Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-24
Thar.lay NoEaIag, Jaa. q. ls5l.
TuAT tbsfo 1Lould aIitI diT6TsIEy Of

uie situated a. We are here ia WhssIsng
rsslty seems larrsdibls. 1t itsm' really
70 be sghtug mes Of straw, .bis thiaz II
sghtIng lupponiti,ioaS di'aaioaIII in ouT
wldu. Il seems ridiealoai 10 one yisW Of
II. ssd sbapslul, iHlsldli aHt alGrming IN
tie other. Why should thets he diIua.
IopLr, iao0 1Id,G Can .ay one ieil' Il
Il bseau.s South Carollna has pFteipisAtsd
4 AIsuaIoa movement upou the Southern
eu,st7 Would any ofuS have bssa 'sss'-
nIopI1,s,or even qaaliasd Union men, u
South Carollas had kept Der plaessndns7sF
said 4 word or ral1sd hand against the
0ovtrnmenIl Does aay man say that, but
for her, asy Of y, Woall bare been
other than we have ever been, At.
,sebsI TO tho Union-jsAIOu' Of It's entire
and unqualified iu.'grlty' wsISy not =
We Say morsi We say tue reason why
Nc .hls day, and Ia this city, have
thought Of secession, Is owing altogether
TO The pernlcioaI example 1t South Caro-
lima We feel no different, ia fact, now
than 10 ever did. No wrongs, no OP.
prSs,loa, no danger, no infringement is
upon Us, or ,hrOAtsaS Us. We have not
an InLsroS. ia all the Wide world that Is In
Jeopardy. Our trade lies where il always
did. We buy aud sell to the same people.
They arc 10 all respects tho Iams to u.s.
They respect all that NO value Just tho
same as ever. They come among us. they
greet Us, and sustain Us just the same as
ever. What then, In the name Of all that
IL reasonable, is aillnE usv Who has
made ua uneasy Who has done Us an
lnIury, aud to what hAlr'S.breadtb hAvr
We suffered more than tho people on each
side Of ual
AtWs said before, No feel hamllla'rd 10
alkIsg these qusstIonI-lA attempting Sc
riouSly to argue the foolish, the foreign, the
unnatural qas,tIOn Of secession, al" prao.
heal matter to US. ItiI = question that
ought to LO a. remote to uI-aS visionary
a. the authorizations Of Utopia. It has
no more natural eougsuiality to us. Not
a Bit Aud are we to force dream, q
sOntlmentallsm, mythical and morbid aud
miserable IdsallSm into our minds, and
brood IL into 40 luearnRts6 uhatc and fol.
low II and worship II as goddess Israel
did eale-ths device Of their own heads
and h1nds. In Ons Of Mira. shelIsy's nov.
ole there Is akstch Of q Wsaried student
Who Ia tho rsvetses Of a laboratory sat pour.
Ing, day by day, over scheme to create
artificial life. lie mixed and compounded,
inflated and vltalllsd diligently and mOnO-
nAatsally Gar years, uatll At last SaS day
no hreathsd Into a monster that he had
shaped, and IL SuddenIy took life. Ii
was then horror to him. 1t took hold Of
him. 1t crushed his bones in itS grasp,
and With its glarIng, nAniacSl, death.
breeding stare watched out his miserable
existence. He, poor Wrstch, had raised a
monster 10 could not control. IIo was IL
Gr.t victim. lie had invoked the demon
Of ovll-haa Insaltsa God-had broken In
upon the arcaua Of authenticated tbs
necessities Of existence, and as his ambi-
ttoa -uIuinRtel iu reality, bis eyes closed
In death.
Here IL moral for Us, in Mrs, ShslleyS
character. II Is this; We cannot break
our heaven dscrsOd atIiliatIons-Our ma
tualusSs as peOpIe-all tue nocoSsitIe,
Of our geographical condition, and escape
the consequences any more than that stu.
dent could create a demon and live after
wards. The Almighty made US Of one
bloOd-of one interest and destiny with
tie people on either side Of US. We can't
pass beyond his decree Holy Writ tolls
Us that no man by taking thought can add
QUO Vubit to his stature. Ile may wish to
Do as tall as the sons Of Auak, but II a
less stature was ndtare's impress on him
DO must retain that stature. The same
book tells US that if the tree falls towards
tho North or the South, there, 10 the place
where IL falls, II shall remain. Ii Is easy
10 apply 50 beautiful and foreiblc a saying
TO our condition. We need not make the
application.
IL seems strange, IL seems incredible and
itSssms, too, 80 wicked, because Il seems
90 suicidal aud 50 very pes,lleatiAl, that
there should DO treason to the Union
among ". We are here on the banks OF
the Ohio, at the upper end Of the Ohio
valley, far north Of the Southern bounda.
rieS Of the States Of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, and they IN the north, too, aud
they frvo soil In their votes, too because
that Is their interests. Aud NOT only this,
bat We arc north Of many Of our Peansyl.
Vanla neiEhbOrS, aud more than all we are
north OF Mason aad DixOn's lius, above
which certainly no man can be Southern,
We are here at this upper end Of the Ohio
valley, part aud parcel Of that valley
Can We by tAkiug thought change OUT
DbysIeAl condition. Are South Carolina