Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-15


The Geaersfhss keptItbe ri ke Hip ttel
in regard tor falling ,sWordin hand. Such
Expressions, are, part and parcel of Wal
rhetoric, and simply mean q Surrender
when the. sltsshats of asash Of Surrender i;
presented. II is deemed tat better to live
and fight another day, pr live and aes.whei
events, may 'tSrB gpss thep ey unnecessary
dying teLi6sedthe opportunity ot taking q
hand in theesWork OF rseonslruction: All
the last ditch rhetoric viii amount to nc
more than this. and before the last ditch is
fouudE those who hayepledgSd themselves
70 dieiniis, Wilt quietly eapisuiate. They
prefer sthss glad light OF day to being I
dead moist, pnpisssspt BOO Z
- WHlLz, Il Eesclu tions of thhnks,t5 General
Grant were pending insth NsW York Leg.
lslAtuse, on Monday asmbsts s7
pressed e.ro6g dtsspp III oflj1s ibesaiIty
otathei itnims offered 81 Gem. GraAf to tie
FsRets They seemed to 1ndstat stand chat
Gen. g Grant had given 8 general amnesty
to Lee and; his whole army. This lis q
Misrepresentation. Lee and his army are
simply paroled for exchange instead of
being held as prisoners. The act, is q
stEictly military one, and has no reference
to thestatus pt gny Of the ipartsscpucerp-
ed after thswatsis over Gen. Grant de-
clinsd 70 negotiate for peace, because not
authorized to do go: Gen. Lee cannot be
arrested and trisdfor treason while the
war continues, any more than if he were
in our possession as a pFisGner of war.
When the civil rule supersetes, the mill
itary, he may be legally deal with, like
aDyAOther .Citizsu. That there is to be q
general amnesty is not 1t all TO be infsrEeti
from the terms Of surrender offered by
Gen. Grant, though. the whole proceeding
undoubtedly indicates the purpose of the
government 70 use q Wise lsnIsncy In clio.
sing mp thewaE. By,paroIing Lees OH
GERS and soldiers, Gen. GFantnot only re.
iteysg the government Of the trouble and
cost of guarding aud feeding them, but
scatters throughout the South the most ef-
fective missionaries of peace sud recon-
struOtion, The other, rebel forces viii fall
to pieces and scatter under their inau-
enCe, iflthe rebel commanders do not an
ticipate that event by accepting the same
terms offered to Lee's. army -
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EDWARD BATES. late United States attor.
ney general, is writing series of articles
in'the AISsoaEbD Demoerat for the restoration
of Law. and order IN that state. He says
that all that has been doue uudet pretense
of martial law Ia iS,t6es state is a personal
wrong and punishahls usurpati5by that
the provost marshals have assumed civil
functions without authority, and that the
late state convention was Revolutionary in
its origin, character aud proceedings, and
its acts are Illegal aud void. There is no
doubt that great crimes. and even moo.
strOus crimes, have been committed in
Missouri under. the shie1d Of loyalty aud
radicalism, and it will be we'll if the people
of the state follow the advice given them
by President Lincoln in his recent letter to
Gov. Fletcher, and combine together to
sustain the5laws and suppress disorder and
violence. Missouri has great career be-
fore her as soon as she can gel rufianism
o1tiof her politics. to- b9@ Hs !l7
LOUIS NAPOLEON is in fix. He invited
criticism upon his "Lite of Casar,n but
he trusted the critics woald aldfensmber that
be was: emperor as wett as author. Prot.
Rogeard7has failed to do this, and pereeiv-
ing, as all the NoEld has, done, that the
imperial historian defended his Own policy
in that Of his hero, he has attacked it
mereilessly under the same Disguise. The
London Spectator says Of him:-
HE has poured out knowledge aud ha-
tired together in-sa pSmphlet which has
made all Paris ring. Such diatribe--so
scathing aud so fullcof point, so bitter In