Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-17
,o,,or from ne hon. ). M, Il. Beale.

The sneeCh OF this gentleman ~ ratAetsvu's'
having been greatly Rissteptesented by bis OplO'
aents, lie publishes The tollOwipsletiet The Gin
dependent Republican,
MtssRs. liUrcnISsoS AID WErzRH-
Gtniemta.--WlIl you tlb me the favor 70 pun
lish In yodt papet lie following corrections OF
statements made by The editor Of The 'PafSeFson!S
News IN relation 10 observations Of lnile' Eiaue
at patkeBbufg recently. ~
DO moi intend, upon this OCCASION 10 9otce ige
vulgar Personal abUse.heaped upon ne IN sewers
Of The late publications Of that ptess lloI %oa'u
now contradict miscellaneous o. inaIetlaI aCIS
made by him, but that those mtsslaleTehS WIN Ve
eagerly pnblisllel wheteh he isunknOwTi anu mlsh'
~ taken 10 be tue. .,,,
In speaklng of lie causes which had ts!atatS =
The nroeteS Of vitglniO, the elitof Of Ibs News;
makes me say 'rhe steat, prime cause tneteo,'
was lie existence IN our midst oil lls insutu''o"
Of slavery, This Is positively anu Daily la'Sc.
look no such pUsition--no such eNplesSlOn eScnIel
nv ilbs. said but little oil The subject Of Inc
nto6sble causes Of tho deterioration 9i The weall'
and non1lllion OF Virginia, when compafed 10 lhe
ntnsfcss Of some Of lie oter States Of tho Union,
What jld say in effect aud in intent, (aIhoUe
/ In mi prseni 10 Give tie exact language was
i6is, That Virginia in tie cliyoltous AMI adveIl,
iuFous snitt Of her catly history, hSd possessed
Lttself Of much finer nGlmortI leStabe uaclS O.
contiguous county lhan that which now cOhs'l,
tnte her limits, iIneaninS Kentucky, Ohio, alid
olhet NOTIONS OF thu Northwestern Trlrli0Iy,l Il
which many Of her people hal enigratsd, carry
Inv with lien their weslth. That IL tie process
n time tho ntolutllon Of The valuable staples o
southern commerce hal led OF lltsc pOltluns
| her /, ,puIatiOn aud wealth in thai direction.
As second case, mentioned her bad system o
agriculture, (Reaning principally her tobacco cut
iIre) Which lad ielt her luIds In ba'ren an
wasted condition, and lhctehy Inducing IItE peopi'
! 10 look iOt mote easy mode Of NcluIhlS CO'hpe
tenee IN other counties,
! And, thirdly; The early neglect OF oil elilc1eh
system Of Internal Improvement, by WHICH Va
nroIucts Of industry could have been more cheap
| IL iransnOtled 10 markets, Where lie elhhllcet
nrices would have unidentified and rewarded 10
hor..
These wete tIle only asOns given on Ibis Top
10 In that address, and not as much elaborated
then as now, but defines tie position then takeI
accurately. TIE only remedies that suggested
Ior The correction OF those evils within Tie powe
Of tho Legislature were.
RiHn 10 undertake md CARY ont 10 complete
lion such system OF Internal improvements o
was commensurate 10 The wants, aud conSsIeh
viii the means II the State.
Aud secondly As after the productive powe;
Of Ihe soil, labor constituted The great source roi
which we derived not only tile satisfaction oil OIL
vans, but from which also enannlsl oil the com
forly, conycnienCeS aud GleganCies OF clYlll2e
life, II, kqCOr, was worthy If Legislative old an
nalIonase, pohlcalarIy IN SlhveIloldiGg State
where The Two races grown UP together ~ llI
SINE family, theft disparity u coalition and eml
lplUymenl, lol thrown some 'lesTee OF dlsere"l
npon those Efforts II industry AMI self depend
eIce, qualities so necessary 10 intuSe into III
young mind ia The reatlng up Of our ihmll!eS.-'
That in tue peculiar condition IN which tie ptu
pie al The South are placed, although time and or
nottunity ate amply giving to poTllnn OF OIL
Youth who could not avail themselves oil lhls o'i
vantage, aud 10 them ] recommended That IIIi
State should magnanimOusly extend It's AID anu en-
cOularcmenG by the establishment " various pa''
ofths CJmmonwe It'll o.: MIND! h410r Srh9Oi''-
That IN these schools should he Taught sue
Ibmllcles OF Natural Science, aS Is most Tile Gil
connected with Agriculture nlid tie MccllaIlI
Ans, where lie llmHOl The pupils would We TN
pIoyed patty, III the acquisition o. lhtss srieIcrS
uni partly engaged ia Field AMI Horticultural ii
LOr, Such schools would embrace in lis lnSlEnc
| said nothing in my adhfeSS al Patker$hurs, Il
Common SchOOIs, Of Coll ges OF Of Universities
| know Of no one opposed 10 llrmi but inenhe
In recommend tie Manual Labor SchUOl in audi
lion 10 tlg system Of education now in eNislenC
and ptnclced among us. Yet, upon making tiles
Suggestions, tue editor Uf the "NtwS" cites OH
"AbOiIlOn Abolition Opposition 10 ConnO
Schools" Is theIe not evidently IN The MIMI
the editor Of Tie News" on npPetency to mis-
REPRESENTATION, drawn ltOln lie most remote anal
Iupes that wnnld challenge our admiEntlCn lot II
a!eItlesS were il not that II cAlEleS with II Gov
viCiOn that Il is done in perfect disregard 10 Wull
AMI even probability.
What would Ue The cuIrOboiNiing evidence
tie truth Of the chatseS brought against me ny W
position, 10y l,TnIeI uCiS nEu declatallOlHI Lon
Al my residence, IN The builder Of the State, With
sipht OF the UNDERGROUND RalltOlh, upon wmrI
1.-The AboliiiOniss have Garfield oil many Vi the slave
oil myself and family. WOuL This attach Inc
them Ut ltir principles Look upon my poor Sc
wees in thc Congress Of tue United States ~hv
resisted he assaults OF the Abnlll0niS:$ upon III
Tights OF the South IN their attempts to lh'erp'iai
1.-The doctrines OF The WilmOt PtOv'Sn over tue lei
lri;ory acquitted by the Mexican wat. Is Il 10
supposed thai was blind 10 The Causes which PTr
dLcel the OgitaliOnS Of 1850, Cr that n'n lnSenS
Ule ntIc 10 The difficulties which lie beIN'e US
The immediate future, produced from that $aIne III
alIaycd passion, ani originating IfOH' that SAN
unexhauSe1 source.
AsOin, compae the change Of The "Ne%s." vii
what had lust SAID in the county Of Cabell rll Il
subject Of tie Missouri COMPROMISE, 10 wit; "Fh'
although the policy Of agllntlns that TrrcaI on
bringing up anew Tho Subject Of slavery, 'ng
we'll bs doubted; Yet because II hid been do"'
and was conformity Iotle Constitution, ana Gu
seyatye Of The tights Of tie South. We could 'aS
no backward Siepin relation TO Tia! lll1''e''
am, most respectfully,
~ JAMES N. Il. liEALE.
Paint Pleasant. Antil ,, 1855.