Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-26
DEMooRATlo ORGANIZATIONS :

- 7tE1- E1-OS&ShAAAS SsN4AGfANANAp1ONs
An article for,the. Attentive PerusaI
okthe Wheeling Press.Y
prom the Cincinnati Gazette,
The triumplfof the Union over the re.
Delilon IS certain, but in how short tin6
that event will happen depends material
y on the conduct OF the people of the
loyal States. By way of example and
argument, suppose that the active and SCI
eret isympathizers with the rebels, under
the lead Of Xallandigham and the Gin
clnnat Enquirer of Ohio, Voorhees, and
the Sentinel of Indiana, and similar, men
and sheets, should succeed. this fall in
routing the Unionists of Ohio, Indiana,
and a few other Statess it is not very like
ly that the rebel leaders would be dis
posed to ground their arms and disperse.
such an event would mOstcertainly stim-
ulate them to a prolonged and desperate
resistance pIat
The Enquirer is constantly putting in
pleas Tor its own and Vallandigham's s
loyalty, but JEFF. Davis & Co. know much
better than all that The rebels under.
stand very well that Just in the proportion
that those men, who have more regard for
their old Democratic party than they have
Tor their country, are strengthened in
power of place and numbers, in the same
proportion will the Administration he
weakened. 1t may ,bevery true thatthey
could not succeed In SO far crippling the
efforts OF loyal men as to render ultimate
success doubtful. ,Nosensiblei show-
eyer, could fail to. .deprecate lsuelI afCbfi-
tlngeqcy, A Democratic party success,
on the Voorhees, and Vallandighan plat
form IN Ohio even, would be national
calamity. Such success would only even
tunte, perhhps, in factious movements
against loyal efforts. No openly avowedi
demonstration would be attempted but
tactlous opposition to the regularly con-
stltpted authorities, in.the lime Of civil
war, Is next of kin to open rebellion. 1t
only o. lacks the merit of courage to be Of
the same birth with treason.
4t IS known beyond all question that
the rebels confidently expected that the
North would be so divided in sentiment
that the hands of the Administration
would be paralyzed. AS unity Of action
and sentiment prevailed, IN the loyalS
States, just in the some degree. would the
Federal Government be strong. IT not
weakened by Northern facti6n, itmuse
have been obvious from the. start to tho
traitors, that rebellion was atlfaet fscraL
~. desperation. Fortunately,5 however.
for tho age in whicllWe live. and the ages
that are to como qfter us, the general out
burst of the popular pRtri0ti sln, for Etlie
time being, drove the Nallandighams of
the North into hiding nlaees, and the.
hopes Of traitors were turned into bitter
sdisappointments. AS the elegitimat5 re-
suit of this wonderful uprising, rebellion
Is now tottering to its downfall Twelve
months ago triumphant treason in! the
South crushed all loyal opposition under
the heel of military desp6tism. That
section was united-not OF free choice,
but by the bayonet and halter. No man
was suffered to be neutral; no had the
choice to be a rebel, or to omarch TO prison
and the gallows. In the North, however,
1T has not been sO.a Men have not been
forced into patriotism. Open and secret
sympathlZers have been suffered to 20 at
large, with rare exceptions. They have
not been idle, though, but for one fact \
they would have been as powerlessf as
they were selfish and cowardly party
managers they could operate on thou
sands OF unspspe eetingly honest men.f A
ksC Can the EHQQirer honestly say thatif .Yal.9
lapdighami had held the State lof Ohio
under his control in April, 1861 the
power of.onr great State would have been
used to- resist the march sots JEFF Davis
against Washington 3 That sheet may be
dishonest eh61& stdashJ 80; ;-battit Rffl find
ery.feW SO gleenias to,eFedit its sincerity.
Has the Dayton pgressman Improved any,
In patriotism during the last fif.eenmOnths7
Has he tepeGted and made any c6nfessTon3 |
If he has, where arc his frdfts Has he
ever ssonght to strengthen the power Of
the General Government Has heAever
urged united effort Of loyal men ID ctdstl /
treasontf Has. he ever had q word of re- |
sbuke against rebels In arms q vi hat has
he done to assist his country ia, this trying
e1igency Z Can the lstlgatiTer point % q
single act, except il may 90 his late attenpt
TO damn McC alan by . traitor & praise Z
If heshad a. loyal mo- in that, give. him
the benefit of it but history will probRs
lily say that he was only R6tnHted by the
selfish hope that the ,General-il4C Chief 1
might bela ffine Democratic candidate for
the IN 1864 & Z, ~; 3 Z 81 - e. ~
: If snch q man desires et0 give aid and
comfort to the rebels, how would be doi { Z l
he dare not dbso openly. He nlnst, thsre9
lore, resort to c0yertmeansllF BE could on
II thWart aud weaken. Where hope tOt
find sb cohyenient aud ppiFetf fal. 6t instru4 |
mentas old party achtnery OF all elle
applianeies of.iaeti0njp party was ~ once the, /
most So the most general ana th most /
powerful. Who has been more urgent ttin I
Nc AfShaNgt tnkain Md T,lFflf n5lFsv