Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-19
SATURDAY MORNING. 'APRTL1 49, 1862 a3 z--. = mum


.tothemseIvss, and especially 0fthe' danger
which must result to the instftbt ton in the
Border States, and whilst admfttiHg such
danger as TO us, what was their reply !?
Only that we must be used as d mere "bul-
wark" to- protect their precious interests;
that although war might come among us,
they ''might go on with their cotton plant
I'M" that the battleLfields would be push
ed away from their doors to ours. They
even proposed to forbid the migration OF
our negroes thither. Who eau deny this?
Who will dare to deny it? aaW ,5i'yioi
II makes ones blood tingle now even TO
think of their abominabIe selfshness, their
determination to let ruin overtake us, SO
that they might escape Who does, not re-
member, ia this connection, the entreaties,
In the beginning, of the Governor of Ken
tucky tor conference, for forb bearance, for
a chance to co-opEFntei In some plan to
ward OFF evil, and his reminder to them
that Kentucky, as tue worst sufferer from
alleged grievances, was entitled to hear
ing in SO grave an exigency. onr owl
patriotic Governor Hicks gave it as his
deliberate opinion, in 1860, III reply 70 the
Governor Of South Carolina, "That, while
the people Of Maryland have cause, more
than the people of any other Southern
State, to complain Of the loss and iuisry
from these cOIspiracies and assaults, they
do not see theiretnedy for such 0Gtrages in
a measure which, if 1t were possible, could
only secure the continuance of them under
shelter. Of a foreign asylum upon her bor-
defs.' Who has forgotten, either, the d.
rect'insults to Virginia, to North Carolina,
to all the great Border States, In fact, from
tina pestileut leader in'the outbreak? And
then. after h6land has been made red with
the blood of its best and noblest sons, after
every humiliation has been suffered abroad
by the leading Conspirators in war which
was begun 'ostensibIy to subserve the cause
and grOt0th Of slavery, its spread until it
should constitute of itself great empire,
covering Mexico even, here we have the
conspirators eoolly turning around and
telling us and the world thdt it was all n
mistake, that slavery WAS, the cause of the
war, that they were not fighting for. that,
for that was safe enough, but that afree
trade" Whs the chief cause for the at
tempted revolution, with its Wholesale ruin
and cruel slaughter a.r5gf,. 10 LII T
But now, at length, comes the reckon
ing. They have aroused thousand ene-
mics to slavery where if had but one be-
fore; and their course has been especially
fatal to the States that were to serve as
their ''bulwark." They dared to make the
issue-they eagerly threw down the gauut-
let and the loyal portion of the nation
called upon to -repel -their-aggFessiOn has
taken itup. And now; ;aftenthemonstrous
crimes of which the Cotton States have
been guilty, after shrouding the whole ma
tion in mourning, and almost burying it
,Ypder a load of debt; they dare to insult
heaven and earth, with their Indignant
cries because erelributiOni threatens that in
stitution which they aVowed should domi-
nate the Continent under the lead of
Toomhs, aud Stephens, aud the Rhetts.-
Had the evil thus provoked fallen on them
alone, the case would not have been SO
bad, but it has fallen heavily on us; and as
the letter we have given truly declares, the
institution here has only escaped through
that "lIabitaAl Cphcspe ctsfot lth llaRs'' char
acte ristic of our people. ,. ~ - ~
Sadly compromised, indeed, almost ru.
ined by this idiOtic rebellion, aYowedly
gotten up to advance aud strengthen the
cause of slavery The question is being
forced upon as, whether we are now called
upon to stsndsup and make common, cause
in defence sQf those who have wrought us
this loss and misery. They hesitated not
at9aybWinga purpose selishly TO take care
of themselves even at the expense of ruin
TO US; are We, NOT bound, by every dictate
Of wisdom and jof jpstiGe to strike out a
policy foE ourselves, leaving the Gpyern-
already manifssteH Ito deal With them
according to the Constitution and the Iawsl
t0lIG, then, by their foolish course they
have made an Institution but lately secure
SO precious that every day sees it more
nearly approaching a nominal value with
us, should we ot-begiu to consider such
vieWs'as these thrown out for .considera.
ton in this letter, When we know, besides
that, shut Ouriieyes as Weimay to what is
happening, forces are at work such as We
may find it impossible to withstand to
compel rssnltG noImRtt6Ff how nwelcome
to ,mapyn of gps2l With hyeRerythings sinymo.
ton about u.s. as ifSwg were standing
amidst the .ndUaucing CtilEs of the sea
shore, shall we remain quiet and he over.
Iwhelmed when' by apprsciatinga the posi-.
tion,i we may escape with "a portion oi
| those valpe which The fol ). and crimes oi
South Carolina land her aiders and, abet-
ters have SO directly endangetsd2 s-
We must remember that the jHWorld
moves,m ~ whether we do or not. We must
lremeWPeE that the proypcationsl put tor
~atd by men unlike us Of the Border
States-foT yeLWsre contentJtQ let things
remain as they were-by men who avow-
ed themselves the active and upscFupulous
propaganda distss oEslAVety, che Institution in
MarYlRpd, has suffered, scarcely, atoall,
Esq Esq ssl3 sss sS SIX sSl aIS
drously respectedit it, all things considered.
That it has greatly deprecated in value
let us anew thank the Cotton STATES, But
let US suppose one thing moEein this cou-
nectiou. Negroes ,ips tho Cotton States
were worth-5efore this rebellion was iu.
augurated-one thousand to fifteen hun
dred dollars each for ordinary field hands
The rebellion gotten upTi by theseI ultra
States has reduced thenh-as shO&ntby
salesin Maryland of late-to scarcely one.
eighth, or One-tenth of that value (for We
do not take it into conside deratiup reported
saleS ia. The .Seseded States where ,th G
prices are given in Confederate rag cur.
| rancy.1 y Meanwhile cotton has advanced