Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-26

| its ls-ue Of December I.h, last, that sheet
eontaias an article, eIt-Aets from which
We fad ia the Baltimore lAHaIedH, which
are written by one who seems to have bOen
| ir the confidence Of the bate Sir William
Napier. We have not the entire eommun.
! ieatiou, bot after ,tdiiEy hat mGHg ysarI
,ae, "Ae ,0r,rayH Slater Of hs South had
uali'Tabiy r,soirtd 70 itesds from The
Union, te."
Il is not a very rational superstition that
a plO, so long formed, and fully mAtufsd,
depended on the operations Of an anti.
slavery party for tts uSbilsItatiou.
We eondemn the statement Of the Jour
nal, because il looks Ike an Abandonment
OF the strongest position OF She Union party,
to wit. that the var fer the preservation Of
the Uaiou Is war for the perpeluation Of
free government, hEd that the dHiauI Of
the rebellion, is OPpositiaF to democatiC
institutions, and not to AbOitRouiSm. Here
is proposition which all eau comprehend,
which is easy to be established, and which
is universal in its application. Why weak.
en- the force Of such SsWAp-Olub, BY idle
elamOrs against the bug-bssr Of anti.slaT.
cry. as il the crime Of destroying the ua-
Ii6u vas no greater than tbs crime Of de.
stroying slavery, or as il the national cause
could be helped BY taking half the Odiuu
Of treason from the shoulders OF JeG.
Davis, and placing il upon the shoulders
Of anti slavery menl Let the impor.
tant fact be proclaimed TO the country, that
this Southern conspiracy Is The work of an
intOlerant, selfish, and desPotic faction,
which, to use the iOrcibs language OF
rebel Journal the Raleigh Standard, "as it
broke up the old government, because ii
could no longer control it, stit is ready 70
break up the Southern ContederAcy for the
same reason. Mr.. Calhoun and his sA-
tauic associates did not believe n the fun.
damental principles on which Washington
and Jefferson erected our Government, nor
do their disciples who are nov 10 armed
rebellion against it believe in them they
are inideIS to the gospel OF human free.
dom. Wei also consider that the anti.
slavery is the legitimate offspring Of the
system Of slavery, and the aggressive and
despOIic spirit OF slavery, aud that with
out slavery there could be 40 abolition
party. The most earnest opponents OF the
system Of compulsory labor were the
Southern statesmen Of the Revolution Of
10. Hon. A. II. Stephens said 10 his noted
Savannah speech
The prerdtiing ideas sn'svtGinti By him
(JcferGon) aud moN Of The leading NdteS.
EIea 1t The time Of the formation Of Tie old
Constitution were, that tie mildUrSiEnt Of Me
.1triem paI N UioidHon Of tie idSs Of nature:
that il waS wrong IN principle, Ioe!uliy, mor-
ally and politically. Our Rdr
GOrrrnment il founded upon sLa:iiy oPpoMts |
id,dI; tt' foundations ar, Iac, its corner. 'toHe
rests upon the great truth that ths negro is |
not the equal of the white rntA thor iid-
rrry /, his natural and moral eONiitiOn."
Perhaps "morGl condition" Is miSpriut
for normal condition; but this 10 Of little
consequence. We shall not aLpresOnt
quote the opinions Of the illnitrtpaS fathers !
Of the RevOIuilqq,oE "a, who .liIad.l IhH !
South, upon the Vexed question Of slavery; |
suffice tito say that Mr. Stephens has not |
stated their adherence Of the system too
strongly. They uuquesLionably did be-
lieVe Il blunder IN politics, and a sin 10
morals. To expect, therefore, that such =
system will not be discussed, and opposed,
is to expect men TO lrample upon the plain.
est preCepts of morality. The sensitive
ness Of prO-Slavery men generally on this
points well known. There is most sig
niiCAnt unwilliugueSS to have this great
question discussed as all other questions
are. The Rvarice and tyranny of the slave
holder has for many years made it worth
ones life to question the divine origin aud
excellence Of slavery in a Southern cOm.
munity; and lyneh.lAw has sealed the
mouths which dared to speak against it,
Slavery has been holy ground, on which no
prOfane foot has dared to tread. That day
has gone forever, and slavery, like all other
systems and institutions, must submit to
free inquiry and discussion, even though
its extinction and abolition be the result,