Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-25

.I,o oDrol expenses of the government 500
limited to Sc, 600, G00 surplus aYer"s ~ en'I
mn mo wear might berealized, up ~ sN lone
IF the century, from customs ana uG P.,o nc;no.
This surplus might be loaned 10 .nI T. he need
tinn Fund from Public Lands shouia IL oc W..
DIV uSi any wear, TO pay off such Ssate Us -
s;n;a Thus it might be seldom, II ever, ~ ss.
ssa'sarv for the nation to borrow money :o'
sesrI,;n, on this great work of gradually eAtlt-
80; [;D2 slavery Even in case oil such ileSeS
s;tv II would greatly elevate pollucll a.,ay
and promote national economy ana vflee,
ia be in debt, or under the, necessity ,,to,so
,Oorev for some grand reproductive ente'
prize. I'D 70 bc NOT only lust
- ..,norons to the South; their commefclal.
eIirinns and political partnership WIN ~ ~
sustaining slavery having been most in mummy
and extensive. They have had the hanoling u
ali the great staples of the Sonth: cotton, rye
and tobacco have constituted tueli cur
fading with Europe. In this they have mostly
nil for their importations of foreign goods
P,.bich they have again sold to the South; thus
rni,inJ large profits from their various transac-
t;"ns in sIaye.iabor produce. They have doubt
ass reoIized more than half the wealth that SIN
ews bought and sold have ever earned IN Amer
ico They would with the same certainty, snare
equally with the South IN all ttie incEe ,'I,
wealth and prosperity which emancipation wouI"
bring to that section of the Union.
C6nnensated Emancipation is the only way
nv which slavery can be abolished, without en-
falling upon the North an incalcuiaole PecuLlhly
loss There is n great number of persons oil
great intelligence and influence, who tnlhk .lle
restriction Of slavery to its present limits Mouiu
grow into compression, e0"lPFessto" ProIueec r.
slora. and DEethOra work out the death OF inc
cvsten Or in other words, the numoer OIL
slaves would so increase in the end, that tney
would become yalueleSs for want OF increased
oreo nm which TO spread them. This result II
nossible must be very distant; for there Is room
enough within the present boundaries oi 9i"se
territory for fifteen millions OF slaves WIN a.
many of them to the square mile a: III
carolina But remote or near, TINS anucipa-
raJ reenlt of restriction involves the absolute
certainty of a long and complete financial break
! Jo,,,, in the Southern States. Those entertain
inn this idea must suppose that the whole pc
cn3iary value of the slaves would be Destroyer
that the planters and farmers OF the SCUM
rorld have nothing but their exhausted lands,
and accumulated debts with which to commence
the system of free-labor. How would they
paw for thatlabor black or white? what would
become of the African population released from
bondage under such circumstances Those wh"
owned the land would have no capital where
with to pay them wages, and without w0rklhg
for wages how could they feed clothe and smell
ter their families, and in the end buy land tor
themselves! AIlu VIII SOulu lASt"AL' y N'-N
age which the North would incur from such
condition of things, even for five years IN the
Southern States?
The dissolution of the Union, that desperate
and fearful mothod of aboishing slavery, which
a few persons of acknowledged talent and per-
sonal worth recommend, would be ten times
more disastrous to the Free States than the re-
suit of compression and plethora It l9X my yyts
a,ates 2t1d whites, in which the latter are to be
overpowered, and mostly cxterminated, if the
self freed blacks are to remain in the South as
conouerors of the soil as well as their former
masters If we had the heart only to estimate
the pecuniary bearings of such an event, who
could estimate the calamity Of such revolu-
ton to the North? But suppose the victorious
millions of negroes should not proceed to such
extremities, but merely fight their way across
Mason and Dixon's Line, and distribute them
selves equally among the Free States, detailing
to each 100000. What welcome would Hi
nois, with its BLACK Law" give to the quota Of
this colored population assigned to her? What
would liberty loving Massachusetts say to the
liugress into her borders even of 100000 of
this great ISrealitish army from the land of
bondage?
The peaceful extinction of slavery by Com
pensated Emancipation, is the only mode by
which it can be effected in harmony with all
those objects and interests which should be so
dear to every American Christian and Patriot.
E. B.