Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-03

and grain and the sturdy ycomanry Will bring
4E,ei,: wives and children to see the wonders of
the Yankee CITY. and to witness on all sides the
salutary effects of the friendly invasion. Here
your sons and daughters, on the soil OF Their
birth will soon enjoy the highest advantages of
sdncstion. and the refining influences of cultiya-
ted society. Who objects to this? The defen-
ders of the institution? They have not char
coal enough to hinder US much. CEHEDo Is
fixed fact-a manifest destiny
B1t Won are not the only recipients OF theSC
benefits. The whole State will be advanced, So
ciaIly, pecuniarily and commercially. The
building of manufacturing city at this point
will stimulate the agricultural interests OF the
country. New lands will be brought under cul-
tiyation. There will bemore science in agricul-
ture-the exports of the country will be multi
nlied many fold. The products ofinduStry here
must seek an outlet eastward as well as west
ward. and must have one. The Central Rail-
road will be completed, and build up Norfolk
and Richmond. This will make line ofsteam-
ships necessary, and will sustain the line when
established Here is the key to your State; the
place to lay the foundation for your commercial
Grandeur. Hele is t9e power of wealth, yet
dormant in these hills, waiting to be called out
to serve the true interests of the Old Dominion.
Shall these powers yet slumber? What say
Norfolk and Richmond? Will they continue to
denounce their best friends, and try to excite
hostility between US? / think not. That effort
has proved too frutless to be persisted ill.,
Norfolk and Richmond will one day erect monn-
,nents to the Yankee pioneers who now unlock
the hidden wealth of Western Virginia, to pour
it profusely into their treasures.
have found among the defenders of slavery
in your State two classes OF men, OF widely dll'
ferent character and policy.
The first class contends that the Institution is
of divine origin, and must forever endure.
Yet tHey are so tremul0us and anxious about it.
that they suspect everything not originated by
themselves of having abolition tendencies
What kind of faith and divine institutions is
this? Who is the Author ofdivine institutions!
is He that stitch upon the circuit of the
heavens, and before Him all the inhabitants of
the earth are as grasshopperS Now if He has
established certain relations between grasshoP-
pcrS of color and graSshOppers without color,
do YOU suppose few Yankees can reverse the
decress and subvert the plans of the Eternal !?
Nonsense! Either the Institution is divine Or
it is not If it is it will stand If it is not, it
must take its chances with other human insti-
tutions
The other class admit this, and say, Eve are
so certain of the perrnanency of slavery, that C
are willing any experiment you may wish to try,
may be fairly tested. We have no apprehension
about the result; it will all come out right-you
will be converted to our views; we therefore
welcome you, and will assist you in your vain
experiment, aud will console you after
gre" Now, here rg il 4 men. cannot but res
put the calm and secure trust of such, wisely
calm and wisely secure, whether the institution
be divine or not.
You will bear me witness that have been
compelled to speak upon subject which told
you we did not come here to discuss. We hope
hereafter to be allowed, without similar diver
sion, to go on and set up our engines and make
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no doubt If anything more is to be said here
after on the subject of slavery, let the city of
Ceredo say it, rather than the citizens. Let the
steam engines speak. They are sometimes elo-
quent enough. They are better orators on the
slavery question than Congressman are.
There remains now, Mr.. President, but one
topic more for our consideration, and that is, the
objections to organized emigration, which you
have often heard from the enemies OF this en-
terprisc They say, if Northern men wish to
come to Virginia. let them come one by one, af-
ter the ordinary manner of emigration, and not
in companies.
Now consider for moment what are the in
ducemcnts to this kind of emigration, which we
encourage and our enemies denounce. The men
VIC propose to settle among you, or many of them
at least, have families. The first inquiry which
they make is, about the advantages of education
and of religion. Are there secular and Sab
bath schools near by 2" is the common inquiry.
You know what my answer must be- The pop
ulution is too sparse here to sustain schools or
churches, except at great distance from each
other, and for only limited portion of the time.
This, then, is reason enough why they should
not come at all, unless they can come in num-
bers sufficient to establish and sustain these in
stitutions among themselves. To refuse to al
low them to come in companies, is to refuse to
allow them to come ut all. They will come, if
they come at all, with all their institutions un.
broken; with churches and schools, and collie
geS, and the mechanic arts They will come in
communities, sacrificing no privileges to which
they have been accustomed. They will come
with their friends and neighbors, and will come
as friends and neighbors to you. You will
share all the advantages which they bring.
In this way there is a speedy transition from
the wilderness to the garden. Should you OBJ
serve yet few years, you will witness great
changes on this globe, throughout the influence
OF organiZeo Emigration. "a nation will be
Again, by coming in colonies, these worthy
men, some of them poor, are mutual help to
each other. Should one of them come alone to
Wayne county, he would cause no rise in real
estate by his coming, and could not in this way
benefit himself or you. But let them come in
colonies of one thousand OF ten thousand; let
them double the population of this county next
year, as think they will, and each one share
the benefits of great rise of property secured
at a low price. Our company does not propose
any monopoly, and the settlers in proportion