Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-30
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Anothtr UniBn pfssti g IN Afabif AZ. 'si,.
A ssecopd sUptoa q stleggas held a
rHnntsSilisl isbaPa l;oa lRs fs,h, vBist
Aia6apFiaPs i PC only tOpEp many ot5v6oam 90
we're men of .weaith nd 5.rSspe tability,.
Ex-senator Jefe GleiG6es and Judge Hum.
EphFeysi alielegate tS5he ehatleston Dem.
9sFaAIie oouSsatippl ha Easseays.
Mr. Clsmeua5said .-z 81. e. 1I..z ~
We were hurried into fsSolution aQ gains, ii5;s,
our earnest protest.. sepeople Was IN
the Union. Madison eeuntyfRSy sla00
majority against seee iou, yet We wers
carried away without saPport. n Ne 5had d
40 arms. BuChGnRn q ia the PFesid 8.
tiai5 chair. Day hhs last come, thank
God, and We cad sRg we take shelter
under the starstand fipes. We pronoss
10 call upon the, Gov or of the State 10
eonvene Conyentioa t6r5the purpose OF
resembling the act o. eession!S HOWi far
tne doVernor viii psy sspecti TO our ac-
slen, !, ! cannot say. pc candid, Il thiuk
- ~ Itll ", Pay It noas calling upou him
void ID i2e 6i yDl5 ctnit tS tfcy. md
follow the CONSTITUTIONAL method. Alter
lhat, we have the.Fight to GALL upon our
10 neEe ts==Tto spt for odtse elves 9 Ne
have the right tdAssehi die 10 nnrye Ia dity,
as citlzensAnd -rasestAhlishi civil govern;
ment for odrselves. Falsehot d, fraud and
crime took us out of tue Union. They
told us that secession MAS 4, necessary &c,
save slavery. During the ten years pre-,
eceding the rebellion, the Slale OF Ala.
Dama bad not lost ten slaves year. We
mad rebeiiioni aud@the consequence now
IS that there is not one man 10 the STATE OF
Alabama who can say he has the title to
asingle Hig&eE Not sll of l.s have a title,
20 aanytsing. The practical result ia
emanciEatlon,, Cotton, tEey sdia was king
secure Us recognition aud inde.
pendence. The results, Confederate mo-
ney is worth Eve cents sdn The dollar.
They said that civil liberty and Stale
rights would be secured, 6y.sucessfon.
The frst'act.of the Gonfedetate C5pkress
deprived the people Of The right 10 select
their President If "a man oWned,tWenty
negroesI be .Bas -t1tbaad frDfn military
duty. If man had leu starving children,
he was not. The nah WHO oWned the ne.l
groes could stay at home with his wealth;
the man with starving children must leave
them and go tothe battle field. You aud
may have bad some fear of The success of |
me ,Centederacy Thank, God, there is
now 10 prospect otits succeeding. /;
Judge Humphreys made many telling |
points. Among other things he said:
believe the institution of slavery is
gone as q permanent thfng-overthfowinl |
by the action of the Southern States.l / |
believe in case of u return to the Union. we
would receive political co operation so as
10 secure the infringement of3that labor bv |;
those who we're slaves. There is really no /
Inference, in my opinion, whether we hold
them as absolute slaves or obtain their In
Dor by some other method. But that ones.
lion Is not npw before us.
Davis, F. Butler, Caleb Gushing,
Buchanan and SIidell sought to destroy
me government The first act of Butler az
SeW orleans vas Io1 1setes-theestaEe of Slid
leil. They housed togetherat Charleston,
II lna endeaVoFed to ovsrthroR the Govern
nent oy overwhelming the political power
d the South. Judge between mySpatriot.
sm and theirs. Nine lsy here; heirs there
had no hand in breaking up this Gov.
srnment. They are responsible for the
blood shed in this unnecessarylwar. From
The time this rebellion began ups to tbeI
present Davis and Bepjamin have NOT
aad AN idea that the States of the South
could stand unatded by foreign powers. /
Eou hsVn't thought of that, but it is true.
That was the position taken by them at
he incipiency of the rebellion. Such'is i
,lill their belief. Without the assistance
u come strong power, the independence
ot the southern States could not be estab
tshed. Hspce, Slideu7 apd Mason, now
sent 10 EnroPs as a sort ot.4ministers. be-
lore the confederate government was cIo1b.
ID with the GseRblaqce of power, before the
blockade was commenced, to form an al.
lance With England and France, with in.
to urge the Importance of recop.I
llElng the heipdepeudepce ofthe confederaey
Thus they hoped to get France and England |
10 mixed up with the affairs of the conred.
sracy that they would be obliged to assist
is maintenance, i,g
mhen. returned from, the Charleston
convention In 1850, the people met in this
soutt-yafo. sPeakl9gto you now to day
SUI tuus lne OF tneg meeting. There wefe
men uponJhs sminds.B .Bf ao@e of MS appEs.
.l tensions iot Q not Tar distant trouble-oEl
me nortors otCiVil war. Disuniou folIow-
ID, war carne,. and ruin swept Over onr
land Our feids are devastated,
burned, our sons have fslIen in
'stLle, and the land is fnll of widows and
What has disunion TO weigh
against this desoiationP
''N %. .---12-L-a .s....t lf5.-l,--
Visit Of Lt:,Col. Il, s. II Narthcott, Iate-
~ ReIeaGsd from Libby Prison. 20 /
his RegImehtS 12th w. VA; ana his
Reception by the OmcerE and Mon |
of the RsSlment, y =,
-, :, ggNsERtAFD,. ,aIarchi2s 1864.
Editors IAlettigeHesr:
The G9lUpstsgreklly deared hinbsli toil
his regiment, by, his soldierly. conduct in |
the battle Of Winchester, jude t3el5; Where |
IL was his misfortune to be made a prison. /
eF Of war. This capture aud SUBSEQUENT
Libby, had created mpeb
anxiety and regret. The fifst inIimations
OF his release, were hailed with toy: Tor no |
man commands greater respect and esteem. |
than Col. Il; s. Northcott ia his regimen
His kind, atfable manners, have ms,ie tha
boys not only'to respect, but love him.