New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-24

proceedings. OF course, they were mostly New
Englanders and foreigners. You have read about
tho treatment of DR.. Smith, who spoke there.
Since then the Fremont men have kept STILL they
have no public meetings, and it would be folly if
they had. But they are not dead by any means.
On the contrary, they are thriving. the principles
are spreading fresh breeze has sprung up feeling
like the air Of better Spring. How can il be other.
wise : We here are chiefly working people; we
live by manufacturing; We are not n slavehohing
community; the whole number Of slaves in this
place Of Is COO inhabitants, does not amount TO
100 and our interest is surely not in that kind Of
property. Besides we are, largely Free-State men
from Ohio New-England, Old England, Germany,
and as such we have not forgotten the principles
learned in former years Notwithstanding, how
ever, We dare not speak very loud, because We are
closely watched, and the leaders Of the slave-drv-
inr party both FillmOreites and Buccaneers, are
close upon u.s. We used TO think there WAS free.
dom of speech, but the mob which tried to take the
life of Dr. Smith has taught us better. We used to
think there was freedom of the press; we now
know that this freedom Of the press means TO be
pressed out of the State The " BlackabOr
party know they walk on dangerous ground here,
because Of the existence Of strong sentiment in
favor of Freedom, and because there is an Ohio
cross the river. and there are Pittsburgh and
PENNSYLVANIA not many miles OF. They
know they have to keep close watch.
If they let the reins slip only for a little
willie they would lose all. just let Southern ter
rorism be suspended for two or three weeks along
the Ohio River-let the people have access to ill.,
formation, and ! assure you they VIII all turn
armnd and will let the - best families take care
of their human property themselves. ! was asking
ayoupp man from Kentucky the other day at
"lagcr-beer house" what ne was in favor Of, white
laborers or niggers white, said he, 'Ofcourse,
" but these d Fremont men want to favor the
niggers. won't go in for that. I'm for Fill
more; was born an raised in Kentucky and
81 shall stick to the South" / asked him if he
owned any niggers He said: :" No, but he had
"all bis life worked like niger, and not lived
"half as well as slave" Iexplained to him how
that came and after half an hours quiet
tion he looked on the whole thing with different
eyes. He had never known that the Republican
party merely wanted the prosperity of the laborlng
white men. That was perfectly strange idea to
him. But it dawned upon his darkened mind
Oh, if those people were informed, thousands in
these States would declare for u.s. all the laboring,
all the thinking all the honest, all the feeling men
would welcome our doctrine. THE TRIBUNE and
kindred papers would be sought for with anxiety,
while at present, hardly dare receive 1t for fear
the Postmaster with his myrmidOns, who, of course,
are rank and file to the Administration, might act
as spies and ferret us out as black sheep.
The northern portion of Panhandle" particu-
manly stand Separated as they arc from Virginia,
hardly knowing anything of Slavery being driven,
like wedge into the Free States, they care not a
bit for the Southern chivalrOus slavehOlding breth
rem Of Virginia In fact, If they were left to them
selves they would at say good by" to the old
slaye-hatching, savebreeding, and slave-whlpping
commonwealth of Virginia. The Helisbargh Her.
aid, an Independent sheet, in fact now the only
sheet in Virginia which dares to speak out reports
the proceedings of Fremont meeting in the above
named county. Our Wheeling papers, all of which,
from the Pierce Democratic Argus and the Buchan-
an-Whggish Inteiigeneer up TO the Fimorean Times,
are kneeng at the bloody shrine of that henous idol
(Which is tie sum Of all yainies) are shocked at
these proceedings. And, ms in of the resolutions
of that Fremont meeting Wheeling is appointed as
the place for a Convention to be held September
49, The IneHgeneer true to its hypocrltica nature,
whines out thus:
ave need say much this subject but would sdvise
members of that party 10 change both time and place
sire her name to be sccond Hartford in political nquy She
has night protect herself from such as will fol
dence viii be Exercised and that Wheeling viii be cle
upon decide in what she will protect her fame for
patriotism and devotion to her State and the Union"
How beautiful how patriotic how philanthropc
Wheeling has the right 10 protect herself from the
consequences of Fremont meeting Pray, what
are the consequences, and how will she protect
herself7 We can readily answer the latter qucs-
Il
sheets will urge the lower portion of the population
to mob tho contemplated meeting, that is all! And
then the Democratic sheriff with his hirelngs, will
take the participators into his holy keeping in
order to prevent bloodshed." Now, these will be
exactly the proceedings. In conclusion, The isteti-
genee~ says that is but an act Justice to gentle
men here in Wheeling, connected with the unfortu-
nate move for Fremont, to state that this meeting
has been called without their knowledge. Kind
paper. philanthropic Inteiligeneer! How grateful
these unfortunate gentlemen must be Indeed they
loeA on you to extend your kind, protecting hand,
if anything should happen. But be not deceived,
dear advocate of the "sum of vlllainies;' be not
deceived Let me whisper into your philanthropicc
ear, that all these gentlemen who are connected
With tbe unfortunate move for Fremont, regard
you as wicked, hypocritical sheet far meaner
than the slave who is forced to kneel before his tor
mentors, while you are voluntary slave to the
most despcabe of aristocr acits, to that of Human
Slavery. L"iNGLE'