Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-08
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1t passes, confess, my wit to- d iscssIrIr
how, consistently even with his own yieW
et the truths President sHincotnl. can IA
modi1Ysor distort this restgue Of the mill
tary events of 1853 as to employ the Ian.
gpage1 which, in his recent, sinenlar mes
sage to Congress, has flowed fromshi man
What does he;see toijustify him in talkinp
about "pardou to rebels" who laugh eth.
er at his mercy or his severityitand who
haveanithe field one thousand iinieces d
artillery, and, more than quarter of q
million tried and hardened soldiers? Why
loter admittance into his Union 10 auy ofn.
suFgent State which exhibits among one
tent909f itszpopulation (slaves included
Union sentiments, aud how will the issue
oe erected lf4putatiVe senators tom Sotith
Varolina and every other southern State
.ake their seats inviEhe Congressat Wash
ingtont Why does not Mr.. Lincoln admit
upon the same terms representatives from
ireland or CubH, when it is susceptible of
proof that he has as much control over
both as he haslover thenSIate of Alsbama9
Oan be deny that the year closes with
marked evidence of superiority possessed
oy the confederate over the federal army
IN Virginia, that General 81 aLongstreet still
ollngs to East Tennessee, that General
johnston IS infusing new life and heart
into General Bragg's army, and that he is
backed oy all the aroused strength of the
most powerful of the, Confed crate States2
Besides, the obstacles which. from the conn
mencement have hampered the tederals in
thelr strategy are as nctively operative as
ever. No federal army has as yet succeed-
led IN getting fariRway fromaits Iva ter base.
their enemy has lcOnstantlylmov uRon an
inner and concealed line ,Of. f.commuuication,
~ will be possible next spring. to throw
General Longstreet iuto Georgia or 1tyir-
glnla at a moments notice, aud without
the knowledge of his opponents. iEarlyin
next year another important link in the in
terror line of railroad Communication! con:
Meeting Richmond with the South will be-
finished, and DanVille, in Virginia, united
with Queeusborough ,in North Oarolina.iT
The legislatures OF, each State I'M the
confederacy have recently been 10 session
and have dissolved breathing threatenings
ana slaughter against their hated foe. f,In
the Legislature of North a.Carolina-the
state which, of all others, ia heldtto be,
most deeply imbued with Uuion sentiment
there was motion for ofFerino to tSa, az
North proposals for peace upon Ttha baS;S,
ofindependent state action, b1ro6ly' two
members votedfor It. Thelfederals have
" ls true, Whaethe eilawyeFs call 11sdis pos
Ssrao ~ .e1uessee' o9slt mas taken nearly
more. than oae hundred miles .intersected
throughout their length and breadth by
two large and convenient 'havigbbls rivers;
5 y tpe epa sae, sentiment Of the large
hostile 70 them. All the best eas and SraSss1 SSsy
of the Arkansians are fghtine ia the 4eid
of them, like Arkansas adopted
fSR ensFas Gle9lrns, lq the army Of Gen
II eSesssins @ sS fo,. SSn ~ + pSPSlauon scarce
6fwhom one.third are Slaves there sso SOUS a,
found men enough 70 hold the soil against
.sm ssAtSetlng tsderals, II is claimed.
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