Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-11-11
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protect Estates Ia thai species. IS Of +;
property, as long as those States choose to keep
It., US ap any man living: s .g; s., t - .lf,s
FAyolEsATHE PRINCIPLE oReTHEo FUGITIVE SLAVE +,
3yoa 2isgEg tElGIAiG: lelt Yifill as.a ~
Mr.iBstes believes in the unqualified rightof
the oTUere 10 recover his slavesif theyiescape 10
freetStateaand iftPresidont, he would execute
the Fqgitiyesslavei law; if the army and navy
OF ,the ;GeYcrnmentw were eQualitothe task And
iii the Fugitive SlayetLaws Should be repealed Il
or should be found dinadequ to the service of
returning absconding slaves, to their masters,
Mr.. Bates would urgently recommend to. Com i
greSs TO pass sone law that would more cer-
ta!niy aud more aceeptably carry out the con
st'tptlo9al guarantees OF the rights OF Southern
broken compact if these plain guarantees, were
denied BY the deliberat e7and peFseyering action
OF part Of the Con federRcy.I,
II Q9ngress, clearly representing the will of
the country, should pass laws legulizipg and
Pro5{ssGt!ng slave property in Territories 5pros-
laws rs promptly rs any other laws Of the Iapd.
IL 9 territory should organize into State, with
sufficient population to Justify its admission,
and present constitution toIcratingr slavery,
Mr Bates would not oppose the admission Of
Such State because it had a pro slavery Gonsti-
tuition. .''
NEJolcEs ATHIssoCHI IsBEcoMING FREE STATE.
say how much it wants of African Slavery, and
how long it wants it, and how to get rid oil 1T
when Its people arc tired Of it. He does not re-
gard ditlas perpetual institution, but asyinits j
very nature, abnormal and cvanescsnt, changing
rapidly under the htuencc of climate, com
merce; civilization, religion, laws. lie knows,
land ls'glad to- know it) that Missouri is rapidly
hecominsa Free State; and he does not depIore s.
the fact that it is by transportation aud not bvTl
emancipation, TINT the tSthte isso rapidly be-.l
coming Free; for he knows that the Enancipa~;
of the Slaves to rcmain'n this country and mix z
with the whites, is nbi0vrent2 and ntollcrabe
And to&scnd them abroad by sudden and total
exodus, is beyond the means Off any 2sOvcrnm ent
What is beyond his WISDOM, he leaves TO
the inscrutuOle ways and infinite wisdom of
God. Tho rapid and peaceful extinction of
Slavery that is going on.in Missouri without
the MD Of Emancipation Parties, and without
'hc heat and aciimony Of domestic ,discora, is
entirely in accordance with the views and e
feelings Of Mr.. Bntcs. While Mr.. Bates is glad
to see Slavery declining in Missouri, other
strong OppOStioniSts are sorry TO witness the.
same. +.si .i5l .'t lfiaf .+f.'st
SLAVERY BRYoND REACH OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~ LABOR HOUND TO BECOME DOMINANT. lr,.i 4v
Mr. Bates finds no cause Of discord between
himself and that rro-savcry neighbo: on tac
connt of this dillcrercncc; for hc cknows that
neither the 10y of the one; nor the sorrow of
the other, will quicken OF. delay the inevitable
cons1nlmation that is ahead. Mr. Bates re-
CARDS the fate of slavery as out of the domain
Ot dcmagogues-utterly beyond their reach
and mpelled by that power that brings the
times and seasons 10 their appointed course,
aud rolls up the Heavens as scroll, when He
has done with the wondrous panorama By'his
0wn example he has shown that he prefers to
live by his own labor, and not on the labor of
slaves But he claims to be, in this particular,
only "a law unto himself"
THE NECESSITY OF PROCURING rnNElGN TERRITORY Fl.
FOR CoLONIzING FREE BLACKS ,r.s
lie would never, under any circumstances
countenanCe National organization having in
view the interference with slavery in the States.
The entire :Cunction of the Federal Government
III regard 10 slavery, i'll his opinion, should be
to protect it where it iS-nOt to extend it where
it lS not-and, so far as policy and ability may
allow, to help those States get clear of it that
may wish to do so, by the procurement Of For
cign Territory suitable to the ready and cheap
colonization. of Free Blacks, already become n 4
grieVOuS nuisance to every State Of the Union,
both Free and Slave. This is National nui.
sance, and should beginato find National rem
edy. The policy aircady broachcd in some
States of selling againiiu iuto Slavery, the Free
Blacks whom humane or grateful masters have
| enancpated, unless those freed. persons leave
the State=-whcn, indeed, all the slave States
and many of the Free prohibit their entrance
within their limits under heavy penalties, is, in
the highest degree cruel 1t is harbarOuS--
Aud it would disgrace tho American Govern.
mcntin the face of Ghristcndom TO permit such
policy TO prevail, from the lack nf its OWninS
tervcntIOn to procure suitable home for these
sorely hunted aad distressed fIecmen of we'll
worked aud faithful seryile race, 7.eI ,f.s
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