Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-23

citizens are now undergoing sentences
worse than death for NO crime what
eyea. Why is it. that hostages from
among the most influential rebels in West
Virginia cannot be seized and put in pris-
on, and made to use their influence to get
these men released2 This thing has been
done once or twice with signal success,
and why cannot it be done againl 1t is
the duty of the government Of West Yir.
ginfa to resene those unfortunate men who
are in Libby Prison and Castle Thunder.
There is only one way In which it can be
done, and that is, as We have suggested,
to seize an equal namber.of rebels and put
them in close quarters, If we cannot do
this We are not State government worthy
of the name. There is something abso-
lutely revolving ID reading and hearing OF
the way in which eur innocent fellow citt-.
zens arc treated aud then NOT feeling our
selves ropssd up to every effort to rescue
them.
WE shall publish tomorrow a long letter.
from our special correspondent at Gettys.
burg, giving detailed account of the jour.
ney of our Wheeling delegation thttherlast
week, together with the proceedings inoi-
dent to the Dedication Ceremonies on
Thursday. We crowd it out this morning
in order to make room for part of Mr.
Eyerett's Grafton, thatpart of it which We
conceive the most Instructive and interest,"
ing. One of the strongest arguments, as
we view. it. ever made against secession by
any speaker in this country, is contained
in the part of the GRAFTON published to-day.
1t completely OVERSEES and makes ridicu-
lousy absurd the so.cAlled States rights
doctrine. Not less important are the his.
torical parallels which Mr., Everett intro
duces to show what the termination of all
civil wars has beenin respect to future
peace and harmony. If "history is philos-
ophy teaching by example" the future
is as full of promise for us any patriot
coald desire. Why should it be more I'M
likely or more impossible for the people of
this Union to be again reunited and cor.
dial than5for England, France Germany
aud Italy? Mr.. Everett has, as he was so
peculiarly fitted to do, elaborately traced
our war and our situation bark through
history and has brought down to us that
logic of universal human nature Which
insures to US that the end will not be diff
ferent with us from what it always has
been with others. We can imagine that
the rebels will howl over this portion of
his speech, as they will also over bis ok.
position of the whole fallacy of secession.
Coming from him his remarks will set the
people of the South to thinking as, per-
hapss they have not thought since this war
commenced. What he says is not only
said, but it is said in such
conciliatory way as, at this particu.
lar time Of starvation and exhaus-
ton in the South, to fall easily
aud deeply into the reflections of the
people. tits a late day for words, now that
we have been SO long fighting; but the
sword of the Union has achieved a cleft in
the rebellion into which suoh words as
those uttered by Mr.. Everett will fall with
effect. The speech will also have great
weight abroad. Such astute men as Earl
Russell will consider very attentively the
critical review made by Mr.. Everett of the
word ''rsbellion" as used by the Earl in his
recent speech on American affairs. Having
been once the American Minister to Eng.
land, and being SO highly respected as he is
by the men Of letters all over Europe, Mr..
Everett's mastery hits on this head will
have great weight. We are glad that the
part of the oration.we publish is SO com.
plete and full. 1t shows who is response
BILE for this war what the object of it is
on the part of the rebel leaders: the heavy
odds which must necessarily overwhelm
them at last, and what by the course of ma.
ture must be the destiny of our people as
grand unit. John Ball and France, too,
will highly respect such combined argu.
ment, backed up us tits by our uuapproach.
able marine, our halt million ofmen in the
field. aud our monetary strength. With
ali.msu Of all shades of opposition to the
government at home and abroad, Mr.. Ey-
eretts words will have weight.
IT is a fact not generally known, bu,
which ought to be known in connection
with the recent national ceremonies at
Gettysburg, that the killed and wounded
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