Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-04
SECTIoNALISM.
W. doeb5 t.s propr:ety Of dis,alssing the

We doebs fl.e prorr;ety Of discussing the
subject Of Eleclz RepubEcanisn in Virginia, as
N TirE;niars ere, yTe trust. true to their State
AID institutions, and need no light upon the
s6lSecs Bal S:trated Is sc are on the border,
loSStea Is a1c many Of our readers in the adj
iotniaS ssasescf Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
,oys q, faet that nc ask nothing but right
fss tbs 5ss.tf-s.iaat sts-th Ears not discussion,
ardc.sir triigh4sns end bseotn=s more ehttlgcnt
=siiIsr. asssisii- hEFc concluded TO admit to
o,r columns shs fsiiowinS courteous article, and
II is:sss srretfse,iOns to it, principles. Wcdo
rot,,ss.sssrs, nes slisa we discuss slavery as 9
,,r;ncsp!c, fos that issue Is not openly involved
irtte rsrs4iisa ne have made r'r openly in the
p,aisl.sa q tbs parties; but sc have no ohjec-
iiSfi to 4 frank examination into the platforms
vftls parties Upon this question and the results
Hkel- ts easue from the election of any Of the
canif.Sea. Tbs isssbioined article is written in
..ffiSndly spirit and VIC wish the same spirit was
oitetcz exhibited. Truth is mighty and will
pre-si.," and if the Constitution docs not sane
5ien tne pozitioh of the South, we are in error
End Til!, ,rhen convinced, freely confess our
fautt.
The ieediug element Of the writer is the as
ser+tcn That slavery IS the creature of munich.
pal ags, merely, that it is sectional" No az.
thcrity or argument, however, is adduced in
support o. these assertions, and we do not now
Teapead to them. The writer further afflrms
that.aisvsry i BY Northern mon regarded as
an s7:l and 6 crime" This is not tie question
iaissuc. we ere rot responsible fer the opin-
ions of the Nur:l. TIE question is, what are
the Constitutional rights of Shareholders AMI
whl. eertxci oFer the subject Of slavery has the
North under .hS Constitution Doubtless many
men a. me dste Of the Federal Constitution
thought likewise, but that does not affect the
rizEts Of parties Under that instrument Mere
opinions do mt give rights for if they did every
teeting Sreszs would war forward change in
Laws and in rights. The North might think it
wrong for a citizen of Virginia to own a farm,
vet that would not be held as a reason why it
should be tEgen from him. We have govern
,reat we have IN organic law, supreme and
controlling, its written and it varies not its inl-
port and Affects not the rights secured under it,
tbst millions Inay tiiaE Gnd feel contrary to ITS
PLANES. provisions, Therefore while we would
gladly cosrscttsrrer in the North or elsewhere,
ne must protest sgainst allowing error there or
elsewhere TO govern or control right.
It il the duty Of the citizen to obey the law,
and If the Consultations does not square with
what the North tficEs and .rssis, why then let
them make plain Issue, and that issue be "for
the Constitution and against the Constitu.
tioa'r Let no. passion and prejudice be the
law Of the land while re have = law, written
ana agreed on, Che solemn compact of SOW
ereign States made by those who had fought
aud bled for that sovereignty. But enough
OF this The North has no right to think
wrois nor hss the South, still less has
either the right to let their sentiments break
over or interfere with law and right If slavery
DC g crime, then is the constitution c criWe, for
It Is criminal TO sanction and protect crime We
csnno. sSs how the 6ioation of Buchanan will
have 4he eject proposed. The party platform
oIWhich no is placed "proscribes sectionalism. :
il leaves slavery where the Constitution found it
sna where the Constitution leaves it with the
people OF tho Stntos. II says in unequivoca!
terms that sgitation must cease, that we are
members Of s common and glorious Union and
that it sill preseryc It by letting disturbing
questions Eloue and leaving them to be settled
blythe Constitution. Hfhe extension of peace
and harmony, if 9 return to the good old princi-
PIES Of the Constitution, if a resolve that every
MAJ aiionla mind his own business and not,,run
rSmpaat, euixote after Imaginary philanthro-
py, ard ehs discrimination TO guard and protect
the rights Of Si equally under the Constitution,
he 70 extend slavery then the effort Of the North
is Unconstitutional and they should raise the
nIlin Issue we have indicated above
TteSouth does not value the more extension
orsiavsFy more than the Union" but it does
value mr. lights under the Constitution as para
mount 20 I'll ether considerations, and Thinks
properly that thc Ua;on which does not pro-
text these rights is 40 Jl:ton and net worth
preserving. We bayo no hes;tancy as to the
correctness ci the position of nc South as we
baveStstedit The Constitution is their platform,
and they s';n stand on and By itso long as it is
allowed to i,sve .he force designed for it, and
prove sis palladium alike of cur rights and our
liberties Tshcni fails to do this, q, recurrence
to iirst principles" viii be resoFted to.
FOR :he Wheeling rn.silsezesr.
"SECTION.SLISM."
Ms Epgsom--In Fridays Intelligencer. under
the sboys head, You have some timely and
mcicrete suggestions. In that article you call
upsn the iEtIl!sse.; nsn OF the North to explain
whysssT..in ePin:eEs have usurpod such inIlu.
Sacs in HloiF coSnssls. T,feermipE you wore
bcnsss IN ysIr inquiry. and desirousof friendly
intesehEssSot opinions with Northern men,
I have uasesssEcn ,aodetate defence of The
Republican party Allow NO here 70 remark,
that greater courseey ard indulgence towards
esch oehes. between Northern and sothsrT, men,
would eoadpco greatly to the pcsceand harmony
Uf our country. This thing Of dcnunciation
without reesen, calling each other hard names,
attf,irrsschin- motives. Ia ly no mems calcu.