Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-22

} any other way than by making a thorou9I
work, now, once for all. y. = ,
There are higher considerations 10 bt
thought of; but for that of cheaunes, IL
our national life, this is the sum. 1t is 10
be bad only under the old simple system q
ono strong and peaceful republic. AM
) other that we can get will be complicated
and costly. We are fighting tor the old
lt'we give up now, We shall lose the efFor,
already madei we shall get little relici
from the burden of war in any peace thai
can follow. And soon we shall have tbs
work TO DO all over again at greater cost
From the Nashville Unian nl
HHe Southern RebelIIon the Imme-
ma" tAe "A AbolitiOn OF Slavery.
The Southern rebellion was blow at tho
very Organization of our society. Every
man and woman in the Southern States
who was concerned in it, became another
teter the Hermit, preaching to the excited
slaves the overthrow of tho system which
held them in bondage, Every master who
encouraged cnhstments in the rebel arms.
virtually shouted to his slaves, revolt! re-.
volt have, myself, set you the example /
The Shareholders who for SO many years
mad been preaching obedience and su6mis-
sion to their lnborers, presented themselves
IN inc dreadful act of secession from the
Federal Union, aE 80 many wild and freu
Hled lncendiaries to those who should have
seen ut all times iu their masters. moderafo
aud orderly conduct. BY a system OF false
hood and calUmny, MS untounded and pra-
tultous as 1t was senseless, the Southern
leaders in the hearing of their slaves.
charged the Republicans with the deliber-
ate Intention of setting them free, and then.
with folly equaled by their wickeduess
only, raised the standard OF revolt Every
part OF tile South sWarmed with rebel soi.
dIerS troops murched to and fro. filling
the South with excitement; the peaceful
agricultural pursuits of the slaves were
broken off, aud planting operations sus.
pended. BY the voluntary, atrocious, uu
called for, and utterly stupid calumny of
tne leaders, by whom the people of the
south suffered themselves to be buIlied
ana domlneered over, the negroes were
lead to believe that Mr.. Liucolu's admins
trntlon had come into power for the pur
pose OF setting them free. The devil never
coined a blacker lie in his internal work.
shop. Terrible is the punishment of this
great sin.
The rebels are doing the very thing which
they accused Mr.. Lincoln of intendiug to
do. They are themselves, uninteutiouallv.
perhaps unwittingly, acting the part of
practical, immediate, radical Abolitionists
and in all probability, their efforts, SO fur
as the complete destruction of slavery is
concerned, will be successful. Secession.
ism IS Abelitionism. Abolitiouism, ns gen
orally understood, was the dogma of a small
party, lying mostly in those States which
are iurthest removed from the presence of
slavery Secessionism is the act of a large
party living among the slaves, and con-
seauenty Is infinitely more potent in de-
several ways.
1t excites the slaves and makes them
restless.
1t suspends their ordinary labors bv
great domestic convnlsion, and makes great
numbers of them idle, aud, copseouentlv.
demoralized and insubordiuatc.
1t brings upon thousands of them. who
have hitherto been well provided for, the
most painful destitution of both food and
clothing, and the instinct of self. preserya-
ton lmpeIs tho slave to rob, to murder, TO
run away, just as he would fly from IL wolf,
bear or serpent. He can get at home
neither hat, shoes, shirt, meat or even salt,
and naturally flies from his master as from
one smltteh with the plague. To remain
at homo is starvation, the most painful of
80 NSNtHS' 40 GueEe one SO QQll, so OFus
hshIy stupid, SO utterly, blind, as not to
see and feel that Instructions must inevi-
taoly follow such distress? Yet we hear
persons speaking of .he Proclamation of
emancipation as melting slaves to insur-
rectIopI Preposterous, aud absurd COM
plant. We aver, aud challenge a refu-
tation OF the 1verment. that every thing
which human wit, or lunacy rather, could
devise to incitc, to drive the slaves to
revolt, has already been done by their
rebellious masters. He who stirs IN r.
rebellion of any sort in slave community,
Is like one who throws a frebrand in gun
owdcr--thc whole mass must explode
nc slaves argument is very brief: II my
master rebels, why nOtI? And when, in
addition to II pernicious example, the slave
is goadcd by the increasing pangs of buns-
er and cold when he secs his wonted work
wholly suspended, what wonder if he, too.
should raise rebel flag on his own ac-
count Would it not be most wonderful
1t he. did not? Whether the Proclamation
Of Emancipation be wise or uuwise, polite,
just or unjust, it is idle, il is nonsense to
say that it will nCitc the slaves to seryile
war. Their rebollious masters are already
inciting them to it; and they only, are re-
sPonsl6le for all the Consequences which
may follow. The rebels there are insurrec-.
toHiEts. If they are, they are the Aboli-
I ttonlsts They effect abOlitionsm in two
ways: ..I-.S,'.-' - y :
BY making slavery worthless, -
by making slavery exceedingly perilous
l.. Ills easy to see that no system of labor
can exist which is profitIess We might as
nationally expect our farmers to import ele-
plants to pillow their corn, or monkeys to
worm their tobacco To make slavery
Prohtless, is to destroy it. But the rebel
lion has made slavery not only profitless,
oqt highly dangerous, aud its danger and
gnproiitableness together must speedily
destroy it. -.
JefE. Davis Proclamation.
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