Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-06

on one side Of tue question voted upon,
c,,,, scarcely he considered as demonstrate
i'm, popular sentiment. AT such an cleo
lion. nlI that large class who are at once
for the Union and against coercion, wouiI
be coerccd to vote against the Union.
1t NAV be affirmed without extravaganza
that the free institutions we ENJOY nave
;n,uroyed the condition of our whole PEG.
ME beyond any example in the world VI
fins We now have u striking and an ImPres-
sire illustration. So large an army MS tue
Government has now oh foot, was nr,r'
before known, without s0llieF ~ IL uu'
who had taken his place there oi ms owl
free Choice; but more than th's' t"eFF me-
many single regiments whose tnet' 70
one and another, posaess full praeiic"t
Lroyv,.dge of all the arts, sciences, pro-
LESSONS aud whatever else, whether "seinl
or elegant. is known to the world and there
lis scarcely one from which there could mol
| he selected II President, Cabinet, Con
,,r.ss and perhaps Court ahundantly COM
netent to administer the Government ltSen.
Nor do say this is not true also IN the
army of ar late friends, now advers'rieS
1 in this contest; but ii it is, 50 much better
The reason whv the Government when has
conferred such benefits on both them anu
US. should not be broken mp.
Whoever in any section proposes 10
abandon such government would 90
we'll TO consider in de'rrence to wh"t
principle it is that he does it, what hetler
| he is likely TO get in its stead, whether mo
substitute will give or be INTENDED 70 give
SO much of good to the people. Ihere are
some foresh0doWings on this suoJre1i QUIZ
universities have adopted some deciara-
tions of independence, in which, unlike
! the good old one pennci 10y Jefferson. they
omit The words, all men are created equal
/ Why they have adopted temporary ma
! ;ionnI constitution, in the preamble oil
which, unlike our good oil Que signed "v
! Washington, they omit Two the people,
anil substitute "wc, the deputies OF Tue
sovereign and independent States" Why
this deliberate pressing ont OF view INC
rights ofmen and tue authority ofthepeorIr'
/ This ia cs5 'nti;lily peoples contest on
| the side of the Union; it is struggle Tor
maintaining in the world that form ann
( substance of government whose leaitng
. effect is 10 elevate the condition OIL men,
/ 10 lift artificial weights from all SHOULDERS
+ To clear to the paths of lnudable pursuit
! for NIl, TO afford all an unfettered start
/ and IL fair chance in the race oil ne
wedding to the partial AMI temporary ne
purtnres from necessity This is the lead
4
| existence we contend. mn most happy
! to believe that thr plain people understand
and appreciate thu. 1t is worthy of note
f! that while in this the governments hour
/ of trial large numbers of those in the
army aud nays who have been favored
| with The Offices have resigned and proved
/! false to the hand which had pampeTGd
them, not one common soldier or common
! stiior is known 10 have deserted his HlE.
! Great honor is due 10 ts"sr officers who
remninei true, despite the example OF
/ their IreHchcrous associates, but the great
est honor and most important tact OF all
the unanimous frmueSs of the common
| soldiers and common sailors. 10 the last
man so far SIS known, they have success
! fuliv resisted the tr.titorons effects OF those
whose commands but an hour before they
oheved rs absolute law. This ia the pat
riotic instinct of plain people. They Gn-
| derstand without AN argument that the
DESTROYING OF the government which was
made bY Washington means no good to
them. Our popular government has often
been called an experiment. Two points in
I IL our people haze already seTIled@-the
successful establishing and the successful
administering of il. One still re;uHins--
its successful maintenance against for
midaGle attempt to overthrow it. 1t is
{, now for them TO demonstrate to the world
that those who can fairly carry an election
can also suppress rebellion; that ballots
are the rightful and peaceful successors Of
bullets, and that when ballots have fairly
and constitutionaily decided there Gun be
no successful appeal back to bullets; that
| there can be no successful appeal except
20 ballots themselves at succeeding cleo
tious.
Such will be n great lesson Of peace,
teaching men what they cannot take by an
election neither can they take it by war;
teaching all the folly of being tho begin
nerS of war. Les. there be some uneaSiness
in the minds Of candid men as to what is
to be The course of the Government towards
/! the Southern States after the rebellion
shall have been suppressed the Eexecn-
tive deems it proper to say it will he his
course then as ever 10 be guided by the
! Constitution and the laws, and that he will
| probably have no different understanding
of the powers aud duties of tho Federal
! Government relative to the right OF the
States and the people under the Constitu
ton than expressed in the inaugural ad-
dress. He desires to preserve the govern
ment that it may be administered for all rs
it WAS Administered by tha men who made
! it. Loyal citizens everywhere have tue
right to claim this of their government,
and the government has no right to with
hold or neglect it. 1t is not perceived
that in giving it there is any coercion, any
conquest or any suhjugation in any just
sense of the terms.
The Constitution provides, and all the States have
accepted the provision, that the United States shall
guarantee TO eyory State in this Union republic ~
\ form OF government. But II State may lawfully
So out Of the Union, having done so 1t may also dis
card the republican form of government 50 that to
prevent its going out is all indispensable means to
I the end of maintaining the guaranty mentinncl.
When end Is lawful and obligatory, the tndispen
\ sable means to II are also lawful and obligatory.
IT was with the deepest regret that tho EXecuttEO
found the lnty Of employing the war poSer In de
4 fencs 4 the ueTernIent forced upon him. lie
could but purflrta this duty eurr0Der the exist
ence u tue QsTernn1est NO compromise by public
promises mot oiten proper, hist that popular
government can long survive marked precedent.