Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-03-25
MuIIling the Press


Times, having. by comparing the present,
condition Of Virginia with that Of Ohio,
arrived At the conclusion that slavery IS
. curse 10 the state, expressed the hope
that the Old Dominion would some day
be free from i,-snd even went so far as
% 50! that he was as mnch Of an Abo!i-
zionist as was Thomas JeiIeroR--and
what hornets nest he has stirred up
All the papers on the Virginia side Of the
Ohio River. and all the old iogy ones on
the Ohio side, denounced the Time, as an
Abolition sheet, as being under the mlu-
ence Of northern men, etc. In Wheeling
The slaveocracy howled vociferousIy. The
private character Of hs editor was ssslil-
ed, his subscription list cut down, his ad-
veriising patronage reduced-in fact all
the means usually resorted 10 to muzzle
and silence an honest, independent press,
were used. Fora time IL was anticipated
that the mcbbing of Lovejoy and Bailey,
would be re-enac,ej. But their threats
had no effect, whatever. Wharton is
possessed Of too much nerve tJ be fright.
ened from the noble stand he has taken,
By threats. The Times of last TUESDAY e,
has a long article on the subject, from
which we extract the following:
1t is fancy with some of our papers 10
talk bitterly ana abusively Of cur "nortl-
ern men," northern institutions" and all
| that bTeaihes of t north. This is their
song. day in and day out. Now let
us ask what would Wheeling be bul for
Northern men! Who built the rolling
mills here, who put up the founderes, who
started the manufactures of all kinds,
who built the greatest portion Of the
dwellings,! Northern men and foreign.
ers. What would this city have been
without them, at this day Look. In
deed, throughout the Stale and ask who
built aud who run their uanufartorles
who build their railroads and most Of
their public improvements, who buid and
keep up most of the churches North.
ern men yet hese men are to d that
they must pay high prices for the soil,
that would not have been worth over
sl,25 an acre but for them, and when
they come here they must not express
their opinions, they must never entertain
hope that Virginia will ever be better
off, with school house in every grove.
church on every hill. and a happy tam>
lily on every hundred acres of It's land.
hey must never express word in favor
OF universal education, they must never
be known to read a book that has not
passed The ordeal of Virginia inspection.
Is this freedom! Is it the way 10 treat
those who come among US, TO open up
the mines, clear the lands, and build the
cities Of the State ? We look to Ohio
and Pennsylvania for our supply Of pro-
visions, and for the purchase of our man.
uloc,ures, and yet we will say to them
they shall not even express the opinion
that Virginia could better her condition
by different laws, more attention to agii-
culture and manufactures, and less to the
"pecnliar institution -
We like thsl kind Of talk. It evidences
courage and fearles ness on the part of the
editors Of the Times tha is pra seworthy
the more SO from the great scarcity oi
those qualities in newspaperdom. at the
present time. We hope the Times viii
continue its articles on the subject. They
present pleasing contrast to the ,oady
isms of the Northern political press, ant
will do much towards showing the Nor,f
how well the ''pecuIar institution" i.
loved by those who are cursed with it.