Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-01

70 mean secession and slavery. That kind
OF Constitution eantneVer be again. Let N
meet this issue ct once and kill secession
dead. Uotf
The thfrd issue isthe 1ssuR OF nArTLE.-
Shall NO conquer, or slIrfsnier2 2 All idea
of peace with the rebels, without conquest,
Is moonshine! There Is nob0dy to make
pedee. Our Constitution has given nc
power to treat with, an, insurFection.-
Neither President or Congress are empow-
cred by the Gonstitution 20 treat any. part
of the people In arms against the Gogerns
ment, as anything but an iSsurrseIioay II
the President attempts to negotiate with
the rebels, It is an psprpation.l he has no
such power; and Davis says, as testified by
both Jacques and Benjamin, that he has no
power to negotiate, and would not If he
could. Yet right iu1 thsrface Of the ConL
stitution, and OF the repeated declaration oi
the rebel Government, the. Chicago Con.
Vention demands q l''cessation of hostiiis
ties, !" and bytthat convention was - selisls
Ian nominated. ana On that declafRtion he
stands What he says about carrying on
the war is mere stuff. Can he carry on the
war with the Chicago Convention about
hinp Hear the Richmond Exdasiner, Of
Sept6mbt ssaEEery EdeiSat!of Uihooln's
forces, even holdipk then at bay, insures
to the advantage of Mcclellan, or rather to
that of the dexterous uanipul Stors In whose
hands he is Q Puppet, and aeeumRlates, TOR
them the desired capital. .psg How we'll they
understood his character. Apuppeti III the
hands Of dextsrons manipuiBtorsiJ And
who are these manipulatoEs Theagentof
the Rothschilds-a fiue leader for 1sthe
of jefferson and Madison. Oh = Democ-
raey, hast thou come to thisl A Crier Of
ao'cios" to lead the Demo ctacy, andR Gem
eral who .staid months in front of wooden
guns at Manassas, for, D candidate Bht
we must take things as they are. . Z; . 8G
Shall rRe surrender In the very hour
of victory, when perfect and yoYeENhelmi
ing success ii our door, shah we 20
back q. weimase go back II We elect Nc
.Clellau. He is . puppet In the hands Of
his mauipulators.' Who shouted .loudest
for Mcclellan when he was nominatedf-
The rebel army Do you doubt II : Then.
ask the soldiers and officers from the
front. They are the proper witnesses Of
that. There Is unquestionabiy D CORES.
pondepce between the rebels at Richmond
and their copperhead friends. The whole
thing is perfectly understood. The last
and only hope OF the rebels IL just what
the Chicago Convention asks, 50 cessation
auu ~ AA0ObpAA1a - gAGNAGAl
they expect, at his hands, rs much as they
expect the sun TO rise Is 1t notawful 70
think of, that any political party in this
country can give encouTag cement to rebelsI
That the defeat of our arms 10 o success 70
themI And as Mayor Guuther truly says
Of large part Of the party, Hthey cannot
rejoice in the victories Of ffheir country "
/ thank Heaven there is no prospect of
their success, but rather that the victory of
the ballot box shall oonsigu them 70 an in
fanny as lasting as It is deserved. ''e ,;---5. ~, .
Such are the great and SOLEMN issles of
the day. Let us meet them like men who
are fighting the battles Of ages, for all that
is dear In the memory Of the past, and all
that Is hoped In the anticipated glory OF
the future. Let Lincon be reelected, not
by bare majority, but by an oyerwhelm-
ing force OF public opinion. Let the war
be continued till the last rebel has laid
down his arms and slavery and secession
be consigned to the bottomless pit Of per-
ditiou. Then the Republican Empire will
rise to q grandeur nnknown in the world.
Then will freedom prevail. Then will pos9
terity rise up and bless the generation
which, saved the nation and saved the
hopes of mankind. So
A VETERAN oBsERvHR.