Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-20

Lue reoe4ss nothing could save 1t from rem
ediiess bankruptcy except the prosperity
and new life that would follow at once on
the declaration of an emancipation policy.
bow small, numerically, is the slave :n-
terest in rbs State is shown by this extract
from the Missouri Dezaoeras:
'sThe census of 1860 shows tha, only
one in fifty of onr population has any in
tsrest IN slavery. and, ss political right,
Il is high lime the forty-niue we're allowed
= voice in shaping the Institutions Of the
State The common laborer, the small
iarmer who works his own farm, the me-
chanic, whose only capital is in his labor,
and The manufacturer who is Obliged 20
compete with free skilled labor in the pro-
durtion Of his goods, all haze deep inter-
est In this question, and all Of them have
rights which the State is bound TO respect
Hence It viii not do longer TO ignore the
rights Of the great mass of OR people, and
continue to legislRte exclusively for a
smnll minority-A class interest
Bnt since the census was taken, large
portion OF the slave population has disap-
Peared from the State. E1-Governor Stew
art, candidate for Congress in the ST. JO-
sePh District, said recently:
''He believed the dumuable course of the
secessiouists had killed the institution dead
IN Missouri. Slaves south of the Missouri
River were very scarce to find, while those
north Of the river were found hard TO hold.
The instilulion existed here merely in name
it was merely skeleton in our house.
The St Louis Se,rs, CONSERVATIVE pa
per, says:
There are many slaves yet in Missouri,
bnt they are regarded by their owners as a
clog and Rn inCumbraEce-A species of
property Of little or no productive value,
and OF the most preearious tenure. since il
IS liable At any moment to take wings or
legs and hee aWBy, without the possibility
Of being recaptnred.
.'Such IL the doom to which slavery IN
Missouri will hare been brought by a re-
beiiion undertaken Avowedly fer i.s sup
port; and the people viii then have to con
sider whether their State shall eontiaus 10
LlHJSr m tLis hslBleSs aud iHjnrsOus traHsi,ioM
attitude for gessratiOaS 10 eOme, 6y Keeping
The ghoSt 0f Etdrery on the tEatate boob or
srkefksr they triH, by a dsfHfs deeision, tLrolv
Tie sketefoa 10 The ground, and thereby open
the door 10 an immigration that viii double
their population and iBcaieulably multiply
their Eealth.
The numerous and influential German
population Of the State iz all in favor OF
emancipation. The German journals ad-
yocaie 1t strongly and constantly. The
Missouri DeHoerat, the abiest journal in the
State, suggested recently speedier method
ot commencing emancipation ihan that By
constitutional amendment:
For aught We see in the constitution of
the State the legislative power is aIreauy
ample and uurestrained. There IS no con-
sututiouR! barrier TO The enactment of Il
Law declaring every child born After the
day of rs passage free born. Tbs; enen-
ciPates no slave, and requires no compen-
sation. We believe, as the constitution
stands, tits entirely competent for the leg
islature, which is TO be elected in August,
TO pass such an act. Such an enactment
would make short work with the system in
the State. We should see an exodus of
slavery from our borders SO fresh fields
and pastures new, As rapidly az would be
desirable II is therefore a questi on ior The
friends Of Missouri emancipation TO con-
slider Therher they viii seek al amend
ment of the constitution at The hands of
this or future convection, or whether
they win pursue their objects in the mode
above indicated or rely for success upon
that
The St. Louis Mara CONSERVATIVE fAvOrs
gradual emancipation on the basis of Mr.
LiueOln's proposition. 1t remarks:
at is sucb an emancipation policy as this
that is growing in strength aud favor every
day in this state Many of our most prom
ineut public men, not only in ST. Louis,
but in the interior counties. regard it with
decided approval and there are thousands
of people in what is called the prO-slavery
districts who would quietly vote for it ST
the polls. and rejoice in the day that Wit
messed its triumph
The Anzsige dss Ees1eas, the Oldest and
NEST Influential German jOurnAlin the state,
says:
.'The Wcstlie6e Post demands Of the con-
venliou a repeal of the tventy-sixth Sec
ton. third article, OF the state constitution.
1t is we'll known that we differ from our
ueighbor in his reasoning, As We think il
possible for the legislature 70 abolish slave
ry even under that section, according 70
iOur plan We would, hoEeEec, be glad to
have the convention erase the first two
clauses Of this section,'
Finally, TO show tbat-the PrO-slavery
party feels itself compelled by The strength
of the emancipation movement 10 take sr
the issue squnrely, We have the following
significant paragraph from the St BOui.
RePnJEEean. the organ of that side:
@The formation of emancipation sucie.
ties in Miss0uri-wilh the leading societies
resting in ST. sopis-leaves TO the people
OF the State no other alternative than tc
prepare for the issue thus presented tc
them"
As in Missouri, 50 in Maryland, in The
words Of the Baltimore 44meleaa. III.
ablest journal in the State, sthe revOlutior
has commenced and must go on Tbt
next election viii in All probability tar
entirely on This question. The American /,