Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-22

was held al t0VV1SsEfl 6SpoaAS COUNTS &t&sA.
Friday night, Several Of the most sub
s4nptiaI and znauential residents of that
part of Broke are active and Jealous Re
pubIcans They VIII pole very Tespec-
table sized. vote for Lincoln.
THrnE Is S61fe-t6e old Keystone
state-Ehsh nobody has erer accused Of
radicalIsm OF any kind but which his
justly enjoyed the reputation Of being
one of the most CONSERVATIVE members Of
our confeaeracE. It's territory borders
upon three slave States, with whom It
has lived in amity and peace. The Penn
zylvanians gd1o.pot believe in the bleasea-zgii
ness and beuignity of slavery, but they
willingly cOncede to 1t all the protection
70 which If is lawfnlly and constitudonaIly
entitled The south knows this. And
yet they see that PennsylEania announces
beforehand that her voice is for Lincoln.
Her sons called for his nomination al the
: Chicago convention. and promised to en-
/ dorse him in October and NoEember.-
They have accomplished the first part Of
their promise and are ready to fulfill the
second part
Now, can any reasonable man, even IN
South Carolina, be so Infatuated as to be-
lieve that the conservative old State of
Pennsylvania has resolved to trample up
on the constitution, to disregard the rights
of any part df-the. Union, ITO inangnrate
the reign. cf radica1ism7 Can he suppose
for an instant that the State, which has,
perhaps, more to lose BY civil var than
any other, has concluded to take auy step
which may fairly lead to disruption of
the Union and all the horrors which would
follow d. Can. he persuade himself that
she womb deliberately support man
whose antecedents, doctrines, or aspira-
lions are such that his election to the
Presidency couid probably be injurious to
the peace, the safety, Or any of the best
interests of the couutry2
We fed confident that the Pennsylvania
election Will 4opsn the eyes of those honest
publican candidate is q man whose course
cannot be SANCTIONED by. conservative pa
triots. We are inclined TO believe, also.
that it viii do something to shut the
mouths of those noisy fellows who have
supposed that they conld frighten the
north by their yaporing and threats, and
prevent them from expressing their honest
preferences at che polls. They see that
their Occupations gone" that they are
only wasting their breath upon the empty
air. Not only SO. The probability, may
we not almost say the certainty, of Lin
coins election will turn some of these
bFawlers into suppIiants for office. They
will phiIOsophically conclude that mas
much as a Republican administration is
Inevitable, it is wise to make the most of
=, and get all the comfort possible out Of
such pRtesgsas may be allotted TO the
,o'i.h, tasysry respect the recent cleo
Hons VIII tehd to fehssure the country
md to Establish q definite understanding
etween'the various sections by showing
hem just,what Is to be- expected. sus-
Depse with al its disadyapges gives way
We believe that. ar. Bolts spoke the
ruth, wAs6 10 said that three hundred
thousand volunteers would flock to tho
tandardio ftho laws, without calling upon
free State. No part OF the country
you'd lose more by disunion, probably
one would lOSsaso much as that from
hich tbreats Of dlsinton are continually
sing. And wp' do not believe that even
aere these threats would be permitted to
IKE the form Of actfon without such a
Eruggle eathdm6las would make treason
90 mostaUnpr ableibustness that tleni6-
ogueism ever engaged in.
The tRtsAts1 OF dIspaipa are nothing a new
aey have long been the pH6rtts argument
the quarters Wherothey are loudestnow.
Whenever, = policy was adopted that did
ot suit certain extreme mel at the south;
aey proposed tolbteak up the confedsracy
TO nnllity thelaws. The tariff was, in
peir eyes, as great . grievance as is nav
e hesitalionSto legislate eslayeryyintosthes
rritoriess Should the country snbmttstos
ess threats now, thsyswould next be rer.
sWsd on DE OMEN Tie African
ave trade ge LET the success Of the gems-
be estRblished, and there would be a
instant repetition. fit. Nor would itybes
MINED to one aetion-or one section. So
cap a political bedlsht could n5t Be
onoPolizsds and we should have all the
ne, and in an sections 81 the country
Feats tosdissolvs tie Unt66, { unless the
easure Of the hour be promptly passed,
q the mejoF1ty submit TO the im{h6EiTy.
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