Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-23
From the Pittsburgh Gaze.te.
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Mr.. Q. r. Singleton, mem6et. OF. the
rebel Congress from MississiPpi, wrote, on
the leth of January, a letter to the Hon.
]. B. Hancock, OF Canton, Miss. This,les.
ter was captured during Gen. Sherman's
raid into that State. Here is an extract !:
"If- i've sustain ourselves, or more, if We
gain any signal advantage over the enemy
soon after the opening of the campaign, u0e
may gips the opposition elements of the. North
chance to combine and 6eat LineoL,l for
President! This u should hail as a good omen.
and eegin 10 think %. .Peaes at no gery dtstant
day. see no chance of peace uatiL he Re.
publican party Is 6eatea and oUgcomsn y
Now let US see how .the opposition ell
,smenta of the North" are sympatbiEing
With Mr.. singIeton's hopes. Read this Z
'Rssolptd, That We are opposed ts, the
further offensive prosecution Of the war, as
tending to snbVert the Constitution and
the Govsrnm ent, and eniailinR upon this
nation ell the disastrous consequences of
misrule aud anarchy y.''-Ertraet from the
2Sd RGsolution Of Tie Gopperhead pLdtform,
adopted at Springfield, ~, June ITtt, 1858:
Aud this .sfg9n.
II believe there are but two alternatives,
and these are, either an ackuo owledgement
OF neutrality-suspicious. ofithe South as an in.
dependent nation, or their complete subiu.
CATION and determination asa people !; and
of these alternatives, l prefer tEe former. 49,
sA1tr1Gt from Speech u CoHgress ofALeran
der Long. Democratic Member from OHIO.
Likewise this:
1.-THE South asked you 70 let her 20 In
peace But no, you said you would bring
them into snbjugation. That Is not doae
yet, aHd God Atmighty grant that il neVsr
mayo. IboPf tsGt yoW never will t6jugdts
tie Soaith "-Ee Eetract from Spetc6 "a Con.
grsss yc ,Benjamin g. Harris, Democratic
AeN'6er from Maryland. II
u am aPeaee man adieal,peac mani
and am Tor peace " the FeS6guitioh al
the South for the reeognttfoh f6f the
Southern Cented dereey; and i am for acaui {
escenee, In the doctrine of accession. 3tsi
Save. Ss.,l.6 ! q sas
Sir. the Union il. dissolved and there
is gplb of blood lying between the two
sections, but upon my honor, upon nv
sbp5 repeat tllst very tlgbpsin that guilt
SOU the schls 81 the northern peoples
Also this
s:But new, the time IL ,c6uiibgtwten We
can change opr sulers. Rather than sub.
NIT four years longer 10 Abe Lincoln, and
be- 5oEerFunt 6yrthe hnrdes 0fspbis ,hireling
soldteEy, let us ring out the cry ofold, ..To,
your teuts, o 0tEstSell'n Democrats should
arm and organize into drill clubs. compa-.
ntessa bats alions ssregf fnents and f6tieades.
--ExtrGet JrOm spstek Of y. d. A,tSbhp,d al
1as'Slagtoa, ~ II; ian. q, 1864.
3 2 -
tWeswoald, see old Abe hung lby order
OF geh Davis, before We would urge any,
man TO yolunteet ID war Ike this. ~
Ssitsgsoss tPa.) Times. Depsosrafls pspet,,
Stephen a. Douglas in . speech At Chi
cago7 pal dl,h lse6 Used these memo.
raols Nords: The, conspiracy sis noG
kaoEn. Afnis5 6ays6sed raised Var tifas
been levied @ aeselnPlish il! There are
onlE sEps stdss 90 the question. ESefy
nan must be for G6e uuissd States or,
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