Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-28

esAue eeaeCt4NS. ltt pciifso1 m the other
there y noti and MS labor is alwavs in
excess Of direstiun,sil The QUE the power
OF government is only iaTiths the lower
Slasses5s inrthe other the upper. fsInl fbt
one, theretore, the rein4i Of. Ruvefumeht
cope from the heels, in tie Sther frJr, nh.
mead ot the soeiety3 N the one Il is
guided by the worst, In ehe other ,by the
best nte9lissnce ;eih itbe OH IL Is sifro,, 3
those who,h1ye the. least sin die other from,
those who have the greatest stake in Tho
continuance Of existing Sfder: In the one
tue papPsF labOrer has Jhe noper 10 ria.
andappr0Priate bBlaRth6 goods protected
by the iState-Eben ptsss9fe comes. as
c1me u must, ,thersiwill be the motive tu
e4ertit-and4hus the ship 81 State turns
bottom upwards. In The otlikF there is no
papppr labor with PovsFrs oG risinR;. tile
ship of State has the b1ilast oR a riisfrati-
ehiRed olSssf there j nd ,pol hiiitT Of No
@tHSAl uPheaTal, theres5fe, Ahd it's rea-
S9nh1ly certainH that ~ added, It will
selt ersCt iand -oRWar[l 80 an indednitely
qlslapt PERIOD ~ asd u s 9ifr
such are. some ofith6 more obvious DIFF
iereuces IN form and Ieo pstitution between
these two societies Whleh had comeiintn
contact within the LIMITS of THE recent
Union. And perhaps slt is not ths least
Temarkabie, in this tohnectiou, that while
tle one, shHPelessi ofSanless, mere mass
OF social elementsinin9d definite relation to
each other, Is loVed-snd eulogized, aud
stands tho ideal of lia ago. the Other.
cnmely ana proportiOned with labor and
diFeetiOBS mind-aud mi tter-fn inst relation
TO eaeh{otheT prssettng Analogy to the
very highest deSelopnS Snts in animated ma
tpEe, is GopdemRed a6e reprobated Z Even
we ourselves have hardly ventured 10
affirm it-whfle the cock crows. nm fact
are ready to deny it, and iflt shall NOT
perish on the cross Of human Judgment.
u must be for the reason that the Great
Eterndl has not pnrp9sed that still another
ngent ofhis viii shalt come 10 such excess
of hnmnn ignomipy.
Such are the two forms of society which
had come to contest Filhtn the structure
OF the recent Union, And the contest for
existence was Inevitable. Neither could
concur In the reqnfsitions of the other;
neither could expand within the forms Of
sIngle Government without enrroach-
ment on the other. Like twin Holsters in
q single shell. If such a thug were possible,
the natural expansion of the one must be
inconsistent with the existence oftbe other.
or, like an eagle and a fish, Joined by nm
indtssoluble bond, wlIichlfor no reason of
its propriety could act together, where the
eagle could not share the fuid suited to
the lisl'Rnd Hive, whsle the fish could not
share the hhid suited tothe bird and live,
and where one must perish that the other
may survive, unless the unnatural Uuion
shall ha seNered-s6s these, societies should
not. If they would knneur The principle
that races are pnfiiQAlg aud that among
uheqhals inequsltty IS right, would have
Oeen destructive "a The form Of pure Dem
ocracyi at the NORTH. The principle that
g 81 mi. me- are equal faa equally right, would
have been desttdetiSe = Of tstaSe Tg+ss III !
South. Each required the element suited
10 its social nature. Each must strive tO
make the Government expressive of it's
social nature. The nntural expansion of
tue one must become eneroachment on tho
oIner' ana so tue contest WAS inevitable
seward and Lincoln, in theory at least,
Whatever be their aim, are right. / real.
izeC the fact and SO declased the conflict
lrrepressible years before either ventured.
TO advance that proposition. Upon that
dTclSration hnYe. always acted, and the
recent experience of my country has not
induced me TO question the correctness of
lhat hrst cOuceptinu.
Nor 10 indignation at such leaders be-
| coming the statesmen ut the South. The
tenpency otsocinlaction is against US. Tile
speaker to be heard must speak against
siaEeryi the preacher, to retain his charge,
must preach against slavery; the author,
to be read, must write against slavery: tie
candidatet 70 attain office, tnnst pledge
himself against slavery; the olice-iolder,
to- continue, must redeem the pledges Of
the candidate. They did not originate the
policy, but they pandered to it; they did
not start the current, but they hoated on
iti and were as poRerless as drift-Wood to
control its course. The great tendency to
social conflict pre-existed il was in the
heart ofthe NOrth-it was the very struc-
turs OF Northern society. 1t was not a
matter of choice but Of necessity that
such society should disafRrm II society in
coutradicti0n oft. II It was not muttcr of
choice, but of necessity, that it should ap-
prove OF acts against it. In possession OF
power II flowed to political action on the
south, as fluids flow 70 lower levels. TITO
ncts of individuals are unimportant. If I.
had possessed the power 10 change the
mind OF every Republican in Congress,
would not have been at pains to do soA
they Tonld have but fallen before an in
9lgnRnt constituency, and men would have
oeen sent to their pisces, whose minds
could never change. y Nor, in fact, have
tney been without their use. AS the con-
hlct was irrepresstble; as they were urged
on oy an insxOTable power, It was impor-,
tant we should know it. Our own poilti-
cal readers refused toiFealize the fact
Lhe zealOts of the North alone could force
tie recognition; and Tam bound to own
that Gtddiqgs, and 7Greeley. aud Seward,
and Lincoln, PARISHES rs they arc, pandefl
ers to popular taste as they are, the in
strnmentsf;apd thelmere instrnments, of
aggression, have done moro to rOnse US to
the Tindieation of our rights than the bra
vest and best Rmony ma
Such, then, was the nature of this con-
test. It was inevitable. Il was inauqur-
ated with the government. It began at the
beginning, and almost at the start
tho chances Of the game we turned
against MS, 1.-THE forFigp IsiGVs trade dad
fieVer bes7 yIppretStd, sldrs 5oeisly ziust hare
fEiHmnheH n nrinnhnh IN liz lirnil- ~