Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-04-26
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make their declarations correspond with
PrRe Fact A statute of the kind above
mentioned was in full force. to wit the
celebrated Missouri Compromise act by
which slavery was forever excluded from
Kansas and Nebraska Yet they did not
declare their dissatisfaction: they declared
| just the contrary. They met in national
convention NJ Baltimore in 1852. and re-
solved 10 resist all attempts at renewing
the agitation of the slavery question eith-
| cr in or out Of Congress, under whatever
color or prcteNt the attempt might he
made. 1t is remarked hy the very learned
author of the history of civilization i'll
| England, Mr.. Henry Thomas Buckle, that
other truths are Just as certain as mathe-
maticGl truths, only they have not so much
/ precision. That historical truth is just as
certain as mathematical, only not so pre-
else Now, here we have proof equal
to mathematical demonstration, that the
| Southern party in 1857, far from consider
| ing the exclusion of slavery from the ma
tioual Territories Il cause of disuuion and
dissolution. did MOI even consider it
canse of dissatisfaction. Aud we have
/ proof equal to mathematical demOnStra-
/ ton, that they are the ag"rcssOrs in this
! controversy which COuYulScS the continent
| and threatens such balcful results. They
wilrully, and tits not too strong language
to say pcrfidicusly, re-opencd the food
/ gates of strife. by an attempt to seize for
slavery the Territories of Kansas and Ne
/ hr,.ska hy what Cassius VI. Clay, in his
/ Frankfort speech, calls the grab-game.-
| Then if they were so well satisfied with
the state of things IN 1852, why are they
now continually threatening TO commence
! the work of cutting our throatS? Has
any national measure, untavOriIhlc tn their
! interests, been adopted since 1852? None,
none has been adopted none attempted
| If the voice of wrath and strife and hate
| rcsUunds through the land, it Is because
these men love To hear the voice of wrath
| and strife and hate rcsouHding through
the land. They may have objects OF sell
/ fish anI Wnholy ambition unrevca!cd, nut
| their prOfrSScd. their nStcnsible reasons for
commencing and carrying or this deadly
| quarrel with their Northern ncighhOrS. are
rs unreal, rs slight. as unsatisfactory. Is
mysterious rs ! have ever asserted them.
/ No doubt the two exceedingly weak and
/ incapable men who have stood ut the
| head of the national administration since
/ 1852, have contributed to fan the flames
| of sectional strife into Unwontcd fury
But it has been by unqualified ohscqueons-
ness to the beheStS of slavery. But Tor
the pcriiiy of Franklin Pierce in breaking
the pledge against agitation, upon which
u.
not have been opened. without persist
cnt. determined and unscrupulous exec
utivc interference. the proposition 10 repeal
| the Missouri Compromise would have ig-
nGminiousIy failed in Congress. Without
the ucrtidv of James Buchanan. in break
ing the pledge in favor of popular sovcr-
| cigntv. upon which he was elected. that
s.whclp of sim" the Lccompt0n C0nStitu-
ton. could scarcely have appeared IN
| Congress. The UtiiCiOuS interference OF
these two men in behalf OF slavery, has,
no doubt. influenced the controversy, just
as the ollicious interference of by ISLANDERS
in behalf OF the aggressive party to "
quarrel always iuhamcs the quarrel. Ex-
| rcutivc Interference with the legislation
| of Congress is becoming national nuis-
0ncc The whole enormous patronage Of
this government Is often prustituted to
carry into effect the whims of Il man, who
! is neither distinguished hy wisdom or
! poodncss-who has reached tie highest
| place because he is Il selfish, slippery poll
tician: in the language of Pope. "a sly,
slow thing with circumspectiTc eyes.
The Southern pro-s!avcry men often
proclaim that the very existence of the
| Black Republican party. as they are pleased
to call it, is = sufficient prOvocation to
! disunion and dissolution. That party was
created aud called into existence by the
pcrhdy of these men. and while they avow
| their determination to Africanizc the North
! American Continent, that party Will go ON
, from couuuering to conquest. These men
are themselves the EFFICIENT ALLIES "t the
| Republican party. Their aggressive, en-
crOnching temDeTs, their insuifcraGlc arrO-
gancc, their naughty, impcrions. domineer-
! ing language, are daily driving into the
Republican ranks thousands and thousands
uf men whose natural symrhthicS and pro-
cIivitics are with the Southern party. il
these men could fora little while lay aside
their ingraiucd habit of hectoring and ty-
ranuizing over their cringing slaves and
the few norr whites of their ncighburhooas,
when they come to deal with frcemcn as
hirh-Spiritcd and us determined as them
selves. the result might he different.
The reader who minglcs hut little in
po!itics, may feel inclined to wonder how
| This controversy is carried on in the free
States The arguments employed in the
late Connecticut election may he very
safely taken as a synopsis of all that can
possibly he said upon the subject. The
| ..Untcrrificd' in the Empire State were
very liberal in sending aid to their brrtlI-
rem in Connecticut. Stumpers and ora
tors swarmed upon the little Yankee State
from New York, and Albany. and Roches-
| ter. and all along shore. They described
the Southern States as consisting of about
eight millions of people, one half of the
white and the other half of the black race,
four millions of each. Then they dilatcd
on the horrors of slave Instructions, on
the mnssacrcs. the slaughtcrs, the burn
ings, the rApcs, the robbcrics, the crimes
| innumerabie, and unutteTaiIc attendant
upon such It state of things San Domingo
was pictured ont in all lis horrors Thus
] =, IL, uF
the idea of outside interference with the
mere internal domestic affairs of the scve-
rnl States, is so utterly impracticablc, and
! q IL. imturturnn..n l. nf ~ Lnsliln ulimrn-