Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-13

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Ne will certainly. do it. All that is needed
is the firm concord, the united resolves
which, If theH had been wanting before
Lincoln hassaowi supplied. With brave
hearts In out4bosoms and God over head
we are certaiato win independence, liberty
and undying anne. aid
Let our legislative bodies, for mercy's
sake, now sep debate and sct. To the
Virgtnie Lei Stature We would say-for We
are anxious Rt our dear old common.
wealth shouI9e pad otf-lay all your wire
drawn resolul qps and your elaborate bills
on the table, ass one simple resolution
d6Eating the pole power ofttheStE 10
men aud ,matetiai to the public Tde6eno
and place allSEsfhs Ss2llll, Of tle lp1iIll
Virginia is to By be greatsl .ses g
her capital is to- gage of b5EtlA
ever We have thafAp help Gen. Les aid
be placed at his dtapsal. Bette that
we be sunk by anS EthquakS n over
run by Yankees. i a2sssk
ed and boar "a an an ao3 t BE ss scar. "a
(James River correspond i Springfield Re.
Blood that is5ts price t6sSsEy for hon
or now. w.a.dsysI5 e public mfn demands
blood. Withet 8 loss of bloods older
is rarely hAfdgt This the soldier flfnade
to understRpas6y the tone Of the ptsslic
presa, by personal letter that touGll8
on the ct, and especially by all thu
he seesaM hears if he is at the North on
a farl9Rh. The consequence is, that q
destsK6 be wounded is general among
ofiiSfa in the army, merely to meet the
ffements. Of home sentiment, They
kt9w that no faithful service, no daring
sayery, no unwaveriug endurance is 80
3kely to win them praise at the far rear as
SIS an entry. of their pane on the list of
casualties.
They know that those who were slightly
Wounded in the frst fight of last spring, in
Meade's or Buffers army, aud have been
since absent on sick leave, are to day Civ
en- ten times more honor in their native
town than their fellows who remained at
the front aud were ten times more exposed
to theyh wing bullets aud bursting shell,
while suffering all the privstions and hard :.
ships of the fearful siK months OF 1nlnter
mitted battle and campaigning. They
kno " that the ballet which breaks the skin
c1uuts more than the exposure which
breaks the constitution, or the blow which
breaks the heart. They are ambitious,
else they would be unfit for officers, and
their ambition prompts them to E eve a
wound that they may win respect at Spme.
If they are good officers, they don't want a
severe wouOd-not enough to take them
off duty, but just enough to count to their
credit. 5l.5.s5,,yy-sr- II gI5Is ~ an 3
I have heDrdlSoficar boast OF q Honnei.
and ottnseS 9Peak ep pvtonsiy or = -S..Juotted
comrade, ,toE bamoa theiIf laEk Of at least
d suratch for zthea surgeon t0lgEep0ftl-e-
During au eBga cement last Sunni 9f,e white
men we're falling on every side, asbtave
and gallant general came hurriedly to our
colonel with half. disappointed, half. pro.
voked look on his face, aud Swapping his
iugers with an excited flourish, said, 81
declare, I've Just seen one of your men
with wound that I'd give q hundred dol.
lars for this minute. It's beautiful wouud,
right alongside the forehead, aud not bad
enough to, keep him laid up"
Then he added, as if to complain of bis
own hard lot, " don tkuow why Iclu'l
get wounded. I've tried hard enough, Fve
been right in the thickest of the fights
ever since entered the service, and I'VU
never bad . scrattht" "HaVe you seen
Capt. P.'s wound2" was a question asked
over and over again in his brigade after
the battleof Drdry's Bluff; and then the
wound was described with so much gusto
"A A capital wound just above the temple
shows under thehair but doesu't make a
bad scar. That sets him up"y saw a no.
BILE officers brigade con mander-iu hos.
pital quite sick from exhaustion after q
hard campaign. He spoke cheerfuIIy of ev.
erythiug until some wounded officers were
uamed. Then his pity seemed moved-nor
for them but for himself. ooh, dearI" be
said. t.If could only have been wound
ed. And had the same chance that any
of them had. was one of the first mer
in the Chapin's Bluff fort, while msn were
being killed all around; but wasn't hit
And here am in hospital, sickl"
The tone iu which be uttered the las
word was that Of ineffable disgust. A.
would apparently have rather lost bott
legs in battle, than be brought down by
disease to .pnitness for duty. He kue a
lust how the two things were viewed rel
atively at home. 81 didn't use to car
much about heiGg younded, until 1 wen
home," said q brsvel young captain, WHIT
had risen flpm the rapks, aud was on hit
fourth year Of active service with one o
the hardest Fighting regiments in the entirr
army. II found they don't count mai
anything if be. hasn't been hit. They'c
hardly believeiHd, been in real battle, be
cause Ia nothingito show for it. Nov,
want some scar, 70 take home" Poor fel
lowl HisiFegiment was blown up in For
Fisher. He Was probably sufficiently man
gled there % suit the most exacttng North
ern censor. ~ =
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
It's all very proper to give honor to mel
who have been wounded in action; but th
stress that outside of the army is uniform
ly laid on the how of blood as the unfailin
test of valor, shows a similar ignorance O
the real .hsrdships of war and the work O
a soldier, in the community at large, a
exists as to the pay of officers aud as t
the class of men fitted to carry on the lit
struggle of free people. Scores OF me
are wounded because of their cowardic
aud refusSI5Io keep their place ut th
extrema front. In many picket skirmist
or duripg an advance of some pCrtion c