Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-22

u EuSb huu AUEGuuOeE, tuGY LaAl
: secession should be PeaeeG6Ee.
: SeeoHdly-They promised that If per-
# chance war should ensue, It would be a
very short war; that 1t would not last siz
: mOnths-that the Yankees would not fight
9 that one Southerner could whip from ten
9 TO one hundred of them-that England and
: France would speedily recognize us, and
}, render every assistance we might desire
f that whatever might be their abstract
: opinions Of the subject of Slavery, their
t interests would impel them to promote its
q perpetuity in the Southern States; that if,
8 after all, they should not be dispOsedltO
t assist us, Cotton sDGs King, and would soon
bring all the crowned heads of Europe on
their knees in supplicatiOn to rs; would
: compel them to raise the blockade-should
one be established-in thirty days, in sixty
{ days, In ninety days. in one hundred and
/ twenty days,in six months, in nine months,
, in one gear at furthest
IAirdLy-They promised US that all the
slave States except Delaware would join
the Southern COnfederacy-thatS Slavery
should not only be perpetuaLed in the
States, but that It should be extended into
all the Territories in which the negro
could live; that all the grievances occa-
stoned by the nOn-executiOn of the Fugi-
tive Slave law shOld be speedily redressed;
that slave property should be established
upon basis as safe as that OF landed
property.
FOurthly-They promised us that the new
Government should be a mere OOnfederacy
of States, of absolute sovereignty and
equal rights; that the states should be
tyrannized over by no such feentrGI des-
pOtism" as the old Government at Wash
ingtOn; that the glorious doctrine of State
rights aud notification, as taught by Mr..
Jefferson and Mr.. Calhoun, should prevail |
in the neW Confederacy; that the SOUer.
eignty Of the States and their Judicial de- |
cisious should be sacredly respected.
Fythly They promised us the early and |
permanent establishment of the wealthiest
and best Government on earth, whose
credit should be better than that of aoy
other nation; whose prosperity and happi-
ness should be the envy of the civilized
world.
And lastly, they promised us that if war
should ensue, they would go to the battle
field and spill, if necessary, the last drop
of blood in the cause of their beloved South.
While such have been their promises
what have been their PsrfoTmanees9 In
stead of secession being peaceable as they
promised that it would, it has given rise
to such war as has never before desola-
ted any country, since the barbarisns Of
the North OVeFrau the Roman Empire.
So far from the wars ending in six
months, as they said it would, should it
ensue, it has already lasted more than two
years and if their policy is to be pursued,
it will last more than two years longer
and, Notwithstanding their predictions, the L
1ankees have fought ON many occasions
with spirit and determination worthy of
their ancestors OF the ReVOlutiOn-WOFthY of
the descendants of those austere old Puri.
tans whose heroic spirit and religious zeal
made Oliver Cromwelrs army the terror of
the civilized world-or of those French
Huguenots, 'WhO, thrice in the Sixteenth
Century, contended with heroic spirit and
various fortunes against all the genius of +
the house of Lorraine, and all the power
of the house of ValOts." England aud
France have not recognized 2s--haVe not
raised the blockade-haVe not shown us
any sympathy, nor is there any probability |
that they ever will, and that Cotton is not
King is now universally Acknowledged {
And Maryland has not Joined the Oonfed- 6
eracy, nor has Kentucky nor Missouri
ever really been with us. Slavery has not I
only not been perpetuated in the States, I
nor extended into the Territories, but Mis-. I
souri, has passed an act of emancipation, (
and Maryland is ready to do so rather than
give up her place in the Union, and the I
last hope of obtaining one foot OF the Ter. Z
ritories for the purpose of extending Slave G
ry has departed from the Confederacy for |
eUer. The grievances caused by the fail. Q
ure Of some of the Northern States to ex- =
ecute the Fugitive Slave law, have not on q
ly not been remedied. but more slaves /
have been lost to the South forever since I
secession was inaugurated, than would 2
have escaped from their masters IN the I
Union in Eve centuries. And how have b
they kept their promise that they would b
respect the soveignty and rights of the
States2 Whatever the Government may I
be in theory, in fact We have q grand miIi- e
tary consolidation, which almost entirely +
ignores the existence of the States, and dis G
regards the decisions Of their highest Judi a
Cial tribunals. The great central despotism G
at Washington, as they were pleased 70 call /
II, was at any time previous to the COM b
mencement Of the secession movement, and e
even for some time after it had commenced, n
a most mild and benefcient Government I
compared with the central despOtism at I
under which we are now living q
Instead of an early and permanent es- I
tablishment Of the WeaIthiest and best b
Government in the world, with uubounded d
credit" what have We gOt2 In spite Of q
all the victories which they profess to have ii
obtained over the Yankees, they have lost d
the States of Missouri Kentucky, Arkau- h
sas, Texas, Louisiaus, Mississippi, and I
Tennessee, and in my humble opinion have &
lost them forever aud, in all probability, /
Alabama wilTsOon be added to the num- Q
Der. This will leave 90 the Confederacy Z
but Eve States out Of the original thirteen, q
and of these Eve the Yankees have posses. !
sion of many Of the most important points, I
and one third Of their territory. So far,
the Yankees have never failed to hold ey- I
cry place of importance which they have 1
taken, and present indications are, that 1
Charleston will soon be added TO the mum. 4
ber. The campaign of Gen. Lee into Penn 1
sylvania has undoubtedly proved q failure, I