Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-15

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is only an emblem of the profound peace
that reigns amongst the Inhabitants Gifts
delightful Eal1ey. Froms the upper end of
Hancock county toSits colt1uenrc with the
Mississippi, this lpTeliest Of all streams
separates he habitations; friends and rela-
itiTes in Virginia and Kentucky from the
hnbitatioDs of friends and relatives in
/ Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. No quorrels,
no contentious, no wrongs, no outrages,
no ordinations, no determinations have
ever disturbed the happiness of the4people
of this valley, through its mighty length.
OF thousand mile ct bad men, wick
| ed men. selfish aid cunning men, in the
far South are determined TO pat an end to-
this desirable state. OF thing, aud make US.
i.Of Ohio and you of Virginia, deadly enc
mics. For 1t Is unfortunately too true,
that eneighboring nations are natural en-
emles. If this treason shall be consum-
mated, if the Union shnll- be dissolved,
and the Ohio become border line between
independent nations, the idea Of coptinu-
ing peace will be just as absurd as mad
man S or sick mans dreams. How shall
evils SO great,and imminent be averted?-
Not by listening to the dictates ofthe low,
brutal, animal faculties of human nature.
Not By listening to the counsrls of Frank
SAA4 a S,&Al4Ge E1AQRGEE 4as
ney and his colleagues of our usnrpinE,
political Supreme Court. These men and
their confederates, for the last eight years,
have undertaken to govern3us by means
OF these lower faculties, by appeals to our
selhshness, our avarice, our cowardice, in
one word, 10y sinking the nation in gener-
al, and the tree States in particular. into
an unfatbomatle abyss of baseness. Let
the Anglo Saxon race on this continent,
foronce, take counsel of thelligher Faculties
ol human nature, such as hope, reverence.
beDeYolence and conscientiou8ness. and see
if we do not arrive at happier results than
We evercou by obeying the dictates ofthe
low, selfish animal feelings. What propose
IS this. Let Congress pass m ACT autk0-
rizing loan of a few hundred millions Of
dollars, and employ the money in purctlas-
ing and emanciPating every slave in Viz
ginia. Kentucky, Tennessee aud all north
of those States, thus making our institu-
lions homogeneous, and forever removing
all cause of quarrel and. contention If
the enterprise should requireta thousand
millions of dollars, the public debt thus
created would be, by nomeans. burdensome.
The public debt of Great Britain is
now, or was lately, thousand millions
OF pounds sterling. fUrbear all details,
as well as all discussions of the evils of
immediate emancipation, WHICH never
favored, and do not consider advisable.
leave the cotton States out of the caIcu-
lation. They are bent upon treason and
mischief, and deserve no concessions of
any kind from US. But the feeling of fra
ternity and fellow citizenship towards the
States above named is unimpaired. If.
emancipation were a fixed fact, men who
have passed the meridian of life, would
yet5liYe to see Virginia equal or surpass
New York in opulence, IN prosperity, in
all the materials of national greatness.
TIE thing is just, equitable and benevolent
to both races. We ask our fllluw- citizens
to give up certain properly, which has
al welfare, and we propose to bear our
full share of the burthen. The reason for
this proposition is overwhelming, but
forbear to enter into the argument.
PHILoPATRIA.