Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-23

| TO Death. - - ~
FrotTthe Richmond Examiner.
II Ihs Confederate capital has. been Ii
the closest danger OF massacre and copfla
| gration-if the t'resident and Cabine; ba =,
run ., a,serious rtsk of being hanged tat thei
own doors, do We not owe il sniefy 10 III,
milk and. water spirit in which this wal
has hitherto been c0nd1cted3 ~ al
IL is time to ask, In WhatsliRhtsare III,
people OF the Gonfedetate States regarded
ny their own Government As beliigerent,
reststiEg BY war an invasion from IL for.
eiRn peoPle-or as u gang of msIefactor.
eVaalpg and postPontuE the penalties Of
tnelr crIWest IL may aPPeatha strange
question; yet the answer is not so distinct
as could be desired. The enemy's Gov.
eminent, we know, takes the second T.sv
ct our position. To the Washington an.
thorities We are simply criminals lwAftino
punishment, who may be hauged,sor NAV
be PardOned. In their eyes, our countrv
is not ours, but theirs. The hostilities
which theyscarry on are not properly war,
but military execution and coercion. TEere
IS, IN their opinion, no equality of rights
between usi no more than between the DO.
lice and 3 gang of garroters whom the no.
lice Is hunting down. Even the one SWIM
tom OF apparent recognition, upon their
part, OF our status as u war making people.
namely, the exchange of prisoners Ia meas.
ure TO which policy compelled them for
little Thtlsl is at au end. We would not
treat, forsooth, with Major General Butlerl
The outlaws, trdeed, pretend to tastes and
preferences rs to which of the efficient no.
lice eonstablts shall be sent to deal
with theml The fastidtous creatures de.
maud to be brought back to their duty by
gentleman-like officers, and to be handled
With kid gloves, do they'll
This We are all aWaSe, is the manner in
which our enemies view the subject; aud.
TO do them Justice, they act Ia accordance
Win their theory. They lock up our. Gen.
eral Morgan in State penitentiary, to.
gsther with his officers aud men, aud the
people of the State of Ohio. are 10 deal
upon them as common horse stealers and
felons, taken in the fact within tbe State
They shoot and hang Confederate oficers
who recruit within the Confederate States
Ior the Confederate army; and they laugh
at our hollow threats Of ttretaliaIion. >,
threats which they tind We do not, and be.
lIsNe We dare not, execute. They fnd a
7aead negro lying on the road Somewhere,
and they take the first Confederate officer
and soldier they can lay hands upon, make
them kneel down on the negro's corpse.
and shoot them there. The idea of retaIit
alton they scorn. IL such measure be
Attempted, they pick out some generals and
colonels, 10 be held as hostages for IheiP
condemned ruffaus, whether white or
black We may say, If We please, as Gen.
srat Pickett said in his letter TO Peck
"Should you execute those men you will
be simply guilty of murder" They are no
way uneasy about that; it is not for rebels
and telons (who have managed az yet to
escape from justicel to lay down the laws
OF morality 70 those Whoa are pursuing them
Tor their crimes. Such is the theory, and.
suea the consistent practice of our enemies,
wherever they can and dare.
But the present matter in hand Is not
the position which the Yankees assign to
us. Does the ConfeEierate GoYerumentS
take any different view of the case2, Does
q at least recogni1sens as beIligereuts2-
What 3 quesIfoni-6fter three years OF
fierce and deadlIgWar. Nov, in su6mittinR
to take an inferior position, in suffering
our enemies to do things which we NAV
not, OF dare not do, in shrinking from re.
italiatton for outrage, ptltage aud murder,
THIS Government does virtually acknoWl.
edge and accept the theory, the whole the.
lory, OF Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward Gen.
Morgan makes raid into 0hio;h Is sken.
ts thrust into State Psnitentary as q fel.
on, to await his trial as a robber. SIrsiRhs
and his mounted brigands lay waste aud
oprnAnd plumber several counties in North
AIabama-they are taken and treated as
prtsoneEsot war. StouemAn, Spears, Kill
patrtek, ride when lheypleass up 70 the fortfi
heatiopS:ot Riehmond, robbiug.. the houses
ana hsneoops, stealing the very spoons
and clio o.hing, Carrying OF sttheiE pleasure
-nnFaRnZ
are aRPEehended, hnt what care, thew
Theiri6iieers are contacted 10 the Libby
and used with Distinguished c0nsiderS.
tton: the private thieves are sure Of lhe
Ireatmenti of honorabEe enemies and pris
onerss taken in battle. Several hundred
OF this Jast marandinR gahg are dow ID
the Confederate prisons At Richmond,-
They are not chained mp in q. Peuits6it-
afy Tor telensi not handed over 10 Bs dtAIt
With by The outraged laEssOf YiRiuis,-S 2
y by lQQ Rerbapa this 8 tate Coz IN IL mi
At Riehmpnd u not The true aoyerutnont
Of Virginia: perhaps the true GoYarnme6t
e that one At Wheeling or az AIaxandrfR
urat Norfolk add these fSidets a a f6b :.
bers have epmmiIted NO ohSnee asainst
that Goyeruments or against the people of
the rear Statesgf YirRinis-t6lt Is the
..loyais State. This Is the t6s0fylat wash !
tngtonS ihosefn srebellionn have no righfs:
and todo l5y these caitilfs a5NlS done byl
Morgan Ia Ohio, would net there be re-
eatded as the legitimate retaliation OF
belhgerents, but as 8. new Outrage by reS
etsif and, doqotless. u the WIetehes. were
Hanged, "a equal nnnbsrsof C0nfedsrate
omeets of the highest rank they have goSl
would swing aud our Gov veruiIisnt h s (, (
L; sand in III hnmanftys aud Christtau
charity admits. a Esin. two sYlsIl,se ~.