Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-01

be WAtCh0u anu defeated IN tuelf wicked
attempts to betray the country? We
know how the "poRCe men" of Maryland
once attempted to carry matters With a
high hand. Are We prepared to defeat nDy
new attempts they may make to betrAy
the State to an evil destinyH Are we sure
that the unfortunate divisions Of late Ia
the Union ranks may not encourage them
once more to come to the frout-mHy not
induce them to try once more what they
can accomplish towards embarrassing the
good cAuse2 Aud should not the bare
possibility of this induce all to sacrifice
whatever minor differences may exist SO
that all may present firm and united
front against the enemies Of the UniOu2
It is true that OF late the Copperbead fac.
tion has received some admonitions rs to
the power aud purposes OF the Federal
Government, significant ia the highest de-
gree, and such Hs could not be disregHrded
The enforcement Of the draft in New York,
despite the sneaking opposition OF Cover.
nor Seymour; the prompt punishment Of
malcontents 10 Indiana, Illinois aud Ohio,
aud the suspension Of the writ of hObeGS
corpus by the proclamation Of the President,
have been so many terrible bAcksets TO that
traitOrous andpestilent faction that il is fain
| to bow its humble crest aud acknowledge
the power OF that Government il would be
glad to assist the Rebels of the South to
overthrow. But the loyal people Of the
country can at last make but little calCu.
lAtiOn on the good sense the common ptu.
dence of these treaCherOus foes; and il
may even be possible--as suggested by the
Richmond paper-that a single reverse to
one Only OF the armies of the Union mny
induce it to put on airs disastrous to itself;
may cause il to provoke punishment for
L fNnltab Hamnn anainnt
that power which has SO far treated it
with q clCmency neither deserved or aP-
prsciated.
la view OF all this, aud Of the fact that
another election is not far off in Maryland,
it becomes the duty of every loyal citizen
TO keep an eye on aud prepare for any
action the old "peace" faction amongst US
may take, looking to the embarrassment
of the Government. That they are numer-
oUs enough in the State to decidedly shnpe
It's policy We have no tear unless, indeed,
the divisions amongst Union men were 50
wide and so irreconcilHble as to enable
them, ss a separate organization, to seize
upon and control matters altogether in
their own way. But there is Que decided
check upon the disloyal here which We
trust will be felt when the time comes for
voting, aud that is the requirement that
every mau who comes TO the polls to aid
in controlling the dcstinies of the State
and nation shall be made to take the
oath OF fidelity to that Constitution the
Rebels are 10 arms TO destroy. Many of
them, at this time, consider such an oath
as no check upon them but then let the
"Wear and tear" of conscience be theirs
let them be compelled to a betrayal of the
Caion, il they will persist in it, only over
the remains of broken Oaths and obligl-
tious such as all the world beside consider
sacred.
That the ond of Coppcrhcadism and all
its ugly adjuncts is drawing nigh none can
doubt who regard the sigus of the times. !
Looking to the indications from Ohio, the /
pestilent chief of the faction there will be so I
completely extinguisned that he will never |
be heard OF again in all The tide of time |
only as that notorious, bnt not successful, !
tritOr whose best parallel is to be found |
in the history of the Arnold's aud others, |
whose chief ambition it was to Getray their |
country. And as with Ohio, so With all |
other States. If-As asserted by the Rebel |
jOurnals-Federal defeats are essential TO |
the progress Of treason in the North, the |
day Of treason is nearly done. No logic,
90 wholesale assertion, no affected con.
stancy, can undo the Rebel disasters which,
one after another, have swept such an i'm
mense territory in the dislOyul States
within the Federal lines; and if We look a
little further, aud Nt what is far more sig
nihcAnt than even that, nothing can re.
store TO them the Rebel hosts aud Rebel
Generals who have fallen in so many-to
tbem-disAstrOus conflicts
And thus it is that the inevitable con.
clusion is reached, that but little time
will now elapse when patriotism, devotion
TO the Constitution aud laws, will be that
one thing all will be proud TO affect, even
where they do not feel it; and this resting
not upon our assertion, but upon that of /
the Rebel leaders of public sentiment |
themselves. ReversSs to their cause are |
acknowledged by them, and treason to it is |
charged, even in the heart of the Rebel re. |
giOn, is aourishing. Let Rebel successes
occur, on the other hand, and treason to |
the Federal Government increases both
North and South. The inference then is |
plain and overwhelming, that only incrsas- |
ed successes on the part OF the Federal |
Government are needtul to re.establish, |
un'UeTsdtLy. feeling of loyaIty-A process
already taking place Ns rapidly as the pro.
gress OF the Union arms. Let US be en-.
couraRed then. Let us live in hopes of
6eholding that time when not man 10
Maryland or any other State will be found
willing to acknowledge himself as inimical
to the cause OF the Union when every.
where, in truth, the ancient feeling of pat
rIotism and entire devotion to the Consti-
tuition and laws will be cherished and de.
Tended as in the olden time.
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IProm the Augusta tGA) ConStitutionaIiSt, Sept o.
To Revive the Peace Party.