Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-12
D5EgE [. e ]. 4 3 BIB / r l2. !, 1860.

IL CUT % Is
.thansimpa pair its efficiency, and Eaccompa1y-
ing that legislation with Il bill declaring it
to. be q felony. of the highest grade, and
Esubject to heavy penalties by fine and 5im-
tprisnnment, tosrescue or attempt 70 rescue
lstsslavefinftustOdyc cf tue officers. or after
he had been restored 70 his master and
making the general government response
bic for the value of the slave that may be 4
rescued, ond holding il as. ,l.charge against
! tbs State that shall permit the law TO be
lthuS vlolilte6 within its territory: then
tsuppose in reference to the Territories.
Etheref should be wisdom and pa1 a1riotism
I ough, in1both section ofsthe country, to
Erestore matters t0Etiles sconditionthey occu.
Ilpied prior to 1864. byre.establisllng the
missouri Compromise lines; don't ron
think, my good friend you could then be
persuadedto to agree that's nll5the Southern
1 States. except South Carolina you'd agree
kevens without The restoration of the Mis-
souri, line, TO remain a little longer in. the
Onion? although South Carolinil might
have assumed that she was too good. and
high toned, ,-andEchivalric to remain where
/ Nlrgini0. kentucky;zTe Tennessee, #AIarylnnd
North Carolina and Missouri, would he
Eproud to stay And South Carolina
should be deafzt0 all rcmonstrance and in-
Esist that she would stay out, after that,
don't you think sue ought to be left to
shnre the fate She had 80 unnecessarily
scourted and proyokel2
All this have strong hope may be ac-
complished, Unreasonable time is allowed,
1 q snitAbie Spirits adopted and proper
course is pursued; butI do not think i'll
cap he done by the system of bullying and
| oraYaqo thnt many of our leading men
/. seem to have a decided passion for. The
j. North and the South are equally brave,
I5audza brave people, like brave mon, will
/ always despise and defy bully, and
/ there has been too much of that game
I played on both, sides
j believein the patriotism Of rejecting
linen of atlsparties and of both sections,
and am confident in. n.the4belicf. that each
! VIII in the spirit.tha animated our flth-
ers, for the sake of the Union, surrender
l much that has been claimed on both sides,
fbefore they pull down this great temple Of
Liberty ons their own heads.
IS will not. stop to enquire which section
would suffer most from rupture Of the
lzUniou, because lido not calculate its val!
l=ne by dollars and cents; tits enough formc
fto5k know that both h4wonld sustain n calnnI-.
Elty that neither time nor taDorz nor money
could repair. But toaccomplish anything
reason and persuasion must take tho place
Eot threats 0lIq5tAnnts and elimination, and
4 3rccrimination. how all this is to be
brought about is another question, which
IflsRve5 to those who are power to bring
.igh ut-butz Ishave 0nsablding trust and
cqnfdspce in the same Good Spirit thSt
!.llas dIfected US through every trying diff
fculty th:tt the wnyawtH bbs sa prepaid to
save great, glorioussahd thrice blessed
! and God-ifke work of ours:fatbcrs to us.
ndito our children and ,hour cIlildren's
EChildFen tHs.
One thing,.my friend, you. may be assur-
9teElsef, that Wig ttlis necessity shall arise
i for virginia to takcznp arms ngNinst the
4 tGorernment of the United States, she will
require no other State to set her mn cx-
ample Of .what5it. becomes Lershonor to- do
but she will neither DC "hitched on
nor dragged intos' any rebellious# or treas
ona6lc movement by thenost spoiled child
OF the whole family. Virginia made the
unl9ni tits chiefly the work of the hnnds
other children, and she will adhere to,
abide in, protect and preserve it, until
some stronger reasons than now exists for
itsfdcstrurtion.
One word more. Are we to have
State Convention? Thope not; thercis no
Sl'tfirient reason for II Convention; the
public mind IS not in condition for 81
Conventiom;gitzis too expited=l st:tte for
snvh hrlI!lrrtti0n as the putilic interests
'"mlnd; ;sudsnrttnl means have been used
I" 'n&kc=ii su.und the state of yunr own
mini serves as evidence of that fnct
Men nre4nnt made wiser or more tenn
pertte by being sent into i, convention,
than tosnny other drl;berative body, such
as Congress or lie Legislature: nor have
we amy reitsOn to suppose when party
3 spirit runs as high as it does now, that
wiser and better men wouli he selected
for such q place and for snci purpose as
is contemplated; and wou1dyou ordinarily
trust, or5do you know#anyDOdy who would
he willing to trust the existence or de-
structiou Of this Nutioral Government to
the hands ofthose who f1ll either of these
departments? The world was not. made
in AN hour, tits not likely olbe destroyed
an day; there is no occasion, thea, for
such remarkable haste.
Nobody purposes to fire our dwellings,
or steal our substance away from us; there
is plenty ofltime before us.-let MS then
be pntient, be wise, be moderate
give time for the passions excited by the
elections, and the scenes that now sur
round us to calm down. Let MS act like
men, and uotlike children, and above all,
let US tnke time to ascertain facts and not
be led away from the path of duty and
honor, by the tentllousand misrepresenta-
tons that Hre scattered broadcast over the
country for the purpose of inflaming pop
ulut passion.
takes a great5whileto build up a gov
ernment, and lit vii require d vast deal. of
labor, refectioni foresight. knowledge,
wisdom, and experience to form one that
vii prove sa tisflctory sub bstitute for this
4 which yon propose7to discard.
Do you fecl8snre that the4State is pre-
pared ut a moments notice to brinesdlI
Ithese various and essential elements to-
bear upon this subject? lfyon are, II am
NOT and as there is less danger to be ap-
4 pretended from cautious dcltberation, tha n.
1 from imPetuons haste, beg yon. TO unite
with me in urging the people Of Virginia