Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-23
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Whoevern has read Secretafy Ohase's
fsrse aud adtlIE1 BE q deesses.to fhaeFoVsds
that pressed 70 greet him during his recent
Western trip must have been freshly re-
minded OF these broad general character
istics Of our great struggle:'
]. Unionists generally cherish no bitter.
ness toward the great mass Of the South
ern Rebels. We regard them rs the victims
of untoWard circumstances aud q faulty
education-as utterly blinded and misled
with regard to the indictments and designs
of the GoatriVets Of the Rebellion. Were
the War to cease tomorrow, the great
body OF the American people, North and
South, respecting each other more than
ever before; would be friends within q few
months.
IL The Rebellion itself is viewed from
our side simply as another Of those con.
spiraeies Of the few to caiOIe and despoil
the many wherewith history abOnnds. The
architects of ruin played upon the iguor
ance Of the Southern ''Poor Whites" and
their hatred Of 'tNegro Equality" 10 secure
their necessary aid in breaking up the
Union; this done, they fully purpose 70
deprive those 1PoOr Whites" Of ali pOliti.
cal power, which is to be m6nopoli5ed by
the SlavehoIdi1g 0tigarchy. Detestation
Of Free Schools, Manhood (Whitel Suf-
frage, and every element aud feature Of
Popular Government, Is their real impulse
to Rebellion. They are frmer believers in
the ''irrepressible conflict" thau Gov. Sew
ard, aud preceded Mr.. Lincoln In the con
Viction that nthe' Union cannot endure half
Slave and half Free" Their dOctFtues,
fairly interpreted, assert that Slavery is
the most natural and beRiHeeht condition
of the Laboring Glass, White or Black, aud
that all who win theit bread by muscular
exertt6n ought to have been born and have
remained slaves. The real corner. stone Of
the COufederacy is not African Slavery but
the 'enslRvement ofLabOF. sF
Ill iUuionists undoubtedly believe that
the Rebellion will be put down because
they cannot conceive that the peculiar,
unnatural aspirations Of mere handfuIi
should oVerbear and blast the material
well being Of Thirty Millions Of People
II one were 70 see Lake Erie covering the
pinnaele Of some lofty mountain, be would
naturally say, t'rhiB cannot last. Very
soon that vast body Of water will over
spread the sUbjacent valleys. Stand from
uuder So Unionists are seldom dadnted
or disconnected by rebRffs or disasters,
assured that all must eOmerigh lin the end.
For the Union Is not susceptible OF any
snch division as the Rebels contemplate :
audi no man can indicate any line Of boun.
l QAty on W0lod tue Uulou GBu DC QANlQeOs
Give the Rebels the limits they want, and
/ many IL not most Of the States outside 81
it wonld soon be begging for admission
into their concern. Restrict them % the
territory wherein their adheFents are a
majOFity even Of the Whites, and they
would not be able 70 hold even so much
They understand this, and are fighting for
Fegions-East Peunessee, for example-
ntterly aVerss 70 their rule. II no con.
lceiVabie sense Is theirs q struggle for the
right Of Man 70 Self Government.
i ". The Emancipation policy, reduced
\ 70 its primary elements, is 4 mattet Of tbe
sheerist necessity. Over about one-thitd
Of The population of our county Slavery
4 exefts dsspotie sway, and has plunged Il
into the present Rebellion. Though al
least half Of those Ten MiIlIoGs are at hear
for the UniSD, their means and their mus.
eles are all tributary % tie support OF The
Rebellion Now the Proclamation Of Free,
dom supplies Four Of these Tea Millions
4 with q peculiar aud ample mOtiUs for wish
ing well 70 the Union cause. Il says u
them, eHelp rs put down the Rebels, anl
you shall all be FFes.7 Ofeourse, many Q
. them do 50 EelP, while others are prepar
ing 70 follow their examPls 90 fast as the,
can. No one eau name ten persons VIII
eVer heartily desired the complete over