Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-24
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Every fresh arrival. from Europe fofntBh-
"a ms With additionsi: sod most concl0siVe
nroofs of the great 'EeV64ullon- Ia sentiment
toward this country, ocessioned by the ss-
sass1nation of Mr.. Lincoln. .SoUthern-
ers," writes representative of q pEomis
nent Liverpool house, fare noW SRd viii
be forever silent heres The South has now
no longer any suppUrtersSS Southern pres
tige is lost forever, and the teyqIQtipp is
btst shown in the heartfelt sympathy ot;All
ranks aud classes 10 this country"
Not only has the sympathy for 4 the N
suIgents been swept away but ftneIe9ls
total absence of the pity and comu1isssfa
ton which is almost invariably telt tot
fallen toe. Visit " hateyer reasonable pun
isbmert we may upon the South; pursue
whatever policy nay seem best 70 the GOV.
ernmeDt, the voice of ROrops will eohR an
approval; feeling as they NOW do, lI1at 3
people who win resort 10 such 9hh6ly
means for furthering their aims, whether
just or uujust, merit the seyerest riger of
Of the law. In proof Of this great reVpl
sion 10 sentiment, witness the following
from the last number Of the hitherto an
friendly London Athen@uhf:
That the war Was due to the existence of
slavery; that the South left the Union for
the purpose of perpetuating this exseTdBEe
institution; that, notwithstanding her clev-
er selection of good nominal eapsut bell,
she raised herRrmies for az infamous endS
and that her sw6jagdtion Vas dema1ded' By
the highS5t inteTeStS of hWmEnitY, are asser-
tiOSs with which we cordially sconcuri But
on the other hand, credu1ity cannot be!
Iieve that the N6fthweu to war solely for
the African. Many diGereat motives urg-
ed her TO begin the work on which she
laVished blood and treasure. She fought
for her Constitution and Gag; for all those
delicious dreamsof national PredOminance
in future ages, which she must relinquish
as 5000 as the Unioo Vas severed beyond
possibility 81 rscoasunetpns ALI that the
Italians are still hoping to win, the loyal
Americans fought TO preserve. They saw
the necessity for az undivided nation; they
knew that banded together they might
achieve all their promises and predictions,
butthat their historical pre- eminence would
be sacrificed so soon as they consented TO
dissolution of partnership. Many, ALSO
there are in the Union who would have
bid the South farewell With blessing ere
a single gun had been fred. but who, when
the struggle had once begun, saw. that the
only prudent course for the North was to
fight it out resolutely to a successful cons
clusion. Intelligence of South
ern victory, in the days when Soutberners
used to be victorious, reused The enthusi-
asm of our more impnlsive countrymen
and, without pausing to learn the relative
proportions of the acIual combatants, they
always assumed that the larger and more
powerful Confederacy had brought the
greater force into the field, whereas, on
many oCcasons-for instance, in such af-
fairs nsi"SigePs fight near Carthage" the
battle Of Belmont, and the slaughter al
Balls Bluf-the Northern soldiers were
borne down by the superior numbers of the
enemy. II valor ia good title to symps
thy, the North has nuquestiOnAbly made
good her claim to a share of our admira.
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