Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-28

lVApNl Anu NANU Npe- sway W. 'Na@ ~
tie preteIt that these uuluely wrriebss
spoke Engiish. Jonathan, yet youag and
beAr,llss,, bnl lately emAncipAted, and &C.
euSlGmed TO bold John. who had been bis
tutor, ia great respect, allowed himself 10
bs maltFeAted for some time but at last
bis beard grew out,Ahd his patience vHElsa-
Ell. He seized moment when John had
| bis back turned, and was boxing, like a
( good fellow, With Napoleon, TO trip him up
lby the heels; aud, 6y my faith, this trip
ping ,,p process would have been fatal Il
tle great Napoleon, shut up about tina.
time amid the snOWs Of Rdssia, had had a
chance 70 come 10 tue aid Of jonathan bu,
al Europe Immediately joining Russia
Agaiust the terrible Emperor, saved JOhn
Boil from the great danger he vas in
Since that time John has been mors Po-
| lie. lie bas treated his younger brother
With Consideration, for John only estesms
I3hose whom be tears. As for others, he
| you'd willingly crush their faces uudrr the
fHesl his booL "Nlght makes right -
! that's the maxim OfJohn. During thepas
forty years he has had twenty excuses for
taking hold Of Jonathan by the hair; but
JOnathan Is not mAn who wouhl allow Il
very readily. Jonathan boxes lnaryslon'ly
veil, Jonathan has lost bis old sense of
respect aud would rather Givs his elder
brother blow with his fist than cGcbaugs
diplomatic Arguments with him. 1t Is the
Just punishment Of John that he must now
deliberate seriously before qaarelling
with the hitherto dcspised Jonathan.
What aGronls has not John received and
swallowed on tho frontiers Of Canada,
where Jonathan openly excited the Cana.
dians to ravolt, and gave them arms; nud
at GreytOwn, when HolliOJ burned Eng.
lish property 10 q time Of profound peace;
and in NicAragua, when Walker tried to an.
mex Central America 10 the United States!
EVeryWhsre John finds Jonathan in his
road, but passes by without agrowl--John
10 growing old aud fat; his beard is bccom.
Ing grey; his armor weighs heavy on him,
his old wounds are not healed up; his great
sword is becoming too heavy for his weak
encd arm, the least fatigue makes him pam;
the slightest quarrel makes him reflect in
place Of biting be now onIy bark'; instead
Of seiEing Jonathan By the throat and
strangliug him, he growls aud stamps in a
corner, Johu allows himself to be insult.
cd; he grows weaker; he cousults his neigh.
bors and engages lawyer. All! he's no
longer tue John We used to know, Cured
old age cursed cotton
JOnX's LOVE OF COTTON.
II Is not merely the fear OF Jonathan
that makes John so backward. Old as he
is John has high sense of honor and
would agaln roll up his sleeves Rnd pitch
in It uecessary but, alasl other things
are 10 be considered, John has become
the slave OF King Cotton, who has made
bis fortune, aud is determined to be well
paid for it. John is rich, but only on the
condition OF hardworR. John has large
family, which is constantly increasing.
The workshops Of Manchester aud Liver
pool are worth millions; they provide
shirts for half Of the human race; but he
never took tue pEecaution to plaut cotton
on his own territory; now, without cotton
there are no shirts without shirts no mon
ey, without money no beeisteak; without
beefstcak no joint It is this that lulls
his intructabIs temper. Cotton or death !
Thus, We see what has held back the arm
of Jonathan for the past forty years, and
would without doubt have held it back for
centuries, il be had bad tue shrewdness to
take care Of bis cotton stores, But JOnN-
than has become divided against himself,
as the Scripture says, and discord has in
vadei bis councils; the chiefs Of hiapeOPlc
deRsd each other 10 combat; bis lelt hand
wishes to sevOr its coHnecIiOn with the
right, and the formidable Jonathan, until
now considered so terrible 20 all, has expo.
sed himself at the risk Of paying 10 a sim
gle dAy all his old debts to John. q
What an uplnGky complication.
Jo1x's ASrl.sLAvBRY ZEAL.
"But now, behold you aminblq people Of
FrAncs, the good faith Of john, the Eng.
liahman, As long as Jonathan lived in
peace lashiug his slaves, selling bis cot
ton, buying Johu'a calico, and doinga a brisk
husIueIs with him, this same John, while
protesting at "meetingS," banquets and
Parliament bis lively desire 70 live IN har.
mouy with his cousin, nevertheless never
failed to slip in among his sweet words
some piouS remarks upon the wickedness
Of Jonathan, who kept in slavery and
worked almost to death four millions Of
negroes, while he, the immaculate John
Bull, raised bis ha6ds towards heaven and
PRAYED the Eternal One not 70 cpnfouud, in
his vigorous justice. the English publican
with the vile Samaritan, the Phii:stine,
who lived on the American side Of the At.
lanuc.
To-day Jonathan, urged on by the Bible
Societies Of Connecticut and MaSsachu.
sets, BY the stings Of conscience, and yet
more By providcntial necessity, Is about
to follow the example Of John, and give
freedom to bis negroes, sacrificing perhaps
his cotton trees, which are the most yaln.
able portion Of his wealth, aud riskIng his
very life in accomplishing his duty toward
God and man. One would think that John
would lOnlly applaud and clap bis hands
at all this.
10 such thing, John beglus by folding
bis arms and saying in q disdainful man
ner: "My brother Jonathan talks Of cruan.
cipa.iug his slaves, but he lies he only
want, 10 keep up bis tariff, which raises
the price Of calico. lie don't act from
motives Of justice and right, but only out
Of regard TO his shop. Now, my shop is
worth as mach a. his, II the people Of
the South wish to abolish the ariR and
have my cotton goods at low price, why
should they not do Il! Aud il those OF
tho North wish to prevent il and maintain
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