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

| Already begun 70 iall In tue mHFket CORES
poudingly, which is owing solely TO the
recent brilliant success OF our arms. Com
pare ours with the enemy's currency,
which has become nearly or quite worth
less. A common calico dress costs in their
money at Richmend $l75; q pair of Wo.
mems shoes of ordinary quality $l25, and
la pair Of children's S105, and other neces'
saries Of life in like proportion.
This we know from unimpeachable evil
dence. Behold the sWarms OF deserters
and refugees naked, famishiug and penni-
less, fiocking to our lines from the land of
Dixie and listen to the story of suffering,
destilution and oppression that hold uni.
versal reign there; and then bear in mind
that this is the bastard Government, the
author of all this suffering and woe-ihat
the Chicago Platform now summons
twenty million of freemen to lay down their
arms and make an unconditional surren-
der to and become as dePlorable as its
present subjects AreI Here let me ask the
attention Of the hypocriticsl partisan crOak-
ers among US Generally propertyless and
aud humauityless) that are constantly
iOhining about the magnitude of our Gov
Ornment debt and the shedding of blood.
This debt in June last amounted to only
$72 81 to a person when equally distribu.
ted among the people of the loyal States,
lehVIQR OUT Vi dCCOuub lub hU~
bellion which ought to be made TO pay the
whole when vanquished as they began the
conflict. Is any one so white-livered as to
be frightened at this2 II there is and
should appeal to him to get out of such q
shameful predicament and stop whining,
should expect such an answer as the val
orous husband gave to his wife, after she
had driven him with her broom under the
bed and bade him under pain of further
broomiug not to peek out from under the
hanging covcrlid-frmly and resolutely
declared that she would peek so long
as he had the spirit of man in him."
All such as stop now to talk about the
magnitude of the debt, l would ask to look
and consider the ways of that man who at-
ter getting charter and having expended
only one: eighth OF his ready means in CON-
stractiug a toll bridge to within q few feet
OF the opposite shore-should oil at once
stop from fear of the expense, aud decline
to make the completion which should rem.
der the whole outlay highly remunerative,
aud save himself from becoming the laugh
ing stock all. Such as have all at once
expressed their horror at the further she'd
ding of blood, would ask what they
think of the hamauity of the frontier settler
who had been endeavoring TOR years to
destroy an old she-wolf that prowled
about his premises and bad deVoured not
only his pigs, poultry and sheep, but some
of his children, should upon being advised
that his ueighbors had at last denued the
monster and requested that his boy or him
self should bring q gun to dispatch it, he
should decline the request aud open hre
upon his neighbOFs, instead of the wOtf,
from the rear. And all those who sympa-
thiaa sith tha Chicago platform and its
candidates, what would they think Of the
inhabitant of the dry combustihle prairie
that on discovering to the windward OF his
house, fire kindling and spreading, sum-
moned his house hold and rushed to tie
spot, and after getting it under control aud
encompAssfng It with an impossible girdle,
but leaving open q small space opposite his
dwelling, he and his household folded their
arms, retired to their house and passive.
ly surveyed the approaching and spread-
ing flames until prairie, house and all were
consumed Does not "lhe cessation OF hos
tilities" as proposed by the Chicago con-
ventiou invite JEFF. Davis and his consum-
ing hosts to every peaceful house in the
loyal States as unmistakebly as this prairie
settler invites the general contiagration in
his case? Or, do they really think to ex'
tiuguish JEFF Davis and all his guerrillas,
desperadoes aud robbers with soncilidtiOH
aud their other warlike water gruels of the
same sort.
The ;peopls of the loyal States possess
then the amplest ability aud power to
speedily crash the rebellion and vindicate
the government If they will but unite and
make the proper use OF the means they
have.
But suppos. our loyal people fail to unite
and thereby sacrifice our glorious free gov.
ernment, not only to ourselves and pos
terity but to the oppressed lovers OF tree
dom throughout. the world, will the broad
record of our race furnish an example Of
such self. abasement and voluntary des-
tructionI Aud before God, l believe the
election of Lincoln aud johnson with the
defeat of the Chicago platform and its can.
lidaIaa Ia the only event that can save