Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-05

caeo convention In Geu Mcclellan we
have, If not e1Gefy Is Young NgPUteoHi' az
any rate a man Of modesty, caution and
discretion, who has shown himself in the
darkest hour of the country's destiny
equally adverse from q military desPohsm
in his own person and allowing its estab-
lishment BY others, There is reason to be-
believe that the destinies of the American
people are safe in his hands, and that Wheu
every principle of the constitution has
been trampled under foot by military vio-
lence, is of itself notrihing Recommendation.
Gen. Mcclellan has not proved himself q
great soldier, he has not acted In theipoliti-
calstruggles of the day With all the vigor and
promptitude which as it seems to as, the
occasion demanded; but that he must have
played his part with no ordinary discre-
ton and good sense, is sufficiently proved
by the unanimous support which he has
commanded in times 30 critical and amid
opinions hitherto 30 divergent.
PEACH Y1sIoHs-wrLL THH SOUTH RE-ENTER
TIE UHIoH2
Prom the Index Rebol orEAnO
The vision of peace 10 not q mirage 1t
is the real view Of solid land, full Of prom
ises of future prosperity, and with ample
space for Federals and O0nfederates. There
are two approaches to it-one marked out
by foolish pride ald counseled by political
knaVery, which leads to certain destruc-
tion; the other, which 1t requires only COM
mon honesty and q patriotic purpose 70
find with ease and safety. In plain words,
and dropping metaphors. the North the
sggressor in this war, and by whom, there
fore, the first advance mast be made, has
two courses open. Il may say to the South,
1--WE are able to prOlong the war; We do
not even yet abandon all hope of eventual
success; but the war WAS undertaken under
q fatal misapprehension of its true condi-
tiOns, and even success could not now
give Us what il was undertaken for. While,
therefore, we have still the power 70 inttict
further injury, we recognize our error, and
offer you a fair and honorable peace To
which the South would reply-"the cOnti-
nent is large enough for us both. Since
we must occupy it Jointly, for my part
will not be bad neighbor. All our for
mer troubles arose from our being artifi-
ciaIIy linked together by tie which cheat
ed us both. This broken, there is no cause
left why we should net live side by side
in mutual peace and harmony. 1t is true
owe you no favors, but neither do 70 the
rest of the world; and If have any faVors
to bestoW, they will belong to that power
which first recognizes my Just rights,
based upon the logic OF historical facts and
the principles of government for which
your fathers and mine fought the same
bat :" There would be dignity and self
respect in such language from the North
TO the South, and there would be good faith
and sincerity in such a reply from the
South.
Or the North may address the South
somevhat after the fashion that the plotter
OF VillSiny slyly pokes his expected ac-
completes in the ribs: 1--WE, the Demo-
Gratis, are now in the ascendancy. The Re
publicans, silly fanatics, were such imbe-
Giles, and got so drunk with the unaccus-
toned nectar of patronage and office, that
the country turned them out in q fit of dis
gust, and we, your old allies, are hOw the
North. Come back to us, and give us votes
in the Senate and in the House, for with
out it they may come in again when the
people forget their nausea. There, now,
we will hang Q few of them, If that pleases
you, or at least so frighten the whole lot
that Abe shall cut his jokes in Exeter Hall,
aud Butler seek the tender mercies of Lon
don brewers, and every cheap hotel in all
Europe be filed with New England orators
and contractors. Have Slavery and any
guarantees for it you may want. Have
your own way in everything. Only do,
do come back into the UniOn.p To which
the South will reply; democrats of the
North, who hold this language, you are
self seekers, and time-serVers, and know
you of old. You possess not public virtue
enough among you even TO have q convic-
ton, either right or wrong. 1t is such
professions as those you now make which
delayed separation for twenty years only to
make IL irremediable at last, and 1t Is your
lack of straightiorWardness aud moral
courage which has caused the ineVi-
table event to be accompanied by this
horrible effusion of blood. You have
fitly selected as your representative
10 man who says one thing in
private and another in public, and who
neither in public nor in private dare speak
his own mind, If he have one. You, who
profess 70 ascRibe the failures of Lincoln,
not TO Southern Valor, but to the ineapaei-
" of his chosen Generals, proclaim the
impersonation of failure. Mcclellan, who
when at the head OF armies wrote dis
patches only lessilyiBg aud bombastic than
Pope's, who, with no better fortune than
Grants, cannot claim Grants boldness mol
his power of sustaining the spirits of bis
men-and who. worst Of all, still draws
his pay as q General in the army for South.
ern subjugation. You, who prOfesss 70
uphold the constitution and the rights o.
the States. select as your standard bearer
the man who first ct LinoOln's bidding, BEL
the constitution at defiance and tramplee
the rights of 4 sovereign State under foO'
I-McClellan, the plant tool. for the arres
of the Maryland legislature, and the mill
tary occupation of that unfortunate State
You may deceive the people Of the North
but you cannot deceive the people OF th'
South. The best Southern blood was no
shed to establish a party, but TO Vindieat'
a,nAtion." tE
When the nominee and the "pIatform'
of the Chicago Convention are known, ou
readers will be able TO judge which of thes
1.-Two courses the North means to pursue
\ II the fret, then 10 few months there vii
/ be a lastinp neaca betWeen the North anI