Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-04


ton dollar q another mans vs-cs b.. o.
course, Incapable OF apyrehcndiug shat il i %
be zone q The Chiu.v.' and member Ola
Pint Family. Bgivt ueyertheless take toe ..
berry ofbgiie,iHg tia, it must sometimes b. the
most unhappy u conditions The number d
realities % tbs he " which 4 sensitive uan nav
have some legitimate apprehension Is 80 great,
that be Is in very pifab.e circumstances Who Is
compelled TO Be a'fnd ofthings whigh plebian
northern boy, n1t out Of BIS peiiielai,, would
face, With a wooden sword, without vincinc 3D.
Here come, o. Us, i1r instance. q Virginia Demo
cratic newspaper, ne Bee Ridge RspsHi,lH,
with ~ leading article headed "Firtbrands
Ah0ai, and 10 b evident that The whole county
Of Culpeppsr b 10 On alarming state u panic,
seeing visions q outfare and arson. and dream.
ing dreams d threats cat from car % ear Per.
haps ii Is our distance hou the scene ofiisirc,s,
perhaps a want Of proper ..niiycness aud chi.
VaIrlc sentiment which naturally attends those
who have not 10 thur ysinsa single drop % that
blood which has flowed through IN unbroktn
/ IiHe Of Virginia cavaliers but we cannot help
suggesting the inquiry, whcihera "dre.bnnd'
7 that vas "ail0at would not be likely 10 be what
. The negroes called ",quenchcl,' and whether
/ the apprehension that the river would be SET Oh
] fire by TIA, means was not slightly premature.
I A. any rate We confess, without the slightest
blush Of shame, that did we live IN q community
where floating iirebpndS exposed US 10 such
/ ,eu0rs, we should flee at once, Ike the wicked
man, whom no one pur,ueth, to the nearest de.
| pot Of the Underground Railroad, II no better
refuge we're offered Us. aud escape to \ country
where we could haze the blessed privilege Of be.
coming mud sill, and enjoying an undis,ur
bed belief that any combu,,blr which is well
overheard Is past all mischief
The particular hre.braud which has recently
spread IT, gainsh, and iright'ul, and porientouS
light through the Culpepper region Of Virginia,
came through the Post Office. aud "the wrap.
ping being paper, accidentally came open,
which considering the nature Of the enclosure,
was not strange. Such accidents however, to
Northern packages are not uncommon Ia South.
ern Post Offices, and can only be looked upon
as proyidenual The package in question was
addressed 10 Maria g. Underwood, the wife Of
Mr. John Z. Underwood, now Of this city, but
formerly Of Virginia, though that, Of course,
could have nothing TO do with the '9cclient"
which happened to it. But having happened,
several genuemen'-of course, gentlemen, be.
ing Nlrgiuians; the tritling act Of tamperins
With the mails being rXcusable under the cir
IcumStance', the package belonging only to a
w0man-"scyersl gentlemen gave It careful
examination. II was found 10 contain a few
pamphlets, entitled Views Of American Slavery,
Taken Century Ago, and bearing the imprint
I0l The Association Of Friends for the DilIu.
sion Of Religious and Useful Knowledge Of
Philadelphia. The book, copy Of which hap.
pens to be before us, seems as harmless as
the Declaration o! Independence, The Con.
.greoioaIl Gbbe, Backs,one's Commentaries,
or the Discipline Of the Methodist Church,
works, We presume, not altogether unknown
in Virginia, and all quoted from in this little
pamphlet IL contains, moreover, the sent.
ncntS Of Washington, Of Jefferson, Of Hen.
~, OF neutrality-suspicious. Of the Virginia Of
tiStory-and Of host OF others Of this and
other countries, none Of whom are now alive,
and particularly B.nezet's Account Of Africa. u
aud Wesley's Thoughts on Slavery This
alarmingly incendiary document some well.
meaning Friend in Philadelphia had sent to Mrs
Underwood, as he might have sent her a reprint,
were there one, Of ''Jciiersou'S Notes on Yir
ginin, for her own ediication; and the gentle.
men who tin alarmed and solemn conclaye
over It, like pale and QualmiSh "Crowncr's
quest over an unpleasant body, only permitted
her TO have it after imposing upon it ''very
high charge as she herself says in a calm and
ldignifed letter to The EsVHthsdH, explaining
how the package came 10 be sent 10 her The
Jury however, reserved to themselves the right,
and conferred upon the editor Of the paper the
duty, Of acquainting their fellow.ci,izens OF
Cupepper County Of the dangers which men.
aced them, though haply ayertcd, it might be,
by these high minded men, before the fire Of
whose patriotism postal laws were as tow,
when mai.hagS Smclt OF frebrandS. And the
editor OF Tho Blus Ridge Republican, as
u faithful conservator Of the public morals and
safety, has perrfOmed his task in way that
shows him true son Of the proligc Mother Of
Great Men. "FircbrandS, y he declares are not
suitable pdJuiTU for Southern youths which,
as an abstract proposition, is uaqGeStiouably
true, though We had always supposed that live
Goals were the commoneSt diet Of the sons Of
Virginia Families. Washington and Jefferson
he evidently regards as well meaning persons,
who would nave known more If they had lived
longer, but who unfortunately died "beIore the
institution was claimed and established, not
only as legal, not only as constitutional right,
but as Of divine authority Mrs. Underwood's
correspondent is told, for his comfort, that he is
an "unballasted phianthropist' hardest
name yet; aud he and the other 'ev prompted
zealots' OF the Association Of Friends are ad.
vised ito strip their three thousand black coat.
ed hypocriteS Of the robes which they dchle, -
aud do something else, we are not quite clear
what with those white sepulchcrs OF the
breathing dead the factory and the workshop, -
which pour forth their periodical hccatom6s
of whitehead slaves all which, we trust will
be properly attended to by the Philadelphia
Quakers. Especially let them lose no time with
the "6laek,eoated hypocrils,' and the white.
faced, breathing dead slaves poured out OF whiled
sepulchers in periodical hecatombs.
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Tue Richmond Enquirer discusses the subject
Of the Intervention Of the General Govern.
mcnt in Territorial Government, and comes to
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