Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-29

THB rebel journals give quite as much
attention to the subject of the successor to
Nr. Lincoln as they do the movements ofour
armies. Considering that they claim to be
separate and distinct nation, this inter-
est in the choice of the next President Of
the Union needs explanation. Bearing in
mind that they declare themselves eternal
enemies 70 tas Republic, one finds matter
of grave suggestion in their denunciations
of Mr.. Lincoln. their euIogy of Gen. Me-
GlslIan, their comparative federation of
every prominent Republican other than
Mr.. Lincoln. Why does the Richmond
Examiner, for example, disturb itself on
this Preteuee2
10 fact, the whole war At present has
itself become Presidential campaign.-
The proclamation that 'trebel" State may
come in whenever one.tenth of its inhab-
ttants undertake TO govern the other nine
teuIhs iS regarded as u trump card for Lin
colin. Aud this was the grand design of
that mighty advance Of Sherman upon
Mississippi and Alabama. He wac to oc-
cupy so much of the country that tenth
part the people of those States might be
encouraged Tor compelled, it msttered not
which, to pretend that thsyyWere erecting
. new State within the enomy's= lines, sfid
Bo.turn the flank Of Chase and checkmate
Fremont. Grant also was 70 plant and
cultivate free" State of Georgia, with
Its capital IN Atlanta, and leaving Mil.
ledgeVills out In the cold, was to furnish
Presidential electors for Georgia in the
grand, real campaign of the year.
These indications all point IN one 6irec.
ton, that the rebels now hang their hopes
of succsss upon the coming Presidential
campaign and the possibility of the exclu-
sion OF Mr.. Lincoln from power. They feel
the armies of the Union closing down upon
them. They see that military progress is
followed by the re.establishmeut of loyal
State governments which PROMISE to be-
come permanent and overshadow the
mushroom organizations of the rebellion.
To them ar. Lincoln is the representative
Of the power of the Union; aud it is his
hand they feel in every step of civil or mil
itAry advance under the national dag. The
current they see is swelling rapidly, and
rolls on threatening speedily to oysrwhelm
them. What SO natural as to fnd encour-
aSsment in every assault op-tbe head Of
the national Government What so lori.
cal as to iatter themselves that any change
will be to their adVantage2 What so plain
as to conclude that the substitution OF an
other President, even If as wise aud patri.
otto and successful as Mr.. Lincoln, would
check aud retard the tide of national sue.
cssses, and thus give new opportunity fol
life aud triumph to the rebelIion2
The identity In tone between the rebe
Journals and thecoppsrheadS, at the North
on this subject ia remarkable. Take tn
single paragraph we have quoted above
for SxamPlei any reader of the copper
head pspers or any of their followers
might recognize It as from their edttoria
columns. They agree in deuuuciation o
Mr.. Lincoln. They are identical in Charg
ing that the campaign is devised to aztec
the Presidential canvass. They affect eauA
horror at such thought. The Riehmou
Examiner concludes It's article by thes
hOrrid suggestions:
They (people Of the UniOD) do not ye
understand that We are resol1te to be III
Of them forever, and determined rather /
die than live with them Ia the same politi
cal community again. To some persona
earnestly bordering this matter, Their
SCENE one way and no oiher-it is to tax
NO more prisoners, and, as q necessary cor
ollary, to admit of NO surrender ON on
part. Stupid and absurd as our enemie
are, they will az length understand tina
this 10 no mere game Of President maxim,
when they ind that the penalty of fallint
into eur hands is death; when they pef
GeiIe that our soldiers 60 into the field eacI
man with his life in his hand, meaning Il
conquer or die.
We have not yet observed that the cop
perhsAd press endorse and applaud ,hi
position of the rebels.
The southern leaders study the situation
closely. They see that for them the obl
hope is TO drive Mr.. Lincoln from d
Presidential chair, and then to secure
change Of policy towards them. ohl
thus can they check that restoration {
the Union, which they style "Presidsn,
making They see the extension Of move
nsnts In favor of the Union President q
soil claimed by the rebellion. They ID
not sOnfess thai this is a ralpable sign o
the actual 70 establishment of the natiob,
power. They Coin phrases as the uortb5ri
OOPPeFheads do. to bslittis and copcsa
Union successes. This !. President. q : :
kiRg" which is the manifestation of re.to
ration Of the Union, troubles them. The,
turn naturally 10 the hope that Mr.. Lin
coin, the representatives to them of thi
restorati6n. may be wounded in the hols,
OfhiS friends, aud driven from power.
Since the enemies of the Union, are &c
bitterly opposed 70 Mr.. Lincoln, since theil
nadepand mon hia ,infaat. sine. thlar