Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-04
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"DRU1D" has ~ another letter in the New

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"DRu1D" has another letter in the New
York sVor1dF'in which he reiterates. the
opinionsshe expressed ina former letter.
These confessions, coming from a strong
sympathizer with secession, are remarka-
BILE, and if honestly made, indicate his be-
iefinJ the petil0dS situation Gf the Coated
eracy. Wg quote few passages. Druid \
says:
The time apparently fs now approach!
ing, or has arrived, when, r cad hear nd
more of Southern plans of campaign, I'd
be carried on withgreat aFmies, and on q
large scale; when the strength of the South
seems. exhausted, considered in a military
light;' when the vastly preponderRting ret
sources of the North seem to be crushing
the last breath of life out of the rebellionE
and when the Southern States shall lie be- !
fore the North, to all Lintents and purposesI
conquered and snbjugsted. Such say il
the apparent situation, as it seems to exist.
The chances Of war are proverbial; and the
strategy Of General Lee, as set forth in my
letter of March 1s, may yet succeed in del
feating both Grant and Sherman. But
unless all ordinary signs fail, in ftw Oeekb
more, the military PO0sr Of the South SOiH
exist no longer. if.' siaa'
Somuchgf for the future. AS to the past
and the present, "Druid" has the following
in regard to the rebel Administration. He
says: 2 ''-'ts.o
II the Confederate Government had re-
tsjped the confidence of the Southern peoL
pie, the former would have been able to
prosecute the war for years to come, even
without railroads, with their deficient
transportation, rand withea comparatively
smalN IRrmya yBnt,, according TO the. .news
which has recently reached this city (Balt
| tImorel this con6dence, whIcn began TO be
shsken~Rhen Sherman occupied Atlanta,
and tichhad bdcpmes greatly impSiredt by
the time that Savannah, Charleston and
Wilmington were evacuated, is, now that
Sherman has marchedtriumphantly through
the Carolinas, entirely gone. The South
eruTppeoPle, for. the last two years, have
hoped against hope that the Confederate
leaders and the Confederate army would
sucCeed in gaining independence for the
South; land al that they lave had to cheer
them has been the successful defence of
their capital. But hope is now dead within
them.
"DTuid" theutpnE in aSplea for mercy ?
and forbearauce. he says: /
They have failed and they know it. No
feeling of degradation attaches toll this fail
ure, for they feel that they have deserved
success, if they have not been able to com
mand it. They are anxious now for peace.
But they. are9 not iuS the attitude of sup
plants, or of criminals. They do not sup-
plicate for mercy. They desire Justice
They do not ask for pardon. They are not
conscious of having beep in the wrong.
The South struck the frst blow, made
the first menace, assailed first the integr:-
ty of the Union. o oSelf-preservation de.
manded the resistance made by the loyal
States. If criminality for all this dreadful
-Set and It's 3eatfalioss of-Iife trestsl ahy.
where, it is with those who instigated it.
Druid then proceeds to excuse the South.
We quote. e..,,-oo no. -o...
They became convinced during the Pres.
idential ,campalgptof 1860, that their rights
as individuals. and their rights az, States
were both imperiled. The speeches ,ot. Mr..
Lincoln plainly ayowed the purpose on
the part of the Republicans to legislate, by
congressional enactment, on. the subject OF
slavery in the Southern States, and to ex-
ert the whole executive power of the gov
ernment, if the Republicans succeed in OBJ.
tainlUg control ofitsin, extiEpating the in
stitutionSSf slavery. " The4 rekarded slave
ry as essentially State institution, over
which the Consultation gave the General
Government no control whatever.
q It was not difficult, under sucn state Of
eircnmatances ias this, fot;the ConfedeFate
7 leadersito prevail uPoHJthe Southern .beo.
pie to secede and to declare themselves in
dependent of the North ", And this task
was rendered still easierby the ipjudicious
course pursued by Mr.. Lincoln and his
Administration from December, 1860. to
May, 1861. Ten words from Mr.. Lincoin
D.b .b@pecember 9Anuaryswould fhayee be
I vented secession. They were not spoken.
A single paragraph, from his pen before
March would e3aTertsd tSs Mar. 1t was
not written. It was in his power, in his
: inaugural address, to have confounded the
Confederate leaders, and to have rendered
them powerless for mischief, by removing
lfr9m the mi9ds-ef The Southern psople=the
conviction that their dearest rights were
pot.sRisg Ia daRfsE Re 6R9 gid 4Gt sPpFPGstha' 0p
We wish that "Druid" or any one who
credits the foregoing paragraph, would
examine the svowed principles of the Re
publiSau party rs enunciated at Chicago
thespeeSHespof really representative men
thsg frst inaugural of Mr.. Lincoln, ath,
amendmentsto they Constitution proposed
In 1851, and then cay; 6QE, false are sh,
words We have quoted. Mr.sLincoln aic
say precisely what +'Druid'. alleges, he di,
nniot say. The inaugural affords Ampll
! proof Of this.
"Druidn then states his views Of tn
: tspirito of the South. VT qaote::,s s@ ? u
They are willing, If what learn is caar
: reogao lhyidown the weapons af their re