Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-16

of those who voted for the Democratic
candidates were honest in their conVic
tions, but the characteristics of that party
were evil. The inspirations of that party,
and the ineTitsble, logical tendencies OF
that party were all evil and of evil. Its lead
ers addressed largely the lower passions OF
men. 1t had, also, large strength in its
very nAme-"Dem0crstic. But it was
not the first time that the robes of heaven
have been stolen to serve the devil in.
The opposition leaders seized upon every.
lthing-the increasing si1e5Of our debt, our
transient want of success In the field, ETC.,
to strengthen their party by augmentng
the number of diseontents; and they were
employed sgaiust 9 man who could not
dash them from him ss some men might
have done, By personal influence. For Mr..
Lincoln is without personal magnetism OF
any kind. His qualities are not dazzling,
although sterling. He has been chosen
by the people for honest, homely Tir-
tue, and not for any any fascinating
qualities. This example of America
is an unanswerable voice to the des-
potisms of Europe. 1t is, therefore, be-
coming in US to show the strength, the
virtue, the excellence of our victory, in
order that other nations may follow us.
The prospects OF mankind were advanced
Sunday. England, Germany and Italy are
nearer to freedom, through the result Of
our election, than they ever were before.
But, although the crisis has passed, there
are dangers remaining. Nevertheless, as
sure as the sun brings Spring out of Win
ter, Summer out OF the changeable Spring,
so surely will we battle our troubles sue
cessfuIly. The speaker did not regard the
war as ended, hut thought he could fore
see the end without knowing the events
to lead to it. Equally brave soldiers uu-
der equally brave leaders, the really weak
est must yield at last. 1t is folly to talk
of the heroic spirit of q people, aud ofmen
who will die but not yield. Men are not
made of such stuff; they are still mortal.
Whatever men might do the South has
done and will do. 1t has no cause for
shame in surrendering. There never was
a case in which people overcome by the
gauge of battle had less cause for mortiti-
cation. In their reasons for fighting lay
the only shame. This great conflict, when
settled, will be with the reunited States. We
shall be safe, and no nation will particu-
larry hunger or thirst to attack US. But,
Ee are asked, what if the slave shall be
armed against Us in this terrible war2 To
arm the slave ia to destroy slavery, and
that is to destroy the fatal element in
Southern society-their aristocracy; and
with the destruction of this element we
destroy the cause of Rebellion. Let us
pray that they may arm their slaves. But
it can scarcely be. The very proposition
is death symptom. 1t is not an argu-
ment of coming strength, but of present
weakness. Many a desperate sickness
might be cured if the patient had consti
tuition enough to bear up under it and
withstand the medicine he takes; and
there is not enough stamina in the South
to withstand four hundred thousand black
soldiers in their midst. Mr.. Boyce says
that the South have already passed out
from republican form of government into
q military despotism, and he urged upon
the North similar change, and, for that
reason, advocated the Democratic party.
Two years ago, if left to the people, the
war would have ended. 1t has never
been needfuI for our Government to
cept in the frat hours of treach-
cry and surprise. The vast leyies
of troops, the organization of black men
into free soldiers, the enormous taxation,
have been the work, not of scheming poll.
ticians, but of the people themselves =
They demanded and urged it, and, until
the Government was SO urged it did not
dare to put forth these extraordinary
measures. Part Of the dissatisfaction
against the Government spraug from its
hesitation to take those great measures
required for the national safety, but the
Government feels strong indeed, for the
people have ratified its acts. The people
have just declared that it has been faithful
to it's trust. The Southern People recede,
at every step, from liberty; and the North
ern people, at every step approach nearer
the bright ideal of popular Government.
Our Government was never SO nearly as
now the representative of the popular will.
1t has continually kept itself in sympathy
with the people, and the people have re-
turned it to power They talk of tyranny
in the North, when it is probable that
thousands of Southern refugees voted on
| last Tuesday in New York and Brooklyn
and voted for Mcclellan. Imagine such a
thing in Richmond. Free speech lost
free press! If the NeUS, The World
The journal of Commerce, The atlas
TIE Boston Post and The Boston Couriey
are not free, it would be worth oul
while to exhibit what is meant by 8
free press. 1t may be asked, hoWev-
er, whether the character of the people i:
not changed; whether they are not in dan
ger of becoming military nation. The
essential, interior nature of our policy make
it impossible that we should be greatly af
fected by military glory. The Euglist
make war to make money; the French GU
of love for glory; but this is land of thu
common people. We have NO discomfort
ed, distranchised class among us. 10 Eng
land only one man in six is a vote; il
America every man of age votes, born her,
or not, for that matter. In Europe thert
is large class who know that it is i'm
possible to rise. They are born to power
~ and misery; and, out of such classes il
bred discomfort. But we have no sucl
GLASS: Every man expects to rise by in
dustry, and that is not the class easy t
provoke into war, except to defend thei
own rights and principles. We do know
however, our military power, and thi
people win not suffer any one TO d.