Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-31

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THE NECESSITY FOR THE WAR.
No Peace Possible except at the Feet
or over the Grave OF the Republic
The Last Hope for ConstItuttonal
Liberty on Its PriR1.
TFrOm the n Y wOrIdl
1t cannot be too distinctly understood
that PEACE in these times means nothing.
more or less than Treason. The Coustitu-
tion of the United States defines treason to
consist in "giving aid and comfort" to its
enemies, and he who advocates peace is
doing that in the most eiFectual manner
possible. He promotes precisely what the
secessionists call for. "All that we ask"
JEFF. Davis has proclaimed, .'is to be let
alone" And well did lie say so. To let
/ him alone is to acquiesce in bis treason,
and confirm him 10 the enjoyment of all
| its fruits. His crime is fully cOnsumma
ted, and be has nothing more to gain. He
| is like the pirate who has carried the ship
and seized the booty nothing can suit
him better than 10 e left to himself. The
sailor who should urge such n concession
to the pirate would be ut once set down as
no better than pirate himself at heart
So, we say, is he practically traitor, who
goes for acquieseence in jeff. Davis trea-
son.
Nobody pretends that the confederate
government will consent to any peace
which does not recognize its existence and.
its independence. Nobody presumes even
that this spurious concern will put its pre-
| tentions in abeyanre long enough to jain
with the loyal States in II National Con-
ventiou, called in conformity with the Fed
ernl Constitution, and pledge itself TO
abide by the determination OF such con-
stitutional body. Nothing OF this kind is
now dreamed Of There is no longer the
slightest basis for such peace action as
that debated by the members of the peace
convention at Washington last February.
Many of those members-in fact, we be-
llieVe, nearly all from the free States-were
las loyal men as can lie found in the land.
They were seeking what it was al
most vain to hope for, but they labor
ed for peace with no other end than
the preservation of the Union. it was
their very devotion TO the government
of their fathers that prompted them 10
make this one last effort for its deliver
euce from the storm which threatened it.
Those peace men of the North worked
Loyalty and legitimately. Whatever may
be thought of the wisdom of their pro-
posed measures, their patriotic good faith
could not be impeached, 6eeduse they pro-
feSsed nothing and entertained nothing
which did not look to II continuance of the
Union. Some of the peace men of the
lconVention, rs for instance the gallant
Governor Sprague, of Rhode Islnnd, are
now consistently yindicating that Union
at the cnnnon's mouth. But the same men
of to-day, instead of seeking to save the
Union, begin by abandoning it. The very
first word they utter Implies disunion. It
involves complete breaking down of the
authority Of the Constitution, a voluntary
aud absolute surrender at the start OF ev-
cry principle of our civil goveFnment.-
From the day their counsels prevail, the
Constitution of the United States, as onr
fathers framed il, is at an end.
4 These treasOn-mougPrs cannot pretend
. that their end can be gained in coustitu-
tional manuer. Neither the President of
title United States, nor Congress, nor the
Supreme Court, possesses the Slightest
4 pow er to release tile people Of the Conted-
crate States fIom their obligatians to the
Federal Constitution, which is declared to
nc ''the supreme law of the land" These
departments of the Government are all
sworn to protect aud defend that supreme
law" Congress aud the President have
simply discharged the obligations of this
oath, in raising and sending armies With
which to put down resistance to the Con-
siituIiou. That instrument leaves its
guardians NO alternative. 1t imposes an
oath, to break which is perjury before high
heaven. Thus does it constantly take se-
curity in advance for its own perpetnation.
To oppose the war, then, is 10 oppose the
Constitution which necessitates the war.
To assail Congress for voting men and
means, to attack the President for mar
shaling his great armies, is nothing more
or less than an act of eumity to the, Gov
ernment 1t ut once puts the man who
does it into the category of traitors.
The excuse put forward for advocating
peace, is that war will not restore the
Union, and that all the treasure and blood
must therefore go for naught: This plea
is worthless No man, Mt this stage OF
the contest, has right to assume that the
government lacks the. power to put this
rebellion down. The trial has but just
begun, aud everything indicates that If
E tile government is rightly supported by
the people that still profess loyalty, its
authority will be fully re-established.--
Even should it turn out otherwise, at the
very worst the free States will have made
fight which will cause their eohrage and
their power to be respected, and will
put their final peace with the anarch-
lists upon an infinitely more soldif basis
than conid ever be realized from an incon-
tinent surrender to their demands. All
history tesGilies that there is no peace so
{ durable rs the peace that is conq1ered.-
BEpedieney dictates the necessity of this
war, even without reference tOthe ultimate
civil relations II the two sections of the
) country. But the frst consideration is
that of loyal duty. So long as We haye a
constitutional government, we-are bound
to support il. We have no right TO inter
pose an opiuion Rgainst its requirements.
u NH firfI y lrasls on law Mhieh has