Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-09

There can beno doubt, looking to II,
whole tenor of Lord Lyons letter, but tha
these interviews, sought with him by tb,
Democratic leaders, p must have resulted
in a pretty tull betrayal of their plans AMI
purposes, All remember that the grea,
point to be gained byi''medistion,0 or sin.
fterrention," was an "armistice;n thai
treaoherous breathing spell which Nigh,
give to the failing Rebels wind for a re.
newal of their desperate strpeeIe. Aud az
foreign mediation" or Intervention, .
was insisted upon in the one case, SO
treachery in the loyal States prop osed to
reach the same poiptiby iasdifetent road,
'bya Convention Let Is call attention
to one signiicant passage athis remarka.
BILE letter. It is this:a ha1 . : r I
"The more sagacious members Of the party''
the Peace Dem mocracy-'lR kfi6Weyer. look
upon the proposal of a Convention, merely
as a last experiment toiteSt the possibility
ofa Reunion. They are no doubt, well
aware that the more probable consequences
OF an armistice would be tie establishment
of Southern Independently but they per-
ceiTe that if the South is sD utterly aliena-
ted that no possible concessions will induce
1t to return voluntarily Il the Union, it Is
wiser to agreeit to separation than to pro-
secute cruel3aud hopelels war"
Now, to what purpose was it that the
nation had risen up with lhe NEST enthu-
siastic devotion to maintain TO the last
gasp noble cause, if set Of vile plotters
not open traitors in the field with arms
in their hands, only because they were too
cowardly to take that role-could burrow
and mine in its rear; could lay trains in
the presence, and with the at tleast tacit
conniyauce of an alien, to blow the whole
fabric of our splendid nationality into the
airP And when the revelation is. made
which unmistakably convicts them of such
nefarious conduct, Whatloyal man is to be
found who does not despiss and detsst
these skulking incendiaries worse than
those whose villainies-more openly prac.
ticed-they aid and abetS Is it any won
der that the Richmond gang express even
their abhorrence ofsuch set and will it
be any wonder, further, if these Benedict
Arnolds live in the records of the Republic
as infamous to the end of time
But worse than what we have already
noted, even, theirs is double guilt. They
have sought places in the councils of the
nation, associations with patriots, with the
deliberate purpose of betraying that Union
and Constitution it is.made their special
dutyto support and defend Coming into
the Capital of the nation under false pre-
tengssj swearing to cherish aud defend the
GOV Whdse- pay theJS receive, ttIey.
are aitspectacie for perfdy. to gods and,
mem. 5, e
We have alluded to the special reasons
these men must have for wishing to cover
up their negotiations with Great Britain
hostile to the integrity of their own coun-
try, and it is plain that they themselves
recognized the disability under which they
acted in plotting to, betray-amOugst 9TH
ers-a community like that of New York.
of the plans of these men, bear
ing upon "mediation," J" Lord Lyons says:
"They would desire that the offer should
come from the great Powers of Europe,
conjointly, and iu particular that as lille
prominence as possible should be given to Great
Britain" z
How completely does this tell the whole
story; and how has, the city of New York
compromised its character for wholesale
loyalty, insthat it could not defeat, fer pro-
uinentS o oficei reuegades from all that is
honest and honorable, like these? Proba-
bly, it would have been otherwise had this
revelation come out in good time; nay, it
appears certain. But at all events let the
Empire State watch them in future, defeat
their treachery, and brand them anew with
ipfamy should they persist in their .pur-
poses to coalesce with the traditional foes
of this Governrnentafor its betrayal to dis
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