Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-08

fertilization discharges but half his duty SIT
uated As ne are here on This narrow verge be-
tween two States, differing rom US N manners
habits and modes Of thinking having popu-
lsfion. In some part derived from the Northern
States and rom Europe, the wonder IS not that
~. should not have some bat that we have Ia
fact asI believe and hope, SO little of that feel-
Ing which = alien 70 the spirit and the general
tSesisre Of the COMMONWEALTH. That there y no
more nrz1es the strength Of the general attach
t5snt offour peopls 10 the ancient fame and the
present prosperity Of the CominonSg III. The
caution Win which the FEW amongst Us move IN
sention Of theis sinister and unlawful de-
s1ns and the prudence with INCH those on our
border conceal their cpeEauons SHOW that the ~
7srefai spirit Of CTR people can be satisfactorily
relied UPON for the enforcement of our laws
nay the prompt spirit indicates that In . case Of
c-zfrcme prosoeati6d there may be summary
rroceciina5 before the tribunals Of lRE can take
tnfisdiction Il Is our duty 70 shield the impru-
dent enthusiast or the deliberate yioiatcr Of the
3 law from popular vengeance, e It IL obligatory
on IA TO see that all the laws Of the State are
enforced, and that proper spirit Of respect for
the laws Of the iand and the order Of society be
az al dues cultIgated
Upon this subject the State has settled her
policy. Inthis condition It would be tallacious
IN her to permit the offences enum Grated which
I have characterized as tending TO treason.
speak Of the anarchy consequent upon
successful line of conduct Of the kind prohibited
by laws. Iexpress no opinions IS 20 the moral
and christian relations which exist or ought 70
exist between The master and slave. krop by
AZ, observation ofsforty years, at occasional In
teryals. through the slave portions Of the State,
that their relations are improving. That they
might be still more improved, and that they
will gradually improve, have no donbt But
the cultivation OF q race SO degraded IN their
natural state, must be the growth Of centuries,
II there is truth in their history and the e1perl;
nftN fNfV
state of a slave, or other dependent race, Is
matter Of municipal eonizance and IN an age
Of moral enquiry and of practical duties VIII
receive enlightened and conservative attention.
The necessity TO act and tine rlgnL % aet aie
questions for the determination OF the state IN
more permit individuals OF Inlnoritles wltnii IT'S
jurisdiction TO dictate the laws, than It can al
low foreign Jurisdictions to ustTp its powers
The State claims the exclusive Jurisdiction Of
this subject. 1t Is her right as sovereign
State Il Is lef duty as 4 people having q sep.
crate existenee, and possessing such popula-
tion within her borders, and this duty is predi-
cate Of her moral and political relations TO THIS
dependent race, And these have the sanctions
OF divine Institution, and il is remarkable that
precisely IS Atheism advanced IN France, tle
philanthropy OF Anaehaisis Ciootz and hoo'
Z bespiere, which was as sincere as any American
fanaticism, who murdered their own citizens by
Wholesale at the guillotine, became more tiercely
excited IN behalf Of the negroes Of. st Domingo.
This exempliies the whole current Of desecra-
ting philanthrophy. AT the North, IN those
pulpits where the divinity of Christ Is most
openly continued, the humanity Of tue negro is
most highly extolled; aud on those platforms
I where the ptccepts Of order and obedience taught
by the Bible are most recslessly assailed there
the state Ofnature and the rights of man, ire
gpective ofvirtue, intelligence, and obedience to
law. if these are not synonymous, are insisted
IA isnf1
TO society, and destructive Of goyernment, that
these contradictions are not apparent and these
moral consequences are not foreseen. It is but
sad repetition Of the general weakness and
frailty ofhumsn nature, or its occasional habili-
" 10 these abnormal deyiahons, Nature ana
divine institution are both violated by these abb
ferrations
Nature i violated, for history has its practical
illustration every where. Divine institution Is
violated because it has been ia the theocracy
Of the jews denounced as punishmcnt for ma.
tional degradation. When tribes or nations had
reached that vicious condition of the intellect
and affections which indicated the loss OF moral
will, the fact and the evidence Of incapaeity for
selfgoyernmenti servitude was adindged upon
them as the punishment and inforInatory edu-
cation which was necessary to their restoration.
wi hat was denounced and inflicted In the open
ttispensation Of Heaven, was constantly occur
iSriRg ia the history Of the profanc nations. The
offence OF Ham indicated that degradation, which
must Of inherent force, be hereditary, and do
served the punishment infiicted--.serva of
eservants. '-eien. 9 c V IS, and Baxters Note. +
The sacred history l. replete with punishment
81 similar and OF frequent threateninEs Of the
n same Judgment In the case of Jacob and Esau
the ,tSispiaced affections OF the father for the
weak and irresoiite though cunning hunter
yeyr,,lei r., lsyor 81 the plaiu man that
s,eit RI, fsF,ts who shopld have people to s3rs6
Ii,n and nstinns - how Ia hini. The cunning
h,nte e I,nit fsr yossteI. or ruler: order ana
ovesrf,ert arse sprincss mn In settled life and
8xed nurstiiis.-cen al. 90. 20. 81, Deut CHI
"a : - Pad vo,,ys lIsibles .c.6sefiliy and no
80. ,,,ii 4. more sv;3ent than fe infiicfiou Of
@ s,sne,stions s0ss and s.foreverH
secSrins ~ fhe ,,anifst Sieprsvity Of the de-
I;Ssrs,,i trts q, fsr,iiv Giiristianitv found