Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-11-08
WHEEL
THE INTELLIGENCER.
The Po.IlIon d PennsrlranIn-

part ot strong and stirring review of the in
terests OF Pennsylvania, from the pen Of Nor.
ton McMichael, the experienced, abl. and learn-
ed editor Of the Philadelphia G0gette, the great
leading commercial journal of that CITY. and
one of the most conservative papers in the
country. The article has no less bearing on
the interest Of Pennsylvania than it has on that
OF Western Virginia, and for that reason we
subjOin it.
In our neighbor, New Jersey, whose interests
are largely Identical with ours, but FAR more in
our own good Commonwealth, there is an un.
doubted majority OF intelligent and upright citi-
HcnS, who arc entirely hostile to modern de-
lmocracv, both for its creed and for its practice
ihelr repugnance is mingled, in indefinite pro-
portions, "t fear, scnrn and hatred Again aud
again have they united TO put down its perni>
cInnS domination, and their last was nrt tho
least signal of their triumphS BY continued
union they may easily retain the field in perpe-
thlty by diSuion they may as easily again re.
Stote Tue democracy I" the po~er it has so
>h"meinlIy abused. We have some reason 10
suspect that there may soon arise Just enough
ot cauSeSS and irrational diSSemSinn tn dcprivr
us OF part or all of the rcsnlis of our uast
successes Our appTchcnSiun> are not, indeed
very strong; but so great woufl be the ,uppo-
Sed cSianity that, in view Of it's possible o:cur
renee, We icel ourselves impetIej, this morning
10 discuss the matter briefly, but earnestly,
using only the rhetoric of facts
Before considering the Intent causes OF our
possible disAcnsion and rnlrcbleucnt, we must
i!'st Look at the composition OF the peoples
FaFty. The main ctcmcnts OF this party ap>
pear to l'e four, and they a>Sa the four car,ii,
nal vices III the doctrine and practice of tlcuoc.
Iacy- These vices are, its anti American, or
iree trade theories; its anti frce-IabOr or pro-
slavery policy; its annexation or fiilibuStcliug
nr"cIlvitIeS; and lis general corruption and cx.
tra"agance In all :heSc points the democracy
have Sinncd long, deeply, knowingly, persist
cntlS against the welfare Of the whole Union.
but especially against the interests and feelings
I"t Pennsylvania. Let US examine these points
in brief detail, and seq if auy:nnn, heretofore an
IoppoSItloniSt has reason, any of these
grounds, TO rcnounce or relax his opposition.
Protection to her industry is the very life
| blood of this State. Whatever the nrcminence
| oil other interests, this is with her the master
OF them all. Her soil is fertile, but only to the
hand OF intelligent and patient toll; and what
sne raises III abundance, by abundant labor she
can sell Pr0titably only to large aud constant
market, created a"d maintained at ho,uc-
Stored away in treasures, strong as the ancient
MUS, yet oil easy and cheap approach, she holds
mineral wealth, in the enduring forms of coal
and iron, of exhauStess amount and incalcuIa-
BILE value; and kind Providence has laid the two
In such close proximity that they can always
AID TO elicit aud elaborate each other This
vast treasure lies so near her cereal regions, and
Ooth are so readily approached from all import.
ant centres Of trade or manufactures, that here
we may safely say, more readily than anyMhe
else on earth, may the five great industrial
classes, the farmer, the miner, the manulactur.
CT, the carrier, aud the tradeSman exchange
their labor and possessions for their mutu
al comfort aud advantage. To aid her in
developing this meaSurCleSS wealth. and in
| enriching her own citizcms instead Of Euro
peans, by the profit made between the cheap
material and the rich result, Pennsylvania
has vanly petilinned Mt Washington for twen.
~ yeurs. So large, so loud, so clearly right
IeoIS was the claim, that here, and under the
agony OF doubtful elections, even democracy
| to"k up the cry, and hOW led for protection. Yea
verify, as some man, Stimulating tooih-arhe for
the sake OF The expected brandy, will screcch
louder than the genuine sufferer; even so did
these dear democrats, through their great love
OF carrying the bag, ont yell, tari!i.wiSe, the
Wings themselves, from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg. Well, democracy always succeeded, in
natural view; for, if ever they failed to elect 1,
President, they bought up his kitchen cabinet,
or check mated him in Congress. But somehow
no protection came. Pennsylvania, whose IA
ciliteS for all iron work, Gf "nhindercd by the
hOStlIIieS OF her own sons, and her own vote)
were uneQualied in England, or the world al
ways found her mineS and mills and for"es. in
their best estate, ha!f-workcd, and often for her
own use, imported manufactured iron when she
comiederacy. But she has repented of her old
time folly, and no longer trusts her welfare to n
party which is the very synonym of free trade
with domestic loss aad foreign gain. The ONLY
question remaining, pertinent to this point, is
how any PennsylVauian can, in any conceivable
contingency, aid in disorganizing the Opposi>
ton, aud Strengthening the party which has
always clented wronged and inSuitcd his State.
Pennsylvania is a free State in feeling and in
action. She was among the earliest in her own
calm, deliberate way, to oppose the idea of hu>
man bondage. Her citizens labor as they
choose, and arc paid 70: and according to their
labor She has many poor children, and if
they desire, or are compelled, to settle o.. any
lion of the national demain, she would wish
them to retain What she endowed them with
the dignity Of frcemcn. Her metropolis al
ready the first manufacturing and second com
mcrcal centre of the Union, has no small chance
of being the first in both; and, in any case, her
trade is SO national and so vast that ii is of
great consequence to her whether rich terrific
tories at .he west, like Kansas, shall resemble
Ohio, or Arkansas, in their power of produc>
ton and consumption. But Pennsylvania is
also border Stnte-bound equally to Che south,
as to the north, by ties of blood, of feeling, Of
interest, of old and manifold connection-and