Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-11


will be violated, is pledged by strong i'm
plieAtion TO her Southern sisters, that she
will not exercise this power without con-
sent on their part, and concert Of action
with them. In league with her Southern
sister States, she entered into the contest
with full knowledge of alEthe resp ponaibil.
tiles which attached to the act, and como
veal or woe, she will never Withdraw from
IL In dishonDr, However unequal may be
the proportion of suffering or sacrifice
which her people may have to endure, she
will never make, separate terms with the
enemy which msy free her territory from
invasion and leave her confederates in the
lurch. Whatever may be the opinion Of
her people as to the injustice done her by
the Confederate administration, she will
triumph with her Confederate sisters, or
abe will sink with them iu common ruin.
The intelligent people of Georgia already
understand, and our enemy will soon learn,
that the independent expression Of con-
demnation OF the administration is one
thing, and di1lCyalty To our sRered cause
Is another aud quite NdiHetent thing.--
While the people Of Georgia think for
themselves and will not blindly applaud
the mismauagemeut of their rulers, they
will never violate principle for expediency
The foundation of our government and
the liberties of the people rest upon the
sovereignty of the State as their chief cor
uer stone. Destroy the sovereignty OF the
States and the whole fabric falls to the
ground, and centralized power with militia
~ despotism takes the place Of constitu.
tioual liberty.
When the passions of the people North
aud South have sufficiently subsidized we
may make peace by negotiations, but nsver
by the sword.
If Mr.. Lincoln would have peace and
prosperity re established upon firm basis
let him stop the war, and, planting himself
upon the principles Of the Declaration Of
Independence Of l776, let him recognize the
sovereignty OF the States, aud agree to
leave each sovereign State to determine
for herself, by q convention of her people,
whose delegates shall be fairly chosen by
the legal voters of the State, without mill.
tary interference or intimidation, what
shall be her future connection-whether
she will remain in, or, If out, return TO the
old Union, or adhere to her present league.
There may be doubts whether Kentueky,
Missouri, and probably other States desire
to continue their connection with the Unit
ed States or to cast their lot with the Con-
federate States. The only just mode Of
solving these doubts is the one above in
dicated. If these or any other Of the
Southern States. should, in solemn conven-
tion, decide TO go with the United States,
neither the Confederate government nor
the other States can object. We cannot
govern Kentucky, for instance, againSt her
will unless we can snbjugate her. This we
have NO power to do with the Northern
States at her back; and if we had the pow
er, we have no right TO coerce sovereign
State into q Connection which 10 not Of her
avn choice. III this we're dons-we must,
in future, govern her people by the bayo-
uet, which would codvert our republican
ism into the worst species of despotitm.-,
So it must be with the North if Mr., Lin
coin should succeed in his policy OF con-
quering Us. -
II we were overrun, and for a time sub.
dued, our territory 10 % vast in extent, aud
our population go large, that it would take
a regular army of two hundred thousand
men TO govern and hold US in subjection.
The support of such an army would not
only continue the country in bankruptcy,
but in the hands Of the Executive 1t would
soon be used 70 subvert even the form OF
the goverumeut, and ohangeit from re-
public to monarchy. Thus to destroy our
liberties must cost the Northern people their
own; and the republication of America
must in future be reproaoh anda BY word
among nations.
If President Lincoln and President Davis
will agree to stop the war and transfer the
settlement of the issues from the battle field
TO the ballot box, leaving each sovereign
State to determine for herself what shall
be her future connection, and who her fu-
ture allies, the present devastation, blood
shed, and carnage will cease, and peace
aud prosperity will be restored TO the whole
country. .r
On the other hand, II this is not done,
the war will last for years to come, till
both sides are! exhausted and overwhelmed
with debt and taxation, when it may de"
generate into guerrilla strife, the end Of
which may not be seen by the present gen.
GRAFTON, aud the hate engendered by which
will last through many future generations.
Neither General Sherman nor can con-
troll this, however much We may deplore IL.
II those on both sides who have the
constitutional power OF negotiation, from
obstiuacy or ambition, refuse to recognize
the sovereignty Of the States, and to leave
the settlement of the question to the States
when they cannot themselves agree, and
insist on continual effusion of blood TO
crafty their caprice, all the States, North
and South, in their official capacity may
then be justifable- In taking the matter
into their own hands and settling it as SOW
ereigns in their own way.
For the IntslIIgsneer.
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