Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-19

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-. .,i.,fTHE MISSISSIPPI .,5S - D
If the design attributed s The military
authorities fofI the United States to move
down the Mississippi be ever carried out
there is no amount of misery which may
uotlbe inflicted on the seeding States but
the attempt would be most difficult 6f-ex-
egntion, and it, could. only be made asa
part offs grand combined operation bfnri
marching uyictoriouslya tfroms Virginia to-
Lolisisna. That such an operation may
not be contemplated it,isimpossible to- as
sert, its consequences would be terrible
on both sides, aud in the interests of ,hn-
manity, of civilization of liberty, and of
ChGistianityit il might be well for tue great
Powers of Europe to consider " neither they
should not offer orie even press a mediation
to whieh,the mpst furious fapatirs) would
be obliged To- listen after they have satidted
their taste for blood,bs75dg ss1i, shi hlBe
lrf 10 iimBRITtsH suBJEcTss aiais 50 "a
The misery and distress which have
come to many British subjects in the states
owing to this war can sea rcely be eGagger.
ated.' Oily those who GlH hear the ,aP-
peais or see the letters Addressed TO our
'eonsuls ca a form an idea OF the greet su fer.
ing 10 which they Sre exposed in conse-
qdence of the cl1sing Of works, tile stop
pRge of navigation, the paralysis Of trade,
the Insolvency Of employers, tile operation
'of.4stity laws" ana the hundred evils which
follow civil war IN n country like America,
particularlyLwhsFet there is suchiia largely
developed systeniof fictitious credits and
'unsonndg banking. Our consuls are he
sieged withMnpsica for help The Mp-.
.plicants generally desire to be semitic Can.
ntl,p; Hbut there. i. no means of Isendingi
them by sea- and thelanh! h!voynge isseEpep-
sive. blPud oiIen the relief comes ont of
the pocketsof the ill=f,aid cohsuis tkem-
sometimes &c tis refused with pain
andreIuctnnce. On thispoiut would make,
an appeal To the 5benevolent aud patriotic
Mt homo Who have tile mems and the in
cihation to- mid their unfortunate country
lnen. II. .afew gentlemen will only begin
tile movement they will do immense good, (
There are hundreds of deserving British
subjects desiroas of getting loi oiOanadS NJ
this moment. 8 bra .15HIE0 F!oHaiE .,,,,,s
- 7oi b1Iiia .i4s' EFGRoRs.iz zaA III mi.
II the negroes aa occasion any n.y. troubls
there is no, SAYING how far the editicnIties
of the slave States, may not, 60; but at
present they, are possessed, with cOnfi2
dences which may be zbltRl;or, tfIrfseeidg,
that their, slaves will remain quiet If not
faithful. and the absence of any white ele-
me9to from. the, population of whole disL
tricts is very remarkable. The spectacle
of an uprising of 900, 900 Of negroes in
the plantations, d burning, plundering and
destroying the whites is one which / CON-
fess am not humanitarian or abolitionist
enough to lie prepared TO desire or to'tn!n
ioy.sF II, would be an evil ms tremendous in
is acopseqpenfes TO the North rs to the
South. aud it would, lead to an irrepressi-
BILE conflict between the Federal troops and Z
their new allies. There are some few peo9
pie who talk about fe-settliug the South
by negro proprictorS, now slaves; these
aresbntant lunhtics or'yery wicked idiot3.i
Others there are who desire, very kinds
iy, to make id arrhngement with England
6S which onr colonies could be Supplied
With labor, and who Wish to make'a barr
gain! with US for the receipt Of y pobulationp
Of four millions of hlhcl5 people, Whom
they arc in b n condition to do so per-
haps 1t may be time to scharScterize the
as It would" deserve. MOI
one that I ever heard Of proposes to- re-
negroesint6 the. Northern StatesI
though, perhfps, they might be allowed to-
20 further, and fare worse in Chnadas-s
Yictot0us, the North win lidve to encOunL
ter, on the very threshold of the Temple
of Pehce,. n foe more tcrriblG" than war;
Is there in all the wise heads of theiworid
ono WHO can solve the knot without ttl.en
use of the sword 2 Z And when the sword,
has dohelffsI work, whit next? There is
the eternal negro tripping up the foot of
Alexander as he reforms lis .bIdde to the
Sheath. Can any one devise d scheme for
the deportation of tour millions Of soalsi?
Why such an emigration was ,1eYer heard,
orr EDgH aroq@ q ssh5tio5'' s;at . zrib1
SOUTHERN scHABAcrER,sH
u In no, place does greater objection 10 uni
,yersal suffrage as,itjst III. .pFi5
iygteB conversation, at least, over most Of
the States EXIST than in tue South. l,,..
The satrNps can bear no rival near the
-ihrone. n With all their individual charms
of uannSrs easy, demeanor, hospitality and
good breeding; there is at!ther bottom of
the whole system, as ,therehis mt the base
of ofseeessioni algEoss mqteriRLism. It may
be that the North is eapally. under the
same ilfpfnce-i may fbe that all the
world sisaregplated byit-=ihat Interest is
the sole motiye power in politics nnd in,
the actions ofHmen. But In the S'uth
alpnei linlspite of e6qement and .chivalry,
is the doctrine preached to,the exclusion Of
any other dogma, ~ Nowhere else have 1
heard so much of The Hnieneylof the doqllaIr
expressed in iaereP ge, iu bales of COTTON.
Bnd hpgsheads .of sugaE,s EreEyw ite man
whoifis iAmppgy. them takes or may tHke
something from them, Their ,nun,be is
.mipimizel TO meet the strictest require
,ments Of trading. i1 towns, and of me-
chanical arts in the county through AL
the, extreme South. Il Is q dslusioh 20
imagine that the possession of slaves ipSo
fdcto makes a gentleman,