Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-28


favor of q measure. they give way and suf-
fer the popular will to prevail. But our
Southern legislators seem actually to value
q measure to appreciate il, as it is unutter-
ably adious to Northern and Western SEN
tmcnt. And they display this sentiment
in language which generous enemies
would not use aiter dozen years OF actu-
al war And these habits urc rife UmonG
the Southern people. Hence the yell OF
delight which was elected by The acquital
Of the miscrcGMt sldyc-tradCTs, without ex-
ertion on tneirpart, withonr counsel, with
out witnesses, without argument or cross
examination oftlc Witnesses for the prose-
uut:on What was the need of those
things2 Did not those grisiy wretehcs,
stained as they were with human blood,
know that Charleston Jury was strong
enough for their purposes? Hence the en-
couragcment, the rewards, the honors be-
slowed upon the robustious sFillibusterswho
meet and organize in our Southern cities.
This is my property" says tradcrat the
sale of the only vessel which has been
condemned for participation in the slave
trade '.and n pirGticGi government has un-
Justly taken it away from me, and slung-
shot soon laid the only bidder PROSTATE ut
his feet In short. docs any man, East or
West, or North or South, suppose that any
national statute has the slightest chance OF
being carried into execution in the South
crn States, if in conflict with what they
are pleased TO call Southern sentiment.
I'm make no more concessions" says
that ignohlc and iguominious tyrant,
james the Second, of England, 'my father
made concessions, and they cut his head
off," 1--WE will have no more compro-
misses. We will have our constitutional
l. ~, loss n
demand equal laws and equal Justice
We demand the protection of the Consti-
tution for ourselves, our lives and OUR
PROPERTY" Thus speaks Mr.. Brown, of
Mississippi, not while demanding anything
that concerns that State particularly; but
while he is demanding slave code for
the Territories. While he is demanding
that all Northern Territories shall be Civ
en- up u the Ebony God. While he is de-
manding the facilities of national statutes
for erecting slave dungeons and forging
chains and fctters throughout all the
Northern Territories of the Union. In one
word, while he is Gcrccly demanding that
all Northern and Western citizens shall
surrender their hopes, their Inheritance IN
the new Northern Territories, and retire
before the inherently repu!sive power OF
slavery. He will not bury his rights, not
almost with indignation, tEc proposition
of poor old Stockton, that we OF the
North should be mo,c nimblc, more 8c-
tive. more ready and eager i'll running
down fugitive slaves. That we should
acknowledge rs final and conclusive, the
decisions of tie Supreme Court, meaning,
of course, the Dred Scott decision. And
finally, that we should concur in the
enactment of Il slave code for the TerrIto-
rics, in return for all which, the South was
graCiuusly to allow more satisfactory
tariff on iron and woolcns. But Mr..
Brown scouts the idea of compromise or
concession. He will have his whole
pound of flesh, and nothing less than his
whole pound of flesh He relies upon the
bred Scott decision. Suffice it to say
that we do not believe in the Drcd Scott
decision We are not convinced by the
difruse and feeble reasoning Of Judge Ia
new and his associates We can not find
weight, force, cogency enough in their
reasoning to command our convictions
The subscriber intends before long to pay
his attention to this Dred Scott decision,
In the meantime, suffice it to say that We
most potcntly believe that we are conced-
ing much, that we are rendering undue
honor to this decision when we say that
the question is to the least degree doubt
ful, problematical. In private life, the
man who advances n doubtful dchateable
claim with incxorable sternncss, without
any allowance for the honest objection or
or scruplcs of his antagonist, iuldIS
every idea of bad neighbor. II
his overbenrin@, unjust disposition is sup
ported by adequate power, he viii be tru-
is Formidable. Suppose the National Gov
crnmcnt were to attempt violation OF the
Constitution, by cnactinE higher duties
Gu imports to he paid in Southern ports
than in Northern. This would be 81 PLAIN
usurpation. There would be no room for
argument, no room for two opinions. But
how many Northern men would support
the government in such prctenSions?-
Would anv? Suppose even that the Fed
eral Government would attempt 10 give
the Northern emigrant some privileges,
some advantages in the common Terrific
ries. denied to the Southern, such as mo-
popoly in retailing and manufacturing or
in the practice of law or medicine, would
any Northern or Western man support
such n policy for moment. The very
wildncss the strangtrcss of these sunpo-
sitions shows how far the. Fedora Gov
crnmcnt IS from any actual invasion OF
Southern rights. any discrimination against
Southern interests. As we said. in our
last number. if the South had real gricv-
anccs. actual wrongs to complain of,
thousands aud tens of thousands Of chiv-
alrous swords would leap from their scnh-
bards TO render them assistance. But
when, as we verify believe these Southern
grievances are imaginary, home made,
manufactured by hack politicians, in order
to enable one candidate to suPplant nnoth-
or in the favor of the people, we feel no
lis,,osition tn resirn Our own convictions
of obligation and duty, in order to COM
pIy with naughty and impcrious demands.
UDon any reasonable calculation. tho
owners Of property in the United States,
who are not shareholders, exceed the
Shareholders in number, as ten to one
These latter probably consist of nearly
rn,r hnn,lred thnnsnnd. and comDose q