Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-28

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Hon JoHN PEnEtss Delegate from Louisiana:
From the abstract OF the Constitution
/ for the Provisional Government, pnbIished
in the papers of this morning, Ii appears
that the slave trade, except with the Slave
States of North America, shall be nrobib-
tied. The Congress, therefore, nota con.
tent with tue laws Of the late United
esiagainst it, which, itistU De pfesutii
ed, were rs-adopted, Internationally fxel
the subject by provision. Of the oOnstitn-
| ton. That provision, for re0sOnS EQUALLY
conclusive, will doubtless pass into Tie
| Constitution of tie Permanent. GOpafn-
ment The prohibition, therefore, will no
longer be question OF policy, but will be 4
c3rdt:ral principle of the Southern Confed-
erucE. twill not be question for tie
several Statcs, In view of any peculiarity
in their circumstances aud eOndition, bnt
will be fixed by paramount power, is.ieh
Mothlhg out anotheT rerolAiicn can oBtrtRrH,
II Texas shall want labor, she must elect
whether 1t shall be hireling labor or slave
labor; aud II she shall elect slave labor
she must be content with that onlv which
comes from other States on This coutiueut,
aud ut such prices as the States on this
continent shall see proper TO exact. II
Nirginn shall not join the COnfederaey of
tue South, she is ut least assured of a mar
ket for her slaves at undiminisheds prices ::
aud if-there shall be, as there unuuestion-
ably Is, vast demand for labor at the
South andif there shall be, as there m
qnesiiona6ly wiil,hs, a vast supply of pau
lpCr labor from tue North and Europe, and
States in the South shall be in danger Of
being OveTrUn aud NhOliIiouized, us the
States of the North have been overruu and
abolitionized, there must be no power in
lany State to c0unterAct the evil. Demos
racy.is right, for ii has the approval of the
world; slavery wrong, and only TO be toll
Grated IN consideration of the pronerty
involved; md while the one ist6F be rn-
couraged, therefore tue other is to. be pre-
sented in such attitude as to Gu as little
offensive as it may. be to the better senti-
ment of an enlightened world.
Such take to he flirstatement of the
principles announced inthe earliest utter
nnce of the Southern Republic; aud L need
scarcely say thai deprccute them greatly.
! fear their effects upon the present harn,o-
ny Of feelingi fear their effects upon the
fortunes of tic Republic; aud will take
the liberty of intervening aud presenting
reasons why think we should hot take
SUCH action at the present time. may
seem presumptpous, but have n stake
100 great to scrlple at The measures neces-
sary tOIpteserve it. ] take liberEy, With
out permission. in making yopI the object
ul ttts5 'lau t'-o,ar peEPaRalz Enlatiou a.
willSAssure yon TINT hare but the RimTfe
iPurposs, II possible, to. be of service to my
country and If, IN representing a measure
SO offensive may seem wanting in respect
Tor the "spirit of the age" have hut 10
saYithatl have been conuectetl 5ithsitlle
slave trndo mcnSIrs from the start.
haye incurred whatever of odium couLi
come from its initiation; have been iu-
trusted by its friends with lending part
IN its advancement; and so situated nj d
ting when prejudice ora taken lpoiicy
would seem to shape our action to a
course inconsistent with herr dignity and
interests, ! have no personal Considera-
tons 10 restrain me, HRnd feel that IL Ii
within my province to interpose und, offer
what eNn ofrcnsons to arrest it.
Nor Will be justly Chargeable with au
nnseasonable agitation of this question:
we were truly solicitous to POSTPONE 1t Ia
another time; we were willing 10 acouiesce
in whatever policy the Stntes themselves
might see proper to adopt But when II
Is proposed to take advantage of our
silence, to enter judgment by default, to
ne the hands of Sites and so propitiate a
foreign sentiment by a concession incon.
siderate and gratuitous, 1t is our privilege
to interreuei and am in error If yoar
clear conception of the questions at issue
and your devotion TO the paramount canse
OF tue South will not induce ron to admit
that the Odium is not on US of ofintroducino
a distracting issue.
The Sou,h is now in the formation of 4
StaUe Republic. This, perhaps, Is not ad-
United GENERALLY. There are many CON
tented TO believe that the South as a geo
grnnhtgaE section is in mere assertion al
its independence; that, it is instinct with
no especial truth-pregnant of TO distinct
social natnrei thatfor come nnaecountabIe
! reason the two sections have become an.
! posed 10 each other; that for reasons
! equally insu g sients there Is disagree REM
betweet the peoples that direct them. n nd
that frOmIno Overriding necessity, mo i'm
possibility of coexistences but as mere mat
ter ofpOlicy, It hhs been considered hes,
for the South to strike out,for herself nnJ
establish an independence OF her own
This, fear, is an inadequate conception
ofthe controversy. =
II TIE eontesi Is not beiipcfD the sNorfhi and
Souh nS geographical SeelioHS, for Bef,rts1
such sections mertiy there con be NO eo7tae, +.
nor 6t'retI ths people Of the North and the
people Of ths South, yto1- our reEadoai Hdbs
been Ptedsant and on neutral grounds
there IS still nothing 10 estrnBge 1s. We
eat together, trade together, and practice.
yet, In inteFconrse, with great respeet, th 4
courtesies of common life. But the real
! contest Is between. tie turo foruls of soefetj
which have been established, the one Nt
the North and the other at the South So
eiety Is essentially different from govern
ment-Ns different as the nut from the bur,
or tue nervous body Of the shell-fsh from
the bOny structure which surronr5s a.. -