Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-31

atoms. Have they not offered 70 repeal
the Personal Liberty bills;FhAve they not
offered to lot the slaVe States alone, &C.,
&c.2 But how can yon expect the North
to ro-enHct the Missouri Compromise iine.i
which you in youfsswontouness destroyed,
that you might extendith slbaneful effects
of slavery, and contrary Iola solemn COM
pact between the States. and against the
wishes of large number of Northern
men. 5sg SszIgs yIl
The slave power demanded it, and it
must be donei they demand the opening
Of the African Slave trade, anGi'the t1nlini.
tied extension of slavery over the country,
wtth4all its evils, those unparalleled evils
which our forefathers limited with
all their power. ESee ordinance Of
80 And Madison thDnght it not
right that the name Of slave should
be in the cOnstitutioR, that after genera
tons might not know there was such
thing as American slavery" Andthe i'm
mortal Jefferson said, sif tremble for my
country when remember Gods Just and
that his vengeance does not sIeep forever"
lfsnch be tue fact b the case, and Who
can deny them? are sth6 good people OF
Virginia going to sanction the disunfon
movements against onr glorious Union,
and thus throw away the five hundred
W.. ttREGASy Which luEJ nave
dearly purcliased2 Do you wish the Af-
fican slave trade revived with all its hor-
rols2 Are you willing the slave power
shall rule you with all Its tyranny, they
being only three, hundred and fifty thous-
and in the States aud only fifty-five ttotts-
and in Virginia? Rather let us rally
around the "Union, the Constitution and
the enforcement of the laws" Can we be
so lost to all honor and justice, and form
with South Carolina a Southern Confed-
erNcy? Can we have any positive assur
ance she will not fly on in tangent for
any real or imaginary grievance, which
she in her fits of delirinm maytllink sur
round her. No, rather let the stars md
stripes Of onr old flag wave over MS, rather
than the rnttlesnake flag ofSonth Carolina,
which Will most .nssuredly bite aud destroy
all who come within its influence.
AS the sectssionists seem determined to
force things through inihot haste. and not
give the people time. to think over the i'm
portant subjects Which deserve our most
serious consideration, let us cndenyor to
send the most conservative men at our
command, aud than most assuredIy order
their determination to be revised by us,
the people, who are the real sovereigns of
the land! Be- NIL means let US demand to
revise their action. South Cnrolinn rre-
tends, among other things, that some of
the causes are the nohlrendition of fugi-
tivesi and the Personal Liberty bills
think that is an Inconsistent opiu-
ion. think the Border States, If
any have cause for complaint
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mis-
souriwould, if they Thought their suffering
were beyond enduFance,i itor, they ,UertainlS
lose ten to tOaroliaa's one; but they do
not think that enough Tor . dissolution. of
the Union, but TIE secessionists want to
drag US in the wax. of fheir ptoee edfhgs,
that we nhv stand MS tlie bnlWaFk OF their
weakness, to-stRgd on tue EeFgeot tleir
cOnfedcfRcy that our q aifeaE snIs shall
No tiieir support anu defense, add avert the
dire calamity of civil war tromsthei guilty
country. Now people Of Virginia, beware
how you place yourselves in that yawntng
,gnlph, which is now destroying alI the
glorious promises which have been made
by our worthy predecessors, but let US wait
until calm reason hds resumed her proper
sway,n and then we can better see in which
way our path of safety lies, as it is i'm
possible in the turmoil and confusion OF
the times to do full justice to ourselves or
to others.
From the best information can obtain
South Carolina wants free .rads in all
respects; free trade to destroy all of our
manufacturing interests; free trade in ne
groes, to go to Africa and steal all they
want; and send them broad cast over the
land In violation of the laws of the slave
trade in the high seas, which our country
long since dcnomitaled rs piracy. Aud
now, frecmen Of Virginia, are you willing
to sustain Carolina in her suicidal war to
the interest of Virginia Shall the iron
ore stay in our mountains, shall all our
waterfalls he unoccupied. shall the shuttle,
and the loom be suspended, shall all of our
workshops lie as mouldering ruins; and you
yourselves commit treason against our
common country2 If so, then let the poet
change his line, and say,
Forever float the P0lmstto Rheet,
With the serpent coiled above US,
With SlnVerySs soil beneath our feet,
< Aud slnvoFy'a banner streamIng6er
But hope better things of you, and con-
clude until some fnture.time.
LouDoux.
flor the 1ntelligonesr.l
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