Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-17

fall, and the Gag of our country is rapidly
advancing to its old supremacy, the party
represented at Chicago demand that 'im-
mediate efforts be made for a cessation of hos
tIhhsT'- "a step which would instantly ar.
rest our couquering armies and snatch
from them the glories of q final triumph,
repeal the blockade, and throw the whole
rebel frontier open to the supplies they so
sorely need, secure the recognition of for
elgn powers, and either accomplish their
independence or give them the ability to
! fight for it four years longer.
We appeal TO the people of the United
States-loVers of the Union and friends of
Freedom-against the contamination of
the foul crime against both which the acts
and declarations Of the Chicago oonVen-
ton involve. We invoke them not to sane.
ton these principles and sentiments by
| electing the candidates put forward to rep
resent them. We implore them as they
love their country, as they seek the re.
newed integrity of its territory, as they
desire the peaceful protection of its flag,
| and the blessings of its free institutions,
and it's equal laws for themselves and their
posterity, not to arrest the blow which is
just ready to descend upon the rebellion
now tottering to its fall; not to give the
rebels time to renew their strength for
fresh conflicts, not to aid those who would
aid them in oVsrthrowing our government,
in destroyiug our Union, in plunging into
a chaos of anarchy the great communities
of which the constitution makes one great
and glorious Nation, and in thus exdn-
gushing finally and forever, the hopes of
all who have faith in freedom and the
rights of man.
We call upon the people to bear in mind
that, by whatever sophistries they may
cloak their purposes, the Chicago Conven-
ton neither condemns the action of the
| Richmond rebels, nor proposes to expel
them against their WILL or by any exercise
of force, from the seats of power they
/ uBurped. In all essential respects the ac-
ton that Convention took sccords with
the results the rebels seek. Both desire a
| cessation of hostilities. Both denouuce,
with unsparing bitterness, the Government
of the United States, and both alike seek
its overthrow. Both demand that the at
tempt to conquer armed rebellion by force
of arms shall be abandoned. Aud both
demand that, when the Government OF the
United States shall have passed into the
hands of men opposed to an armed de-
| Tense of the Government against rebellion,
the war shall end by peaceful conference
of these allied powers. What more than
this could the rebels ask or need for the
consummatlon of their plaus2 We call
| upon the people to bear in mind that, if
they elect the candidates of the Chicago
Convention, they arrest the Government in
the execution of its plans aud purposes on
the very eve of their fulfilment, and one
third of a year before any new administra.
| ton can take its place. The interval will
| be one of hope and confidence for the
rebels, and of exultation for their allies
in the loyal States. In the Western States
armed preparations have already been
made by the disciples and advocates of
secession, to follow the example of the
South, and sever the West from the Fede-
raj Union. The success of the Chicago
programme in November, will be the signal
for carrying these designs into execution;
and the fourth of March will dawn upon a
new Western contederacy, aiming at inGe-
pendence, defying the power of the nation
| al arms, land CO. operating with the slave
power of the Southern States in blotting
from existence the free Republic of the
Western world.
/ We call upon the people to crush all
these schemes, and to brand their authors
and allies with their lasting Reproduction.
We call upon them to support the govern
ment, to quell the rebellion, to defend and
preserve the Union. We call upon them
to stand by the President, who, under
has welded the power of the nation with
unfaltering courage and fidelity, with in
tegrity which even calumny has not dared
to impeach, and with wisdom and pru-
dence upon which success is even now
stamping the surest and fnal seal. His
election will proclaim to the world the un-
altered and unalterable determination of
the American people to Quell the rebellion
aud save the Union. 1t will strike down
i al, c,1, 4 -. s
the rebel government, and proclaim to the
people of the rebel States that their only
hope Of peace lies in abandoning their hos
tility to the Government and resuming
their allegiance to the Constitution and
laws of the United States.
We call upon the Union Committee and
the Union Leagues, and upon all loyal as
sociations in every State, County aud
town, to perfect their organization; to in-
fuse fresh vigor and activity into their OPP
eratiOns; to canvass carefully aud prompt
ly their respective districts; to circulate
. documents aud newspapers containing just
and forcible expositions OF the merits of
, our cause; to combat by assemblages of the
people in public meetings, by public
, speeches. by conversation, by letters and
personal appeals, and in all just and prop
:, er modes, the deceptive sophistries of the
agents and political allies of the rebellion.
. Let them be on their guard against the
arts of corruption and of intrigue which
will be brought, with unscrupulous des-
peration, to bear upon them. The rebel
government and those foreign powers most
deeply interested in our destruction, could
we'll afford to expeud millions in
oVefthrowing this administration, and
placing in power the nominees and repre-
sentstives of the Chicago Convention.
/ The skies are bright and full of Dromise
The lion hearted citizen soldiers of the Re-
public march with steady step and unfaI-
tering purpose to speedy and glorious