The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-23

SlIIi and the public confidence in the permanence
of the Confederacy is thoroughly shaken
There can be no negotiation with beihge'
t.JG: Al rent power that continually holds our ar.
AV MES at Day and ~ to1o W,.h Grm S We
Q, have vet to meet with so-called Peace
a., - man who is willing to accept separation as
the issue of this conflict, and as yet the
aona federal government is in condition to con-
tUuD clude peace on no other terms.
AN aThe people have right to be indignant
10. > = because the war has been so wretchedly
'sHs4 prosecuted but they have no right to de-
..s.aa,. ssrt the government because it has fallen
-, III. into the hands of corrupt and imbecie
1i'1' men. The people have right to remon'
Ga strate with the administration for scattering
I" ~ its armies all over the southern territory
for the purpose of Selling cotton and steal
ing negroes, instead of concentrating Its
forces upon the head and front of the re
VS. = bellion; but they have no right to aid the
rebels in oyerthrowing the Republic because
the President is only "a joker and General
-. Halleck no soldier. It is certain that We
'ESTTg must have peace or universal bankruptcy
at an early day; and if any one will show
Us squicker or surer way to peace than by
the overthrow of the military power Of the
=, rebels, We promise to walk in it. Until
thsnsthe duty Of the hour appears to be to
urge the vigorous prosecution of the war
-. = for the suppression of the rebellion, and to
Is Z hold the men who wickedly protract and
pervert the war, to the injury Of the coun-
try and in violation of their solemn pledges
k1.s;.a to Q strict account"
- 1t strikes us that the Courier has stated
;,.4@ the position of affairs and the duty of the
hour fairly and well. The conservative
- - . party of the country will never consent to
e. dissolution of the Union upon any terms
A.. whatever, and until the Federal government
l--s is in position to make peace upon the basis
= sss- of Union, we conceive it to be the duty Of
- - all true conservatives to advocate and as
sist in vigorous prosecution of the war.
= .saA- There is no one, even among the so-called
49,, l:e5 "peace men," whe desire settlement OF
. "a our national difficulties more earne silly
than we, but we are unalterably opposed to
a peace obtained by the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy at the price of ma
; x,.1s tional dishonor. The peace purchased by a
iN dissolution of the Union would be, at best
- a., only lulI in the storm of war. Sooner or
later the strife would inevitably be renew
ed with tenfold bitterness and, as State
- a. after State claimed for itself the right Of
ara secession our nation would be divided into
..a!AB warning fragments anu inc "noie 'al' an
ia easy prey to whatever despot might be
powerful enough to vanquish each in de-
tail. 'In union is our strength" and until
the Southern States are willing to renew
. their broken vows of fealty to the Union,
" 50 self, preservation demands that the war still
H. Of In,
=. 80 it is prosecuted the sooner We shall have
'.,1l- peace and the less will be our danger Of Fl.
a'a nsncialdsaster and consequent ruin.
VI q We accept from the Courier its estimate
of 'the duty of the hour" and while advo-
eating to the best of our ability, vigor and
.sEs promptitude in the prosecution of tue war
against the military power of the bellion,
az is we claim and will exercise the li,ht to
..7 $780, critcise freely the conduct of the war and
=. the policy of the administration, approving
,'. . . when we can, condcmning when we must
1t is all a mistake to suppose that because
- s~sI the nation is engaged in terrible war
So. which is taxing all its energies to their ut
- most strain, therefore the men who are
temporarily invested with the conduct of
.. affairs should be suffered to have their own
way without remonstrance or advice. The
more power the ruler possesses, the more
1869 watcbful should the people be the more op-
500 portunities for harm are within his reach,
.,e the more freely should all his acts be criti-
cised, and the stricter the responsibility to
which he should be held. The doctrine that
. .z.-s- "the king can do no wrong" has been
making wonderful progress in this country
during the past three years. 1t is full of
danger to our republican institutions, and
- x he who accepts it has already lost his free
.. y.- dom.
I'd ,. rs - i-..-.1
az, FERNANDO WOOD, the other day, in Con-
gress was DESTROYS of having committee
appointed to investigate some sharp trans
III Il. actions of Gen. BEN BUTLER The General