New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-18

Cholera IN those sunshine attitudes, must be removed
from contact with the sound lest they, too, rot in
wardly "snd foul contagion spread" But all this
care and consideration is meant for the white men
and not for the black II is the fear Of an mpend-
ing insurrecton Of the whites, as Gov. Wise sensi-
bly, describes II, that calls for these extra judicial
demonstrations as well as for the particulartes Of
Southern legislation in this direction. Though any
one who has been in Virginia about Christmas time
may know that an instruction Of the blacks is
not regarded as a thing so beyond the range of
probability as not to excite panic fears and fearful
bookings for Of boarded vengeance.
But il is the poor whites, who do have the nomi.
nal power in their hands-sovereigns, but with
Slavery as Viceroy over them-that tie lords of
the lash have to fear. Their genuine intelligence
and real enlightenment would sweep away the
Nightmare that sits upon their breasts and parayzes
their souls and their bodies and hinders them Of
progress and prosperity. Gov. Wise, in this same
conversation, indicated sop which it was proposed
to throw to this many headed Cerberus, made up
after the most approved receipt of Southern poit-
ical economy. He said he should not be surprised
if bill were introduced into the next Legislature
of Virginia to restrict the slaves from learning the
mechanic arts with the design of restoring these
trades to the poor whites. This is an Abstraction
worthy Of Virginia herself To say to the masters
that they may not do what they will with their
own, and to compel men by law who are always
stronger than any law, to substitute a lees for
more profitable employ ment Of their property, that
the gains may 60 to class which they despse more
than they do their slaves is about as feasible as the
destruction of the property of New-York and B)s-
ton by the resolutions of Southern Conventions. If
any such policy be adopted, and an attempt be
made to enforce it, we may BE- sure that they feel
themselves in strait, and forced ID betake them
selves to desperate remedies. We shall believe
that the White Trash is beginning to pick up heart
of grace, and to show unequiyOcal symptoms of
purpose to be kept down in their freshness no
longer, in such an event.
We conceive that it would be charitable to be-
lieve that some other of the believing, slayehodng
orators and letterwriters are not the unmitigated
asses they are fond of spOuting and writing them
selves down. If we have rescued Wise from the
cOmpanonship of Bottom, and-hOwn that there may
be human skull such as tis) under that ASS nowl,
we may have hope even for the herd that bray and
throw up their heels in concert with Brooks. This,
by the way is not the first sensible observation we
have heard attributed to Mr.. Wise. There was
story, authentic we believe, going about some
twenty years ago. to this effect 1t was in the days
of the early Anti Slavery agitation, when it was
going about in the country towns from school dis
90, knI
through the influence of the Property and Standing,
long before it had obtained q hearing in either
House of Congress. 1t will be remembered by
those whose memory runneth back to that time,
that the terrOrs of the South were excited then
when the cloud was no bigger than mans hand,
to almost as great pitch of desperation as they
are now that it seems to them to Overhang the
whole Northern horizon. This was proved by the
rewards offered for the heads of Northern citizens
lin one instance by the Legislature of GeOrgia) for
the expression Of their opinions; by the teonious
robbery of the mail at Charleston and its justfca-
ton BY the Post. Office Department; by the demands
of Southern and Northern Legislatures for laws re-
strictipp the liberty of the press, and by the VIII
linqness of at least one Governor (Everett to COM
ply with them; by the mObs which slayehOlding in
fuences stirred up all over the North; by the mar
tyrdom of Lovejoy and the cOnfagratiOn of Penn
sylyania Hall. Well, it was at this time that
Northern Member of Congress said to Mr.. Wise:
" How does it happen that you Southern gentle
men are so much enraged at what the Abolition
lists say about you How can their abuse affect
"youl Why not pass it over in silent contempt ~
"Ah" replied Wise, struggling his shoulders,
IN tell you why it is. rs because ,chat they say
sis so id true!' SO we will end as we began,
by repeating that he is not such fool as he looks,
by any means.