Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-20
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Il question not Of positions. bat Of
dAes. Il the nan On tes SIDE q ibe GoE-4
spneut. OF IL be Bot2 That is the point :.
nat position, that be Is 4 War Democrat
or Conservative Rspabiiean, or q Radical
he Il = sIeG- then.go''
peace man, OF az olive brsoebs e0nPFO.
mise uan, Of var NAB, With 'sIfs aud
bats-is 70 ssy nOihipg az PrAeties. con
sequence. There BsTeryet Was cause "a
which ali who gagged IA II we're exsetly
Of the sane mind. il respect 70 uiD0r
matters there Is always vide difereDee
Of opinion. The rebels themselves are
agreed sboat nothing, save the one PuE-
pose, 6ot 20 eoDs bsek into the Union--
The very dssfIs u. tbe Pi1s aeeordlng 70
Milton, had their fierce dictates whether 70
proeeed By open ~as o. By eoTeft guile,
snd even whether BOt % proceed ~ all.
bat simply lie and bear il The aee0Fd
rnens-tbe Fpfrit which 6xes what side
shall be taken, rot the judgment, which
determines the particular position oeeapI-
ed on that side.
No men recognize this mere completely
than the COppefbesds iStmseITes. Though
they differ very much in respect 70 the
positiTe line Of policy 70 be adopted against
The Government, they yet ind no difficulty
in keeping up their AEti Government com.
binA1ion. Let who may be the candidate
whether Seymour Of Connecticut, who
denies the right Of coercion /; or Vallandig-
ham Of Ohio, who admits the right, bot
denies tbe eKpedieDey; or woodward OF
PeuusyIVsnis, Who admits both the right
and the eIpediepeY, bRtopposes the meaus;
or Tuttle Of Iowa, who quarrels neither
with the right nor expediency, nor the
means, but the maDHer-Ebether II be
Seymour of New York, Who would work
through mob violence; or Parker Of New
Jersey, who would work through legisla-
tiye'snAelment; or Bradbury Of Maine, who
would work through State Executive couu
termAnd upOn the soldiers; or Redfelds 81
Vermont, who would simply lie low apd
not work at aIl-whoeyer, or whatever the.
candidate, we say, he ,is sare Of The solid
Copperhead vote. We have yet 10 hear of
a single case Of boiling anywhere, by any
section Of the party. There Is universal
feeling among them that these minor differ
ences are of no practical account in the
presence Of the one grand object Of dis
abliug the Administration at Washington.
II is the common hostility to the war
authorities of the land that upites them.
We say the war authorities. President
Lincoln is the constitutional Commander-
in-Chief of the army and navy, and has
been sworn 10 "preseFVe, protect and de-
fend tho Constitution oftbe United States"
II is opposition to him and bis subordiuates
in the Performance OF that duty that arrays
these Copperheads together, aud, at all
times, secures their concentrated action.
Their common spirit Of faction Is the one
thing dominant.
All pretexts that there is an essential
difference between autagonism TO the Pres
ident and opposition 70 tho Government
are a mockery. Its not more certain that
the Government is 10 danger from the re-
beIlion, and that the President, as its exc.
cutiVe head, is its appointed defender, than
that breaking down thePresident Is break
ing down the Government. The soldier
may as we'll turn against his commander in
the day Of battle, and claim that he is still
true 10 The flag. The President, of course,
like every other man, may make his mig
takes, aud these mistakes may be CRITICS
ed-nay, ought to be criticised, for just
criticism would only enIighten aud strength
On him. Such criticism maybe prompted
BY the most loyal spirit. But>ttgnfsF, or
ganized, systematic, indiscriminnte Rntag-
onism, such as these Copperbeads have en-.
gagged in, can come from no such spirit
II IL calculated MOTTO help, but TO hinder
not to strengthen, but to weaken; not to
promote the triumph of the national arms,
but TO impart new encouragement TO the
rebels. II is certain that If this Antagon.
ism to the President should once become
the fixed Northern policy, he would be
practically disabled from carrying on the
war. With whatever fidelity he might IL.
Dor against the rebellion, Il ever would be
all futile without the popular support
The people must work With him, or he
works in vain. The party, therefore, which
makes opposition its regular business, in
crisis like this, is essentially disloyal
party. Ai- #f
OF course we don't moan to say that all
the men who voted against the Admins
trAtion are consciously aiming to break
down the Government Unquestouably
there are great numbers who go for the
Copperhead candidates without thought
of damaging the country. They simply
follow old party leaders, or are influenced
by old party names and watchwords, or
are misled, perhaps, by the artful sophis-
tries and passionate appeals of demagogues.
But the fact that there are SO many we'll
meaning men of this class in the opposition,
don't in tho least affect the fictitious eEar<
acter, or tho faCtiOus effect, OF the opp0Bi-
tlon-not whit more than the fact that
there are great numbers of well meaning
men among the rebels affects the character
and effect of the rebellion. It is not the
character OF the followers, but the charac-
ter of the cause itself aud of those who
manage 1t, that makes it a public blessing
or curse. .f,,sf 81
1t is one Of the most cheering prospects
of the times that the people are coming so
generally 20 an understanding of the de.
mands of true loyalty. The contrast be-
tween the elections last year and this year
is due mainly to the progress made in this
regard. The very same Copperhead argu-
ments and appeals which were so effectuai
then, accomplish comparatively nothing