Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-13

Constitution do not admit that these
arrests IN time Of war, are forbidden by
the Constitution do not object 70 Mr
Lincoln oa that account, nor yet 70 Nc.
CieRan on the ssue ground. Nay, on the
contrary, there Is no-Act Of General McClel.
Ian that 1 so cordially aPProFe as his
Wholesale arrest Of that Maryland Legisla-
turs. If he had been as prompt ani sac-
cessfuI In putting down the whole rebel
Iiou as he WAS il putting down that branch
Of il, we would have had pesca long sgo,
Who can tell how much precious blood has
been saved by that timely sctl What
would be the condition OF Maryland uoE,
If that convention of traitors had carried
her into the Southern Coufederaey? Bat
for those arrests, sll over Maryland We
should hsTe witnessed sueh scenes as those
in Baltimore. when the loyal soldiers Of
the RspahEc we're murdered By = mob.
Was that = time for the Shsr1f and his
possss Wss that = time for the h75s1g
corpus snd trial by juyf All was terror
ana coofusion, and the whole nstion hailed
Butler and his soldiers as deliTerers.
When 3 nation Is in 8 state Of war, no
matter what may be its form of govern
meat, it Is the Executive power, whether
lodged in King or 3 President, that Is
called into action. The Legislature aud
the Judieizry do rot do the fighting. We
do not carry on war by statutes, debates,
or iudicial deci sious. War requires action,
ptompt and continued action, snd 3 gni-
tfugIWiti ready On the instant for any ener-
gency. If you look into our frame of gov
erument, you will see thst it is on the
President, that the power and responsible
ity a=e east TO carry on the war. he eau
not declare war or make Pesce. Il re-
quires the intervention Of congress 70 be-
gin il or % end it: bat while 1t exists, il Is
the President who mast act ae CON-
msuds our armies and nAvies, sad be d.
recrz their movements. Withoat his z1-
II qyity nothing can be done.
Sow, my friends, this ustioa Is act only
engaged il war, but in war sEsiust re-
belliou. Il i war waEed by Is to- self
preservation. Il Is rot the common form
Of q rebellion, which aims only 20 change
The douinsut power while the nation Is
preserved. bat its aim Is to destroy the
ration itself Alssi what blood, what
treasure, what sorroW, what izuentation,
have followed that crime against h1uzui-
~, civilization acd civil liberty, which
was committed in Charleston Harbor on
the 18th of April, 1851. Il could have
been committed nowhere else throughout
the South bat Just there The mortal in
struments could have been found nowhere
else. Those diEafeeted spirits had been
trained and prepared for il Iong before
TEsnty-eight years before, they had, ua-
der the pretenze Of an Unconstitutional
tariff, passed an ordinance of secession in
the very words OF their ordnance Of 1850.
What hen saved the couutryp II was a
President. Il was executive power in
hands that would have TisIded Il with ter
rible retribution.
Think you that Jackson Eeuld have hes
itates about arrests if those traitors had
then fred upon our flag? No, ny friends,
he would have seized them all with grasp
of iron, and instead Of allowing them the
i15sGs eorEuS, he would have arrested auy
judge Who dared 70 issue it, as be did il
New Orleans, II 1885. Now again, If this
nation is 20 be saved, ii can only be saved
under the auspices OF The Executive Il is
the Ea- power that uust save us. In the
plain and expressive words of our Presi-
dent I'VE must keep Pegging away"
Blow must follow blow harder and
harder, without cessation, untIl the traitors
cry, ''hold, enough"
Il is 10 time for treaties or armi=tices--
Our antagonist reels with the hard hits he
has received az Mobile and Atlanta, and is
for breath under the close hug Of
Grant al Petersburg.
II is Just 81 this jancture that cEy foc
peace and cessation Of war comes 70 Is
from Chicago That convention proposed
70 save the nation by means Of su srmi=tice
aud convention of all the States. Stop
: zhtiog, say they aud let Is tEy talkiag.-
We have tried far four years 70 whip these
rebels in, sod they won't come, noE let Us
. NJ r-aT than IN
Let rs consider their plan a change OF
is the 6rstthiug. Il is thar
party which Is to bring about this glorious
coosamuatio1. The next thing is an "im.
mediate armistiee = but a. u slr President,
if elected, could rot propose an aruizrce
before the 4th of March, it viii uot be eI-
setiy immediate There must, therefore,
De first Of all delay OF four months before
their plan can 90 into operation. Bat We
viii suppose this tine 70 have elapsed, aad
that Mcclellan is IN The Executive chair,
What thea Is he to do according to the
platform? He must propose ~ immediate
armistice- And 20 whom To that Other
President, who il now in RiehDond= Ene-s
be will be on the 4th of March l. more thar
I can say; bat wherever be Is, our Presi-
dent must eater into formal negotiation:
with him. They must negotiate a. equal!
With him, with all the forms and ali h;
c5urtezies Of diplomatic intercourse.
Fellow citizens, this is recognition. The
moment that our Government enters intc
diplomatic intercourse with the Confsder
aey, the moment We cease 70 cOerce tht
rebeIlious eItizens aud begin TO deal viii
the power which be has set up, the momea
ycu send and receive ambassadors, mia
listers or commissioners, from that moment
ron give 70 the rebels the character Of AZ
established government Year after yea,
Davis and his diplomatic sgents have oeel
knocking for admission At every COuCt il
Europe. Tie answer has been, I'VE cau'
admit yoa, we can't recognize &c Z, We can
enter into comnereiaI relations or dlplo
matte intercourse with you, rne nation Z
which Jon owed allegiance treats you a
rebels snd refuses AL diplomatic inter