Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-28


haveb been glad 70 dave Seen hin te-s1ected
without opposition. Had it not been that
the people of this end of the. dis 9iet be-
lfeycd that Parkersburg was receiving .,
very undue proportion of the current of
fees and hop0rs of the New State, We doubt
whether Mr.. Blair iYeuId haye. had any,
serious opposition. His services in Cons
gress, and his Characteristic energy and
spirit OF accommodation, had given him q
claim on a. reelection, that nearly every
one recognized. Had It not been for this
general recognition he could no, havebeeu
pomipated IN the face of thefset that Par
kersburg had already obtained alafge over
share OF consideration in the offices Of
honor and profit under the State and gem
eral government. s43i ~ O.
II would be well for the RlGiiadsdzer,
hereafter,lto write its articles in the sup:
port of the successful candidate in advance
of his election aud not wait until after his
is elected, and seAssapsntly beyond the
need of support, Such articles atysush a
date havea very time serving look about
them.t There is'no reason why an editor
cannot afford to beaimhn, whether he sup
ports successful or unsuccessful cagdi-
date. a5lsa5 a d ~ 1
The Richmond Enquirer isvery ihdig
nant at statement made by, the French
journal, u 0pinione NatiouaEe, that Mr..
slidell has been instructed by the rebel
government "for the twentieth time" to
listen to no proposition from q foreign
power for the removal of slavery, and to no
discussion of t6essubject. The Richmond
Editor says that no such Instructions can
have.been given, because the Confederate
Government has no power to treat upon
the subject, and SO no power to authorize
Slidell to consider it. The States have
absolute controlo the matter. But, fur
thermore. the Enquirer attirms that even II
the Confederate Government had .thelp pow.
TT 70 entertain proposals from foreign
powers on the subject, public opinion in
the South would not sanction its acdng.--
The French paper is distinctly informed
that if the rebels could have submitted to
any interference on tbs, subject of slavery,
they could shave made better terms with
the old U1ited States than with any Euro.
pean nation before engaging ina desperate
war; That is no doubt true. Iii is notia
bad sign that the furious Richmond edi-
tors, who have talked $50 frantically, of
lpreferring the protectorate ofsa European
power to a restoration of the Union, are
ready to admit that their grievances in
respect to slavery were mol. so great bnt
that they might have been ,greater2 and
that they would have Jared better with as
than they could hope to fare in an alliance
with France or England. Having become
conscious of this fact, they may be pre-
pared to get dim perception of thsImag-s
nitude of their folly in adopting a course
by which slavery loses the protection it
might have had in the Union, and gains
no friends abroad. -
The seuthern press furnishes abundant
proof that the rebels do at last fee, that
they are alone in the world, without d
single government on their side that they
are fighting their hopeless battle uncheered
by the sympathy of a single nation on the
face of the globe, unless, indeed, the King
of Dohomey has heard of their undertaking
and wishes for their success. Well indeed
be may, for the Enquirer, in the very arti-
Gle from which we have been copying, says
that the rebels can conceive of no amelio.
ration of their slave system, ''saye, per.
haps, In the cOpious importation Of more
negroes from Africa" But how. the lonely
isolation of theyrebels is felt by them, lot
the following article, from the Richmond
Dispateh of the 18th inst, tell /:
SIT is vain TO tell us that the English
people, or the French people, or any other
| people, are in our favor. If such bestbe
fact, their love is of the coolest and, most
| abstract description which it Is possible to
conceive. It consists notin outward sympS
toms, but is confined to their own bosoias.
i They are too bashful 10 afford the least
tangible evidence. It is so abstr6se that
il would require mathematician to cal.
lcplate it.
We are alone in this war. Would that
we could say that the other &tions of the
earth were even NEUTRAL That thew All
profess 10 be so is true enough, but there
L il not one of them whose neutrality weighs
tRot heavily upon Us, IL is altogether 10 ia
4 yor of our enemies. 49,
We are. We repeat, alone in this war
The rest Of the world is only NOT for ne,
but At positivelS against ms. iFheetts IL
no port in the world into. which our crni.
sers can conduct aRd dispose of pfiEs.-
There is no shipyard in which we can
build ship. There IS no eoQntfy from
which We can expect recruit. f the
faeturers compels their government to per-
NIT us to huy4arms ana clothing At their
sthblishments, it Is because It. always en-,
tertaips lively hope that they may be