Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-18
THE ANGRIcAN WAR
An Ansedote Showing the southern
AnImus-The Irish OF America and
the War.

Antmus-The Irish OF America and
the War.
a letter from General Thomas Francis
Neagher, dated New York, September 8
appears in the Dpbliu Iriskman of October
l7th. We reproduce the following para
graphs;
In no instance; under no Adninistta.
tioD, whether Wing or Democrat, were the
claims aud rights Of the South ever COM
promised or over borne. You remember
the little Yankee brig, in which came to
New York in 1862, from Pernambuco2-
The year before she had brought back, TO
his master in SAvanrah the runaway slave
Simms, despite Of ell the rampant rhetoric
Of Wendell Phillips, and the seditious ex-
eitemeut be aud others like him had kin
died on the occasion of the unfortunate
slAve being arrested 10 Boston by the OH
GERS OF the Federal Government. The
plain truth of the matter Is, fidelity to the
South WAS q more vehement passion With
the North than the love of gain, the love
of adventure, the love of liberty itself
For the sake Of maintaining the national
unity, aud the Constitution 10 which itWRs
framed, the North became nothing less thAa
the obse9uious Sassal Of. the South, and
seemed to hold every interest IL The eoun-
try subordinate 70 that of the plantations.
Hencs, for fully half century snd more,
it Was the South that held the hite
House, aud controlled, IL not monoPo-
lize, the Government. Hence, In fine, the
irritability of the South whsn the Demo.
cratic PaEty was opstSd by the RePubl-.
TO take possession OF the Capital. 4
Thia fFa0SfsF ~ TOrAr - TN FnuRII fnF
them TO bear with eqaanimity lad the
cheerful resignation of good O1tfEens. They
bad been the dominGnt party, aud must
remain so-if not In the Union, why then,
bat Of 1t and spite Of IL. WhAt1 they, The
courtIy and sumPtuoas lords of the rice
sWsmps aud cotton -ields; the T6heritors Of
the blood OF the Hngnenots and Cavaliers,
give way for four years to the lanky and
heiFs OF those beggArly out
casts Of PflgrimsI South Carolina can
not submit TO IbGt-she must set up for
herself. Georgia and Alabama agree with
her, and then the rest of them that live
and grow sleek and naughty on the sweat
of the blAek-skin, and propagate their own
rare blood Tor the auction block, the brand
ing iron. the lash, and all the uoisOme-
ness of 4 brutal bondage. Sift il 70 the
aud probe It in every direc-
and outbreak OF the South against the
Union, is the conspiracy and outbreak of
insoleut preteDston, laWless ambition aud
lust of power, as l have already said, and
nothing more, if anything could be worse.
An anecdote sometimes is worth Vol-
ums Of history and logic. Here ts one
that displays broadly, in the clearest light,
the purpose aud character Of the Southern
rebellion.
The month Of August Immediately pre-.
ceding the election of Mr.. Lincoln, Mr..
Lincoln, Mr.. Toombs and Sir. Cobb of
Georgia, both we'll and widely known,
abroad as welttns at home, as politicians
of considerable influence aud ability, Apd
accomplished gentlemen, occupying high
social as well as high political position at
the South-pAidA 4 visit TO New York.
day or Two after their arrival they dinsd
with asgeutleuian = Jon are familiar with,
aud,who wields extraordinary power, while
occupying . singularly conspieous position
as public man. l give yOu his name in
a private note, for, although be told me
the circumstances l an now relating with.
out Aay reservation Whatever, and without
intimating in the least that the infOrma-
ton Was confidential do not feel myself
At liberty to introduce bis name into this
letter, which is destiued to hnd its way
into your columns, in case neither an, ice
berg nor anirOn, clad 6uecaaeeF from Bitk-
enheGd overhRuls il on the ocean.
[ Well, at the dinner refefred TO, In reply
to the protests of this gentleman, against
the Avowed determination of the South 10
seeede in the event OF Mr.. Lincoln being
made President, Mr.. Toombs declared that
the South should never remain day IN
the Union under Republican Administra'
tiOp, since the acceptance Of such an Ad-
minisIraIion would TePubIisaniss the SLAVE
States. ....
"Why not wait for some overt act OF ais
Lincoln against the So1th-somethiug pos
tive aud tangibie-to justify your ssssr-
tons that it viii disregsr- and set
naught the obligations imposed upon II b!
the constitution" ..s.
"That," Mr.. Toombs replied, ais wha
We can not AFFORD to do. tIWould be fata
10 the South, as political power bsse'
upon slavery, 70 permit the experiment.
Should we recognize Mr.. Lincoln as ou
President, aud suffer him 70 exercise au
thority in the slave States, he would yer.
soon build up in them Republican part
| by his dispensatiOu of the Federal patron
age. he would have, Of course, 70 appoint
from those who elected him, Collectors Q
the port, Custom-houSe othcersC Distrie
Attorneys, United States &SFsBSlsI Post
masters, and Mail Agents, and every on
Of these officers would At once become Re
publicans, II they were mot RePaeltesu
before, and . multitude of subordinate
would swell the list in no time. Thus ID
political identity Of the South would be d
stroysd. A party, more or less hostile
slavery, would grow mp and spread itse
among Us, and the South could never agai