Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-09
WHEELING, VA. TUESDAY MORNING,


except wnere laws are tremplrd under
foot, nrseuals and mints plundered, gov
ernmenis Sarred against, Ind their pa:ri.
otic defenders assniled by ferccioas aud
] murieroGs mob3?
SECESSION ESTABLISHES a FoEEfeI POWER
on TIE coHTtSESr.
Then consider the moustruus nature and
REACH of the pretensions ia which Neare
expected 10 ncquiesce, which are nothing
less than that the United States should
allow nFuREIGS POWER. BY surprise, trrach-
cry and violence, TO possess IIself of one.
hall of their territory aud all the puhlic
property and public embellishments con-
tuiueu iu ii; for if the Southern Coufei-
eracy is recognised il becomes foreign
puwer, established along curiuusly dove
tailed frOuticr Of l.5UU miles, command n;s
some VI The most important commercial
and military positions ana liues of COM
municAliUn for travel aud 1trade, hull tue
sea coast OF the Union. tie navigation of
uur Mv.ilerrHnean Sea-, Cue Cult of Mex
leo, one-thitd as large T,s the MeditcrrA.
uenn Of Eur"pe) and, above NIL. tue great
nrteri,, Inlet into the heart of the cUuti-
nenl, thrD ugh which its very life-o blood
pOurs its imppriul tides. / say we ure
CUOIiy summoned to surrender all this to
1t fore gu power. Would we surrender it
To England, 10 France, TO Spain? Not an
inch vi II; whNE then, to the Southern Con-
! fcdcrhcy2 Would any other government
ON earth, unless compelled by the direst
necessity, make such II surrender? Does
not France keep an army of 100000 men
| in Algeria to prevent II few wandering
tribes of ArIbs-u recent cOnqWest-lrom
asserting their independence? Did not
I
! tension to prevent the native Kingdoms of
Cenlrtl India iciyiized stutes two lhous-
| and years ago, and while painted cheftnius
ruled the savage clans of ancient Brituin)
from re-cstablishing their sovereignty; and
stall we be expected, without Il struggle,
to abandon great integral part Of the
United States 10 II foreign pOwer2
Let il be remembered, too, thar in gran
ting 10 the seeded States jointly and Sc
vernlly the right to leave the Union, We
cOnCgde to them the right of resumi e, if
they please, their former allegiance to
England, France aud Spain. II rests with
them, with any one of them, if the right
of secession is admitted, again to plant a
European government side by side with
that Of rhe United States on the soil of
America; and it is by no means the most
improbable upshOt of this ili-starred re-
belliOn. if allowed to prosper. The Gisu
nion press in Virginia last year openly en-
ccuraged the idea of French PROTECTOR
ate. and her legislature has. believe, sold
out the james River Canal-the darling
enterprise of Washiugtoa-to company
in France supposed to enjoy the countc-
nance of the Emperor. The seeding pa
triuts of South Carolina were understood
10y the correspondent OF the London 7Imss
to admit that they would rather be subject
to u British Prince than TO he government
of the United States. Whether they de-
sire to or not, the moment the scceders lose
the protection of the United States they
hold thCir independence TT the mercy Ui
the powerful government of Europe. Ii
the navy of tue North should withdraw
protection. there is not a Southern State
on the Atlantic or the Gulf which might
not he recognized hy Europe, in,six months
after the outbreak of II foreign war.
IMNEssB coar or THE 8TEaRIToRIEs CLAIMED
Ftf BY SECESSION.
Then look ut the case for a moment in
reference To the acquisitions of territory
made on this side of the continent within
the present century-Florida, Louisiana,
Texas and the entire coast of Alabama aud
Mississippi, vast rcgious acquired from
France, Spain aud Mexico within sixty
y
when our population was . 5,O0O, 900, repre-
seuting, Of course, 9O.O0O.OOO of dollars
at ;hc present day. Florida cost 5,OO0,-
600 dollars in 1920, when our population
was less than l0,n0o,00O, equal to l5,0OG,-
900 dollars at the present day, besides tie
expenses of General JnckSon's war in 1918,
AMI tht, Florida war of 1910. in which some
sO,0OC,O 900 OF dollars were thrown away
for the purpose OF driving n handful of
starving Seninmles from the EYerglades.-
Texas cost S2OO.U0O,OOO expended in the
Mexican war, in addition to the lives of
thousands of1,rnve men; besides Sl0,0Oo,-
Ou0 paid to her in. 1850 for ceding tract
of land which was not hers TO. New
Mexico. \ great part of the eX ense
of the military establishment of the
United States has heen incurred in de-
tending the southwestern frontier. Tue
troops, meauly surprised aud betrayed in
Texas, were sent there 10 protect her de-
IencelesS settlements from tue tomn-
hawk and scalping-kniie. If to all this
expenditure we add that of the forts, the
navy yards, the court houses, the custom
houses, and the other public buildings in
these rcgiuus, 500,00O,o00 dollars of the
Puhlic funds, of which at least fve-sixths
are levied by indirect taxation from the
North aud Northwest, have been expended
in aud for the Cult states in this century.
Wou.d England. would France, would any
government on the face of tho earth sur
render without death e5rugglc such
dear bought territory?
IaB UNITED STATES CANNOT GIVE UP THE
CONTROL OF THE OUTLET OF TUE MIssTs-
sIPPI.
But of this / make no account; the dol.
lars are spent; lot them go. But look at
the subject for moment in ms relations to
the sAfety, to the prosperity anil the
growth of the country. The Missouri and
Mississippi rivers, with their hundred trib-
utaries. give TO the great central basin OF
our continent its character and destiny.
The outlet of this mighty system lies be-
tween the States of Tennessee and Mis-
souri,, OF Mississippi and Arkansas, and
through the State of Louisiana. The an
ciept province so-caIled, the proudest