Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-04-18

tion to say anything oteHSlTe to my
Southern kinsmeU, whose errors deploTc,
but whose welfare and happiness liartlent-
ly desire. But Mr.. Senator Brown and his
compeers may rest assured that if they
see fit to argue this question with us if
they ask for national statutes 10 propagate
strengthen aud perpetuIc this Odious in
stitution, we will argue the question with
them We will argue in mild. manly
language, if they choose. fit Tor brother 10
address to brother; but if IlIry choose TO
resort to the ':last logic of kings" we shall
not he slow tn follow their example. We
are compelled to say. Senator Brown to
the contrary notwithstanding, that the
most intolerabc libel which could be
written upon Southern Slavery would bc
to describe tie Institution rs it truly is
In the sugar growing and cotton growing
States the condition of the slaves, accord
ing to the testimony of innumernble wit
nesses. is utterly unfit to be described ''to
ears polite. Inthe Northern Slave States
such as Tennessee, Kcntuchy, Virginia and
Maryland, the situation of the slaves is
generally much better. They are often
treated with tolerabie humanity and are
allowed sufIiciency ofthe common necessar
les oflife But this mild treatment ofslayes.
though believed TO be very general, is well
known not to be by any means universal.
In almost every settlement are to nc found
Ogres who exercise the despotic power
bestowed upon them by the law with the
utmost excess of wanton cruelty. How
can we think well Of an Institution which
thus subjects onehumnn being to the unlim-
tied, the despotic power of another; and au-
thorizes the despot to clotho himself with
the plcntitudc ofrrcsponsiple power, by the
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territories
Kepetlilon Is useless, IL IS useless 10
repeat the CONSCIENTIOUS SO olteh adNefted
TO IN these essays, oy whlch tue existence
of this melancholy institution IN the old
states is pal!!ateu or paFtiALy excused.
But 1t we assist IN propAgatlng TINS lnsti-
tuition into the new territories, we must
be, and what Is worse we must believe
ourselves TO be, atroclous. rev men nave
vlgor OF mind enough 10 shake OIL the
IDEAS, the NsaGes, the tone OF thonght pre-
ralIlhS IN the clFciG Oh society around
tnem. Hence we coula make cohSlGefahie
nllo""nce lor we sooutheF,l SI"Vehol"eF,
ne WON" reiF"'h rom '''"h'hs ms 'hS'l'"I
tloh perfectly mllltaht' ehcroarhlhg ana
aggressive; we know III point Oh iac''
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Int inyctcrntc and irrcconcilabic enemies.
orrht tn hn able to make some allowances
for lis and our surroundings. Instead of
studionsIv scttinm themselves to outrage
all oar, best and most generous sentiments.
as many of them do. they ought even to
be willinr to concede something to our
will and wishes, and something very diff
ferent from moor old Stockton's iron and
woollen tariff. Do these gentlemen ever
consider the bcarinm of the total literature
of our LANGUAGE on this slavery question?
Wc saw the total literature of the Ian
g,,orc With the execution of the small
moiicum manufactured bv the London
Times and Gilmore Sims. and a few others.
expressly for the Southern market.
t,1r,,;,, ,o,,.o, ,l,, o,,o ,f , s,,va who
ooo,,.oJ bin,soIf of ,,nrder in order
that hc mirht mt return under the do
minion Of a cruel master" This is the
Language of Mr.. Wills. in Ills treatise on
evidence. and is the only
sentence in the whole volume relating to
tho, subject of slavery. See his section on
indirect confessional evidence, in that
treatise. nore 90.
,sDisrnise thee. as thou wilt slavery,
still +h0u art a bitter draught, and though
thousands in all ages have been made to
drink of thee. thou art none the less bitter
on that occonnt.~ This is an exclamation
Of Lowrcncc Sterue. made more than
ccnInrv 90 oc.o and whether originating with
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