Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-15
A HIGH TONED RRvIEw.


A HIGH TONED REVIEW. n
A Calm and arstatesmanlIko NarratIy.
Succeeding aIr. LIncoIn,s AdIhinisl
trRtiOn. Gfd 80 - I
From the PrOvidenee Jouulij
There never was time when tue cir
cnmstnnces of the country gave 10 an ad-
miuisuatton q stronger claim upon the
generosity and forbenanre of tnagnani.
nous opposition. There never wnS an al.
miuistration that received less nj Il. The
administration TO which the present one
succeeded had driven the country to the |
verge of ruin. Its whole purpose for the
Iatterpart ofits existence. was directed to
the great purpose of leaving the country
an nnrcsisting prey to the treason which
mad It's centres In washingtonnndinC Char
lesion, and Its rHmiicatfons nlF over the
country. The departments are full of the
evidences of this; it is avowed in an elab0zf
rate defence which the Rictimond EI,oSiTsJr1 !
makes of Mr. Floyd, the trusted adviser OF
the President. This remarkable article
defends Mr. Floyd from the suspicioh Of
inhdelity TO the cause of Secession. 06tl'-
triumphantly proves that butforthe policy
Tiich'he forced upon the Presidentlagninst
the plans of Gen. Scott, the +SO1thern
Confederacy" would tihnve been orgitna
ized. There Is too much reas0n to believe
that the administration of Mr. Buchanan
came in power pledged to entire snbservi-a
ency to the Southern nhllifiers; even 10 the
point Of a disruption OF the Union, in csNe1
the RepuhliCHus should carry the uext.
Presidential election. We ID not Sin.
pose that Mr. Buchahnn fully ealcula-
ted upoL this result; and it lis plhin that
when the inevitable consequences of his
policy were before him, he shrank from
the crime which was about 10 be con.
sulnmated, and which c6uld not have beSn
possible but for his silent cnmplIetty, He
probably thonght thst by threOt esInt tFsa-
son aud rebeUipn the 1libl 4 IA would
Se iEss9tr1tEdsuut Of lfiIe gieg ytuIi3 tlp
democrats would be ennbled TO confinna
tner Pes ei=,s 5fhsmet NJ
abused. He-did not fully estimate the long
and deliberately formed plans of treason
which were the real platform OF the Dem
ocratic party in nearly all he States which
they had my reasonable hope OF carryjug.
Educated in the corrnptions of the old
Democratic party, which were patriotism
compared with its modern principles, he
did not fully comprehend the depth to
which desperate men could descend in the
pursuit of power and place; he thought
that some love of country, some sense of
Justice, some obligation to the constitution
and the Union, must lie at the base OF
every political organization. he did not
believe that they were rs bad rs they pro-
fcssctf TO he. And when lie discovered the
whole truth he lacked the courage to- take
the stnnd which his position demanded; to
which every impulse of duty 0rpatriotism.
aud OF craftsmanship urged him, and which
would have rallied around him the whole
!people as they had never rallied around
any man since the dny when jackson full
minated his proclamation against The
Bnullifers in South Carolina. TSljpnlntinps
I for pOstpOnement OF the crash till he
should have time to escape, lie left to Mr..
Lincoln house ready to fall upon his
head. aLfll
igr Tie new administration found the treas
Gty 'btukTupt. the public credit so low
that patriotic States were offering to en-.
doTse tue bonds of the general govern
ment, the army scattered nmOng distant
forts, with difficult communications, and
the navy in such condition and in Fuch
parts of the world that but two vessels
were available for immediate and efficient
service. The army. aud navy had been
demoraiized by every appliance that could
. be brought TO bear upon gallant but too
often misguided officers, The departments
were full of traitors aud spies, and the
] representatives oftlfe government in foreign
countries were intriguing fur the recOeni-
ton OF the Southern COnfederary. Was
not this a situation which should rally
around an untried chief magislnite the
isupPortio OF a patriotic peopls7 Especially.
was n9tythiy on OPP poriunitE for the Demo-
Gratis. whose fdithless leaders had commit
ted this treason, to pnrgs themselves orRlT
completely win IT, aud all responsibility
for 1t, by giving their encouragement and
their support to the man whom the peonIe-.
had elected?
We know bow. this duty was met At
the Threshold of power, AR Lincoln WIS
confronted with the evidence OF. an uu-
Fcrupulous, nnrelsptipE, qpaRpessabIe op-
position. Without w6fting Tor hme TO,
clear the confidential Offices Of The men
who were known to he the sympathy, and
who were more than suspected to be in
communication with the traitors, without
giving him timeto see what were the wants
oil the public service and what we're the
trgsourees to meet them, the Democratic
pApers opened upon him with ono gensral
howl eash'stt shsrgingh him with different
utteure,f blaming him for precisely the OPP
posite reasons, and demanding ofibim 10
pursue precisely opposite lines of poIeS
out finally concluding, from the silence
and apparent inactivity at Washington.
that policy of s'PeSee at alF hazatdsi' ys,Is
TO 6s pursued, puitipE in deuounciug bim
toe hreaktng tho Implied pledges of his
friends that after the 4th OF March No
thouid "have n govVFnmeat" T6inkiu4
that tue administration had defined its
Poliryf they no longer doubted Their
course Whirh-Was- in any event TO opbose
it ,a2uisa WabnfW
A month passed by lSaddenly the
country is aroused by tue appearance 81 q
naval and military expedition more for.