Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-12
The cI,IEens or VIrgInIa Advised TO
Take ths oath Of Allegiance.
Irom &c Rleknaoaa -. Apri1E.


The ruIes, regulations and orders estab-
liahsd for the government Of the city and
the preservation az public peace and order
were Published yesterday They viii re-
ceiTe the appreciation of every citizen Who
| has determined to remain loyal to the flag
of the Union, come veal or come voc aud
Why should not every citizen SO de.
termioe7 BE has only to take calm and
intelligent survey of the situation Of afEirs
now presented TO tie continued of the utter
hopeiessuess Of further organized resistance
| TO the national authority. BE has only TO
diVest his mind Of the bugbear oflutj1ga-
zion TO recoDciIe himself 70 the restoration
Of that authority. He has only TO remem.
Der that the Gag of the Union is the banner
which be proudly recognized previous to
the war as the beautiful symbol Of the na.
items glory and power TO reanimate his At
tscbment TO that symbol. The scheme Of
Southern eoEfedsTaey was presented 70 The
public mind with such an array Of sophis'ry
and ehiedHeTy, and with such constant ap-
pesls to popular Prjudices and passions,
that It is not surprising the people of Vir-
ginis, who are generally too easily deceived
by politicians and place hunters, ahOuld
have been csptivated by the UtepiaH
views of their leaders, and blinded
to their true interests by the trickery
Of Southern Ere eater. but surely they
must be diStnehGHted By this tune, and are
enabled once more, We hope, TO take "a
tional view of the questions sfectiog their
welfare. ZhouIandS re En:W are and
while we cannot bat have a certain re-
spect for the lingering fidelity to sinking
cause, which doubtless exists TO some ex-.
tent in this community, we almost pity the
man who will longer allow an emotional
sentiment TO enslaVe his judgment. What
though precious lives have been lost in the
effort to establish the Corfederaey, have
not lives equally precious to others been
lost 10 the attempt now happily success
tnl to maintain the nttgrity Of The Union,
the great palladium Of our liberty But il
Is With the future, not the past, We now
have to deal. We ssy then, that the dis
passionate conclusion of every rejecting
man must be not only that the ConfedsTaey
u practically d.funet, but that his pursuit
OF happiness and prosperity will be best
promoted by the failure Of tina. visionary
scheme and the restoration to him of the
rights aud privileges which ne heretofore
enjoyed. This is the plain proposition
which only those who are psrveTsely blind
Will fail TO perceive, and being go, the PEG.
pie OF Richmond, even the adheEents of
the Davis concern, i any are left, should
welcome the REINSTATEMENT of the ma
tional authority; bat whatever his senti-
ments % this point, every man in the city
will very soon have to determine his course.
he will have to take his position as loyal
citizen of the United States, Virginia, form
iug component part thereof or must, if
he will, cling TO his idols outside of The
Union lines. The legislation of Congress
and the amnesty proclamation ofthe Pres.
ident do not admit Of any middle ground.
II We are correctly Informed, it would no
doubt be agreeable TO some who were
dragged into the Confederacy against their
Judgment and consent, to be relieved of the
formal renewal Of their sllegiauee TO the
Federal government, until the official mott.
6catiou Of the extinction of the rebellion
in Virginia, aconSumuation which will not
be postponed many days. NE are inform
ed OF the existence of such desire By a
communication from an Intelligent and re-
spectacle citizen; but we advise him and
all others similarly interested to waive any
scrupies they may have a. to the time or
manner Of re- securing the rights and priv,
hegee of American citizens, and conRFaIu.
late themselves that the opportunity IL At
last afforded them for entering again mon
the enjoyment Of thoEe rights Of which
they have been so long deprived.