Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-22
rae Election To-Day.

Up 70 HiIhin this week very lit
tie interest has been manifested IN the
eIeetisa Which comes Cd to-day We are
glad thsl even At q late hour there q =
Oaeeptibie change. We believe that 4
reasonably fuiI vote viII be POlled, albeit
there Is wanting that great pFeeedest
70 = fall vote, an excited eanTsss--
ne have not had sueh a canvas be-
cause ie this district the Uniea PeO-
pie have looked upon the success Of
their principles sod their candidate ss
assured beyond doubt. The secret cir
enIar, however. Of the enemy. which Ar-
Blair read last night at the Court House,
diseIoses the fact that While re, the loyal
people baye reposed confidence ia oar
strength, the JisloysI Zoe that We have al
wsys in oar midst has beea bestirriRg
himself with 4 TieE TO = more OF less sue
cessfuI deuoDs,ratios to-day. We have
no idea that the CopperhesdI expect the
election of their candidate although II is
hard to tell Hhs: secret hopes they may
entertain. If they have taken up the idea
that there is anything like chance for
them. they will rally u their full strength
to-day, and if they have not they will do
as they did at the new State election, stay
sway from the polls aud count the uueAst
vote on their side. They are all things to
all occasions. When they feel confident,
they have no objections 70 acknowledging
the validity of oar election laws aud Onr
STATE organIz aEtUu, zuu WusH TusJ ~ uVs
feel confident they take refuge 10 the dec
IAratiOn that our voting Is bogus aud trea-
sonable and of no binding effect
Such il the foe with whom We have &c
deal, sud such will be Our foe until tht
rebellion il pot down aud our new Stats
and ali its laws aud regulations become
iudisputabIy established. We must maxi
up Our miuds that We have and will hav'
until that time an active enemy in on
midst. Their sympathies are net with a
nor the condition of things suFroundinl
them. Their allegiance Of feeling is viii
the cousptrators at Richmond, and when
ever they can do aoyIhing, as in the wa.
of vote, 70 make the least Roadway il
the direction of their feelings, they vii
embrace the opportunity. Depend upol
IL they are our implacable enemies, and
will never Acquiesce in the dominant feeliu
until all hope of sold Richmond again
dies within their breasts by reason of tn
overthrow of the rebellion.
This being so, Union men have bat on
course to pursue, aud that is never to lie
these rebel sympathiEers gain an inch o
them by any want Of demonstration o
our part Elections are simply but dem
acknowledgements OF feeling-msn
Mestations Of resolution to do or not I.
do something. Add We are frequently call.
ed upon to give these demonstrations ant
expressions. As the war goes on aud event
trsnspirs, the status OF opinion in our mids
as elsewhere is supposed to be more or les
affected. Look for instance 1t the grea
revolution 10 Ohio In = single year On
enemies, who have been from the begin
ming u majority IN our midst, have bee
,.Waiting and watching" like vallsndighar
for what they are pleased to call the 'reac
tiOu.' WehaYe all seen q number OF bulletin
issued to them from Richmond by thei
refugee friends from West Virginia, teIlinI
them to be faithful and adherent, and t,
Isbide their time" for it Is certainly com
ing. Aud they believe it is coming, az,
we may depend upon it they will leye
give up hoping aud voting as long as the,
retain this belief. We have, then, upOl
all occasions got to keep a tight rein o.
them: TO make them feel aud realize tina
as they do not give up so neither do We
that this country of West Virginia is
loyal country and is in the hands o
loyal men aud shall be ruled aud repre-
scented by such men and eno others. vot
ing at every election is one OF our chic
weapons of defense In this way ne max,
sign from time to time that We have no
relaxsd-that our eyes are upOL the vel
understood foe-that we have neither los
confidence in ourselves nor gained any
in him. Elections are our bonds Of co.
herency. When we poll good vote il
the common cause We all realize that 'tour
flag is still there, and that We are still
undivided in principle and purpose. The
moral effect of confused success is meal
culable. While We keep 1t up our side
must increase and the side OF the cue
my decrease. Constant disappointment
continued deferment of his hopes must ne