Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-20

IClee oil 6L4te HuAuOEltyt tu6 l9Auefo OF SEC
tional disunion determined upon the for.
nation of q separate and distinct nation
and State action was the means employed
This nation was formed on the 4th Of Feb
raary, aud aspired to the control Of one
half the continent and the control Of the
capitol at Washington. On the 4th oi
March, thereafter, Mr.. Lincoln was inau-
gurated as President of the United States.
He found the new nation in full Vigor, aud
already entering upon foreign alliances for
the overthrow Of American power on this
continent. 1t was not . question Of States.
It was q question of nation against nation.
The war, from that day to this, has been
war Rs between contending nAtionalities.
In my Communication with the Govern
ment at Washington, as we'll as with lead
ing men OF all shades Of political opinion
at The North, have heard but one senti-
ment "Let the States OF the South aban-
don their present attitude of sectionAliEed
nationality, and resume their position IS
sovereign American States, and theWaF
shall cease, and immediate negotiations
for the restoration of peace begin; but the
United States Government will never con-
sent, under any circumstances, to the
overthrow of American nationality" You
may rely upon it, there will be no change
of administration, or Of purpose or policy
by the American people, so long as a rival
nation aspires to the possession OF one
inch Of what was originally part of the
United States. -- -f
Thequestion is now with Georgia, Wheth-
er this war shall cease and the land be
blessed with q speedy and honorable peace,
or whether more blood, more misery and
more ruin, is to be added to the horrors Of
the past four years, ending at last as the
Wisest statesmen of the South predicted
sectional disunion would end. Much is
said of Georgia's abandoning her sister
States. Il is quite competent for the 9TH
er States to follow her example. The
Georgia proposition embodies the extreme
demands of one side. The advocates Of
complete consolidation and unlimited pow.
er in the Ger. .ral government, represent the
extreme demands of the other side. 10 all
negotiations concessions must be made it
3 peaceful and mutually satisfactory ad-
justment is 10 be accomplished. Looking
At this great problem, therefore, in the light
Of experience and 10 the interest Of tue
common good, we must ind q COM
mon ground upon which both sides can
stand with safety and honor. What is the
common ground between these extreme
pretensions? We find it in the experience
and wisdom of our fathers. The constitu-
iion presents the only basis Of settlement.
Conceived In q wisdom almost supernatu-
raj, the bond of Union for eighty four
years we have all learned at last to value
It's priceless blessings. The disunionist
per se-the man who really rejoiced in the
overthrow of American government, can
have no part in the reRdjustment- do not
address myself to such. But the great
mass of the American people, North and
South, desire . restoration of peace under
9 constitution in which, as I have shown,
the StAtes. were o.So1Iet free and equal, and
under which We all enjoyed Q measure Of
personal freedom before unknown.
IL only remains for me to assure you,
that in this matter have simply sought
to give you, as the Executive of the great
State of Georgia, an opportunity of inter-
posing your power between the folly and
ambition of the Richmond leaders and
further and useless and wicked destruction
Of human life. The responsibility of fnal
action is with yourself 1 have done my
duty. / know that in every home in GeoF-
gia, the prayers of the people will ascend
to Heaven, that he who rules all things,
may enable you to cast aside all prejudice,
all sectional resentment aud personal am
bition, and give peace to our bleeding
country. have the honor to be, very
respectfully, G. g. BAELoR,
Commissioner of the State of Georgia.