Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-07

der State. PENNEY ylvaniad viii therefore
say at once, 1"F shall not let Maryland de-
eide whethersI mato be a Border State OF
not.ai And she, too, will demand her vote
upon. the question: s-qo brs noii29i5
And so We shall Immediately arrive at
the practical perception of the 7dibmalI
truth that by removing one sto ne We have
loosened the whole arch. The old nation
al system will be gone, aud the hatioual
bond being snapped each frge Stats be-
comes a solitary community. But by the
supposition, while thus thelfree States fall
asunder the rebel Statesafe d close, cohe.
sive power. Not only that, abut they have
shown their ability to maintain Themselves
as a a7Gontederacy against sttremendous odds,
and they have compassed the destruction
of the old SYSTEM Is it not inevitable
then, that tthe.remaining States must es !.
tablish new system or grayitate toward
the only united national power upon our
late domain2 Aud inasmueh as UnionJis
the must vital necessity and the war! for
the maintenance of the old form of Union
willthen have failed, will not the combat
ant that remains virtual muster necessarily
dictate the terms of a new Unioni2 Party.
spirit is still fierce. The North, ,sIor the
body OF loyal citizens, are not united upon
anything but the policy of preserving the
Union, and when 'tthe war for+the Tnion,n ,n'
which Is the common platform of good cit
izenss iisl ended by the conceded dissolution
OF the Union, eyerYgoilizen will revert to
his party allegiance. One party will CRY,
1--WE have been fighting for the Union, not
for the nigger, and having lost The game
we call for fresh deal We like slavery.
and we guEfor union with the Sbuth.''-
Another will cry, "You can'tumix oil
and water. ANY union of slave and free
States, unless slavery or freedom are put
IN course of rapid extinction. will ineVita-
bly, land US in another war; Intestine
braWls will at once bristle all over separ-
ate States which have lost the, strength
and unity of common purpose; and con.
sequent anarchy will thus invite the forci-
BILE interference of the combined power
which has compelled the separation.
When we are in a position to do what
mensions of the rebellion, to push ont the
rebels from our system, and to hold them
in check byia Sepoy army-We shall be
masters, and our national peace prosperir
ty, and honor will be most wisely secured,
as said, by maintaining the Union. To
offer any terms OF composition until NC
have established that mastery is TO confess
our inability to do the work we have un-
dertakeu; in other words, to c0ncede victo-
~ to the rebellion, and confess our nation
al ruin. ia Ii
As a foreigner; your view of our war is
that OF human welfare at large, not especi
ally that of the e4istene OF our Goveru=
ment- Yet yoursympathy is with the Gov
aad why2 Because you believe
that the great cause of popular liberty re.
quires its success. Now can anything be
more disastrous to that Government apd
fatal TO that cause than its defeat by armed
rebels upon its own domain? The parallel
= which q IS constaptly drawn in Europe and
by many here between the altitude OF Great
Britain toward the American Colonies is
false. The relation between
Britain aud the Colonies was not a union,
and the geographical separation makes ali
the difference. 1t you would suppose
parallel case, it must be that Of two or
three counties of England, like Yorkshire
and Kent, rising in rebellion, not because
they had suffered the slightest injury or
injustice, but because they could not ex-
tend certain local county laWsrepnlsive to
the common conscious of mankind over the
whole empire. II the Imperial, Govern
ment could be Justly accused ofgratifyinp
a lust of dominion in aiming to reduce the
rebe q Ea ellion 10, by arms, SO may we, but not
otherwise. aidaHa;s5 i8 3 i.sI & Es.i
2. You will thus see, / hope, that we are
shut up to the issue of victory or ruin.
The "peace movement" is simply the appeal
of the ost- reckless and depraved of our
party politicians to popular ignorance and
passion, counting for its success upon the
natural fatigue of tremendous war, its
necessary expense, and, above all, upon
the brutal prejudice against a, most t5nnfor-
tlnate race Gonldasu q movement be-
come in any manner general, and by means
of such arguments and such men as sup
portit, the cause.of civil liberty would be
lost here, and faith in the Ca
pacity OF men for seIf-government would
be everywhere extinguished. The Union.
is not only the master word of our destiny,
but of that gof free men throughout the
world q VIII Faithfully yours!