Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-05
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4 pointers to show the current of, opinion.
The north cannot help baying its opiuions,
| which belong TO its culture and to the age.
iHny more than the south can prevent the
passions which those opinions excite
Both are inevitable, glowing out Of the
progress Of thought aud Of events, and
Inorti and south are hurried forward by
wide sweeping and irresistible cruises to
! their destiny. Opinion rules the world.
/ y germinHtes aud spreads by its own laws
OF growth. Action Is its ripe fruit.
The Huti-sldvery sentiment which, in
/ England, first, abolished the slave trade.
and then emauripated the slaves in The
West Indies, has, in this country, from
small beginnings, reached its present pow
er. II cannot reccde, or even stop. The
first African savage TINT set his foot ON
our shores, began schain of causatiUn
i winch has copducted rs to the existing
l.crtsis his race has multiplied 1t has
IoversPread u region of our country wtlere
It tnds aiC0ngenial home---a new Africa.
i controls the destiny. of that region, and
mas Just shown its power by forcing the
countTy OF Its adoption to withdraw from
the protection of our laws and ourstrength.
4 The negro has. thus uaeonsciously cmanci-
Pated himself from the control of "A gigan.
tic force, which, hilstitremained, he could
never resist. Perhaps that chnined captive
was n cOnqueror in disgnise.
4 Ttbe opinions therefore, of the extreme
south and north contradict each other
Can any compromises, or amendments to
the Constitution, or resolutions of Con-
gress make slavery nm acceptable, desiru-
BILE, or Beautiful thing to the northern
mind Can any ylaws about the territories
OF fugitive slaves make the Union an en-
durable thing to the cotton States, so long
as the north hates slavery? Impossible.
| Nothing, therefore, will sntisfy those States
except an unqualified renunciation of tue
dominant opinions of the north. This re.
nuuciation cannot lie given. If weakly
yielded by leaders ofphFties for the sake
OF peace, they would he disayowed by the
people. The day of southern domination
has passed away forever The utmost
that slavery can expect is tolcratiOn and
tiProtectiOni in its present limits. Even
within these limits it will still be assaileGi
by the sword of spirit, by the power of
ideas. This power knows how to defeat
laws whilst Obeyitig them, aud to under,
mine rights which it processes to respect.
ANY compromises made at Washington, by
which. It is agreed on behalf of the north
that slaves are mere property, like au OK
or a bale Of cotton; or tflat slavery Is.
in itself5n good thing, to be encouraged
and extendedi on that civilization
founded on slavery and the negro race can
oe moral, intellectual, progressive, fruitful
In arts and culture, worthy of the age. and
therefore ft.tO be imposed by nm senlight-
ened government on future generations.
4 YQnld be- Y0Gt hless and n mockery. 1t
/ \, q 9 q eglrt1ed by the North
eFF1 tfttlt Ei6 dis.
iIutei would TN its fiaHes into hotter fury.
! et these spEihciples are the. corner stones
1 Of thSisdlhce of doctrine, carefully built
\ up rs castle of defence bys that pestion
OF the south which is committed by its
| position to the support of slavery no " and
Eforever. 1t is true, indeed, that the south
made1 fatal mistake in building such n
castle, whichis weak in itself and brovokes
attack. 1t is true that every one of the
principles asserted are phil6sphicaIIv nm
tenable. 1t is true, also, that there are
principles in the nature of negro slavery
IN this country which offer a firm aud safe
foundation, whereon the south might have
built its house; but the people of the cot
ton States will not beu Convinced of this
now, and now the time for action has ar
rived. tlH @ U@ Fgl Ha5i lasa
The situation Of the border States in re-
lation to these principles is very different,
because they are meant to protect tile fu!
ture, and the future of these States is not
connected with slavery They have n eli
mate in which the white man can labor.
to which, therefore, he will go. Wherever
he goes be banishes the negro. because The
free labor of the superior race Is fnr more,
efficient thanetha of the negro. and be-
cause the more profitable kind Of labor
that which requires thought. skill and in.
gehnity, the negro cannot perform Mt nil
The arts of civilization cannot flourish
cannot exist, whore the laboring class is
composed of negroes, any more than ,bev
can in Africa. Therefore we see all such
countries dependent for the productions Of
those arts on foreign supply, and for tho
same reason. The border States comprise
u vast region, with a temperate climate, a
fertile soil, with running streams md nav
stores of coal and iron, and refreshed by
health giving brerzes. These States, therc-