Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-09
Ne vatican thunders and bulls Of e1oom,

Itbe vatican thnnders and bulls of excom.
munication daily hurled by the Richmond
nress. His doctrines are bound to pre-
vail. AT least so long as the dignity OF
white labor and consequent prosperity OF
Western Virginia are concerned.p Speak
ing. Of, the anfi-slayery movement in Mis-
souri,. the Herald says: =. A similar state
Of feeling may spring up any day in
Western Virginia, and when " once y s. any
it will grow with the increase OF an ava
lanche. every successive movement CIV
ing it weight and momentum. Inc pop
ular mind is ripening for such move
ment. The parallel is affair one between
ST. Louis and Missouri. and Wheeling
and Western Virginia. Missouri is. destilnr
ed to be q free state. and however improbr
able the assertion, or unpalatable the fact,
it is morally certain that Virginia, in>
tensely slayeholding as she appears now,
will folloao in her .aaks or spill, sooner or
later" Pi4s6urg Dispatch. gQ
Notwithstanding this high authority ]
will venture the assertion that the evils
attendant upon having in onr midst adisr
tinct race. alien in blood. in physical ma
ture, and in moral incapabilitys for inns
proyement, or even self-protection. unless
supported as regards themselves, and
withheld from becoming . nuisance to
theirsneighbors by system of mutual
seryitude and protection, SO far counter
balance the good dreamed of, by even
the most Utopisn of our opponents. that
the peculiar institution" SO far from de-
oreasing. will extend, and that very
widely. Even now, as matter connect
ed with the deyelopement Of their rich
and extended prairies, many OF the most
intelligent Inhabitants Of Indiana and IL
linois are seriously discussing the propri'
ETY. and necessity. of legalizing the system
of slavery in their midst. and of Kidding
themselves Of nuisance that is rapidly
becoming unbearable.
Our neighbors in Canada are also
awaking to the necessity of protecting
themselves from this evil Of having in
their midst an inert and useless popula>
ton, who will, and can do nothing for
their own support. and who only serve
to Ell The aims houses and their prisons.
The desolate fields and ruined planta-
tons Of Jamaica and San Domingo attest
loudly to the same fact, that the astnte
English journalist was not far wrong who
pronounced Wherefore and his com.
peers "the most mischieyous madmen
that ever tempered with safe and estab.
lished institutions" Even the Liberia
colonization scheme turnes out TO be q
failure, and the Richmond Wing, in re-.
cent, and we'll written article laments this
fact, as removing the last faint vestage
of hope that the African race and ciyi.
lization can ever co.exist. save in state
Of bondage for the negro.
The cant phrase of degradation of
white labor" 1 cannot look upon, e1cep.
as adopted originally by, and repeated for
the benefit of, that very large class OF
men who, dependent upon their own la
Dor for support, and not possessed
either of innate energy, or willing in.
dustry. are disposed to shirk the responr
sibility of their laziness under The first
cloak that presents itself. Twill ask you,
sir. whether the owners, and the sons OF
the owners, of very large proportion OF
the Slaves in this and adjacent States have
not and do not often hold the plough, or
handle the rake, side by side with those
very slaves? And do they feel, or are
they degraded by the association?
Faugh! The very assertion is the most
absolute hypocrisy.
! have been led away from my original
subject by the reflections to which this
question has given rise. and as have al
ready exceeded my prescribed limits,
will postpone further consider alton of my
main argument, on the duty we owe our.
selves, of developing our natural advan.
tages. until another occasion. will con
tent myself in this place with the assers
ton Of an undeniable fact.
The true interests Of the negro, as veil
as the white men will be best subseryed,
when the question of negro slavery is re-
garded, not as the morbid fanatics Of the
Garrison school, or the interested knayes
who Shrek with Greeley and the Beech.
ers would wish to have il considered. but
as a mere abstract matter Of domestic
economy, matter Of dollars aud cents. 10
which it properly belongs. When that
day comes, and have faith enough in
the "seber second thought" Of Americans
10 believe it will come eventually, the
question will be settled, and the principle
will be recognized, that an American has
a right to hold any property. and of any
nature consistent with the constitution OF
his country, whenever, and wherever he
tnay see fit, and will be himself the best
and only judge of its fitness and propri-
ETY.. / might extend these remarks much
further, but as remarked before, they