Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-25
PUTTING the Matter In a Light that
EVeryl1otlY ean Understamd.
From the N. 7. Post.

Senator IOOmDS, IN MS lhle gIorlhS"-
ton of the South and its institutions, de-
scribed that region as not only abound
| ing in all the elements of wealth and
greatness, but as containing twelve mill
lions of inhabitants, who were SO loyal
to her that neither treason, nor seditious
teachings, nor brute force, had been able
since the Revolution stto seduce one hun
Il dred of them from allegiance to their
homes and their social system" Passing
Il over the facts that We have millions at
the North who are far from being SO loyal
4 to free institutions, and that the gentle
man has forgotten the existence of some
myriads of fugitive slaves, both in this
/ country and Canada, who hare been Sc
duced from their allegiance, we would
respectfully inquire why it is that our
i Southern neighbors are so very unwilling
to let the light of free discussion shine
into those happy homes? If the slave
plantation is sncha heaven below as Mr..
4 Toombs represents it, can we northern
people not be allowed to pass the portals,
4 inspect the premises and judge for our
seIyes2 If the advantages, all things con-
sidered, are so immensely in favor of
human bondage with all its accompanf-
ments, can it not bear to be freely discuss
ed, and have its bad us we'll as good quail
ties pointed out?
That such, however, is the case, Mr..
Toombs must be fully aware, or he has
not read the history of his OWE State for
the last three months. Few persons from
the free States were safe within the limits
of Georgia or Carolina, even though.thcy
had never opened their lips on the subject
of slavery. They might be model citi-
gems in every other respect; but the mo-
ment their s'loyalty" to that institution was
so much as suspected, they had to pack up
and depart.
| The commercial "drummer," who is no.
toriously Indifferent to every consideration
save success, received notice to quit with
out delay; even the poor pedler, intent
upon converting the contents of his KNAPP
sack into money or moneys worth, was
considered unsafe, and obliged to betnko
himself elsewhere, as fast as his heels
could carry him. The clergyman sus-
pected of believing that God had "made
of one blood all nations of men to dwell
upon the EARTH" although acquiescing in
the enormities of the slave system, Jared
no better.
III spite of all the happiness, and good
order, and devoted loyalty, and material
prosperity existing on the other side of
Mason and Dixon's line, the slightest de-
gree of unsoundness on the grand issue
| subjected every nvowed or suspected dis
senter to reproach, if not to mob violence
on the spot, and immediate expulsion. II
any unlucky wight had gone further. and
publicly avowed that he came for the pur-
pose of seeing life on the plantations as it
| is, and publishing an account of what he
saw, his life would not have been worth
twelve hours purchase.
While such is the state of things at the
very moment Mr.. Toombs spreads himself
so grandiloquently upon his beloved South,
it happens that one of our illustrated pa
pers in New York is circulating from week
to week artistic sketches and written dcs-
criptions of life andmanncrs as they exist in.
the back slums of this metropolis "Dutch
Hill" with oil its wretchedness, the "Five
Points," with all their horrors, are portray
ed as fearfully as can be done by pen and
pencil, in order to awaken attention to the
evils and lead to devising measures of re-
lief. The hcartless sel6shness often shown
by the owners of tenement houses is boldly
pointed out, together with the hideous
consequences of intemperance and liccn-
tiousness. Yet no public meetings to de-
nounce such acts of disloyalty to the North
have been called; probably not half doz-
en- persons have ordered their papers to be
discontinued on that account. New York
has no Vigilance Committees engaged in
ferreting out the discloser of these scan
dals and chasing him from the city. Nay,
ly table with fresh dishes of horrors, yet
no persons nerves have been shocked
thereby, much less have they been induced
to commit violence upon the criminal
| We have here social evils of enormous pro-
portions, of gigantic magnitude; yet their
exposure and correction are found to be
valuable aids to any journal. We are de-
sirous of knowing the worst, and having
done SO, retire to rest without fear of con-
| sequences.
Let Mr.. Toombs, and those Southern
fre-eatcrs like himself, who would pro-
nounce Northern society failure, ponder
we'll upon this fact The social system
there, for some cause or other, hates full
and free investigation more bitterly than
the devil ever did holy water To express
even a mild opposition to its indefinite
extension and perpetuity, subjects one to
| persecution; to avow opposition to the
| existence of slavery can only be done at
the risk of ones life. Why should such
be the case, except on the principle that
she who doeth evil hateth the lightG
1t is '7idely different in this latitude
With all his abuse of the North and North
ern people, Mr.. Toombs may come hither
! tomorrow; may inspect the haunts of vice
and misery; may even dilatc upon the
wretchcdRcss which exists among n GER
tain element of our population, as openly
and coarsely as he chooses, and no one
viii modest him for doing this. Nay the
people of New York would thank him for
his pains, and if he succeeded in organic
ing some practical measures of REFORM.
would ever afterwards delight to do him
honor. Come over and help us, Senator
Toombsl
The German Turner's of Cincinnati.
from the Gazettel
Bore off the palm of victory last evening
in honoring the birthday of Washington.
We have ever had an abiding confidence in