Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-28
NUMBER 100

years past as many as ten tIonsand slaves
nave been drawn away from Charleston by
Tue attractive prices of the West, and Ia
horers from abroad have come TO take their
places. These laborers haIe every Wspo.
sition to work above the slave, ana If there
were Opportunity, would be glod to do so
Dnt Mltnont such opportunity they come
10 competition with him. they are neres-
sarily resisttve 10 the contact. Already
there is the disposition TO excIudss him;
from the trades, from public works, from
drhys, and the tables of hotels. he is even
now excluded to a great extent. And
"hen enterprises at the North are broken
up when more laborers are thrown from
employmenti when they shall come In
greater numbers to the South, they will
sun more increase the tendency to exciu-
sioni they will question the right of mas.
ters to employ their slaves in nny works
That they may wish for; they will invoke
tue aid of Legislation they will use the
eieetiHe franchise TO that end; they my
.NSl asq ulre li tue power 70 determine municipal
eieeeSns; .1'}.; they viii iuexorably use itS iua
-sups ms town OF Charlestou, at -the VERT
ssart ssliI OF slavery, may become fortress Of
1Is SehoerHue power against il. As il Is in
Charleston so also Is It to a less extent il
the !nterior towns.
Nor is it only In the towns the tendency
appears; The slaves, from lighter lands
WIN F" tue State, have been drawn away
I0r years Tor higher prices in the Vest
LheS are now being drawnawhy from rice
suiture- thousands are sold from rice
neias every year. None nre brought IN
them. They have already been drawn
from the culture of indigo nnd all mann
i"ctuTng emPloyments. They arc vet re-
.isineI Dy cotton and tile culture incident
70 70 Soltoni but, as almost every negro offer
.S Gu 'n our markets is bid for By tile West.
li.S .e uraln IS ikely to continue. tits prob.
n oO'u tu"t more Aoundnnt pNuper labor may
purest in its slave condition, Lemnrrscv
may gain n foOthold, and that, here. also
tween them. ''''9SA t'- A'-
~ mus d2PsqTs thattAe cOnteSt Is NOT e1I-
ca 'elth disSotUtiOH ofLhe Union. and IN,
ne agents Of that eonteSt sill erisi ,rjt5;n M.
h16'ts Of The Southern States. The ronsss
thathnSe contributed to the tleTent Of sls-
very still occur our slaves are still drawn
ou ou oy higher prices TO the West There
sun foreign pnuPer labor ready
10 supply their place. Maryland, Vir-
sinla, Kentucky, Missouri, and possibly
tennessee and North Carolina. NAV lose
theiE i : slaves as New York, Pennsylvania,
anu NY. New Jersey have done. In that con.
1ltlon they must recommence the contest
Lhere is no avoiding that necessity. The
systems are antagUnistic, aud thus it i.
tnat slavery, like the Thracian horse Hyiuo
rom the heid of victory, still bears a mas.
ter on his back and, having achieved on,
Te0otHtloH to Escape democracy at ue Norih
must 5hH dehieps another to esedDs IL a
me South. That it will ultimately triumnt
none can doubt. 1t tciU become redeemed
anu Vindicated, and the only question nov
TO Pe determined is, shall there be anotbe
revolution to that end 2 It is not ncces
sarSi slavery 81. within the Seeding State
az az lehst is now emanctpnted IT men nm
! forward as It's agents have intrepfdity /,
realize the fact and net upon 1t. tits 'fre
10 choose its constitution aid its policv
nuu you ana others are now elected to IL,
ugh Office of that determination. IF yo,
shalI elect slavery, avow it aud affirm n
not as an existing fact, but ms a livin,
] PrlneiPie OF sociM order, and assert ii
rient, not to federation only, but 10 extcn
sion and to political recognition anon,
the nations of the earth. IT. In short. yoI
shalI own slavery Rs tile source of Won
authority. and act for it, and erect, as yot
\ are commissioned to erect, not oniy
'ooutnern, but Slave Republic, the wori
Wlli be accomplished. Those Smtes IN
senpiaG to espouse nnd perpetuate the in
4 I s.l'utlon, wlll enter your COufederacy
those that do not, will not. Your RennL
nc WIZ not require the pruning process @
nhotner revolution; but, poised uDon IL
institutions, will move ON To a career n
creatures and of glory unnpproached b,
any other nation ia tho world. =
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