Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-15

9Rjse;, there can be no quarrelling about
/ do not wish to-sSt up my dietum, but
would merely suggest the propricty OF
making arrangements nl an carly day to |
romlromise uil difficulties. / think that |
some plan will be adopted at the Union
meeting at this place on the 10th inst. / |
desire an interchange nf opinion before the
meeting of our Convention 1T Wheeling on 4
The l9thinst. Taere vsHst Js n0 diRisioa ofI
ne F7ion men, lest all Mat ace hgrs Hoped 10
guiH Dc lost
Hoping that all will be we'll, I am. in
haste er Your friend, PHILIP,
-a 4
The AnteeedentE4of seceauIon--pbe
eminent has had or a Donaiii serine
~ ... fPrOm the y. Y. POst.I
The seeessionists, of Virginia are still
tinkering at Impossible compromises. II
is too late. For ten yedrs Nc Lave beeb
pushed from seomPromiselto compromise.
itl,we have now come to the 'lncyitable
bitter end, where we Hre grnvely asked to
gtve'6p all that remains of liberty to the
slave power We have already paid for
peace all and more tlIan peace is worth.
II IS time that somebody else than the
North should begin to compromise. 1t is
now the turn of the South. n ,-
FOR ten years twenty millions of free
men hHve been bnllied by less than three
hundred Thousand slaveholders. Theses
greedy agitators, anxious onlyato hold and
misuse the powers of the federal Govern
ment, have kept the nation in cease,ess
uproar. They hUve prevented the Govern
lneut from paying any proper measure of
aaltentiou to the grcatIintcrests of tho peo-
/ ipls. For ten years we have, gone on not
only without u government, but in spite of
! u. Questions Of the Utmost Importance
( have been neglected. Willie the Govern
ments sfliEnrope have progressed in tile
sleatlpn 70 national intercourse of
sound and approved rules OF political
I eeonnny..S We sha1e been wastiag time and
! Opportunity ins tie ceHseless contest With
u reckless oligarchy, which is determfaedi
TO rule Hnd ruling, will do nought but per-
I vert every tunctieu Of the Government to-
I It's own vile and selfish ends. al1
Instead OF protecting and aiding the de-
TeIopmeht of the rising Central American,
states, whose prosperity is SO intimately
connected with our own. the government
has permitted piratical raids upon them
I by our own citizens from our own shores.
| Instead OF cultiTating amienble relations
with Spain, whose colony of Cuba might
. be our largest, as it is our nearest -rusto.
mer, tue GoYernment has encouraged I'll
hhustering expeditions against the Island,
aud some OF its highest officers have uni
ted In deliberate oGicialinsult to its nos.
SCISSOR. --. -
Instead of guarding the peace nnd seeu-
Tity OF our settlers in the territories, the
Government has aided, in the most uuscr,,-
Pulous manner tue unlawful nsurpations
/ OF pIo-slavery -ruffians; has outraged in
stead OF protecting the settlers; has stified
their voice aud spared no pains to impose
upon ireemen the slavery they spurncd.
Where It should have promoted morlli-
~, u has suffered the spread of the ulcer
: of MOtmonism in the centre of the conti-
nent. Where il should have consolidated
aud strengthened sthc liberties of the na-
ton by y wise and impartial adrninistra-
l,uon OF Justice, II has prosiituted every
power TO the use of slavery, and lost OcrL-
sion to make slnSery sectional and free
dom universal
In these ten years tho United States gov
ernmentr administered exclusively in tho
interests of three hundred thousand slave
holders, has done its best 10 nuke every
government IN Europe either hate US or
iear us; 10 the slave power we owe it
that we have been disgraceCi abroad by rem
rescntatiyes who were either vulgar boors
or reckless hlltbusters; and demoralized at
nome by officers whose only, use of power
has been to plunler the nation. To them
we owe apultliC service corrupted in every
branch. To them we owe that smalI-Inw
yer rule which violates the spirit of the
: constitution, and pretends respect for the
, letter only 50 long as it may interpret il in
It's own knuvfsh way.
For $enrs the Government OF the SLAVE.
holders has sunk in the nostrilsOF ati hon
/ est meu- They have ruled till by their
. f-OmfFVF- ItaHx
70 be term of contempt among US
They have cried out for compromise. and
have broken every compromise Ihut has
been mnde.--In-the name of tue COnstitu-
tlon theyahavetvtolated almost every i'm
portant article Of the Consultation. They
nave bullied aud threatened tilf even their
most plant Northern ltOnls have been
forced to remonstrunce; and now, when
( an indignant -peopl1-ilits ,st=last=JirpriTed
them okths poWdr,the5 5Shave so BADLY mis-
used. they rebel against the Government
they cau no longer perFeTt, ana cuoIiy ask
! 10 haze their trelson- nleratel and recov.
nized. -f5sFT.5
but thia nation dare not, if il would,
permit so grave ariolatiou of alt its tights.
I y Is 70 the interest Of every mao in The
: Cuiouthat the Union ShouId rem1in Whist
QUO toFefathers inte nded it TO be- Th..
Anerlcau people are not yet 20 utterly
SttiiOat patriDIism GE- sIatesmaniike viz
dom as % JpefmiL SO hf6hsfrous wrong.
But u they we're, they could nog afford
II We cannot afford to have tSta6lished
I on lhis continent the intoterable res,rie
tions 70, CeapimertLlI Intercourse, which
are fast ding ont among ,ItiV, Iltions Of
b1Tope! Our vast PrOgrgsBS and tdAparail I
leigd. prosperity depend upon eoniiaeBtar
/; iree Trade, even more than upon our cheap
aud fertile lands. We cann0s atfor,i a.
use the great outlet Of tile Mississippi a.
taeosuferanee OF foreign tSternment-