The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-12
out of their own Mouths all Such
Persons are Condemned I'm
der our Proposed Constitu-
tional Amendment.
"volnntary and Corrupt Compile,
ity with Treason can never be
Excused by any Circum-
stances"
This is the Judgement Pronounc-
nounced by Traitors Them
selves upon the Loyal Peo-
pie of West Virginia.
R1CHMoND. February, 1853.

rCEbLOW s-1ue pEe56nb wal
has now reached a stage mt which every
candid mind must be convinced that il
will soon result in the complete estab-
lishment of the separate independence
of the Confederate States. After two
years of war in (which the North has
lost several hundred thousand men and
spent more than a thousand million
dollars, the Confederacy remains un-
conquered. 1t is now more able to re-
sist than it was in the beginning, com
pairing its strength with the power OF
the enemy. 1t has larger and better
armies with more copious materials OF
war than 1t had a year ago. 1t still re-
pulses nearly every advance of the
enormous leVies of the North. 1t has
already displayed more strength and
acquired more glory than other coun-
tries,whioh have been. independent for
ages. If its achievements have been
attended with large expenditures of
blood and treasure, yet the capacity of
such a people as ours to carry on war
can never be exhausted while the war
is to resist subjugation. On. the con-
trary, the North, which fights for con-
quest, must find fits warlike resources
practically ~ exhausted whenever it be-
comes clear that conquest is impossible.
Ina war waged by the North for the
subjugation of the South, the failure OF
the North Is the complete triumph of
Tue EoOutu-A uaG
That result appears certain to us who
know the spirit and resources of the
Con federacy. Even you, who have
been separated from the South and
have learned the events of the war
mainly from Northern sources, must
have corrected their boastful bulletins
OF victories by the confessed results of
campaigns. You know for example,
how many tgrand armies'' have been
sent to take Richmond and how many
victories they have claimed; but you
have seen the same armies always re-
turn ,shattered,u decimated, disgraced.
.You know that Richmond remains un-
detiled by the foot of a conqueror.
We have met with some disasters.
Others may befall us. Even if Rich
mond, or Yicksbnrg, or Charleston, or
any other city were to fall, there would
still remain toius between the Atlantic
and the Rio Grande vast country and
an unconquerable people,. Partial sue
cess of the enemy, wherever obtained,
must at length be abandoned by the
remnants of invading armies, glad TO
escape from country which they may
rayage but cannot subdue.
The North can 7eVeqr conqAT the
South. NeiLhel'7 aOiLL The South eUeT con-
sent to a restoration of the U1li0n. An
inhuman attempt to subjugate brave,
free, enlightened and Christian people
atrocities of the; North in prosecuting
this war and desperate attempt to in
woke servile insurrection have placed a
fiery gulf of hatred between the two
cohntties. hesrperationl which was
forced by fanaticism has been confirms
ed by ferocious folly. It is, not the
South which will have to regret the con-
sequences. .=3tr, -
As certainly as the atrocious schemes
is destined to fail, just so
certainly will every inch of the soil of
Virginia remain under her Jurisdiction.
The entire South will be conquered or
all Virginia will be. free. BY solemn
resolves the Confederate and State gov
ernn1ents stand pledged never to sur
render any. part of the State. They will
be prompted by every motive of inter
est and of honor to redeem the pledge
at all hazards. r7
During this war ourpew government
could not hitherto keep large Rrmfes
constantly in Northwestern Virginia
without neglecting vital points OF de-
fense. Vex4tious RAIDS have usually
been avoided. But our battles have
been fought as well for the ultimate
liberation of the Panhandle as for tue
independence of all the Confederate
States. Events may yet take a differ
ent course even in this war. Hereat-
ter such preparations will be made
that, in future wars, the brave and
hardy men of Northwestern Virginia,
hacked by the most warlike nation on
the globe, will more probably become
the Invaders than victims ofinvasion.
They would be in greater danger on
the Northern than they will be on the
Weseongratulnte you upon the GER
tainty that our section of the State will
remain with Virginia and with the
Confederacy. A large majority, we be-
lieve, will rejoice in this assurance.
Your interests are with the South. In
the Confederacy our section of Virginia,
so fullofall natural elements of wealth,
regions of the continent. With the
North it would dwindle Under the
shadow of rival and strange sections.
In the South we have maintained
free Institutions throughout this tre-
Iuendous struggle while the govern
ment has needed the largest powers
and the people would have acquieSced
in many stretches of authority in or
der TO defend their political existence,
their property, their families and their
lives. We have thus proved that lib
erty may flourish among us forever.
The North, merely for the hope of en-
shaving us, has given up one after an
other, the most sacred safeguards of
constitutional freedom and has shown
itself incompetent TO preserve free in
stiEntions. You willSbA gladto enjoy
liberty with the South rather than en-
dure despotism with the North.
When this unequal struggle began it
might have been expected that the bor-
ders OF Virginia and especially the
Northwest would, for time, be over
North. II was not to have been expect
ed that alcivi1ized nation would bru-
talize war by such barbarities as you