Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-23
NHEELING THURSDAY MORNINGS MAY 53= 1861


aud hopeless habits of OJletiIor,se,s firSti
coloiISts. somewhat raGIymoiift1 iti4
true. by Ihe physicinl circumstances wiiirl,
have mado them sup.riorto absolute charity
OF legal crime. nndalso perhaps hJ the in.
h4ehce of freely preached, though px-
Eetdingly dpgrnded form of Christiauify.
fhey are all cUHrse and irrpslrtihabis in
"ppstlte and temper; will: perverted. t.
centric aud intemperate spiritual Impulses;
tathlessin the value Of. their owu labor
anl Nlmost inbeciIe Tor pctscnnl cIcya.
Dir. Tower. of Missouri, in apea king n
the snine snhj: :ct, says: /" have observed
OF late years that an evident deterioration
ls taking place in the poor white pupuIn-
ton Of the South and Southeast; the
younger porttouiof il being less tdueale.l,
less / dastronS and in every poidt Of view
-Iess Respectable thnn .1hsirHnce&tVrs.' = lF
thsre unfortunate creatures havI been de-
ssrinrdiinR siure the days of Morton, pl "a.
tealiy, mentally and morally. theg mtist bt.
{ N q most deplprHbleroudition a the pres-
enL tlIne, and one would suppose all that ia
htrktnRto make btlIIcons OF them ,ts ,iIlt
they should be supplied with tails.
Senator Hgn,nand, OF South CArolinn,
IN an address before the South Carolina
Institute, In 1851, used tue following lAn.
gnage: ''ThAt of the three hundred thou-
sh"d whiteiuhabitHnts of South CnrOiinn.
thereHre fifty Thousand whose Industry :
such as 1t IS. and compensated as it Is. is
aot adequate In procure them honestly,
such II support as every white person IS
tniltt d To. Some of them miintnin n
feeble antlinjUriuus rompetitinmwili slave
lahori some rnn scarcely be said To work
at a!l. They obtain IL prernriuls 4uLsis-
thnce hy occasional juI,s. by limiting, hy
b hing, sometimes by plunlcriug fields or
folds. anlitOO Uften hr what isiu.its effects
iHf worse-tradimg with slaves, mil sedu.
cing ih.m in plunder for their henrfit."
Mr.. Wm. Gregg. in An address delivered
before this same South Carolina Institute.
IN 1881 said: II pnt-1dOwh the white pro-
pie who ought to work, aud WIN tlO NOT,
or are so enpluyed.ns to he wholly unpro-
durtivcr ut oae hundred and twenty-five
thousand. a large pUction of umr own.
poor white people ar1 wholly neglected..
ami are suffered to while awayan existence
ili a state hut oneEstepin advance of the
: iHdtHn of the forest. Slnny "A unc Is reared
III proud South Clroliun, from birth to
manlIood, WHO hnS never passed a month
~ which lie has moi been stiuird for fond.
These lnHY lac startling statements, Int
/ they are nevertheless true.''
lt Is these =hordeE of semi.barharians.
compelled to choose between enlisting aid
being hung, or enlistng fur the SAX. of
plumber, that the truitur editors at Rivh-
m0Nl are calling upon TO come to the front
nlI'l save them from the st"rngnow inpcn-
ding over ihrm. Never WAS smrh instnity
mAniiesied since the world began. Sever
dill any State before invite hUrdcs of arm
ed hHnditii 10 c"me aud plumber its own
people hv transferring the war In itSluwn
Suii' Hut=tbe hOHsled ClivaIrg of the bet
ter rinsscs.Of the South is a fllam aud n
-ttlsehOad. yailiaIit-s nirfss l5g4,y,s
h0th brave anti hOnoraBle, land acorn
to take advantage of an 5enemy wliGtf
in their power. But these men are e5aS.
sassins and towards, They will go at
the hour Of miduight, in armed gangs OF
from tiiiy to five hundred, and tnke an I'M
ARMED man from his he'd, regardless of fthe
plea'lings of his family, and tarnnd ftsttl,-
er him, or whip him, or liaMg hin. These
are specimens of Southern chivMlry which
nre constantly occurring all over the
South. There is not civilized country
on tue face of the earth to day, where life
Is as insecure aS it is in the S0mtheru
States at the so.called Confectionery. The
dirk. the pistol, and the halter, are the
arguments of the Snuthern chivaIry, such
arguments ITS EDWARDS only nse.
sFrcemcn of Virginia. these are the meu
that JEFF. Davis prpn0ses to bring on aud
Iuarieriu your families, when lie gets Vir-
giniH Itched to the tail of the rattIcsuakr.
Rise In your might, and hnrl these tyrants
from the TlHces they have Usnrped! Hand
them over to the otticers OF the General
Government, aud let them get the traitors
i doonl
"striko tflI tile last armed f;,e rxnIr.y,