Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-23
rom the Richmond Examiner, june IS.

S1ttsoS ~ tHs OSHeOCFuCy USEy MuCt USSHeO
at Richmond
From the Richmond Examiner, June IS.
The Convention of Black Repu blicans in
Baltimore.haVs renomiuated for President
of their country Abraham Lincoln, the Illi-
nois rail-splitter, and for Vice President
Andrew johnson, known in the West as the
Tennessee tailor, one of the meanest of that
craft; whether they shall ever be elected
or not depends upon the Confederate army
altogether. ss-7a=ss=s- s.szzszs
Tue people of the enemy's country have
now two Black Republican tickets" be-
tore them and the Democrats are to come
yet. All these several movements we are
obliged to watch, and, if possible, under
standby reason of their possible effect
upon the war (; otherwise we have NO earth.
la interest i'll the matter aud if we were
now at peace with that nation it would be
altogether Indifferent TO us what ape, or
hyena or jackass, they set up to govern
them.
TIE great army of contractors, then, and
office holders-in short, those who live by
the war, and on the country-have sue
ceeded, at least, in starting Lincoln fairly
for another race. 1t amounts 10 q declara.
ton that those conVentioners desire to see
four years more in all respects like unto
the last four years. They want no change
at all to the present incumbents of power
and profit, all works we'll enough as it is.
They care little, perhaps, about the "Eman-
cipation Proclamation" or the exact def
milton which may be applied to Lincoln, as
an imm ediate, or essential, or contingent
Abolitiouist; care little indeed, about poll
tics at all, or principles, or the destiny of
their nation, or other "abstractious' of
that sort; they are practical men; and
what they know and feel in their inmost
souls is, that four more years. of reVeliug
at will in treasure and plumber will make
them all rich enough, them aud their de-
scendants to the third and fourth genera
ton.
1t appears, also, that Lincoln and his
friends have been lucky, for SO far, in the
ill success of Grant and Butler, and in their
precise measure of ill success. If either
of those two had taken Richmond before
the Convention, then Butler or Grant would
have been nominated for President. If
they had been already utterly and decisive.
lYdefeated, and their armies cut to pieces,
then neither Lincoln nor any other Black
Republican would have had the slightest
chance of election. SO essential was it for
the right guidance of the Convention in
this matter that Grant should not take
Richmond; nor be advancing in triumphant
march towards il that The NetO York Times
Llncoln's "organ," took care to publish
at length a detailed account of the bloody
defeat inflicted on the Federals on the Bird
of June, and to express the opinion that it
was most disastrous affair, This was
true, but The Times did not state it because
it was true. The Times stated it notwith.
standing that it was true, in order to lower
Grants stock in the convention, Just in the
nick of time-and succeeded. Our soldiers
who on The Sd streWed the earth in front
OF their Entertainments with 1000 dead
and1wounded Yankees, then and there seca
red the nomination of Lincoln over Grant.
Lincoln, then, and his gang have been
lucky, as We said, so far. But to win his
election 10 November this indecisive result
OF tee Federal armies, neither triumphant.
y victorious nor hopelessly cut to pieces
neither taking Richmond nor taken by
Richmond-will not do at all. Grant and
butler are now at liberty to achieve the
most brilliant success thew can. and the
New York Times will not tell the truth
any more, when it is unfavorable to them.
In fact, the Lincoln party has been recon.
ciled to the delay in capturing Richmond.
by this consideration, among Others
the Fourth of July approaches, and thew
are aware of the theory entertained by
their old acquaintance, Pemberton, now in
high favor at Richmond, and commanding
the toruhcatlons of the city, namely: that
that the Fourth of July is the very best
day to surrender place to Yankee ar
my, because, in the warmth of their graft.
hcation at celebrating their anniversary
with triumph, they give good terms. 1t
is like approaching bon Uiuant after din.
ner to ask him for a favor. And, accord
ingly, the Yankee nation is now holding
itself prepared to put on its most gracious
smiles aud accord to us the same tender
which has been shown to
the citizens of Vicksburg. Let them oulv
haul down our flag on that auspioions
morning, and read their Declaration of
Independence on our Capitol Square. and
Llncoln is already elected President. In
this stage of the business, also, however.
our army has aivoice; and if it shall con.
tInue to battle, repulse, and cut up the
Federal forces, and finally drive them from
the soil of Virginia, as we feryentlv trns+
then this Baltimore nomination will not
gain Lincoln single vote in November.
- In that case who will be the next Pres.
ldent in the enemy's country2 Not Ere.
mont with his "Fadical abolition - The
era for that school of politics willbe mast
But there remaius another partyLthe
Democrats; they being also divided at pre-.
sent into War Democrats and Peace DEM
ocrats, but who would all be Peace Dem.
ocrats in the event supposed-that is in
the event of total failure of the Federal
campaign of 1864. Now the very latest
intelligence brought us from that country
by special channel informs US of these
Two further facts: that the popular mind
became atonce violently agitated on the
announcement of this Baltimore uomins.
ton; aud that in Maryland, especially. dis.
turbance was apprebeuded. In fact the
Democrats of the North, VINO have waited
tour years, not too patiently, trusting to
regain the power and profit which thew
out lately held to be Democratic inher-
itauce, must naturally he nrovot-o,S 800 S