Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-08

ty-hVe anu htty cents.
The People to the AdmInIstrAtIon-A
Very Thorough PresentRIIon OF the
From the n. Y. Post.
A little more than year ago the people
of every loyal State rushed together with
unparalleled unanimity and enthusiasm to
devote "their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honorsn to the support of the Gov
ernment and the maintenance of the integ.
rity OF the nation. That this was no tran
sient outbnrsL of feeling, but tine utterance
of calm and determined purpose, has been
proved by their persistent and indefatigable
efforts to accomplish even more than they
had promised. They have twice given to
the authorities an army OF over half mil
lion of men; they have opened their purses
and allowed those authorities to take mo-
ney as it was wanted and tEey have sab.
mtted to arrangements of business, to a
currency OF sticking plusters, TO heavy tax
alton, and to disasters in the field, not
merely in patience aud without dismay, but
with a cheerfulness and hope of the.future
that has enlisted the wonder of Europe,
and finds no example in the annals of any
other nation.
All this arose from the sincere, earnest
and inyincihle devotion of the people to
their institutions, and particularly TO that
Union by which these institutions nre guar
Rnteed and ViTifed. But that devotion is
no less strong now than It WAS a year and
a half ago; we are still forwarding troops to
the army; we are still contributing money
we are still determined that the rebellion
shall be suppressed, and we are still conf
dent that no power on earth, neither our
own divisions nor the malignant hatred of
the old monarchies, will succeed in sepa-
rating this once proud and harmonious re.
public into multitude of fdctiOus and
warning states. What, then, means the
singular revolution of political sentiment
which is testified in the late elections in
nearly all the middle free States Are
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York
weary of the war2 Are they willing to say
to the States in rebellion, "wayward sis
ters, go in peace7" Are they resdy to con-
fess that all their past efforts have been
causeless and in vaiu, and TO recall their
gullant soldiers from the battlefield? Not
at all: not at alll But they do say, in en-
phatic and imperative toncs, that they are
wholly dissatisfied with the manner in
which the war has been conducted.
Minor causes have unquestiOnabIy aided
in the results before US. The agents of se-
cesston at the North h ave used every means
OF perVerting public Opinioni many men
have been frightened by the threat of the
draft; such of the trading clnsses as have
10 principles but their pockets, have de-
sired return OF the easy prosperity of
peace; old prejudices OF party have been
appealed to, and the Withdrawal of hun
dreds of thousands of men TO the army have
produced vast local changes. But these
influences all together were as nothing 10
the depression, amounting almost to des-
pair, which the inactive and expectant poll
icy of the Administration has produced in
the hearts of the warmest and sincerest
supporters of the war. The whole nation,
after its gigantic preparations aud sacrifices,
has looked for adequate returns-and look
ed in vain. 1t saw its armies not used in
the field, but perishing 10 pestilentiaI
swamps; il saw its treasures wasted in long
winter eucampments or in frultless coast
expeditions, and j. saw huge burden of
debt rolling up, larger and larger, with
no prospect of greater military efficiency
than bad marked the eighteen months of
the past, 1t demonstrated, il eKpostulated,
it advised and it impiored, and though il
was constantly pat off by the rose e-coIOred
sixty day vaticinatious OF SIR. Seward, il
found itself further from the goal at the
end Of each sixty days than it was at the
begiqntqg. GLl Isg La-5 .45l
Inese Eepeateo uisappoinLments were
more than any people could endure. They
waited patiently enough, aud more earnest
friends of the Administrations, indeed, dis
guised their diseontents, abated criticism,
overlooked faults, and maintained part of
confidence aud composure which current
events scarcely justified, ia the hope of
rapid change of policy and speedy improve
meut, Meanwhile, others, not so well dis
posed to the persons or party in power,
have ayailed themselves Of the prevailing
sentiment Of disgust TO organize an oppo-
sition. They have been Joined by all the
elements ofdiscord in the community, by
open and secret disp pnfouistss by theesym
Pathizers with the South, by the turbulent
spirits who would gladly see civil war at
tue North, BY capitalists who have selfish
schemes, blythe timid, afraid of the draft,
and by the large foreign influence which
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