Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-23

Io"uhy huu was " COulhehce us term OIL
office tomorrow he wOalJ not dream Ol
stopping the war by sudden order, or by
yielding anywhere, one inch Of territory
to the enemy"
No matter what contingencies are based
upon the possible "ifs" and "butso in the
way Of conditions, the country feels that the
rar ,rtiE go on, aud be brought to the con.
clusOn all see now TO be inevitable II We
would save our country-the submission
of the Rebels.
But the news Of the day with reference
to the Rebel raid into Pennsylvania COM
prises even more IN 1t than the flight
hOmewRrd of the Peace Democracy about
to have assembled at Harrisburg; the iowa.
sion has compelled the COpperheAd Cover.
nor OF New York-who but lately was rea-
dy to let the South go, on certain Coudi-
tlons s-Sons to the front as War Demo.
crat, practically, Giuce to bave failed his
State In such a crisis would have sunk bin
SO low, politically that 10 party pluumct
even would ever have reached him. So
long as the soil Of bis own State was not
imminrntly threatened there could be no
harm 10 standing of aud speculating iu
the most cold bloOded manner on what the
Rebels might DO, aud how mach other 10y.
al localities far distant might endure. But
when FemOrsgless horde is in full march
for mis- own State, and "miduight' bells
pea! outiht summons to arms, he must ns.
sumo to take the lead, unless in the excite.
mcut he would be thrown down and tram
Piled under loot by tue popuIaCe more pa.
triotic than himself
Then We say that out Of all these move
ments mAy come good to the cause dear
to every loyal heart If Oopperheadism
must be scourged into needed exhibit of
loyaIty-ir it will not be convinced Of the
remorsGless purposes OF the Rebels except
By their presence amongst them with Gre
uud sword-it may be that, 10 tho prOvi
dcuce Of the Most high, they may oven
have that by way Of teaching them their
duty at period SO fraught with grave re-
spOusibiity rs the present. So far in the
struggle the loyal StaIes have been siugu.
larly Nnd fortunately exempted from those
terrible dangers and evils, which, not sui
ieriDg themselves, has given them leisure
to plot disaIectiOn, TO tOlerate-measura.
wickedneSS iar away. To ma.
ny who from their seIfshnesS their igno.
rance, tbclr remOteness from the seat of
war, no inIlictiou Of any kind has yet come,
the events Of the war are almost as much
a matter Of report, Of rumor, as II the
struggle was 10 Mexico, But let the peal
Of eaaRoa= CsysEbsrGte, whiVB-hpSeks Of
the nearuesS Of the foe; let the roads be
strung with fugitIves from scenes which
sicken humanity, and seIfshness may, even
ut the eleventh hour, take on the appear.
Nnce OF patriotism, aud iu that way con.
tribute something to the saving Of the
nation and of humanity.
Iu conclusion, in the short.sighteduess
incident to the condition pf all humanity.
tie wisCsi seldom see at once the true drift
of great events and nothing now is more
plain than that the nation has been educa.
ted, advanced, forced into views not deem
cd possible when this war commCuced.-
And of tue class, the very last to learn, the
"PeaCe Democracy" bave certainly IN uu.
enviable no.oristy. Whilst the President
has accepted the necessities of the war,
the lessons 1t has taught, SO far 0t least as
to believe the rebels are in earnest, the
COpPerhcad Democracy still apostrOphize
them as "Crring BRETHREN" as "Ieluded
trieuds,' who arc TO be spoken to in soft
terms, as those who are to be won buck by
dulcet strains. But let a nurderous invA.
sion make no distinction In its assaults on
friend or foe; let protests Of entertaining
Southern sympaIhiCs" be answered by
the torch, by robbery and murder, and /.
does not take long for the most foolish to
learn that they connot well isolate them.
selves in the community in which they
reside; that their wIsest and only course is
to stand by liz fortunes if they mouM Iavs
their owH.
The raids northwArd will be fruitful Of
reflection to the members Of the copper.
bead persuasion who happen to fall within
their scope, and with the vast majority oil
those communities intensely loyal, the con.
dition of the, perchanCe, Victimlzed "sym.
pathizer with the South" will be anything
less ,hau enyiablc. When, rs special
favor sometimes conceded to such, their
stock of merchandise, their horses, or grain
or cattle, are appropriated with n liberal
tender Of Confederate trash asa return,
therefor, it Ia u picture to be remembered
for lifetime, to see the halfway traitor
grlmly accepting tho fate to which he dare
not demurO. Many such scenes will be
vi,u,sued many nrCied lessons be taught