Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-10-25
SLAVERY DEGREES


EFFoa the New York san, Organ q ne casaa ssnss
ostSber 81
Yesterday, We alluded bTicfiy TO Gen. Walk.
ers recent decree establishing slavery in Mica.
ragaa. IF We take this act IS an indication OF
/ Walkers true character, VIC can regard him in
no other light than rs : most nnmitSgated scoun-
Crel for whom no terms of (ienCnciation can be
too severe. Andif il be not an act springipg
from Jlcbased and wicked spirit then he must
be a mailman, who docs moi reflect upon the
, character and consequences of conduct. No
man In full possession of his rcason-no man
not lost 10 every sentiment of honor OF humanity
no man, unless he possessed the cruel qualities;
Of hcnd, would SO among poor weak, con-
hiding people, like the NieaTaguans, and while
PROCESSING to be their friend and protector, de-
hbcrately re-inlp0Se on them system of bond
age, from which they had nobly emancipated
themselves. There Is not one slave-holder out
Of ten thousand, in the whole South, who would
50 degrade himself before the world and in his
own eyes as to pursue the course which Walk
erhaS taken. The most mammon-g Taspiug skim
flint in the Northern States would stand aghast
at the proposition.
Asa mere matter Of policy, ii is the most fatal
step Walker has takcn-the most fatal he could
take. 1t needs but such measure as this to
turn his own men against him. They cannot
endure the disgrace Of following such leader.
That Walkers men viii deposc him and estab-
fish another leader-unless, indeed, they aban-
don him and the country togetheT-may now
be regarded rs almost certain. The Nicarasuan
Church aud its adherents, heretofore his fast
friends, viii torsoke him now and loathe him as
4 base traitor. The natives, reyiFing their mem
orie5 of Spanish inynsions and subingations will
turn their friendship into burning hatred De.
serted by all in Nicaragua who have hitherto
supported him; secuted and denounced by all
in the United States who sympathized with him
while they believed him possessed of some hon.
or and manly courage, his end viii be that of q
remorseless villain, fallen from fame to the black
est infarny.
We cannot believe that the noble-hearted
Goicuria, when though native of a slave coun-
try loves liberty in every fibre of his heart, and
lent to Nicaragua his services and his purse
that she might be free, will continue to hold a
commission from her betrayer and enslayer, or
allow, his name to be any longer associated with
Walkers Infamous career. Nor can we believe
that Mr.. Oaksmith, who by all his relations OF
blood, and all his associations, is bound to a
deep symhathywi freedom, will prostitute him
sell IN the service of one who has ceased to be
worthy of any mans respect And no man
who respects himself or desires the respect of
his tellow-men, will encourage or aid the worst
enemy which Nicaragua has ever had
Especially does it become those who are ex-
pecting to leave by the steamer on Friday, to
stop and reflect upon what their condition soon
must be under such rule as that now indicated
by Walker. They are mostly working men, no.
ping by honest industry and perseverance, to rise
and thrive in life. This can never become the
case where slave power is supreme. The work
ing man there is necessarily degraded to thel lev
ell of the slave, and his chance of improvement
grows constantly less. This single fact is pro,
ven; OYER and over again, in all tho past history
OF the world. 1t is itself the key and explana.
ton of the little growth and advancement of the
southern states. Let but the would-be Nicara.
guam ernigrants study well the condition of the
white working people at the South, and cspeci-
ally outside of the great cities, and their plans
will be abandoned right speedily.