Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-02-05

an address, not prepared by yourselves, as the
emanation of your own susceptible hearts, but the
admitted production of the newspaper press of Eng
land, which affects mawkish sensibility on sub
Iject with which it has nothing properly to do-and
all for ends which every rejecting person cannot
fail to understand.
Nor is this suspician in any degree removed by
the fact on which you predicate your address, Wis
the fact that your country inflicted on her the colo
MES the Course" OF slavery in opposition to their
frequent and solemn protests. In the historical
fact you are certainly correct. The colony of Vir-
gina, and, believe, most of the other colonies.
were constant and earnest in their circumstances;
ana one oil the causes set forth in the Declaration
oil independence, as prepared and written by a son
OF Virginia, was continuance of the slave trad,
| by the mother country, in despite of all remon-
STRANGE on the part of the colonies. Thus, then,
England not only permitted, but encouraged the
slave trade, for period OF century and half as
a means of swelling her Golfers; and the Infamous
traffic could only be expelled from this country by
the force and power of the sword. Your Kings
and Queens, sustained by your Parliament and
people, entered into treaties, and formed contracts,
Tor the purpose of, reapng rich harvest of profit
| from the trade-and the voice of the Shareholder
on the shores of Africa was perfect music in their
ears, because 1t was the music of gold told into the
Treasury and all merry England danced with Joy
at the sound. You have been well informed, doubt
less, of the treaties made by your Queen Anne, of
"blessed memory" and the crown ofSpain, which
stipulated n monopoly of the trade in close part
nership between these royal personages, to the ex
clusion of all the world beside Yes, you are Alto
gether correct in aScrbng whatever there is of i'm
mortality or crime, in the present condition of the
Southern States, to your own England The colo
MES demonstrated, and demonstrated in vain until
driven to desperation by her perseverance, they
severed the bonds that bound them to England and
established their independence, and abolished the
slave trade by their only resource the power of the
sword. The great slave market, in which England
mad enjoyed monopoly, was thus lost to her; and
from that moment she began to discover that these
was something rather immoral in the traffic. Be-
otal,
treasure. The groans of its unhappy victims could
not be heard above the surges of the ocean. Soon
aiter, ialnt cry could be heard, borne on the
WINDS from Africans coast; and now, the larla-
meht House reSounds with the clanking of the
CHAINS and the cries of the victims. Such the
mighty influence of the American Revolution, and
such the power OF the sword welded in that ever
glorious struggle.
that your address, prepared not by yourselves, but
by others, comes. therefore, TO US, ladened with
suspicious, when you advert, as the groundwork of
your interference with our domestic institutions To
the fact of the former crimnality of England.
Would England, with continuance of n mono
ply Of the trade broad acres UP TO the pres-
ent day, have clothed herself in Sackcoth and
ashes, as she now has done? Where was her b,I
mainly and christian philanthropy for the long
period of $50 years Our ancestors On this side nf
the Atlantic Numbered, through their .emonstran-
ceS, at the doors of her Parliament House. and at
the gates of her royal Palaces and vet for all that
long period, she had no ears to hear, no heart TO
understand. No sympathy, and no phianthrophy
such as now exists, found place in the stately al
ace. How has happened all this? 1t would be
well for you 10 enquire. Doubtless some of your
distinguished husbands can give you PLAUSIBLE ex
planauonS-at least such as will content politicians
on your side of the water. The editors of the
newspaper press can come again to your aid; but
Will 1t be an task to convince u.s. that the neo
pie of the present generation are better more NOR
nj and more Christian, than all who have gone be-
lore them-that your tight reverend Bishops and
PrelaeS are more pure and orthodox than all their
predeceSsorS.-that your Kings and Queens your
mobiles, and gentry, are influenced by hrh.r
splrt OF Christianity than all who have preceded
them-that your statesmen of the present day are
superior, IN moral excellence, to those illustrious
men, who shaped the deStinieS OF England in past
times, and left 10 history undying names? II viii
be very, very difficult matter to furnish us with
satisfactory reasons for this great and sudden con-
version OF whole people, after losing the Amer,-
can market, on the subject of the slave trade-and
we, women of the United States, must ever re-
ceve with suspicion all Interference in our domes
TIC affairs on the part of the noble ladies of Eng
land or any portion of her inhabitants. Such in
reference implies either want of proper and be-
coming conduct on our part in the management of
our negroes, OF it seaks TO enlist the sympahes of
the world against us.
Your own address, Il have the charityto sup
pose that 1t was written in ignorance of the fact MS
1t s:) represents the Southern States as DENYING IN
their slaves all religious Instruction. cal,,mny
more false was never uttered. So Tar from IT M
Sabbath goes by that the places of worship are not
numerouSiy attended by the black population-
eultylng dIScourceS are delivered to them and Of
Ten by colored pastors, and large number of them
are IN communion with the churches And vet
your Tears are nadeto flow freely over the sad and
melancholy prlvationS or the children of Africa
10 whom the bread of life is represented as denied
Your assertions could only have been derived from
some dealer in, and retailer of fiction. 1t isknown
now leauliy woman's heart responds to either real
OF imaginary distress; and When women Joins in the
concerns OF the busy world, how readily her SYM
pathleS become excited by artificial as well ns
a real picture of human suffering. This sympathy
winch makes her the gem OF creation, rather dis
qualities her as legislator, subjects her to be
made the instrument ofthe designing. One fact is
incontrovertible, and recommend il 10 the con-
Suefatlon OF the Duchess or Sutherland and her
compeerS OF high and low deg-ee, that England
when she had the power to prevent the introduc-
ton OF negroes into the United States, most Oh
Sunately refused 10 do il; but now that she is ,e
FrlVtd oil her authority, either to advise or dictate
injustice and the work. The crocodile good sister
OF England, Is said TO cry most piteously but woe
to the unhappy traveller whos begiled by lis tears
have thus attempted to deal canddy with you
IN disclosing the grounds of your sspicions
winch, IN the estimation of many, attach 10 your
proceedings. will go farther, and inform YOU that
1t is better for both you and us, that we abstain,
IN tuture from all possible Interference with ach
DINER, IN the domestic concerns of our respective
countries In the first place. such Inference comes
with an Ill grace from either OF u.s. and can be re-
celved with no favor In morals we believe orr
selves quite your equals, and therefore, it sounds
harshy III our ears to be admonished by you of our
sins, real or imaginary. There is proud heart in
the Aerlcan breast, which rebels against all as
sumption on the part of others, although they NAV
wear ducal coronets, be considered The stars of
fashion in foreign courts. Manage your own af-
fans as best you may, and leave us TO manage onrs
as we may think proper. Each of us will find
abundant employment IN the performance Of our
respective duties. lfyou wish suggestion MS 10
the suitable occupation of your idle hours, [ will
point you TO the true field for your philanthropy:
me uhsIppi!ed wants OF your own people of En-
gland. In view OF your palaces there is misery and
suffering enough TO excite your most active synpa
thles~ remember to have seen lately, that there
were in the city tfLondon alone 100000 persons
who rose in the morning without knowing how or
where they wee to obtain their "daily Bread and