Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-10

ferocious rebel Ht the outset, and in his
address he begs pardon of those who
thought differently and acted slower than
be did. lie regrets that he, too, did not
bold back at the beginning. lie is terribly
severe on the INSTRUMENTATION of JeG.
Davis, especially on his policy West Of the
Mississippi river, and more particularly in
Arkansas. lie gives jeff. credit for con.
siderable ability in some requisites of
character. bet sums him up as ga very
poor second rate character" taken through
out.
Here is what he says:
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
This gentleman has proven himself to-
| tally unsuiIed to the emergency. With
the whole cotton crop and wealth of the
South at his disposal, and the friendship of
| many European powers, he has accom-
piished nothing abroad. His totei1n poll
cy has been stupid failure. lie has
| permitted himself to be OverreAched and
outmauaged in everything. His policy at
home, while proving him to be strong in
some respects, has shown him to be weak
mean and malignant in others. lie IS cold
selfish and supremacy ambitious; and.
under the cover OF outward snnctity and
patriotism, flows concealed the strongest
vein Of hypocrisy aud detnugOgueIsm.
lie has never been up to the magnitude
OF the undertaking. He refused troops for
the war in May, a. d. 1861, because be
did not "know that they 'eOuEd be needed
His idea, at first, seems to have been that
hostilities would soon cease, and he bent
his energies for cheap war. Ills pFepara-
tiOus and outfit were accordingly, con-
tracted and parsimonious. Awakened to
Il sense Of his error, bis next aim seems to
have been to conquer his foes, and put
down every man that had crossed his path
way in lite. The latter success AT all event.
Instances of this are numerous. bur that OF
Senator BrOwn-the peer Of Mr.. Davis IN
every thing, his superior IN mRuy and his
rival and successful competitor for the
United States Senate--is pointed. He
Joined a company 10 avis army and WHs
elected IA captain. He had capacity for
any position. Yet Mr. Davis not looking
TO the public interest, but to the gratlfca
ton of his own private feelings, sees this
opportuuiIy to strike and old rival and
embraces it. He refused him all pro-
motion, and left him the alternative OF
wearing himself out Us captain OF COM
pany, or seeking position elsewhere. Ms.
Browns election to the Confederate Senate
I Tue ulukktI. l1G ulONC
Gustavus ". Smith from the army. lie
was once ready to remove StOnewalI Jack
son, and only the success Of the latter,
backed by II powerful aud excited party,
| prevented it. He overslaughed aud OPP
pressed Deauregard, because he let the
| people know that he desired to move on
| Washington at once, after the first Mtnas-
sas fight, and was prevented by Davis. He
drove General Walker, OF Georgia, out OF
the service. lie retained llIndmau in
Arkansas, with positive knowledge OF
his outrages. lie removed him but 10
iudorse his acts. He realms Holmes here
TO crafty the JOhnsousr NJ the ruin OF our
people. He has pursued and oppressed
General Price, because, | suppTss, the
lattaE vas made Brigadier in Mexico,
and Davis was not. He retained PEN
berton IN command, against the wisEes OF
the army and the country; and. tc all in
suit to it all, sends him to Mobile !" frSe
command, where he is e1eCratrd by every
man, woma II aud child. BY a trick and n
| swIndle, he got General j E. johnson away
from command in Virginia, and gave bin
no other definite position until there WAS
pressing emergency and n chance TO dam
age him-thereby showing both his cOufi-
dence in him and his mAlignity toward
him. He drove Gen. Pike out of the army
| to crafty IIindmau and the JOhnsons, and
| thereby lost TO US the whole Of the Indian
| country, and, it the war continues, will
place the tomRhawk and scalping knife at
the Ihroats OF our women and children
lie retains a weak and inefficient Cabinet,
and never calls them in council, that be
may reign as sole despOl over our people.
He has had at his disposal physical force
enough to carry out acts the most arbitra-
ry and oppressive. He has used that force.
lie has shown his selfshness and disregard
for the interest of the people, by his ap.
pointment of Heath, Van Dorm, Dick Tay-
| Tor, Davis, and Mansfield Lowell, all reIa.
tivts, and all alike incompetent. lie has
alicnated the people of Georgia; so much
so, that were the Contederacy ackuowI-
edged to-day, Georgia would not remain
two years under him. beard Coufed-
crate General OF great prominence, who
understands the feeling IN that State, SO de-
clare. And as significant of this, Gov
brown, of Georgia, gave to General q. W.
Smith, meanly and spitefully driven out of
the army by Davis, the Presidency OF the
| Etowah Iron Works, with salary larger
than that of his salary as Lieuteuat GEN
eral. lie falsiied all his promises to Ken
lucky, and took General Humphrey Mar
shal'5 command away from him, turning it
over to bis old political rival, General
Preston, to crafty the partizau require
ments of Kentucky citizens, who had sud
denly risen from obscure pork packers, to
that of Senators and Representatives in
the Confederate Congress, aud jugglers 10
that political Sodon. In word, he has
enriched and honored his friends, ruined
aud impoverished his enemies Has given
over the people, those of Arkansas especi.
~, to plumber and oppression by his favor
ties, aud in no instance punished the Of
fender.
admit that in some things be looms up
above other men; but he has so many de
fects aud weaknesses beneath others, that
1t reduces him to very poor second rate
character And Won can never cbopra