The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-04
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soW AsD oTHEN-
ria oiaeihnatf I1Rqaire1- .lnoralizes
oytt ne recent v6E6 tast by the great
safe b New York for Seymour and
4 Blair, and depiefiss Tie Rhetorical fact
that eight years qs5 M game great
State 80 far S1orgof berse ~ as 10 refuse
herr - o De aena sdaies d he DEM
ocrahc ,rtvinHd eivo. lse1ni 70 Abra-
ham iISSlp. ihe 5ipmtnse,'6f the Re-
publfcshs, The casling OF her vote
thus fight } ears according TO the
Eaqiii,se WAS the 'difsipl spring OF all
ont wees, 1--WE quote from lis article
g5onf sub jet ss follows: .
mia, tnefsiorable words which we're
spoken m tie French Assembly in 1913.
inter- che Important revolution of that
Ger felelive to q Regency Of the
4achoss % Orleans, that sit was too
$ e, scan now be applied most signiti-
Icanti y % The vote Of the State OF New
K6fif hi 1868: She has How voted
1lemocfattc and Conservative. Had
she done 40 in 1860, when her vot e for
Iincoln deeided the Presidential com
. lest, The fortunes of this country would
have been changed. AnGnhOW tunulte-
IN
have been no secession IN that event
no attempted dfspnion. There would
6616ISeen no war; "a million Ofmen, wEo
are now dead, would have been alive.
Instead of having the National debt
of three or four lh6Hsand millions OF
dollars, we should not have owed a dol
lar. We should have had no exhaust
fnE interest on said debt to drain the
Impoverished resources OF the people.
we should have had no Internal reve.
nueasys stem. The Constitution would
have been preserved In all its Huaran-
tees OF hberIy, instead OF being aubvert-
n q 10 the baseness of arbitrary power.
5should have been united, happy
and prosperous people, with no chasm
of blood to separate us in TecoAections
of the past.
We sgree with the Enquirer that had
Mr.. Lincoln not been elected In 1850
the war might have been delayed
awhile longer, perhaps until AFTER the
election OF 1864. It was only a mere
/ question Of time, however. about n war.
Secession. as every body knows, had
been growing more and more in favor
1.-THE South, every year. That whole
section was In IA deluded and in
famed stale of mind. They were bent
ON asserting and maintaining the su-
premAcy OF slavery and slavery ideas
in our Government and In all matters,
political and social, In the slave and, as
far as possible, In the free States. We
had no chance to escape collision with
such people sooner or later. We could
have peace only by giving up our ideas,
condolences, voles, and entire manhood
to their exactions and arrogailons on
behalf OF their peculiar Institution
During BuchanAn's term of Office the
North and Sonth were virtually at war,
Congress came near ontWo occasions
being the theatre ofblood. Indsed, there
was scarcely less fraternity between the
Jews and Samnritans than between the
two sides OF the two Chambers for ten
years preceding the, war. This STATE
ofthIngs was patent to every spectator
and every newspaper reader. We all
lived In excitement as to what day
might bring forth In national matters.
There was NO more love between the
two sections, 80 far as the secession ele.
ment Is concerned, then than now. In
fact not so much. for now that element
has been taught 10 respect the North for
It's power and proves. Formerly II
despised and dslled all Yankeedom as
wanting in pluck..
The Rnqi6reT's view of the W ar is the
regular Nasty idea Concerning 1t. Jusl
othat extent and no msVe had tn,
great fight against the rebellion 1t wa
simply an impious radical crusadSu poi
the rights of The South. The South Va
moro sinned against than. SHINING
Hence all the blood and money was
wanton, unnecessary and an nm
hallowed waste. We should not hav
dared to oppose Southern ideas. w
should have assented to the dogmas re
specting the divinity OF slavery. w
should have made no resistance to tn
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
We should have consented to gag lay
for the press and the people in regar
to slaSery. We should have gone o
here in West Virginia indicting peopl
In our Courts, as we did before thewai
for reading the New York Tribune. Fo
such was the EaquAer's view OF unity
constitutionality. fraternity, and goo
governmental t,-zl cen. d, -,is.
Very differently we think, will be Ii
historic view OF the late war, when
comes TO be written. We shall the
hope to see the Democratic mind gets
sitapse OF me NOR q ii dstes ' of dar
Things" such Us is apparently denie
LOT the present. II will DO .stranE,
h,twenly Years trom now, the ICON
ing mani VIII telterate the IanSuat
quoted from the cInStnnau Iao,.f,,
and conelude with me editor Of tn
paper that the men-Rho elected Iob
Morrissey TO Congress by msioril
that gave New York los Seymour ~
Blair, were wiser 9ndibettsr than q
men who gave, the State 10 Abraha
Lincoln and The great principiesofe i
nizatiOns of which he Was she phone
President. oris sstfi