Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-18


within itS constitutional limits IL VAs a
eoasti,utiOnAl aud legitimate Goyernusnt,
aud there was no ground ioF oppOilug Il, 10
reason TO Justify opposition 10 IL No gtisV.
aneeS existed which e0Vld DOT b., by the Of
dinaEy operation Of elections, coh,tisulioa-
ally held, cousliluiiOaAlly decided It Is
oAly 10 EsfsTenes to the national question
Of maintaining the national territory that |
have touched or thought Of touching the
Slavery qssstion, People mar cali ms 40
AboliiiouisL / DO not consider that the
UoftI name 4 man eau be called, although
ll 10 = name that IL not mine. Ny rule
generally Is to accept all the nieknAmes
that are given me. | have more respect
Tor an AbolitioniII Than Tor = Pro. Slavery
man. lock upon = negro as mRh ! DO
uot look upon him as politically aud social.
y my equal, nor do Waut him tor my
companion; but be has the same natural
rights that have, And although would
not make bin my equal 10 other respects,
yet would giTe him all the rightI We have
by virtue Of the fact that We are men. |
am willing that be should be iree, though
II could have my choice would have the
two races separated; the negro 10 couu.
Try OF his own, where he need not BE- an
Interior caste, aud would like to have this
whole country for the white race, where
the white race may prove what It can DO.
where it has free, fair and Opea 6eld, in
behalf OF liberty and free institutions. (Ap.
pladse) But that Is question that does not
concern US now. lam favorable to The presi.
drnts plan Of colonization, but consider
colonization isa peace measure, and il eau
be carried on successfully only 10 time Of
peace, aud then we can dispose Of that
question: as we think proper The abol.
ton Of the slaves have advocated as a
new measure, because believe il was i'm.
portAnt to deLach from the Southern rebels
the assistance which they derive from the
labor Ot three or four millions OF slaves -
| have considered railways lawful 10 weak,
en- An eneuY, and to strike him 10 his mos,
vulnerable point, Give them their four
millions Of slaves, aud their military
strength is nearly equal to ours, take away
their four millions Of slaves and they can.
not stand three mOnths against US. and il
would be Rn act Of humanity toward them
and us. This is all wish to say ou this
subject have dwelI longer on it because
| have wished you to understand precisely
my position. ami not in favor OF Slavery
anywhere nor Of any class. advocate
emancipation solely as war measure,
leaving it tc the proper authorities 10 de
eide whether it is necessary as war meas
ure or not, not presumiug to decide myself
any further than 10 give my opinion. AZ.
terhaving said this, and giving my reasons
why | do not think the nomination Of my
selfwas a wise one, i would remark however,
that have yielded TO the judgment Of the
Convention that nominated me- more espe-
ciAlly because attn certain that nomination
was not made on any factional grounds, or
from any attachment TO me personally
/ was known in the district, beyond
very few personal friends, onlyas nation.
al man, and it was on that ground, and that
alone, that that Convention nominated me.
They did not nominate me as Democrat,
nor as Republican, nor as attached to any
other political denomination, but chose
me simply because they believed that was
firmly attached to the Union of these States,
and determined TO exert all the Influence
have, or could exert to put down this re-
belliOn, either with or without Slavery to
restorrt be Union and to preserve unmutla-
ted tie National territory. [Applause I
And it is on that ground, and on that only,
| wish to stand before the people Of this
District. wish them TO support me, il
they support me at all, simply us Nation
al man-one who knows no North, no
South, no East, no West, but embraces 10
the bosom Of his patriotism men Off sec.
tious, and one who would rather sacrifice
his own life than TO see one single square
foot Of the country once covered by the flag
of the Union severed from il. Cheering
hr. Bronson proceeded to say that be felt
sure that the great mass of the people Of
New Jersey agreed with him, and that he
represented the great National Uuion par.
ty-the true Republican party, using the
word in its proper Specification, aud not in
party sense Why then should not all
men vote for the party he represented ?
What could the men who asked votes
because they we're Democrats propose to
do. They dare not avoW that they were
opposed TO the war; they know that II they
did they would quickly follow the fate OF
their great leader, Ysllandigham. ZAP.
plauSe. He did not know bis opponent,
but he would like to know il he proposed
to stop the war, to divide the Union, to re-
cognize the Southern Confederacy, and
give them .hree.fourths Of the territory Of
the United States2 Then why did he op.
pose US. In our times there could be only
two parties-the party that was for the ma
tion, and the party that was against it; aud
no man dare say he was of the latter party.
But what were the opposition party, II not
opposed to carrying on the war; There
were many welI.meauiug persons in the
party, but the leaders and wire-pulOrs were
not loyali it had never got through their
heads that this was not political contest
They imagined that il they could get into
power, ii would settle the whole question,
aud that JEFF Davis and his men should lay
down their arms at once. But these same
men were iu power when these difficulties
began. The same men who placed Bueh.
auaur Cobb, Thompson, and Floyd in pow.
or now put forward Seymour aud Fernando
Wood. Sooner than put these men 10 pow
er again, be would fOrswear his county,
and go into some forest impeuetrable to
all but wild beasts to live 10 obscurity and
die. Mr.. Brownson concludes as follows:
men who have robbed your treasury, who
have destroyed the character Of the Gov.
eminent abroad, broke it up At home and
involved ii in one Of the most formidable