Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-09

III hqnol4 ne1f4 lta lpt VIII AhAe
An1 hDllgN II 70 Death o. IAms.
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~ any one State, Or any portion Of M
people Of my STATE, eAOO's to PIGe'theWI'IV"
IA array agaiaIi he Government Of he
Union, Ten Ior trying he strength Of h@
0WWMmsnt, / an for entertaining ThsiAv
~ have q GopTnmAt or HOt-PrGstiea.
", sggcisat, capable " maintaining IL aa'
hOnty and sVAOldiag he POUT' aud inter
sIu SAieh bslORg to GOVTHmtHt Nor
N, an Ito Be alarmsdOr di''uad'd from any
sueh course BY iHtinGtiON' Of the lPiiiing Of
blood. n blood Il to be Pik, By rho"
fault il Il to be pil1 Upon he mRPoHhOnr
I maintain, Il will BE- The (auh Of hos Tho
ekOo,s to rGiIs tie standard Of diiuniOH, and
mSsarOr iOPrOifrats The Government And
sir, vhn hot u done, 40 long az II Pi'a'e'
God TO give me- pOie' 10 tIPrr" my ''nh'
mtnb, or an arm, w'ak and tHtttbIsd aIH
mGy b. by age, that voice and that arm WiR
be on tie aide cfmy country, for the support
JA, general authority, and for The maiNi''
nance otMs POw1I cfhs UNiOn.-[sPcsch
OF Henry Clay, August lat, 1850.
The PatuTs or Our New state In
Jeopardy. I
WehAvs endeSyOred to show bow en- sirGy
adverse to the hest interests Of Western
Virginia, II would be for the present Con.
RUtion to adjourn without FIRST eugTaftIng
free State provision 10 our Constitution,
in the shape either Of Eve or ten years
emancipation clause. We should esteem
II better BY far, that the Convention ESd
never assembled, than that II ShOuN
omit 10 take action Of this character. Our
condition would certainly be most unsn.
VlAbls. For, believe az we will, and legls-
late as We may, We can never be South.
srp State, We can mover be anything
more than Promslheus bound to rock,
exposing our vItalS TO be uuuaturally eaten
out, We may say that We are Southern
State, and that We ought to have a ne.
gro policy, just as many foolish people
In Western Virginia have said for years
past, but the stern physical fact will return
zach day Of our eIiItaneo to mock, dcrIds
and curse uS. Asa man cannot by taking
tho ught add a eubit to bis stature, so u
State, though every legislator be Scion,
eau not pass beyond the DEGREES Of Almigh-
~ God. We may put high heels under our
feet and high bats on our heads, but our
HsSb, blood and bones have just their ma
turAl length, strength and conformation,
And no more. So 10 legiSlAtlng policy
for q State. We cannot change the sea.
louI, the soil, the mountains, the rivers,
the natural outlets, the natural markets,
the aAtu raj link Of trade and manufacture.
We may, however, adopt a policy that
will dwarf US forever. We may destroy
ourselves. And this iS all we can do. And
Il Sssms to US that those who at this late
day, afler all the experience we have had,
AFTER oil the evils that wo have suffered
from slavery, are ready and willing and aP.
parently eager TO again fSSten upon us the
DISASTROUS policy, are pervcrsely blind to
our plalnsSt and nearest interests, and fat
uouSly bent upon our sacrifice.
There Is one reflection however, upon
which both the friends and foes Of free
State policy must fall back. And II isthis.
That Congress will hesitate long before It
win consent to the subdivision of slave
State, simply tbattwO slave States may be
made out Of Il. The evil which has so
nearly destroyed, not only Western Virgin.
10, but the whole country, will End that
10 tug Of war iS yet to come when
even II has run the gauntlet of our
Convention and our Legislature. We
believe that when It reaches Congress
II will reach its hitherto, and that II will
never pass. Aud we may as well make up
our minds to look this contingency square
in the face. II will avail very little for
this oauysntlou 70 remain In debate on
this subject for month at a heavy ex-
penSo, aud consunmate work that will
only at last end in defeat, and entail upon
its trainers the cold disrust Of the only
friends they have in the world. The
loyal masses Of the free States, who are
fighting the great battle Of Constitutional
freedom, and who are endeavoriug to stay
the absorbing aud consuming demands Of
slavery upon this continent, will never
consent that 10 the very midst OF them, it
shall burst out In new place, with the
extraordinary demand that its present re.
presentation ia State shall be doubled.
Does any sane man suppose that Congress
and the Northeru people will take readily
With such projsetH No intelligent OBJ
server eau think 50 for moment. Slave.
~ has cost this nation now about all the
nation has an inclination to bear. The
people are in no temper for the concss-
Iiou Of unprecedented privileges to it,