Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-04-26

is born, who will sec hundred millions of
people in the present boundaries of the
free states and territories. Peace now
reigns throughout the valley of the "beAu-
tiful river through all its course of 4 thou
sand miles. from Pittsburgh 10 Cairo
But suppose two Independent nations were
established on its hanks. would peace
reign thea. Should We not ssoan hear of
raids and ravages. uf hurIiimgs ahd plum
derings, of revenge and recitation? Did
independent border nations ever live in
peace? Has it not passed iato st p:ovcrb,
and an axiom in political philosophy,
that neighbnring nations are natural
enemies? Witness the history of England
and Scotland before the Iuiou. Witness
the history of the States of Greece, of
Italy, of Germany. Witness the history of
England and France up to the battle of
Waterloo, and these last two great nations
are separated by an arm of the sea, vet
even now their populations nre aeit'ucd
with the cxpcc tations of coming coliis-
ion. -,
Fellow Citizens. Friends, Kiusmcn: if
our Northern temples are so malignant, if
our habits are so injurious, if our designs
are so pcrnicious as to Justify a resort to
dissolution. blood and carnage, why were
you not the first to make the discovery, the
first to make complaint? you whose habit
ations are in sight of ours, YOU who are in
the habit of daily intercourse with us,
YOU who love TO live in peace with US, as
WE LOVE TO LIVE IL PEACE WITH YUU. l. it
not strange, mysterious, that you have no
complaint to make, no wrongs to be
redrcsscd? While these men, whose hah-
tatiOns arc 'Qrcr the hills and far away"
from ours, are so moved by II sense
of injury rs to dcnonucc war upon us in
terms sufficiently acrimonious, sufficiently
apprabrOus 10 stir the blood of quakers to
fever hcFt Yes it is strange, mysterious,
hut the mystery is easy of solution. The
injuries of which they complain are unrc-
III. imaginary; their grievances are home
mnGr. fixed up, manufactured to order by
trading politicians, of whom each one must
outyic his ncighhor in his protestntinns of
devotion to Southern sentiment and Soul
thcrn institutions, AMI must be an adept in
the old Persian political maxim. "lf the
the prince ut nOOn-dny declares that it is
night. yuu must swear that YOU behold the
moon and stars" Fellow citizens. it is not
your happiness that these men are seeking.
1t is not for the promotion of your inter-
cSts that thcyarc sowing the seeds OF deadly
hate amongst the members Of the great
AnglO-SnXon family. on this continent. II
Is not for the promotion ofvourintercsts that
they are bounding Oh the Northern and Sou
thcrn sections of this great Union 10 deeds
OF blood. 1t Is the qualification Otthcir own
selfish and unholy ambition which they seek.
Itis this which instigatcs them to 20 delib-
uratcly to work "tu ripcn public opinion
ut the South for the dissolution OF tue Un-
ion. Yes! Yes! they we'll know that if this
deed of turpitudc and treason shall be ac-
yonplis he'd it must be the exclusive work
of their hands.l! On the broad scale of a
great nation, they can only act 81 secon-
Diary part We have not prcSitcncicS and Sec
rctaryships and foreign embassies enough
for ali of them. Even if this unnatural war
of brother against brother shall break ont
and rag &C with ineXtinguishahic fury, these
men do not expect 20 endure its hardships.
They do not expect to march III the ranks,
to carry thc musket or stand in the trench
cs. They expect to he Generals of DiviS-
ions, Field Marshals and Commnndcrs-in-
Chief They expect ''tO ride i'll the whirl-
wind and direct the storm it is true, but
at Il safe distance. The two mcauest and
most extensive butchers of modern times,
if not the greatest, never carried their
own carcaSscs within reach OF ball or
hayonct. OF course | mean LoUS the
Fourteenth. OF France, and George the
Third, Of England. | believe it is Cow
pcr, who SAYS that ''wHr is game, which
were the people wise, Kings would not
play at" Men of Virginia, men of Ken
lucky. if you are wise, the game of these
bad men will be spoiled on their hands,
They are Kind enough to ask you to make
vour northern line. for thousand miles of
its course. hostile frontier against mil
lions and millions of men, whose tcmpers
they have sourcd by the publication of
whole volumes of rutlinnly language.
whose anger. by whole years of putting
and blowing. they have ut length raised to
a white heat Fellow citizens, will vou
suffer these petty tyrarts, these wonld be
despots, to play this costly game of war at
YorH EXPENSE? Will YOU not arise in the
majesty of vour strength and dash the cup
of treason from their lips and send them
from the National Councils, which they 50
much disgrace. to the care of their own
private affairs and the supcrintcndcncc OF
/ their hondmcn. The reader will be apt to
exclaim, surely this picture of the folly and
lurpetudc of these men and their coadju-
tors. is uvcrdrawn: surely the case is over
stated If the Federal government has no
other merit. it has the merit OF having
preserved this great continent. in profound
peace during the scventy-Une years of its
existence until several of its individual
States count their inhabitants by the mil
lion aud have the strength and wealth of
empires. Surely statesmen honored by the
confidence of their fcllOw-citiZcns, would
not, for causes so inadequate rs You des-
crhc, plan the dissolution of our National
government, and thereby lay the founda-
ton for those sanguinary contests. which
all history shows to be inevitable, whcrey-
er two or more independent nations are
found in close proximity. Reader. will
go back little and examine the ground
with you aud will "iu naugLt cXtcnuatc,
nor set down aught i'll malice. In ls4s
the nation was tue owner of an immense
extent of new and unsettled territory
The status of this new territory as TO
freedom or slavery, became nu object of