Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-12
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Ressrs Eaitors.-P Permit me to. express my
admiration of tho modesty and moderation of
our slaye rgpns.sin that, they have only de-
.manded the resignation or expulsion Of Mrs
Caldwell from the Senate of Virginia; when
they might have inflicted ,asmuchi more severe
punishment upon him, for the very 9grievous of
fence that he hns committed against 'our cery
good masters at Richmond.
Seriously tzbelieye1hatsbi Mr.. Caldwell
has changed his position or opinion on the-slae
very (or any other politicaD question: within
the last dozen years. he=reason Of nj Belief
is,-First, That nearly twenty years since, ina
casual lcqnveEsntioP, I heard him. express thes
Opinion that slavery VAS an, injury to any com
muity where it might,exist; and thqt.it would
be more conducive to the interest aud prosper
ity of Virginia, not only that her land should
be cultivated by free white men, but Tint her
manufactures of iron, glass leather, tobacco
and everything else, should. be filled;with intcl
.ligent white mechanics, rather than negro
slaves, Secoud In 1874 he was an ardent
supporter of Mr.. Clay for the Presidency, who
was well known TO be most determined oppo-
nent Of the extension Of slavery. Third, At
the time it was first proposed in Congress, TO
exclude slavery from any territory that might
Ebe acquired from Mexico, heard him say in
presence ola crowd, at the PostcOf1ce door,
that he was "Wimot Provso man"
Although it may beunknown to some juyen.
lies who have not yet shed their pinfeathcrs, it
is nevertheless fact that tile Republican party
Of this day occupies precisely the same ground
on the slavery question that both the Whigand
Democraticp parties did twenty years ago. Proof
Mr. Clay acted prominent part in the eXS
clnsion Of slavery from an immense territory,
which was not only ocquiesced in by his party,
but he was more lnuded for it than for any other
act of his life =. so
Both Presidents jackson and Polk approved
laws to exclude slavery from territories that
were organized during their administrations,
which is the greatest length that the Repnbli>
can party propose ortwish the general govern.
ment TO go, in opposition TO slavery. -Tndividu-
ais who go farther do not fratorniso with or vote
for the Republican party, but are known as
Garrisonians.
1t is not only possible, but probable, that
few tilhorous persons whov voted for Mr. Galt-
well may be dtspleascd, that lie not only adheres
to, but proclaims the opinions and principles of
his whole life, lest, as they think, it may ''in.
juie our interests at Richmond" "because it
will make master mac"
But their number could not materially rednce
the majority by which he was elected The
great element Of his strength then, was the fact
that he was emphaticaly the white mans eau
ddatc. And thcs confidence that his constitQs
ents,swho support themselves and families by
their own labor, had that he would not forget
who elected him, and PROSTATE himself in the
dust at the, feet Of Others because they hap.
pened to have slaves to support them in illie-
ness. a
The Boston Hsrald puts forth an account Of
the death of Henry Black, of Newport, Pa,
who undertook to sever the head of Il hci,, was
attacked byaroostcr, which spurrcd him on the
hand into IN artery. About two weeks after
the accident he was attacked with intense pain,
a sickening sensation of the heart, aud his SUI.
fesing became insupportable At this date a
remarkable occurrence took place. lie drew
his entire frame together, as though to gain
strength fer an act, and his voice broke forth
like Tue growing Of rooster. This was repeaS
lariy of voices, that the outside listeners asscr
ted their belief that twas Il rooster After
four days of indescribablo suffering he died,
aud crowed no more
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Tue Aurora (Ind) Commercial reports AN in,
teresliq?ss. case of attempted snisids by some
young married man of that place, the other
day. he bought vial Of arsenic, took it home,
and, rather osteutatously for a man who wants
to kill himself without interruption, asked his
sister for spoon to take it in whcrcupon she
tried to take 1t away, and in the scuf1le s,illed
all or nearly all of it on the floor Still he
went through the notion of swallowing it
from the vial, and became terribly sick. Doc.
tors came and vomited him, and brought mp
plenty of mean whisky, but mary arsenic,
from which the Commercial nfe:s that tho
strychnine in the whisky neutralizctl the arscs
mic, and advises all suicides to beware Of taking
arsenic in or upon whisky. He was well
enough to work next day.
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HORACE, who vas at once a rlansof genius and