northern States. j.
4 Were Impossible that through b all the
rude aud disloeating shocks of The present
4 war slavery should continue to exist in5the
border States, what Infinite evils and con-
Iepuonssmnst arise to distract the country
anew Who can imagine that any r.
enactment ofathe EuRitive Slave law amer
il1s probable abrOgation by the. present
Congress, could ever give it any practical
1 validity within our boundAries2 What
Gordon of police tor military force copld
restrict the fleeing sIaye2 What. power
restore him 70 the lana of bondaRe9 The
very superstition is can. absurdity. The
S9Rditton of any commonwealth with a
la0ortng population so held to seryitude
on 2 teontiersof treemen, would be anoma-
l9ps andsip INJURIOUS beyond endurance. An
tthe'old hsartt burnings and collisions which
formerly 'madeithe border line SO nueasv
ana dangerous, would revive again with
tegr. toid aggtayatiou4 and no platter or
Eme.ri.eonld sowsor reap With condolences!
10 avpld the military raidsswhich now
distress her, Kentucky shonld 5yajI1 =, IN.
aid of the government 81 hi,,lls ,a,.ni Z. ~