Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-23

our ,sl enemies, igs have no rfghts rstaIia
lon, nor any other rights. So q sT seooli,
; inform US thatif We do as web 8 tbreat
ened, they viii not FeEard II 1tion
0 GUT as 2 new crime, tOlbs seSeFel pdnish
9 e04 -e Eney choose outitW0 OH 81 rank
= one brigadier-generAl, And fotm d,
) Last their lives shan sapsBei tbs twr
0 Cnon No We propose TO execute, We'd, thil
GoFernmentS after months of station
/. gives sEays yields ali; coutesses tdat It ha,
> no rights, and lets the eondemned men 20
In other words 1t accepts for ana IL
our name the position OF rebels snd male.
factors. -. -, - -
On the Same principle, precisely. tbs
/, washington lGoyernment maihthins its
e g aeseEterS from ebbiedsss
ave regtmeutsi when they are 7ards
TAKEN &c 10 thel Federal Eankssaud FEDERAL
nnEttorm; it llrnl; Thar government ns ser hesi-
! taIesstora moment In pnniahih its own
aesefters taken In the like ciref Istai,rss:
j because q holds that it has a. hnd ius.
q nce on its, side, ndithat willis. ioyal cit.
q i!ens, hSSeno right to dessft heir allie.
glance and turn traitors, reb 0i tbe
other hand have at All times 6 light aud
DUTY TO desfst from their RI ION and
Iarn honest men. ltsis pei 6f their
heqry-ts q slso,a mart of our 9eaarsi
tent1on, so far as his command extends. tn
maintain the full privilege OF 4 beIiiqerI
Fent, to insist upon Iherigbt 6f the Con.
tederate States to punish their own de.
sertng soldiers; and il the Yankee. exc.
cutes thensuat threat in thAtc case, Pickett
says ne will hang ten for his one. Il is
right; but will General Pickett. be allowed.
70 carry oueaRd continue that sound Con.
tedsrate pracIicef We cauaot,helo doubt-
ing It. Oue Government is ha6ituaIiup
us by degrees to the feeling that we have
no rights asiagafnst tie Washiogton M !.
thoriues. We begin to feel almost like
criminals and outlaws aud TO acknowledge
10 our very selves that our enemy has on
MS side privileges which 5Ees do not dare.
TO claim. - = "A
But 1--WE are'to eo1sfder,' Il seems, stnot
what wicked enemies may deserve, but
genuemeni 20 fdfliet'tA Or Hypoeris1Yt!
and thou stoftys palsou power! which alone
can sound its praise -through thy fortv
noses! What cant is thisI We wonder
whether Mr.. Davis is aware OF What-yery
many honest people begin 70 mutter and
murmur. They say, can this man be sa-
wing up for himself, in case of tie worst, a 4
sort OF plea 10 mitigation of punishment z |
II the cause for which hdndted hnd fftv |
thousand of as have died, be borne down
At last, is this 0hristian meekness of his |
Intended to save his oWnlffe? They cav.
what comfort are these foe sentiments 90 |
Ehe houseless families who have, been |
driven from their homes lin Tennessee or I
Virginia, when they fod1 our armies, |
even on the enemy's spil, are withheld !
from giving the invaders taste of real
war In their own quenched hearths and |
over us Government at all, if it be not 70 |
protect rs against our enemies; to ayenge |
US of our enemies NH dte q ii. IL hbhoIdi /
our cause ID ait is fGll6ess 81. q grsai aietr. 4
and 70 okeep our banner flying hishY-but
thiS Is lowering the cause anddragging the
banner through the dust; this is encour |
aging, inviting our invaders to raya9e and
ptlIage US at pleasure, sure that they will |
not be visited withthe like ia their turns |
the Christianity and .chivalry5of ali this. |
Is for the enemy-to Us aud ours it is cru > |
city aud contempt. II was not for this our
helds have been soaked With lhs choice st |
blood OF our children these three terrible
years. a.ss -
lt is very painful to think it; still more
70 say II; but the simple truth is, thatafter
al tue hardships we hnVe undergone, aud |
the victories We have won, our enemy Ia |
gradually gaining over rs the great moral |
sdVantage and prestige that officers of the |
law have over malefactors. So often and
50 long have We yielded to their pretensiop I
OF superiority and suffered them to deny
our equal right, that it must end in demor.
allziug and qnelling our spirit. The Yam
zee now seems not TO stand Opposite to us
with the sword, but to stand over us Win
the whip, which, from time 10 time he
cracks. Aud We are Yirgiuians, sCJaroli.
mans the ''chiValEy" (God bless usIl ofl
thts CONTINENT and that police man there. /
With his baton, is the vulgar and. despised
Yankee. Sooni at this rate, all heybIncksI
VII! De taken optof us: We Shall be rebels
confessed; and II Is not war that will finish
tue work, but criminal jurisprudence audi
Pt9sssunng attorneys; not Generals, but
eo9staoles; not thee cIsp6Ee, but the hand
CUT. The sword Is too bright, TOO bipb.
tempered, too noble an sinstrument to he
used upon such matsrial-they viIlisub.
stitute tlslash tlfSz
=, What, then, would we practically spg.
ges3 First, TO Ppt - death all tstaidefs',
caught in the fact: secondly, 10 insist ,npon L
the most sefupulous carrying outiof r. retal-
tatiou for murders, ru6bekies and other
outrages with The. most ,pnncttisf exset;.
tude, We cannot afford nolo, If. We Vonld
recover our rightfuI posttion, tolb bate them
one Jot-ota little: thirty Un our next entFyl
into Penney lyshla aud other parts adjacent
-as enter there we must-to remember.l
with Jealous accuracy The proceedings of |.
Burnside 10 Te1nessee, of Butler in Nav
Srieaas sl and Norfolk, of Aitroy in Virginia.
'We'have no use torany Christian gentleman
who viii sPms short Of tbese. requirements.
lslet.l 70 e sl 5Fd sRs 5fIigl9;
Begin to shoV, maFrv tr,-y,l.-y,,,,5 -. IL 60
and most urgent work of neesssity ana |
mercy 1t Is right aud expedfsdt tbSp tbsI
robbers aud ffe-rafssFsi just appts eadsSlll
on the peninspla meet With : 4 qufckstrisIl
aud dogs death. Is zssIss "a II Z. 4
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