Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-24
Wednesday Morning, August "a.
NaEA the rich man lifted up bis eyes

in hell and fairly realized his situation be
greatly desired that Abraham would send
a warning to his brethren, whom he had
left behind. But be was told that the ties.
timouy already furnished his brethren was
suficient, and If they would not heed that
they would not believe any evidence even
of a supernatural sort. This Scriptural
case occurs to us this morning in reading
the comments of one of the Cincinnati
papers, published on our first page, as to
the startling disclosures made q dsy or two
ago at Indianapolis in reference to the ulti-
mate objects aud intentions of the Peace
Democracy. We invite attention to these
disclosures. They are of character not
to be avoided. The proof is abundant and
official. A secret stock of arms and anna
milton was discovered hidden away in q
secret place. In addition, books, papers,
lists, and other documents, containing
among other things q roll of membership
that included the names of several hun.
dred rebel prisoners Of war now in con-
finement in q military camp, were found.
Among the names were also those of several
prominent State oficials-eonspicuou
orators and writer's Of the peace democrat
ic persuasion. All these were banded TO-.
pether for resistance to the government,
such as stoppage of the draft, hindrance of
arrest, and worse than this. The extensive
membership among the rebel prisoners of
war shows that even more serious work
was intended. There can be no doubt that
the real and essential aim Of these men
10 to aid the Southern Confedsracy-to
force the government by armed resistance
iuto acquiescence with the terms Of the
rebels.
Intelligent and patriotic men did not
need any such evidence e this disclosure
to convince them that such aims and in
tentiOns lay at the bottom Of all the machi-
nations of the copperhead leaders. The
inevitable logic Of their course terminated
in Just such schemes. There can be no
peace save in 8 stoppage of the War-And
there can be no stOpPage of the war except
in an abandonment by one or the other
of the parties to it of their claims. The
Government does not propose to give up
its claim, which is for the absolute sub
mission of the rebels to the authority Of
the United States, aud the rebels do not
intend to offer any such submission on their
part. There was no need to collect these
arms in this secret manner to aid the Gov
eminent in prosecuting the war against
the rebels, even did not the antscedents Of
the discovered leaders and eo.operators
forbid such superstition, and, therefore,
the only and the irresistible conclusion is
that the plot was concocted and was being
matured in the interest of the rebels.
Do We need stronger eVideuce-do we
wait for further disclosures, before all of
us who pretend in any degree to be at
tached to the Union cause, make up our
minds beyond the shadow of doubt as to
what thu. leaders of the copperhead dem
ocraey are After2 five are so waiting we
will never be convinced even though one
should rise from the dead and proclaim the
fact to us.
P. s.-since writing the above We have
despatch from New York informing US OIL
seizure by the o. s. Marshal of thirty.two
cases Of revolvers, which were to have
been shipped to the Indianapolis rebel as.
ISOLATION described above. This organiEa
ton calls itself the "sOns of Liberty" Or
the stump, wherever VallAndigham speaks
or wherever public meeting is held, il
calls itself the democracy" Under TIT
name of Democracy it expects to nominate
candidate at Chicago. 1t is known Onl!
as the "soDs of Liberty" to those who or,
initiated into the secret lodges. We haVl
no doubt that guerrilla Smiths bloody or
der, the motto of which was "death," is {
cooperating branch of the "sons of Lii,
berry,"