Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-19
WHEELING, VA, FRIDAY MORNINGS


! have answered. Butt am not disposed tc
hang uponFthe exact form; of his inter,ocoa-
tory. am rather disposed to take up nj
least some of these7questions, and state
what j really think upon them. 7s,7s,
AS to the first ne,5tn regard to. tbc
Fugitive Slave Law, have never hesit, !.
ted to say, and 4 do not n6sgi fesiiq;s 10 1sav
that 4 think uRRer the Constitution Of H.
Cn1tsd States, the people of SoutAern Stayss
are c71ttled to q Congressional FugItire Sior4
Lac. Having said that, have had moth
ing 10 say IN regard to the existing Fugi-
tive Slave Law further than that | think
IL should nave been framed so as to be free
rom some OF the objections that pertain
10 IL Without loosing its efficiency. And
inasmuch as we are not now in agitation
in regard to an alteration or modificGt;on
OF that law, would not be the man to in
troduce it as new subject of agitation.
upon tue general question Eof Slavery 7
should De efceedin.9ly glad ID kno,c thai there
tco"ta Heuer 6e another Sldt6 STATE. qdu;tts,1
tnto tAe GHton but mast add that. If Stare
fy SAdtt 6e Kept ont Of the Territories durino
me territorial existence cfQny one gireu Ter.
T7toTY, and Then The people shall bor;,,, :,
Jar chance and clear field, when tEcv
come to adopt their Constitution. do snch
an extraordinary thing ms to adopt n Slave
Constitution, uninhuenccd BY the nctnoI
presence of the institution among them. =
see no atternat'Ve, if 're o'rn the country. GNt-
TO admit them into the Union.
+" The third interrogatory isanswercd bv
the answertothe second, it being, as con-
celve, the same rs the second.
"The fourth ono is in regard to the abo-
iltlon OF Slavery in the District of Column
ola. In relation TO that, have my mind
HiSfi0rt1Ir
cced'NgIy glad TO see SIdre9y abolished in he
District Of Columbia. believe that Con-
gress possesses the Constitutional power
TO abolish it. Yet, "s a Member of Con
gress, should not, with my present views.
he in favor of cndcavoring to abolish
Slavery in the District Of Columbia"
And for further proof that the same
conservative tone" is that of the Repnbli-
can party, we have the words of Mr.,
Seward, whose speech for that party and
for Mr.. Lincoln himself, whose cause he
has been SO ably advocating, will be ac-
knowled BY all as an authorized cnuncin
ton. In the Senate, on the goth of last
February, Mr.. Seward said:-
but we do not seek to force, or even to
lntrnde: our system on you. we are ex-
Guided justly, wisely and contentedly from
al political power and responsibility in
~ 'PAt'eA A1AGAlCo. Oh are SOTeTclU0S
On the subject of Slavery within your own
borders, as we are on the same subject
within our borders. 1t is we'll and wisely
80 arranged Use your authority to main.
AIN what system you please We are not
iistrusttul OF the result. We have wisely.
Is we think, exercised ours to protect and |
.ertect the manhood of the members of the
state. Thcwhole esovcreignty upon domes-
lc concerns within the Union is divided |
,etwecn us by unmistakable boundaries.-
lou have your fifteen distirv.true- -vTuoIe
lghteen parts ." If ours Sh0lL be Gssdit
&c &c, :! Ic nreseEfthout, by any enemy, or for
ny cause, and zoe shall haze need, ere shall
rPect yoW TO defend it. If yours shall be so
ssGited, an the emergency, no matter 1chGt the
ause Of the Pretc1t, or ,0ho The foe, ace shall
'etcn6 your sovereignty, as the cquiralent OF
ar o'rn. We cannot, indeed, accept your
would be TO surrender and subvert our
,wn, which we esteem to be better. Be-
ides, il we could, what need for any di-
'ision into States at all2 Younre equally |
It liberty to reject our system and its
.thics, and to maintain the superiority of |
your own by all the force of persuasion
md argument. We must, indeed, mutual-
= discuss both systems. All the world |
discusses all systems. Especially must we
discuss them since we have to decide as
nation which of the two we ought to in
graft on the new and future States grow
ng up in the great public domain. Dis
sussion, then, being unavoidable, what
conld be more wise than to conduct it
with mutual tolcration and in fraternal
spirit?"
Is our correspondent answered? He
should be, if plain and direct proof can
satisfy him. And SO should all the South
with him, be satisfied that the Republican
party is conservatives will, when in power
not as~ail but project the South; is not her
enemy but her friend, but friend also of
all the Union, not of section aIone-is a
party, which while it respects local Consti-
tutional rights, also respects and will
maintain national ones. This is the whole
question, and we believe it to be the desti-
ny of the Republican Party to settle it in
the end equally to the satisfaction of tue
South as of the North, and for the perma-
nent good of both.