Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-04

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=. aoa guard car aAg, and keep each StaCl
san make i lead our ranks in war, Fl
sim Acat above each patriotic grave II
Death 70 this traitor that would dare
10 tran Il through the dust o. shame,
An honest hearts It, lot viii share
And follow It to Death or PANE.
The state Convention.
The State Convention to appoint delegates
to the Baltimore National Union Conyen-
ton viii meet 10 Parkersburg, on the third
Wednesday 1.-THE 9O.h) Of this month. The
Convention TO nominate Union State
ticket will meet 10 Grafton on the drst
Wednesday THE Say of August next.
a dispatch under the tslegraphic head
mentions that "Gen. Ord is to command
the forces 10 Western, Val Gen. stgeI
to command that department but not com.
mand military operations"
What this means exactly may be mat
Ter OF debate, We presume it Is to be in.
tsrPreted a. meaning that Gen. Ord takes
an active position 10 the field under the
direction of Gen. Sigel, who will remain
In chief command at his present headquar
ters.
Ws publish this morning on the frat
not SO much BY reason of anything 1t is
now, as by reason Of its relation to other
days in this community. Ills an address
to the people of Virginia, gotten up under
the auspices of a few of the original anti
slavery msn of this region, aud written by
the present able and distinguished head of
the Treasury Department of the United
States, Hon. s. P. Chase, who was then a
lawyer in Cincinnati.
We are indebted to John Parkinson, Esq,
our District Assessor, for this document,
whose name appears at the end Of it as one
of the electors. 1t was something to have
been an anti. slavery man 10 those days, for
IL was about as unpopular then as it was
to be q Jew 10 the days when Antonio spat
upon the gabsrdine of Shylock. The time
will be, and is even now. when the humble
hsrOism aud fidelity displayed by the sign
ers of this address win be fully aPPreciat-
ed wherever they are known.
WlTH all the pAIltasioa that Partially
can suggest, we must say that the con.
duct of some Of the soldiers in the city and
vicinity within few days past, aud espS.
cially yesterday, has been anything but
ereditable. A spirit of deyilish Fpekle
ness aud defiance has marked the actions
of n number of them. We regret this 90
account of the men themselves, but more
especially for the credit of the cause. A
true soldier should be a man of self.rs-
Opsct. Self,respect lies at the bottom Of
alLgeouiue:berOism-All soldierly qualities.
A man fighting in the great cause of self
government should feel and aud appreciate
that he himself is a citizen, within the
meaning Of that term, and not q cipher
and a hirsliug fighting the battles
of = government OF which be is nc
part, aud 10 which be has no vita
stake. Primo Taeie We take a man tc
be a worthless, Sinking aud unreliable
soldier, who finds his qualification in in.
Bulting, intimidating aud maltEeatiug quiel
people, even 10 the extent of shooting into
their houses or over their heads, or into
the signs above their doors, eudanger.
ing the lives Of women aud children, and
making everybody afraid to be seen in au
exposed place, Such conduct Is not only
. reproaOh, bat it is intolerable, and it i.
derogatory to those invested with military
command and responsibility that severe
and exemplary punishment has NOT already
OVertakeu some of the offenders
A considerable portion of blame for
such proceedings is due to officers in the
immediate command of the men offending.
Ajealous regard for the Whereabouts and
whatabouts of those under them would
- prevent great deal of this misconduct.
1t Is disgrace to an officer when his meu
sViues a total want of self respect. II
shows that he has siguGlly failed, either
As an exemPlar or as discfpliuarisn, to
inspire them with restraining influence.
We truS. tina. we have seen the last Of
the rOwdyiSm alluded TO. We are glad
that 50 very little of 1t, In proportion to
the great number of soldiers sojourniaR
among US. has been noticeable. 1t is Ia.
mentable that it takes such small amount
Of bad conduct Onths part Of 4, few 70 do
away With the good impression made by
the many, but such is the case, and there.
fore We the more deeply regret the scenes
referredto.
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