Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-25

y DO does as, irtl that cyery scliiuru, 0i
{ Siste pride As geils5 STATE Interest should
arouse him lospeak OF ia The manftl terms
of Jstirf51R, aehry, Madison, aud Wash
Iinglgn aghiast The abomiEatiod that la4,
/ kslh desOnleT Caa tho party feiisrs 20,
upsa Aia by sach deiang,gnss As cy ilis
Iuawg, sad imp0lilig y Introduce The sA-
yery question iatn tue G9nNeasiag, Or thar
I I wi! 7ot1 loWl que8tion having ret1feaSv
( 10 slavery vii iguare tho Bho!o qaesAout
prsFCut BIZ fll-ipg bis arm 70 suihe dJWn
tthis iafsmogsyydl
| Take again, tIvO S.aita u uc4Tly equal
iage, and neither ut them clalm!g2 brt n'e
Itlno!muce ArlAnns was aGni,leI laiU
Itae CuiOu IN 1856 Miebigau Ia 1851
Ark4usss has j4,las sqaNc mtlSs, aGI
200 ,s07 inhabitants, Of waom iOl,1iJ hre
free aud 53,I6i ETc slaves, Michigan con.
,sips 90, 24J sqnare mile5, aud vas entered
for srltlrmen; issrr lhan lrdster, Guieon'
t4lss 197, ,6gl pgyspns, AZ lyrf. w AIkan.
sas the lAuf "a ysFhpd ~ - $50 per acre,
anl IN i,iehisih Ssl 80 gbp tlhve Stats
hsls TAI h8t sCres ~ IiipFpttl land, and
Michigan 1879. no aeres. Fbe iatmi Of
Arkansas eIe worth SO 3Gj, ~, anil those
Of Micligag S5l,s72 ,4iG, Thgs slavery
and freedom qfsef ne ralas Of land in Tie
new Stltes, Let tbs ianl 10 Western
Virginia be yalgel 1t its true value aud a
conlpaHy organize and purchase hl tie
SLAVES Ia rs boundaries, aGl cm4pcipAe
them, and 10 ten years ih2 increase 10 tic
value Of the ltui willm1seIhia fgimbuyse
IT, Michigan hai, Ia 1855, COZ mile5 Of
railroad, which had cos, SO ,0gO, o0). Ar
aan5ls has paid nothing ior railroads.
The total valuation Of Arkansls 10 1850
was $50, g,s7I,02J. The yalac of the slaves,
so 2gi 100, WAS included; ielucliug that
there remains but SIC, ,576, ,625 as tile entire
worth of Arkansas, while Michigan has
property to the amount Of $50, 7s9 ,255 -
Thus slavery and freedom affect ,ie rain. ot
DroBeriy. IN 1850, Arkansas had ll6.0l3
children under 20 years, whereof II ,05O
scre IA schools academies or Colleges,
While Michigan hsd I'll $50, Of whoa, II, :
3S2 we're NJ school, academy or college, or
TO omit the rolored population, Arkansa3
has OF, ,402 white persons under 20 years,
aud only II, ,0iO amending school; while, Of
2l0sJl whites Of t.Ht age ia Michigan,
liz. ms we're st school ps college. Iu 1855
Michigan had l39 ,29i scholars in her pub.
lie common schools. 10 1859 Arkansas cOn.
taiurd Gi,TsT whites over 90, but l6,9B5
Of these we're unable to read or write;
while out OF 1920 Of that age In Niehi.
gan, unly G,95l wete thus isaorauti Of
these 3,GO9 were forgiguc.s; while ont OF
the lG,0y5 iIlitctats persons Of Arkansas,
only ~ we're born ont Of that State The
slave State had oaly i7S52 persons over
twenty years, who could read word /;
while the free State hnd lI5,95A. Michi.
gan had lOT ,9i3 volumes in libraries, 9TH
or than private, aud Arkansas had i20 vol.
unes,
Thus slavery und freedom ag,st he tla
sa,i0a Of the people in lhe new States
Thus the mighiJ dollar argument abels
the moral ones for freedom. Statistics
show that Boston alone could purchase
two States ltla SoaSf ljsbuRua, and have
thirteen millions a. surplus. | might
very greatly extend thcsA fscts and figures,
but enough has been said for my present
purpose.
What Is the object Of the new State
moycment2 Ia II not to enhance the ma.
tctijl and intellectual Interests Of the new
Slatc4 How arc We TO increase the value
Of our Iandsg By making the COns.itu-
tion FREQ one. How IRE We to improve
the education OF the people? By making
a free Consultation TO ignore the subject
in the Constitution, aud refer II TO the
Legislature, will only shin the difficulty,
not remuvc Il. The same causes that pre-
vent the Convention from striking, will
prevent the Legislature; and unless the
stroke Is made, there will he but little
gained by new State.
have not considered tine evils Of the
Institution of slavery, as developed in the
rebellion. | believe everybody agrees that
slavery is the cause OF the present rebel.
lion; at least, in the sease that, If We had
no slavery, we wonld have no rebellion,
except our honorable Senator. His views
arc sui geaerB. Then, If It aspiTes TO the
sabyertion Of the Government, are no, the
people under Obligation to destroy it -
Let US have a free Constitution, as free as
air. And let all the people say, Amen.
YlGGlSIAS.
JAN. goth, 1862.