Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-30

the streeta In triumph, and give him an
ovation such as would ibo scarcely due %
Beauregard.S Of Lee II he had defeated and
destroyed our largest army; while curses
aud impreGAtiuns,l loud as the yell of q
thousand 'Ihfoatsi go up 10 Heaven against
fanatical Yankee government that could
attempt to interrupt commerce which
they were determined to, prosecute. Pass
on in your journey through the Cotton
States. You come to Q small country
town. You enter the Court House, there
you see judge and jury, counsel and cul'
prit. The supposed criminal has been
tried for burning dwelling house. But
the evidence is altogether, unsatisfactory
and inSuAicient and the jury render aver
dict OF Enot guilty" With joyful heart the
poor wretch leaves the Goprt House. But
HE Joy isAot short duration. BE has
NOT proceeded . hundred. steps, till
hel is seized by an. infuriated mob
THY hurry him to the. edge Of the
nearest ,1ood, and there in the presence of
his late triofs and o crowd Of other specta-
tors, they hang him TO the limb Of the first
black Jack, until he Is dekd, dead, dead.
Proceed on, you hear On unfortunate being
groaning in his last agony. You enquire
the cause. He 10 scourged, wounded niu-
tilSted and . bleeding 10. death He Is
guilty of being q stranger, and seme MALI
cions monster has doggea his steps with
ths mad dog cry Of Abolitionist.y Get into
Mobile New Orleans You see heetsio of
transports and regiments Of armed, men
about TO- embark. They are going under
the guidance of Walker OF Lopes, or Nor
gan, or Henuingssn, to NicaraguR or COSTA
RiGa,, or some other plsesin Central Amer
icaI 70 make eonquests, to 'enlarRe the area
of freedom and to "establish our peculiar
domestic institutions" The national su-
thuritie6, on the spot, are either in collu-
sion with them or are oyerawed. Return
10 Washington, city You will see beads
of departments and other high officials. In
defiance alike OF their oaths and their duty,
sentiing south immense quantities Of mu!
pitioqs Of war, for the express purpose of
being nsAd by their. confederate8 in trea.
son, against their bleedipg eopptryJ1that
country, which hsd trnBted and afeRarded
them so much beyond THAR deserts. A
Little afterwards secession is isSonsummatsd.;
Cast your eyes over into Texas, Yon will see
9 Major General, In hisigpominious treaoh-
cry, deliver upian army as prisoners OF war
70 those remorseless rufiAns, whom, We
had so lately voted into the Union, and
for whose sskea I've had PoufoG b8t 30
muSh blood aud treasure in our war with
Mexico. Pick, up Southern newspaper
ahopT that time, you might sec such para;
Rlaphs as the following: "The North sub-
mitS.i the North eats dirt The North says
let the South 20, we can't oppose them.
We can't atsnd the smell OF gun powder
anYIbetter than . cRoRGl Let tho South go
andleaye rs TO the worship of Mhmmoni
70 the alteration OF the Almighty dollar.
Leave US 70 our commerce and 1our manu-
facthres, our tfafRc and our agriculture, TO
heap up wealth aud grattty ouE avarice'
q, the North is wiped out; the North % NO
where. II ever shame Redeemed our cheeks,
ifitleyer tiuefad 10 the end Of our nerves,
IL is when We remember that We once were
fellow citizens with such dastards, spch
poltr oons, snohicoHards. Now We turn our
elitteIi6e SIS yeaetsi against Mexico and we1
20 on from conquering 70 conquest for the
spraad OF our Institutions" Il- -Ie.t
Under thA iusttgation, Of. snch COUNSEL
Iors and such counsels, repeated In ten
tho1sand different sWays, our; SoptheTn
neighbofs, IN the very estacy Of arrogant
insanity, made war upon men who never
|ipjufed or wished to iDjure them and whose
real shame had been q weak compliance
with their Bishes,. Whossr oply actual
crime had been q comphcityOsin theirs
o, their day Of doom had come. Divine
Justice could no longer sleep. "Wh hom the
Gods would destroy they first make mad.D'
In their sapguinsry system OF organized
robbery which for more than two hundred
years, has been the opprobFium Of Christen-
dom, rSouthern enemies have been prin-
cipsis in the fIFst degree, and they suffer
accdrdinRly. We have been principals in.
the second degree and our. gufferings are
only less than 'theirs. Oar British kinsmen
Fave been accessories both before and after
the fact, and they can not escapeth guilty
consciousness. Our Euglish cousins, ap:
patiently do not believe in Code moral
/ government of the world, or they never.
would have consented to build up an enor.-
mons eommerce, ,dependsnt upon the mad
hhpriees of q turbulent, an aggressive and
g ruhian population. Had they supplied
the iooms Of Lancashire with cotton innOe
Gently produced by free labor, adequately
ew4Tded. their prosperity wonld have been
stable; they would not have seen bali q
million OF Iaborers At once thrown out OF
employment. There iBa remarkable COIN
cidehce between the ideas OF the ruttian who
writes on The coast Of the gull, and these
lofhhes rufian,I who Writes In the city Of
London. They both seem, to think their
own material interests q sufficient excuse
for any aAd,eyetY eTiple. j. So there is d ra.
variable, coinsidepce. in the elementary
ideas Of the English and Scotch tories and
their allies,i& on this continent ft'appro.
nriRte aud abuse the name Of Democracy"
(Both are striving to build up the interests
Of an aristocratie class In open defiance of
every principle Of natatAl Justice. The IL
Iustrious moralist, George eombei could
teach The whole fraternity better philoBo.
ply. They would do well to practiee bis
| preceps. z :DBSC the laws Of the Creator"
says he, "nations must obey the moral law
10 be .happy ~ ahat iB thsy must cultivate
the arts ofpeace, must be industrious up
| right, intsIiigsnt, pious and HuAkHE. ICON
sttation Of Man, page 25o.l j Bot men are
dull scholars iinuihs school ofvrightj the
same old, errors and the same old crimes,
/ are erepealsd from ago 10 age with hiagqst.
ling unffoEmIty and ptoduce an ever reeur-