Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-05

4 associated with them in your farming Ia
bors; while the claim of the Democrats. is
Affirmative, andis= proven by their constant
efforts to establish the right ofithe blacks
to go along with thewhites into the Terri
tories, aud by the urgent dosire of many
OF that party to augment the number of
4 the blacks, by fresh importations from
In regard to the government and eco-
nom'c view in the case, an eminent South
ern statesman has terseIy snid that &CaDi i.
I;t"l .oaghtto own its labor" Certainly it
ought and does, wheneveriit is able and
willing to buy its labor by paying honest
l7wnges for honest work. 20
but lAcAnnOt seq amy greater necessity
tor capital employed in farming to own the
men who do thelubor, than for ca pitsl etn-
plOyed i'll bnilding houses to own the cnr-
penterS and mhsons who erect them. But
f1t! am wrong in this, and the dogma be
| really a true maxim, as applied to the la
! oorerS, still think there is another Aphor-
Ism quite as trnefand farimore beneiicent
especially IN anew country, that is, Labor
ought to O'cn its land.
The main objections urged against the
election of Mr.: Lincoln are not directed
against him personally, for it is only a Just
Tribute to his personal character, that no
one lmputes to him evil designs against the
country, nor imAgines that when he he
comes President he will nttempt any great
wrong to the nation, or any section of it.
But cunning tacticians suggest, and some
tImid patriots fear that certain truculcnt
politicians in the South will seize upon
i1lncOtn's election as n pIetext for rising in
rebellion, to put down q President consti-
tutionally and lawfully chosen. y j
IT you have any such idle fears, beg
you to dismiss them at once, lest they lead
you 10 the gross Injustice of imphting to
the Southern States, or even to the body
OF Southern Democrats, the purpose to
commit crime at once so wicked and SO
foolish
We all know thUt there are are in the
South few selF-coueeitru egUCs, VINO,
whenever they find the votes and the ar
guments Nll against them, appeal to our
fears, by threats of definite mischief. hon
ing to win n triumph over justice, reason,
and the public will, by shear bullying.
telliyou, my friends, that the Southern
people are not guilty of that wicked crime
and stupid folly; they know, as we'll us we
can tellthem that armed resistance to n
lawfully chosen President is treason; they
know that governmental that has not the
power and the will to protect itself and
enforce the laws is q poor, contomptible
5S'S htA tItSY eSpPCtUtEH 'ueGu II
government strong enough to protect all
its people. They know that armed re-
Sistancc to n lawful President is but the
beginning of civil war; and civil war, as
our people are now divided, would be sure
TO run into social war; that is. n war in
States, counties, neighborhoods, and then
what human power Gquld rFRBF&&sSat 'nn5!h- /
EorS g.S 99.f u sGEEili ,HMany ,Man Of our Southern
brethren upon certain points of govern,
mental policy, rely upon their wisdom
and patriotism to put down the few dcs-
pcradoes among them, and thus prevent
the initial crime which if allowed to be
successfully committed, would impcril the
worlds last hope of republican freedom,
and would not fail to draw in its train
tue complicated horrors of civil, social
and scryilo war.
rely, say, confidently upon the vir-
tue and patriotism of the Southern. people;
but even if these were wanting, would
still. rely upon their plain reason and COM
mon sense, for none but mad men would
teach their slaves, by their own bad exam
pie, how torise, in bloody rebellion against
lawful authority. t.., ~
! knowing our earnest devotion to the
Union, and our willingness to make great
sacrifices TO preserve it. the plan of intimi-
dation is still pursued, and appeals are
still made to our fears, and men do it who
fought to know better, and do know better
but acting upon the maxim ofemoral phil
osophy, as taught in the court of King
Charles the Second, they assume as true
that:
"AIOst men are towards; all should be knaves,
| and all the subject matter of debate
IL, only who's the knaTe of the first ratO." sT1
| And they act as if they expected MS 10 be-
l;nvn ,,NoO tI,oir IN 49,
very false and debasing propositiins.-
First, that if Lincoln is elected, there
will be rebellion in the South, and second,
that our government is so weak and
cowardly that it cannot maintain itself,
aud execute the lNws-and all this is done
as O clever trick, to frighten Lincoln men
. from the conclusion of their own judg-
meut and conscience, and drive them to
vote for some other candidate to whose
support they could never be brought By
any motive more respectable than fear
Fear, at best, even when genuine and
honest. is a debusing passion, and makes
men do great many mean things, which
when the fit is off they are ashamed Of
But fear, unreal and fcigned, stimulated
only as Il cover and excuse for some mean
action is despicably vile. Hypocrisy, even
when it pretends to be virtuous and brave
is bad enough, but the hypocrisy of feal
aud cowardicc is the last poor artiiice O
conscious imbecility. You suggest ir
your letter that there may be q class o
men who really desire the election of Mr.
Lincoln, but are deferred from his suppor
= by fear-thc fear that passionate and un.
just men will impute to them bad motives
= the vague fear engendered in veal
minds by the persistent ISLANDERS agains
Mr.. Lincoln, inputing to him not bat
acts nor bad professions, but secre
bad intentions, at war with his act
and professions, and with the tenor o
Y his life; and you seem to think tim
my views of the subject might be. hclpfn
& to suchEmen doubt iti, for /. have littl'