Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-07

0St '0l0Eo' y Eeuuey IVAulh- VIII therefore
say at once, "T shall not let Maryland de.
eide whetherII am-to' be 4 Border State or
not.b And she, too will demand her vote
uponthe question: sseo iiss Sets7ai2
Aud so we shall Immediately arrive at
the practical perception of the aditmtati
truth that by removing ono sto ne We i ava
looseued the whole arch. The old 7nation.
al system will be gone, and the hatibual
bond being snapped each free Stat6 be.
comes solitary community. But by the
supposition, while thus the free States fall
asnnderi the'rebel StatestaFe d. close, cohe-
sive power. Not only that, but they have
shown their ability to maintain themselves
as RfGontederacy against tremend odds.
and they have comprised the d DESTRUCTION
of the old SYSTEM. Is it not inevitable,
then, that the remaining States must es !.
Ia bllsh new system or graVitatei ward
the only united national power upon our
late domains2 Aud inasmdetl as Union is
the most vital necessity and, the war for
tho maintenance of the cid form of union
Wilt have failed, will not the combat
ant that remains virtual master necessarily
dictate the terms of a new Union (? p Party.
spirit is still fierce. The NORTH lor the
BODY ot.loyall citizens, are not united upon
anything but the policy of preserving the
Union, and when ''the war forithe Union, ~
which is the common platform of good cit-i
liens, lis ended by the conceded dissolution,
OF the Union, eyerYaciiizeh willireYert 10
MS ms party allegiance. Ope party will cry,
1--WE have been fighting for the Union, not
for the niger, and hSvibg lost The eame
we call for fresh deal. We like. slavery,
and we go for union with the South.'' -
Another will cry @4You cau'tumix oil
and water. Any union of slave and free
States, unless slavery or freedom are put
IN course of rapid extinction, will ineVita-
bly, land us in another war;" Intestine
brawls will at once bristle. all over separ-
ate States which have lost the, strength
and unity of common purpose; and consf
sequent anarchy will thus invite the forci-
bic interference of the combined power
compelled.the separation.
when we areFin a position to do what
you suggest-uamely, to curtaili the di-
mansions ofthe rebellion, to push out the
rebels from our system, and to hold them
in CHECK by q Sepoy army-We shall be
and our national peace, prospect g
ty, and honor will be most wisely secured;
as said, by maintaining the sUnion. To
offer any terms of composition until NC
have established that mystery is toiconfess
our inability to do the work. We have un-
dertaken; in other words, to concede victo-
~ to1the rebellion, and confess our nation,
al ruin. III -
As foreigner your view of our war is
that Of human welfare at large not especi
ally that :of theY existepee of our Govern.
ment: Yet your sympathy is with the Gov.
aad why2 Because you believe
that the great cause of popular liberty re-
4uires its success. Now can anything be
more disastrous to that Government apd
fatal to that cause than its defeat by armed
rebels upon its own domain The parallel
WHICH is ,constaptly dawn in Europe and
by many here bet%een'tke altitude OF Great
Britain toward the American Colonies lis,
false. The relation trbetween
Britain aud the Colonies was not q union,
and the geographical separation makes ali
the difference. 1t you would suppose
parallel case, it must be that Of Two or
three counties of England, like Yorkshire
and Kent, rising in rebellion, not because
they had suffered the slightest injury or
Injustice, but because they could notiex4
tend certain local county laWsrepnlsive to
the common conscious of mankind over the
whole empire. II the Imperial Govern
ment could be Justly accused of'gratifying
a.lust of dominion in aiming to reduce the .
rebellion BY arms, so may we, but not
OklG4hISG ltait
e You will thus see, I hope, that We are
shut up 70 the issue of victory or ruin,
The .'psace movement is simply the appeal
of the most reckless and depraved of our
party politicians to popular ignorance and
passion, counting for its success upon the
natural fatigue of a tremendous war, its
necessary expense, and, above all, upon
the brutal pEeluaice against a most nnfor-
tuhate racea3 Could such q movement me-
come in any manner general, and by means
of such arguments and such men sisup.
portit, the cause of civil liberty would be
indefinitely lostihere, and faith in the ca
pacity of men for self-government would
be everywhere extinguished. Tho Union;
is not only the master word of our destiny,
hnt of that ,of free men throughout the.
world. 81 Esl Faithfully yours!
.Life's HapplestPerIod.. "a :
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