Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-07

right of property. Ile Tree State uasLc15 HIS
tnnaiified property in the person and service Of
his contemporaries; he can control his person.
direct his labor aud punish his defaults ard yet
the apprentice canpray, If his master has taught
him so 10 do duty not very piouSiy enforced
bv law or usage some of those States. ButtheSe
morbid and moribuni enthusiasts will reply; that
the yiIeinage Of the apprenticeship Is necessary
for the education of youth and the moral tram
ing Of society. So, precisely, is the law and the
condition OF modern slavery. Here is its high
and holy Indication. Whatever may be the in
dividu1t notions and practices Of the owners,
there-is In the hands of Providence and IN tAe
general W orhiRgs OF Southern society, mighty
ciyiii1i1g iluueaee at work on tins race OF men,
and in HIS own good time, and the blossom OF
the fruit Is apparent in their moral condition,
will He bring forth tie harvest To Him Il
THOUSAND years are as one day and lie Who has
been three thousand years in esttsstlH9, through
slavery, revolution aud blood, tue white man for
, our condition of society and form OF govern
ment, viii 50 dispose of tis race as to Justify
the wars of God to man. God has permitted
this slavery as he instituted the yillcinase oil the
English-SnI the serfIum of Europe; this and
these were his great school house,, and these his
/ methods Of correction and education. Vie have
been subjected 10 them for three thousand years
! the African for less than three hundredi and
/ it is preposterous to claim development and cN-
] periencc for them sufficient to the great task
and duty OF supporting OH OFNSFO III ClFlal[ttcii.
! Providence has not designed n black column To
i mar the unsDotted whiteuess Of our temple OF
Freedom. The negro race yet is, and. must for
ages to come rclnain ia their apprenticeship, and
while they 50 reinaiH, the property Of the mas
ter has as iust ard sacred foundation as that of.
my other institution of property, or obligation
iof duty which belongs To the organization and
( framework of society.
: But the argument need not be pratTactcf!---i
/ The second object of Nirginius was 10 ascar-
! tain whether the friends Of Mr. Buchanan ia
J Penusylvanis, were sincere in pressing him at
I this peculiar junciure, as the gentleman most
( sound on this delicate question, The known
condition of public sentiment on the subject IN
various parts of that State, the speech OF Annt-
gomcry, this editorial endorsement; the re?nb-
licati0n in the ConncllSyii!e paper was We!l ca
cnIated to arouse suspicion and excite iears.-
/ The very language and phrrSeology OF their
lS'afs RtS2iNti0is were sufficient TO attract at
I taMtion and promote enquiry Fhose rcsolu-
tons mGRif;siiy aroiH tao irhole foiHt IN iysuG.
/ They are u subterflgc, If not fraud. If they
were dcSignediy framed, 50 that the SOuth could
understand them one way and Pennsylvania all
other, aai they agree TO accept them as mat
ter of policy and availability. they are stl5ter-
iuge, dishonest in themselves and unworthy of
the occasion. Il the politicians of that State
framed them, with view to ,nisguiding the
South, as to the true condition of popular SEN
timent in that State, it is . Eraml-a base and
lamning equivolIe. But let the resolutions
speak for themselves, so far as they speak ii
Rs.olssI, Tttsia the repeal of The act haora
n tie Missouri COmyyOmiss Act, ami Tie pas-
snJe Of The act originating the terTi!0rjes?f Hfn-
sasa14 Nobrrsssi, free from unconstitutional re-
ssr5cstoHa the ltst Coa9Feea performed Il ircrk ot
patriotic sacrifice, in meeting the demands 81 the
sscfioaal excitement By VnshakeA adherence TO
tis ftatit,aacntaL btc.
Fl l. fygs n
eli utac:esqyY bit TINT it I9ts eEpetieas 10 meet
the questions IF irLi.H It dtsgossd, aud '7hieh
cult acreT 02mitgT HOre e,e9y settlement tttGH
LAT present. That ies recognize Ia t. the appli-
cation 20 the Territories 81 lie. EHiie1t SiGit5 ~
The rllc NJ "e9lql and 0ract jVstiee to "ttmenh
Or ajl ~eetions Of the coglcterae 17dtc9 s7s ae,
sigHet by the }rttmeTS or our gorera!aeift, -Gha
,stiei deifacd as osc Of tie escHti,;t lrise{-
piles 55S the immortal JeItsEsoa.
RsS5L.ci, Tint Tie DemOer,tey Of Itaaaytcd-
aia, 5oiLl5iMg he couns5t Of some Of the foitesf
IS59tesmtgl Of Tie North anil South, acre rcgfy
oa saoro tRsdH one Oeetsion IN the pass n crlGEd
the Hiss7Wri Compromise line to the IiIcgtt, 20
as 10 aitkc i: the bIsisc f7ss1l ttemeatef tie
lgucst;oa Of slarery in the Territories; bMtishen
this proposition sras TEiectct IN 1915, on the
Iqrothi that q iheOlcei an al,.tUe concession tn
the South by he rsTy mCa esho aoto efa:aor Jo'
a restoration Of tie Missouri line, the,e seeHed
tn 5cbut oae sc:5 diiaTaGtire lefs, and Tint rus
10 refr the ,cAole question 3t sLarsry in tic ter
1toric8 20 Ike people thereof, to BE- 'e90t1'e3 Gs
fhey may dcsI,i proper; and IRE, Aercfors cheer
flily ertea1 0ar hetrty support to ne i'ot'cy 81
fths goeeramoAt rs recognized IN ne CoitD''it5~f
lie i4arss of 1850, d.R emb0ljset !" lie kIrs
organizing the Icrrit0rjes IF Hos"Sss eat Ne
! Jrds}1.
The efuiyo,ie is manifest. II is needless to
dwell on it. No direct declaration avermcnt
IS made On this issue. bnt on the contrary the
bold gencraiizations of the Declaration of indie
pcBdcnce, written il vicw of far different state
of things, and for far different race of men, Is
unnecessarily, and without any logical conaec-
ton with the subject in hand introduced into the
resolutions. 1t was done so designcSly. ap-
peal to the Judgment of every mind accustomed
10 the criticism of language and The ftceSti9G-
tioE ef attention, if that language was not in
troducc:l as 81 covert method of expressing an
intention contrary to or different from that
which the general proposition MAS jntetde1 o9d
I caicpi,ifei 10 convey. The broad generalization
introduced and critically extended into an cS-
hauStin.. argument on the resolutions, will jus
tify every extremity Of Wiimot, every iana;i-
cism of Ciace, and every sinister movement oi
Seward on the issue now presented The Tcso-
/. Iutious.are uncandid and iGSincerc. They arc
50 cautiously framed that their insinceTity seems
designed and an imposition contemplated. II.
we are to have AIr. Buchanan, let US understand
the terms on which he is to be taken. 1t is we'll
moi to be disappointed, it wi!! modify the eXu-
berance of oar Joy at the Success and prepare
MS for the disappointment which will take place
10 the victory When these gentlemen have
succeeded in securing their candidate. ard ''c
have elected him, we may be the better prcPa-
rcd for their detection aud dcsertioa. The dis
appointment, being forescen, win certainly not
| he SO bitter EIRGINIJS.
TRIBUTE
10 thc memory OF EEobt .. 3feGnbe.
TYbo IOsthi. life by explosion of the steamer 'BeL, Ir
California, on the 5th February, 1856
NJ c. %'cABE.
Rector Of 81 ,roS,s Lot T. Church, Hampton. TirCiatu.