Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-30
THOSE members of our Virginia delega-

LlOuH III 7OOuRE6S6 NuO uSESE OlttlG All Op-
portunity to range themselves ON the side
of dis-Union, eyince shortsightedness
which is as discreditable to their intelli-
geneesIas it1isito their pdtriotism.l Some
of them, like Pryor, BcakeS Gnrnettc-
especially the last namod-out-Keitt Keitt
himself, in boistcrousnnd vengeful threats;
whensif all=they threaten and seemingly
wish for shouldshappen, it would be moth
ing more nor lesslthan the: coming Of the
evil day for their constituentss These gen
tlemen should remember some words that
have very lately been fashionable in the
Gulf States, about n cotton confederacy.
They should remembers that Maryland
and Virginia, and Kentucky and Missouri
are Northern and Western States. and not
Southern. They arc not planting States,
as The Gulf States are. Their inter-
es1s are just rs much at variance with
the.Gulf State interests, as are the inter-
ests of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. Just ias much. We arc not 5of
those who think that the interests of any
of the States conflict, except in bene-
uSAGAl NuI-UuL IL We ullSLNhSLI OAl
remarks are none the less applicable, for
the conflict is only matter of time, and
very short time, between the present North
ern tier of Southern Suites aud the Gulf
States. 4
We do not say that the antagonism
between the interests of the more northern
slave,States and those of the more South
ern is at present strong enough to prevent
their living in comparative harmony But
once let the fire-eaters Of the Gulf States
be freed from the restraining influences to
which they are subjected while in the
onion, and we cannot doubt that thcirpow-
er would rapidly increase, until it achieved
the mastery in their section of the country.
For the pecuniary temptations to reopen tho
slave trade, and to seize upon the fat lands
of Cuba and of Mexico, are so great. that
q II ), Growing
more and moro inclined to yield to them.
While negroes are becoming dcarer, and
the demand for cotton and sugar greater
wemust expect that the mon who raise
cotton and sugar will look more and more
leniently upon schemes which propose TO
give them cheap laborcrs and cheap land.
Wclkuow that the Northern tier of Slave
States has not neglected heretofore 10 cx-
press dissent from the doctrines which are
becoming popular in the Southern tier
No State has complained more earnestly
than Virginia of theattempt to delugc the
South withnegroes from Africa, Let her
seewh6t will bcthc prospect when she is
no longer defended by United States law.
IL the State SeNGte OF MISSOURI, a few
days ago, a resolution was adopted re-
questing the Governor of the state to COM
nunic0tc to the Senate his reasons for is
suing bonds to the Cairo & Fulton Rail-
road Company. The resolution was, for
warded to the Governor, aud in due time
returned endorsed as follows;
aTgl t55 JEFFERSON Griffith, go
Issued because IlNi the right and power to IL,
70! il. n. STEWXRT''
Upon the reading of this remarkable mes
sage; Gen, Watkins, the offerer of the rcso-
lution,who, by the way, is a halfbrother to
Henry Clay, inquired of the Secretary:
sis that message from the Governor? Are
you acquainted with his handwriting Is
it signed by the Governor" To all of
these plain intcrrogatories the Secretary
said "Yes." Subsequently a resolution
was adopted declaring the reply of the
Governor "undigniied, not responsive, that
it ought not to be received" and instruct
ing the Secretary TO return it, together
with the resolution of ccnsurc, 20 the Gov
crnor. Shortly afterwards another "Mes-
sage from the Governor" was announced.
which was opened and read us follows:
.a..,,.-. ,.JEVrERsoN CIR, Dec. Il, 80.
Dsstl FeSSiNsu' Z. NJ. STEWART"
The Senate should have waited until the
next day--thsy should have made their an
peal from "Philip drunk TO Philip sober"
YESTERDAYS Washington (Pa.) Erant-
ner contains the valedictory of Thomas w.
Graxson, Esq who has been its editor for
upwards of twenty years, and who now
gives way TO John r. Donchoo, ESQ. a
promising young lawyer of that place, for
mcrly of-thts city.
Mr. Grayson is a good writer-gaYc his
sheet always respectable tone-but Was
very cribbed and confined in his notions of
politics. He knew very little that was
good outside of the Democrats party
\ thinking like Logan, of Illinois, that that
organization could do no wrong. GRAY
son always went the nominee whether he
approved or disapproyed of his nomina-
ten. His coming into the support of
Bill Montgomery, last year, was melan-,
choly instance of his weakness in that
way.