Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-12

guns, being a bGTbetts or EXPOSED, their
esnuunters we're afraid to work them.
After an engagement Of one hour aud
three minutes, the Federal vessels dropped I
anchor in front of Memphis and on sever I
al, where the national dag was streaming |
10 victory above, that Of the rebels, union |
down, hung underneath.
False Alarms about the ConstitlltIon.
[PrOm the Philadelphia North Amorieanj
There are many persons whose inten- |
tions are wholly unexceptionable who yet |
permit themselVes.to be made the dupes of |
factionists In the matter Of partisan alarms. |
II this readiness % get up and to be fright. I
ened at unreal ogres could be controlled, |
one half the difficulty Of conducting public |
affairs in q great crisis likethis would dis |
appear. The few who have selfish ends TO I
serve succeed in misleading many more In |
to the belief that there are enemies Of the |
public good at work who can be defeated !
only through the agency of these original |
alarmists. and now. rs usually has been |
the case in past years, It is found the surest |
way to divide the north 10 feign that there |
are enemies of the integrity of the Consti- |
tuition inithe racks Of the party 70 whom
the preservation the nation aud its bond
Of union fell at the election of 1860. BY
sinister tricks, the party IN power when
the Union was put at the mercy of
traitors contriyed 70 get up the alarms
which led the majority at the south to ruin,
and put them at the mercy of the leaders
OF secession, the original aud only enemies
Of the Constitution. z s
The most dangerous among these origi-
nal enemies of the Constitution and the
Union were conspicuous before the rebels
lion broke out for their perpetual declam-
alton against men or parties. whom they
charged With attempts to violate them
After the rebellion was fairly launched,
Breckinridge continued for some months
to lead band of disclaimers about the sa-
cTedness of the Constitution, and the dan.
ger it WAS in from the loyal States. AS
| time passed on, however, all these original
devotees went 10 their own place, aud,
with q few exceptions, in States not easy
to emigrate from for such purpose, they
have taken service With JEFF. Davis and
Beauregard, and were known for what
they are and were alWays-trai!ors Still
the country does not want for disclaimers
about the Constitution and it's obligations.
The crop grows up after every harvest
Gather and bum it at any one time, and
not month elapses before another rank
rises up to say that the body of the peo-
pie in thesloyAl States, aud their represent
ttVes in Congress, are just about TO yio-
late some obligation of the Consultation,
and ara on the road that will lead TO its
complete destruction. Unless they are
themselves allowed to guard it, aud are
given power to check everybody else in the
discussion of measures and enactment Of
laws, this constantly threatened catastro.
pie will surely come.
There is reason in exercising and sug.
1 gesting caution, no doubt, that no harm is
by accident done to the principles Of the
national Constitution in the course ofmeas-
urcs necessary to put down this rebellion /;
but nothingiis so false or disgusting as the
chronic cant about the intention Of the
majority of the loyal States to infringe mn.
on II. Men WholhaVe selfish purposes; not
TO be attained otherwise, constantly en-
deav0r 70 divide the public oVera feighed.
issue Of this sort. SEEKING oRstbe inci
dents naturally and inevitably developed
among men of sangnine Temperament. haste
aud indiscretion. they try their best 10 cree
ate party that they can stigmatise as rad.
teal, aud can frighten timfd people into be-
llieving mustbe put down by electipg Them
selves to Office. There is no such party OF
radicals, In numbers worthy the name of q
party, aud the pretence Of fighting IL Is a
cheat aud q farce. There are men of ex.i
IRENE opinions everywhere, but no pur.
L Z
to create any violent or radical party. or to
push any single measure properly so called.
Men in -andiout of Congress differ asito the
actual degrees of severity proper 10 be
adopted TO finish and punish the rebellion.
Men also change their minds on these
points frequently, aud none eau sayiWhat
the changes oil. q month may require. Some
may be extreme in the views they express
It would be wonderful IL they were NOT;
but ON the whole there is q remarkable.
moderation shown by all CLASSES of.loyal,
men, aud by their representatfy ives in both
branches of Congress.
The only distutbers of the public mind
are those who follow In the wake Of sueb
as VallRndigham among decllimers and Of
the Herald in the press, There are many
faint echoes of these worthy leaders who
profess better associations, 6utWho appear
to be tempted Ut the prospect Of leading
some fragment of party, or some local I'M
teress They must therefore give color to
the idea that there Is q division Of senti.
meat, aud that q breaehshas opened into
which they mast plunge 10 order 70 get the
credit Of saving the country; They indus.
tFiously exaggerate the faults OF somebody,
therefore. They represent that there,is q
band Of ferocions radicals who viii eat the
Constitution mp unless they come speedily
TO its defence. Forgetfnl of the heroes that
went before them In this path, aud for the
time Obvious where those heroes now are.
they talk in language sipgularly like that
which echoed in ,Congress fortbe year end
Ing with the 6tst session, Of 1851.
Thousan1sOf honest citizens are really
deceived by this selfsh elamor Into the be-
lief that the majority Of the Republican
party mediate fatal results on some Of tbe
fixed principles ol the Constitltion.-
Nothing can be more false, There Il no
party Of extremists in power, or likely to
come In power, whether q few members Of
that marty may be nrnnarIY called a,tra,n.ssl