Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-11
truth in homeIy Language, which you
doubtIess remember: - /
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The man 6haIl hsve his mare again,
Ard An ahaIl 20 Nalln


anOIhsrs reason. s. Like the last one, tt i
! founded on \ moral instinet-that mora
/ Instinct which guides the people Of ever
eonntry 10 maintain aud defend that eOun
/ try, amply because IL Is their own II /
| an iustinot az uatuTRl aud as strong as tht
/ Iinstjncta which are the basis Of the family
| relation. Every unpeFVeFted man adheFe.
to bic own wife In preferences 70 anothel
mans wite, and fghts ia her defense il
preference to the defense of 4 strange wo
man. Every unPerVeFted man esres fol
and guards and trains bic own child, 10
stead of wasting his.caro Ou. his neighbour
childreR. SO esefyi aoPetSeFted eitiket
defends his country aEaius1 ~ enemies
domestic Gad 6ola suf ltead 1f defending
IL fDreiens county 81 teskingst 70 destroy
Ibis own. The robin does as much Ht
guards bis own nest because il is his. The
lion defends his lair, and each Of these Il
endowed with q force adequate to that de
fense Oar dislOyal citiIeBsg act on the
assumptiOu that the enlightened aad tVir-
tu0us American people are less sagaGi0us
than the fowls Of the sir sud the beasts OF
the field. .--. grusL= q -ts - Eae.--
You see from these remarks Why it is
that throughout this war have refused %
be diverted from this main question to
cog age In collateral, and therefore idle end
mischieVOus, debates. IL is such debates
that trouble weak minds and faithlesS
hearts. They are afraid of the loss Of in
diViduRl liberty and Of State rights, aud
they therefore saw continually on the
string of arbitrary arrests aud suspension
of the ka6eGS corpus. They do not see that
the country is in . condition of civil war
exposed to foreign invasion; that arrests
are q weapon of war which must be welded
by the military power of the State, and not
by its Courts and eOnstables. The dam
gers they fear are futuEe-they overlook
the present danger, which, if il prevails,
will leave the country no future. They
mourn the public peace lost, so piie0usly,
that they have no heart 70 restore il in the
only way il can be restored, by contest
with the enemies in arms who have de-
strOyed it. They sigh for peace in the
future, and thus invite the iusurgeut to
invade our own homes aud firesides. They
are troubled to know the terms upon which
you will give peace 70 the einsargents. The
ansWer is q simple Que: There eau be no
peace to insurgents in arms, until they
have submitted aud accepted Abraham
Lincoln as the President Of the United
States; then, aud not before, will be the
time to speak of terms aud peace.
Tho abstt0Fs Of the rebellion GFe trOUb-
led for fear We shall not leave % the Reb0lg,
wheu they haze submitted, enOugh of slaV-
cry and slaves. They want 70 know what
we propose about that. Ny answer IL,
that if they had submitted to Abraham
Lincoln q lhe. begiuniags they world have
reiained the WhOle. They hGve lost by re
on an average, 10000 slaves .
mouth. Each month OF prolonged resist
ance increases the loss, and they are VsRg.
ing upon the time when submissiOn, com
ing TOO late, will leave neither slavery nor
slaves in the land. This question Of slay-
cry is their business, not mine. So long
as they propose no surrender, they are en-.
titled 70 ask no terms. What has happen
ID to slavery thus far, has been the legiti-
mate fruit Of their own srimesi but ii was
FRUIT ordained not by maa, bat by G0d.---
Without seeking TO divine His ways, think
that the future viii be like unto the past
The i1surreCtion will perish under militia
y power, necessarily, aud, therefore, law
I0lly exercised, and slavery will perish with |
i. Nevertheless, am willing that the
DrOdigal son shall reGurng The doors, 30
ar as / am concerned, shall always be open |
20 him. The longer he il content To feed |
1pOn husks, the sOoRsF be will bupgsr.-I
The longer be Is eOnteHt in his dalliauce |
Nth the hArlot of rebellion, the greater |
will be his ultimate disgust with hsf en-
orace. The greater his hunger and disgust, |
me deeper will be his repentance and the |
more lasVlng1his reformation? T6hRiT send |
40 ihVitAtionsraft bimS and yet. speaking |
rot for myself, bot for you aud the whole
American people, I.expres8 the conviction
hat neither man nor angels can prevent |
he falted calf being slain for lis welcome,
when he does come back, saying: ''BrOth.
rs, / have offended, aud desire reoOneiI
atiOn." alys so ui sElf
The sympathisers With the ConFsderates
Tell us OF debt, taxes and blood. Wns ever |
,oyereiguty and freedom saved without !
The expenditure Of money and life2 IL Is
The lot appointed 70 nations TO endure war |
with its evils, as we'll as TO enjoy at inter |
VAls peace aud prosperity. Who caused
the debts, the taxes aud the shedding Of
blood3 The cannonade Of Sumter az
sWers the whole question at once.
In q conflict like this the question 10 not
one Of abstract suffering, but which Of the
parties suffers most. View
ed in This light, the whole Of the snf-
fsrinR which the war has produced, has
fallen npon the Insurgents, aud the loyal
part Of the United States is exempt, In
the iusuTRent states there is not one eiti-
zan who Is not the poorer aud the more
unhappy for the war. 10 the loyal re-
gions there is not q State WhIeIf Is NOT
stronger, nor Z citizen who is not the richer
for the same cause. The increase Of
wealth which arises from the new national
discipline Of Industry which the war has
obliged ug to sdopt, has enabled ua 10 pay
all decreased debts and taxes As easily as
We paid the debts and taxes exlstiug when
ths war began. Nor must We forget that
It is only . question of whose debts and
whose taxes We shall p8y@n0t whether We
pay any. We pay either the debts and
taxes Of Abraham Lincoln and his Admin-
istrAtion. or the debts and taxes Of JelTer-
son Davis aud Robert r. Toombs. Ia tbsI
one case we have an equivalent of dollar
for dollar for What We pay aud the greater
equivalent Of national safety and h6nOr.-i
In the other case We pay twelve dollars in