Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-14
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II anything could add 10 the in(omy of Pitts.
bugh and more fully illustrate, lhando tue Efforts
of the citizens Of that place and Of Allegheny CT.
ty to destroy The Wheeling Bridge, that malignant
and lawless spirit by which they would crush the
institutions and Improvements Of their ueighboTs,
and of other States ifitwete in their poser, it
would he the recent outrages Of OboliliOnists Of
Pittsburgh and Allegheny, in two cases which we
believe, we have already briefly chEonicled. TIE
Baltimore Patriot thus sums up in a very clear
light, one Of those cases.
Miss Janet Henderson, OF Virginia, emanCipaled
negro woman Ond four children. She bequeallr
ed $500 10 pay the expenses OF removing them to
free Stale Ma. William Hornet Of FouquieL
county, Virginia, took charge Of these negroes and
carried them as far as Western Pennsylvania on
his way to Wisconsin, in which State he had pnr'
chased a farm,
The sJolliOnsis Of Allegheny City seeing
white man gong into free Slate with colCTed per
sons under lms thntge, assumed that he was slave
BREEDER propagandlzlng an odous insllluuon'-
They thought that this was the advance oil lnal
rteat invasion with which The South ore TO OveiIun
and subiugate the North as lorelold bY The mouth
Of Prophet Greeley, Chapters IN inclusive. 80
the hetatnIs seized this poor woman, thus SET ITee
and furnished with money by charitable mistress.
Size "clied pilsously as they took her AWAY, and
impored those around her 10 permit her TO pOwlth
her master; they, However, paid no attention 10
her eniTeaties, aud carried her OF IN triumph"
MT. Homer, relieved Of the duty imposed upon
him, pursued his way 10 Wisconsin. phhe phil.
amlhTopislS succeeded 10 depnviug the woman and
chidTenOf he money, friendship, and protection
provided for them by benellcent friends. We
ask those who, as editors Ond statesmen, are re-
Sponsibe fol moulding public sentiment upon
y. bllc subjects, 10 reflect how rapidly they are
SUI ceeding IN breaking up all comfy oil feeling
between tue people Of different sections. THIS
rescue grew out Of no friendship for tile slave, Oul
hostility towards the lnasleTi Cheap opportunity
occurred to insult and njuTe nn unprotected slTan.
ger, an. with malignant cnwaIdcY, they ayailed
themselves oft,
lfthis wanlon CrleitytO tue poor negroes had
arisen from O sincere interest ~ lleiT welfare,
how easy /. would have been 10 hHve verified The
statements uf Mr. Horuetl How could he pOSSl'
by have enslayed a negro in Wisconsin, We ask
The same Influential interest how it can posi-
bly, be eXpecle In Il Southern \, ople can manifest
their ollaclmlnl TO faithful servants 10y acts o
manumissoul The AbOtlonlsl has rendered
more stringent the iCee negro code OF the South
The free States Of Ohio, Illinois aud lnliana ex-
clude them by legal or constitutions Ie QuTemenis
| The latter, we believe, pTescTiOes by n clause oil
her constitution that fee negroes shall not become
| ciuzens fthal Suite! II was the adoption Of The
|
ocoasiOned The difficulties OF her admission, anu
resulledi in The Compromise Of lS20-2l.
| The District Of Columbia has, we believe, i'm
posed tax Of some $50 per head upon imnigtan
lree negroes Slaves cannot be manulLilted Il
remain in the SJulh. They are virtually eSolu
ted from Other States TO which II would seem thel
had q right Ul uccess. The condition IN the East
eIn cities Is what hos been a thousand times de
scnGed. They are vicious aud destitute. Win
then is tile Object oIihe agiIalorsl Can itbe thu
good oil tile negrol Every fact shows that it hlI
resulted SO for in his iniuTy. ltcan therefore onll
be- scheme 10 acquire public power by Creating
sectional hosultyi under this ceiling the numeT
cal power oflhe North will be used 10 secure Il
the UgllatoTs all the hnnOrs and advantages OF lh
common Union, Whilst The Southern people are Il
he subjugaied 10 the disqualification Of an igno
minious stigma, and excluded forever from an
anticipation in The affairs Of the common govern
menl.