Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-03
The Eloquent COmCIpsIon of HTr. Bat
i5F.. tene's Plea Tor a Free state.

The Eloquent tconOIasloni of ATr. Bat
III. teue's Plea for Free State.
(Published by reQpsst,) N. s+5
Another remark. The, people Of West
Virginia haye never yet demanded of me.
river that washes their, shore, it pleases
God tpat should for the. first time open.
my eyes on the light. shall not to-day
either bemean thnm or debqse myself by
rendering such apology. They invited me
into their service in the days of my early
manhood sand the very labors of the long
years since that time, as well as the mem-
oryt of,a thousand. kinlpesses received at
their hands, have co1secrated in my own
regard the citizenship among them which
the constitution OfIour common country so
amply secures. Ny past and my pfesent
are here i and 1T HeaYen please, my future
will he here, TO enjoy or suffer with this.
people, " Whateyer in His providence mayyetl
be in store for US. II has been as a-felloW-i
observer, aud 1 will add, as fellow-snffer-
er with them, that my Judgment Of the sys-
TEN of slavery among US has been formed.
We have seen it seeking TO inaugurate, and.
In many instances, all too successfully y, b
reign OF. terror in times of profound peace, !.
of which Austria might be ashamed, We
have seen it year by year driving out from
our genial climate, and fruitful soil, and
lexhaustless natural; resources, some OF the
men of the Yery: best energy, talent, and
skill among our popplationy We, have
seen also in, times of peace. the liberty of
speech taken away-the treedom.of the
press abolished-an and the willing minions
of this system in hunting down their vic
Tins spare from degradation and insult,
neither the yonng. nor the. gray haired
yekeraniof seventy winters, whose every
thought Was as free from offence Against
society, as is that OF the infant OF days.
/ Aud last butn least. we have seen its
own chosepaud favored ipterpettrs, stan
ldiug in the very san ctq aries of our Iolit-
ical: zion, throqg hoqt the land Rlaasp hemiog
the shQlY J. principle of pOpnlar liberty TO
which the very places Yhrrsl they stood
l.lad been sCOlsecrated, by 1Yomtpg my
child and every ,man's CHILD That must live
by labor 70 a virtual aud hell less, sIaYeEy.
And rs thqs natlral, out utgTowth of all this,
We have seen this huge barbaEie. raid
against popular srightqLsaapa against the
world last hope. has. been the merit.
of other attempted revolt ions hat their
Iimqtiye at least was Feashipg ppEard and
forward afler liberty: Ats the ,infamy Of
this that it is q aching sckRar1 and
idowpWaEd After ,despettsm, ~ EeHld put
back the hand on the worlds dial thou
sand years. 1t would put ont the worlds
/ Hight IN the dark % otter and drearY
despair, Surely, to tide eStent that we
GaTe snftsredl from IL liese Ills, our very lnal-
l,ho6d calls ion us 70 pliari 6y all irea son-
able pFsysntiyss agsi1st khsiF setaFH;
The 5Sd up at Tv.eiIs bur ZAP atrf6t-
Ign7Psfs I6iStfihk gof1Ites 61GtlOnss ssgT Z
FfohltHel lEeilsbuFg ;4sFata OF fsatnrday
Nrf1f - q
last We take ,tBs fell6wiAg rsSQlP ions,
Ipsssed; on the 22d .sat tlelmass peeti ting in
thai tltown: seoti4a sd faat 2aisnuoaaH
Resolyed, That,9 taugh BY the exp stiehee
Of years g66s bys We pow more fdlIJ than
ever appreciate tHs wfsd6m 6f Wasting
toms warning Hdinst sectional jehlonsies;
that witlsredeWpd ileaFtts and strong iilith
10 the peFPe etuftY of'Lhfs "a 9Apd bIiG, I'VE VIII, J,
lieSlifie We live, tcBeE his 1enoFy5 and
that 5we eommeid TO thu youths OF thisl
county 10 study aud afeS SEre, next to- their
tBf6IesS tue Gonstitutfol Of the Bnitedl
llslAtes' and the Farewell Addte Of the
E lthess Of Ills country. nes n9Ris22l r2st'
8Stgedl That the rebel fFa ffcid6s I'M
selecting tits, 2ad February ii which to;
place tteit chief siteI ne, Jsif Davis Il pom
ttie giea q gh lots 6l tllts 6tt6as
Union, inaugurated by tie & leF 81 ttlr
common country amid the fierce flames OF