Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-28
sIsyeFy, snd It's AdvSestes.
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One OF the strange things connected with
the discussion of slayeryis the intolerance
of its advocates and the sboldness with
which they sssail all who do not coincide
in their opinions. From the day the war
began to ths present hour, the friends of
the system have been so oVerbearing, SO
naughty aud insulting, that one would sup
pose they had charter from heaven to
claim a monopoly in the human flesh and
to justify its exercise. This is one of the
Consequences of slavery, one of its baneful
effects on the mind. Itwas thus that its
character was manifested in the West In
dia Colonies before emancipation. The
masters were 30 accustomed to use the
strong hand of power, and were SO familiar
from youth With the abject submission of
the negro, that they knew not the virtue of
self. denial; they could impose no restraint
on their passions, and hence the tyrannical
spirit which they carried into all the duties
of life aud exhibited in their intercourse
with their fellow men. Always ready to
insult whoever dared, in their discussion
on slavery, to question its justice, they
scorned the aid of argument to excuse its
horrors or palliate its wrongs, when lit
tie moderation on their part would have
been so beneficial to all.
The extreme on both sides were thus
brought into most unfriendly connections.
In the South there was nothing but def
ance, in the North, outside the radical
ranks, there was an invitation to examine.
The North was patient, the South quick
and irascible. The North, in Congress and
elsewhere, appealed to reason, justice,
statesmanship in this discussion, the South
was merely defiant. If q pamphlet appear
ed against slavery, no answer was youch
safed, but the mails were closed against
its reception and the life of the author
threatened. The STAKEHOLDER was protect
ed in his person In the North, but the op-
poueut of slavery visited the South at his
peril. .
Now, as we were all in the same nation
al family, having mutual claims, looking
to one another for aid in all the great ques-
tions which arose in the State, it was nm
reasonable to suppose that the North would
not be moved by this contemptuous disre-
gard of it's opinions. The Ship of State
required sometimes little trimming to
preserve her equilibrium on the rough sea
of time, and it was not to be supposed that
the institution of Slavery, with its great
political power, and the facilities it afford
ed for the accumulation of wealth in the
hands of those who never labored, could
hone to escape observation. 1t was quite
as natural for us to talk of Slavery and
criticise its effect on the fortunes OF the
country, as 1t was for the South to talk of
manufactures We had as clear right,
according to all laws regulating fair deal
ing, to complain of Slavery as. they had to
complain of the tariff. The slaveholders
had already an immense superiority over
the North and Northwest, but they were
not satisfied. They began quite early to
show their love for the Union and respect
for q Consultation designed for the welfare
of all, by doing everything In their power
TO build up the manufactures of foreign
nations. Their love of England was su-
preme, even while that nation was most
extravagant inits denunciations of Slave.
rY; Their separation from the North was
already accomplished IN heart, and from the
motive of self.interest and an extrayagant
desire for their own aggrandisenent, long
before their appeal to arms, or the turbu.
lent action of their Legislatures had forced
them into disuniou.
In the meantime the South had law upon
law enacted in the national council to bind
the slave more securely. Laws disgrace
fnl in their character, hateful in their exe-
cutfon. and an insult to civilization. All
this was endured by the North. Occasion-
ally, a Northern mind would become in-
dignant, and give utterance to its emotions.
under the pElNll6H0 ulahS0 SHSSOH ouA AZ
accordance with the rules of Congressional
order, but the consequence was inevitable
"a death of some member by an accom-
plished duelist, or the. assassin's blow in
the Senate chamber, as in the case OF Mr..
Sumner.
Am this was also endured by the North.
In fact, we submitted 70 SO much, that Il is
no wonder Southern paper advocated the
rebellion on the ground that the people OF
the North we're 'tcoWaris" and would "eat
dirt"
The work of submission still continsed.
The great Senator from Illinois, Mt Doug.
las. after a life Of honorable warfare tor
his country. without reference to geo.
graphical lines, or of any, they were ta;
vorable to the South, was betrayed
aud sacrificed by the Southern slave.
holders in the Charleston Convention. IL
was the city above all others where q true
man like him should have expected such .
fate. 1StilI the North was patientl. There
was something wonderful in the calm and
tifgnffied attitude of the country whilst
wrong after wrong, aud insult after insult
were sounding in the ears of the public,
ike the clank of hammers riyeting their
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