Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-02
Some oftho Inevitable ResuIts OF th
Rebellion.
fFrom tho Baltimore American. /

II the declaration could in any case hold
good of n set Of men, the victims of n ruin
Gus disappointment, that "they went out
after wool aud came back shOrn." surely
the slave oligarchy OF the cotton States.
when they opened the ball by the attack
on Fort Sumter for the extension of the
'.iustitution," might serve to illustrate the
force of the pithy saying in question. We
were strongly reminded of this yesterday,
on seeing one of the new negro regiments
recently raised in this State marching in
solid column down Baltimore street to
embark for some other point. Composed
OF sturdy Enthusiastically q mulntto
amongst them-they constituted the very
material which, three years ago, when the
institution was deemed perfectly secure,
would have made Il cotton or sugar plan
teFs eyes sparkle at the bare chance OF
reinforcement of his "gaug" of such. Re-
memberipg, too, that the Charleston Aer-
eWry, when sPeculatipg under the auspices
OF the late Governor Adams of that State,
some four years ago, in the hope for "re-
opening of the African slave trade" CON.
plAcentiy concluded that South Carolina
would need about "three hundred thous.
and" more native Africans to make IL all II
should be as u prosperous Commonwealth,
what food is furnished for reflection now
TO tuese ulSlOShl IueSS euklueetS OF
evil. as they ind the Constitution" form
ing a dissolVing tableau in the manner
noted.
Had these traitors to the Union, these
reVolutionists to subserve the advance Of
slavery been little less occupied with
carrying out their criminal purposes, they
might have learned that the present is not
the first period 10 the history of the cOun-
try, when the negro, as property, has been
compromised and forfeited by the acts of
the disloyAl. They might have learned,
horror stricken as they now affect to be at
what is occurring, that the incidents OF to-
day are little else than "history repeating
itself;" that, Ms the disloyal, the enemies
Of free government suffer now for their acts,
as they were made TO suffer in the olden
time.
They might have learned, further, that
far back in the history Of the country, the
negro Was made to pass through similar
experience with those OF the present time,
New York, iu 1881, having passed an act
to raise two regiments for the defence OF
her frontiers, the enactment running:
THAT any person who should deliver
one more of his able bodied male slaves
to any warrant officer, to serve in either of
the said regiments, or iniudependeut corps,
should be entitled to the location and grant
of Que right in the public lands"-thIs be-
inR, as 10 day iu Maryland, in the nature
of bounty to the loyal master. 1t was
moreover, that "such slaves who
shall serve for three years. or until regu-
larly discharged, shall Immediately after
such service be, and are hereby declared to
be, free men of the State.
We have said that the disloyal of that
period Jared no better in regard to their
negroes than do those untrue to the Gov |
ernment now. Here are the words of the
act by which they were forfeited TO the
State, passed May, 1886:
abe it enacted, &C., that all negro slaves
become the property of the people OF the
by the dmdiHdeT on conviction Of any |
person VhomS0sVer, and are now In pOss-
essiou of the Commissioners of Forfeiture,
be and they are hereby mdHumitsd."
Can there be much clearer case Of
"history repeating itself2" and should not |
the exhibition of the facts we have given
soften the visitAtion-at least cease to
make the changes in the condition Of the |
negro matter for such lively speculation
aud wonder As is manifested on all sides? ?
II Is always a hazardous experiment for
any people to set on foot "A great revOlu |
ton, with the certainty entertained that ii |
benefit and ia this attempt of the slave
holders of the Cotton States the folly was
apparent from the first to every calm OBJ |
server; and they are only, therefore, reap |
iuk the legitimate fruits of their madness |
md Wickedness. In regard to this aspect |
Of the case, we have seldom seen the case |
stated more concisely and forcibly than |
has been done in the Address Of the Union |
League, paper gotten up |
under the auspices of the Hon. A. j. Ham
ilton, of Texas, and other eminent men Of |
the Union Democracy. We quote:
1--WE admouish our cOuntrymeu to look |
calmly for the true cause Of the rebellion. |
II did not originate with the democratic |
masses of free labor North or South. The |
shareholders alone VcTe the inStigGtOTS Of the
attempted revolution. 1t requires but few |
short paragraphs TO describe the whole |
process OF reasoning that impelled them
10 take the step of revolt. Let every one
rembeE the theory of all our statesmen and
political philosophers, past and present,
that is, '.SidUery, sooner or later must go
out under the idWS Of population Slaves
we're political property. This property
depended for its duration upon the action
of the political forces. II was subject at
any time to be be legislated out of the
state. The shareholders calculated the
time at which this would be done. They
saw before them 81, 100000 power OF en-
frauchised free labor. On the ratio of
past increase twenty-three years would
swell this free labor force to 81 900, ,OO0.-
Forty-six years would increase it to lOs,-
OOO, 900. Sxty-nino years would swell it
10 2I6, ,OOO, 900. 10 the meantime the slave.
holding population, according to the past
ratio OF increase, would amount to 10 ,OOO,-
900 only. WhatwAs to be done? Here was
a prospective free labor population that
must inevitably become crowded in a little
time. Shareholders were not stupid enough
TO suppose that when this population be-
came crowded it would consent to be put to
iuconvenience on account of slavery. This
democratized force of free labor was
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