Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-10

uAl slavery, WOul0 NOT mAks Iree VITA you
ue ghbur's hOrse 10 .stfecIuale youI Just anC
reasonable parpose. And VIZ are also SUR
II this, that there is not one of you who
If be were compelled 70 spend the rest o
| ais life as u personal slave, worked an
D-Aten, and sold, AMI tran frrIed from hanC
to hand, aud separated, at bis MASTER
caprice, from wife aud lamIly-cousR Ruec
| misunderstanding without wages
| OiIinR Wiihuut rewards .thOut any OIhei
stimulaut TO that toll and labor than the
iriVer's cart WhIp-We do say that there Is
lot one of you who would not think that
| Tho name of pickpncket, thief or tGlOu,
would not be too courteous name for the
being who kept you 10 such thral lOm.
We cannot avoid repeating eur astOnIsh-
ment that you, freshmen, should be so de
| VOID of every trace of humanity ~ TO Oe-
cOme the voluntary and pecuniarI'y disin
erected advocates OF human slavery and
especially, that you should be 8 : IN AmtI
icA. But what eTcitrs our uncomfortable
toHthing is TO fnd that in your Address
soG speak OF man being the prop rLy Of
nan-Of Oue human Being being The prop
city OF another-WiIhH Hs little doubt, hest
alton or r+pugnance, as If you were speak
ing of the beasts of the 6eld. IL is InI-
that fils as with utter RstOnIshment. IL is
this that m 1kes uS disclaim you as cOun
trym-n We cauTot bring ourselves to
oeiieVe that you breathed your natal air
IN Ireland-IreIAud. the 6rst of all the nA-
tions Of the earth that HOOlished the deal
ing in slaves. The slave trade Of that day
was, curiously enOugba slave trade 10
British youths-IrelAud, that never was
stained wtihnegro slave IrAdii g-IrelaGd.
that never committed an ohenSe against
the men of colOr-IrelaDd. that never tiIted
out single vessel for the traffic in blVot
90 tie African coast.
1t Is, to be sure, Hm citing aud heart
reDdiBg to Us to think tuat so many of the
Irish in America should be so degenerate
AS to BIZ amonR the worst enemies OF the
people OF color Alas alas We have
that fact placed beyond n dOuot oy the ia
disputabie testimony of Lord MOrpetb.-
THIS is q foul blot that We would fain
wipe CT the 'scutcheOn Of eEpatrtated
Irishmen.
Have you enough of the genuine Irish
men left among you 10 inquire what il Is
that we require you TO d97 IL is this:
First-We call upon you 10 the sacred
name Of humanity, never again to volun-
teer on behalf of the OPpressOI; nor even
for any self interes to vindicats the hid
eous crime OF personal slavery.
SroIndly-We ak you to assi-t in eve
~ way you can 10 promoting the education
of the free men of color, and discOUute-
usncing the foolish feeling Of rel6 ,huess
of that criminal selfi5huess which makes
the white man treat the man of cUlor as q
degraded or inferior being.
ThirOly-WE ask you to assist in obtain
ing for the free m IN of col6r the full ben
tfit OF all the rights and franchises Of
freeman 10 whatever State he may inhab-
IL.
FourthIy-We ask you to exert your.
selves IN endeaVOrinR to procure for the
man OF color, in every case, tie bensht of
u trial by jury; and especially where a man
insisting that ne is 4 freeman Is claimed
TO be q slaVe.
Fnhly-We ask you to exert yourselves
in every possible way to induce slaVeOWn
ers to em4Ocipate as many slaves as pos
Sibler The QInkers of A@erica have sew
eraI societies tor this purpose. Why should
not the IRISH initiate them ia that virtue ?
SiKthIy-Ws ask you TO exert yourselves
in ali the ways you possibly can to put an
end to internal Save trade OF the States.
Toe breeding Of slaves for sale is, proOA.
bly,, the most immoral snd deb ,sing Prac
Iice ever known IN tue world. l. is II crime
of the most hideous kind, and If there
were no other crime committed by the
Americans, this alone would place the ad
VOcatE 8, supporters aud prse isers of A ner-
icAn Slavery in the lowest grade of enmi
nails.
Seventh h'y-Ws ask you &c use every ex-
eFtion 10 your power to procure the ab Ii
lion Of slavery by the Congress ia the
District of Columbia.
EighthIy-Ws ask you to use your best
exer IONS TO compel the Congress to receive
and read the petitions of the wretehed ne
Eroes and. above all, the petitions of their
white advocates.
NinthIy-We ask you never to cease
your efforts untiI the crime OF VII ch Lord
MOrpeIh has accused the Irish 10 Amsr,ca,
Of ''beirg the worst enemies of the men of
COLOR" snail be sLOned for, and OIOtted out
and eRaced forever.
You WIlI ask how you can do all these
Ihing7 You have Riresdy answered that
question YOU selves; for you have ssid that
public opinion 10 the law of America. Con-
Iribu'e, then, each of yUu 10 his sphere, to
make up that public opinion. Where you
have the electoral franchise, give your Vote.
to nOue bur those who will assist yOG ia go
holy a strugg.s.
Under q popular Government. the man
vino has right, and reason. and IStIee. hnd
aud Christianity itself on his side,
has Rreat iustramtu Of legislation and
legal power. He has the elements about
him OF the greatest iii +; and even # he
should not sgcced, he car have the heart
copsolatiou OF tving endeaVOFed
to do great aud good actions. lie can en-
10y, even in defeat. the sweet comfort OF
having eLdeaVOred to promote beneVoience
and charity.
? Il is NO excuse TO alIeRe that the Con
gTess is restr c ed from emancipatinR slaves
by one neral law. Each paI IIicnlAr slave
State has thar power within its own pre-
ciacts; and there 10 every reason TO be
that Mtr!land aud ViGgiria
would have fOIloRed the example OF NeE
York. and long ago abolished SiaV-ry, but
Tor the diaboIIcsi practice Of cruising" as
you call it. slaves for the southern market
Of pestilenee and death.