Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-12

Chu lnlnEcsB hhyOuuS tuhL " 10 bIut'
From tho Baltimore American,
Signs or the Times which point TO n
Right Conclusion.
The better aspect Ofailairs, steadily im-
proving for week or two past, brightens
from day to day the indications increase
thntir the loyal ure weOryof the conflict, the
rebels IRE M hundred fold mOresU. Despite
their constant boasts, and the tone OfSav.
uge defiance which pervades everything
almost from that direction, there is alsO
III incessant ringing Of all pussiOle chan.
ges on the assumed chances Of peace"
kept up to stimulate the tagging energies
Of all concerned in tho extremties to
which they are reduced. Whilst they
tlattcr themselves that the loyal States are
SO divided in their purposes to prosecute
the war US to threaten the Government
with lack Of means, word comes from their
own side that they are altogether worse
off On TINT ground themselves, sections Of
the so called Confederacy being 50 openly
defiant, 80 thoroughly in revolt, that II
portion Of the force relied upon tn defend
their territory against the General Cav
ernment is needed to defend the great
cunspiratUrs against isurrection of the
people, 50 horribly imposed upon and de.
cciyed. And when we look NJ tile pOr.
tons Of the SoutII-GeOrgia and North
CarOim-whence accounts Of lisSHtisIuc-
ton and armed resistance come We are
reminded tllat from the first these States
have been deemed mCasurbly unsOund on
the question Of loyalty to the cOuspirntOrs
at Richmond. lu the outset Of their at.
tcmpts to set up government for them
selves, it will be recOlIGeted that Cover
nor Brown charged the Richmond gang
with love Of absOluteiSm, M admiration
for "mOmarchiNW principles, whilst, ut
various times since, he has been very re.
Cusunt, asserting the prGlOminHnce Of the
principles Of Estate Rights" over various
claims put forward by. thut COnlclcracy.
Under the immediate pressure Of danger
To LicOrgia, it is true that this troublesome
subordinate seems to have measurNbly
postponed his caviIiugs, his cross purp0.
scs; but it appears that the lessons he Ilas
taught, his people have proIitcd by; and
the fruits OF all this seems to be now, that
whatever he may elect to do in the way
of submission to u horrible tyranny, they
nrc resolved 10 stand it no longer.
Ur North CarOiua too, in may be said
that she has never been cordially enlisted
in the wild CrusalC to desI! Oy the Govern
ment. Almost ever since the war cOm-
mrnced whispers have been coming up
from that State that tue Legislature espe-
rinlIy WAS not true TO the JclT. Davis Gov.
ernment; whilst no one who is acquainted
at all with what has taken pncc 10 the up
per counties bordering on East Tennessee,
but must believe that, like tho people OF
the last named region, thousands there
have only been waiting Tor good OPpOr.
tunity to throw or the Accursed yoke which
has weighed them down so long. It is
true that Governor Vance Inns Of late lent
himself, with new devotion, to the horrible
tyranny at Richmond by tue issue OF his
proclamation to drserters, threatening
them with death; but this has been done
under the stimulus Of a personal visit from
the chief COHspirAtor himself, and the SO.
verify OF the terms 10 which ii is cOnChul
only shows the eTteut aud character Of the
danger against which ii Is levelIcd
We have alluded to the fact that the
organs and orators are constantly harping
upon the probabilities Of "pG0cc;" aud
when We find even the Charleston .liucury
'laying the aIteriag JUNCTION to il soul
that even that hOtbud Of treason may Is.
cope the penalties due il, through divisions
ia tho North, the world may know that Re.
bcldOm generally is pretty low in It's for
tunes, that 1t is ready, like tho drowning
man, to catch at,sIrGWs In its desperate
needs, Hear it-trOm tho news items OF
our last issue.
"The pence movement ut the North il |
fairly begun at last. The voice oil u pom
ulaCU longing to close hopeless and ruin.
Gus war Of aggression can no longer be
stilOd. The mighty rabblc of Now York |
md Philadelphia have caught up the cry
raised by tho HOLSTERS Of tho Northwest,
aud day by day thepeace element ia party
politics grows stronger aud more dis.
tlncL.'
We need no better commentary upon tho
foregoing than the news Of the SANE Issue
that comes from the magnificent army con.
grPgalCd before Vicksburg and from Gen,
John A. Logan As one adlhOrlCd-iG any
can be--IO speak for IT, listen 10 the vet
OrHn hero Of Fort DOnelsOn;
"Tell them up North, tor inc, that We eau
whip tho rebels. We are going to do II,
mud Wheu we are done wO are to return
home When We get there wa shall yCthO
strong enough TO summnrily puni'h any
recession SympnIhiaCrs or peace preachers
hat wO may bH able to fRd in our way"
We might add to this other aVilGncO Of
hO fidelity Of the patriotic hundreds Of
hOnSAnda from tho Northwest who are in
no field to vIndiCGIs the Integrity of tho
Republic Of men who will yet make tho