Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-25
From tho Richmond Examiner Of the 18Th.


SOuth Carolina.
From the Richmond Examiner Of the 18Th.
North Carolina is to elect Governor in
August. There are two candidates and
two parties. With all which Virginians
and other Oonfederates outside of North
Carolina should have nothing whatever to
do, but that the two parties happen to be
divided upon question extremely inter.
esting to Confederates at large, namely
Whether North Carolina is to continue
allied with US in the war to vindicate our
independence, or is to abandon that ALI
ance, and utterly destoy herselffn the vain
effort to make separate peace. One of
the candidates opposes convention of
the State even for the purpose of consid
ering or proposing terms for a separate
peace; the other favors convention; and, it
elected, is understood to be ready to con
vene it Immediately. Thus the August
election becomes concern to US all.
We learn from articles in newspapers of
the State that there are large numbers Of
citizens of North Carolina who suppose
that they may some how bring about peace,
or at least hasten to facilitate peace by
voting for person who says he is q peace
mau. Journals, said to bH organs of this
individual, declare in general terms, but
most emphaiically las if they were saying
something importantly that their candidate
sis for peace;" and then, appealing to the
voters, put the matter to them thus: Are
you tired of this bloody war 2 tired of war
taxes and conscription, desirous to settle
down to your peaceful industry again
then support the man who is for peace.
These appeals are probably not addressed
to, nor intended for, the more educated
I snN nf n hn inh
of North Caroline; but one is led to believe
that there must be more than au average
proportion of simple and credulous people
in that State, to make such arguments,
such newspapers, and such candidate
even possible. Also, tits with regret every
good Confederate will hear that there are
In the country districts very large bands
of deserters from the army-alI under.
stood to be peace men. In Raleigh pa
per of the 18th, (the ProgreSs), we read,
copied from the Ireden Express, "that the
deserters are carrying on at a high rate in
that county," (Yadkin;) and further, that
ia band of these tories and traitors to the
South" took the town of Yadkin, and re-
leased all the jail, who doubtless immedi.
Rtely Joined, anu became oil peace men
together.
Nobody supposes that these tories aud
deserters compose the whole Of the ''peace
party" although they swell it exceedingly.
No party in any state could subsist alto
gether upon this sort of basis, and there
must be and are numbers of honest citi-
zens who are actually deluded by the loud
and constant outcries of those who call
themselves Conservatives" and who think
North Carolina, in this election, can really
say, Let there be peace and there is peace.
The answer of the other or sound Con,
federate party to the wretcbed delusion is
so obvious, and lies so conspiciously on
the surface, that the plainest citizen may
see i,-alWays excepting the deserters.-
| II is so clear that he who runs may read,
but not he who runs away. And ii is this: if
North Carolina makes peace, it is with the
Federal authorities she must make 1t; and
the Federal authorities have refused, and
do still refuse, even to listen to any terms
except unconditional submission-revoca- :
ton of the Ordinance of Secession, by
which North Carolina took herself out OF
the Unien-abandonment of her allies and
kindred in the very stress and agony OF
the war to make good that secession
emancipation of all her negroes-contrite
return to the "Union of our fathers'-andr
lastly and chiefly, contribution of her full
quota of drafted men to the armies of said
Union to be employed 10 the slaughter OF
all other Southern people and the complete
enslayement of North Carolina, as well as
all other States, Northern and Southern.
These are the terms.
Now if North Carolina cease to be part
of the Confederacy and become part OF
the Federal Union, which is at war with
US, she thereby on the instant, declares
war against the Confederacy. That a
State did in the middle of the war, aban.
don her allies, deny her act, eat her words,
and Join her enemies against her friends,
might be q brilliant historic record in the
future; but it would not be peacei It would
be only the beginning of war. II is not to
be supposed that Virginia and South Car.
olina would submit to be cut asunder by
the intervening country, if that country
should declare itself an enemy instead of a
friend. They, Of course, would treat it as
an enemy; would make unceremonious use
of its railroads snd short work of its towns.
We do not see that the old North State
would gain much by reconciliug herself to
Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and de-
claring war against South Carolina and
Virginia.
Il is useless, and is intended % deceive
| when Hpeace men" say vaguely, as We OBJ