Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-25

about it, as the priests Of Sc.
soslris did with the disgusting bodies new
spcased in BaRuw's AuseaP Bat WI
that keen IL or them outsof their death
uiehes.f They will stand togetherlionger,
becanse typss are more enduring than pyr-
aRiids. Labor, the fact e, as II now stands
created by the fresdmenss hands, has killed
alisth theories ofthe slAVety eesnomtsts.
How stands labor to.dayf The Prest-
dent Of the United States Is the o'erseer OF
the vast field of black muscle, commanding
il to work with his voice, defending II
against oppression by his arms, Investing
it with manhood by his edicts, and en-
Tightening itszRiIhf knowledge by hts
schools, He has given It sword. to be
leuceforth the companion OF the hoe. he
says 70 the cotton Of the slaVe.helds
"Wither," and TO that Of the free negro
abIoom !" and It Is as be says.
Il was natural that the factory owners
of Manchester should howl their disap.
poihlhdent at the stoppages Of their cotton
market; which SO long kept down az the
same time the moral sense OF England aud
America! But that point also is turned,
never TO trouble Us again. The CONNER
clal prestige Of slavery IN England Is de.
m6lfshed. Her economists are exploring
new helis for raising the 6breip Africa, ~
France is in Mexico, With whatever result,
still to the gain Of free labor. With peace
and order restored the negro Of the United
States. having possession of uHequalled
soil in his Indigenous laliludes, and alrea;
DIV master of the culture, will keep his
market the first in the world. The genius
| OF the nYank6e" will substitute maehine
ry for hand labor, good implements for
bad, intelligence for stupidity, and the 50 !.
periOrity of cotton to all other tissues will
not long be left without demonstrattong-
That miserable system OF foEced labor
which made it inevitable for the South TO
fall into periodical bankruptcy, will no
longer bang about the neck Of northern
commerce involving Il in its own failure.
Slavery stands at the doors Of our ma
itionaI treasury TO be bought upt Shall we
buy it2 IL so, aud It shall appear in a
few short months that the sellers Of it are
the richer for being rid of 1t, get more
produce from their lands, live more se4
carely and happily, enjoy more comforts
and lux1ries, for what shall we have taxed
future generations with an oppressive debit
II we buy out slavery let us have a lein on
the trade. If the masters quadFuple the
value on their lands which they have part
| ed with in selling their slRves, shall we
still swell our national debl-more prop
erly their debt-by giving them u bonus
of some hundreds of millions But have
we not already paid the states of Missouri
Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland and Della
ware, twice or thrice the value Of then
slaves in the cost Of their defence against
the rebellion2 What then do We owe
them2 and II anything, at what market
rate2 Are their negroes to be priced on
the market rs 1t stood before the rebellion,
or on the market now? What Is the price
ofa ''slave" on this 2lst day of November
1867 Is there ''slaVe" in tho United
States de Jdet0 Move have now only
men and soldiers, labor, wages and mar
ksts, with the flag of liberty waving over
them. =. -. t's
q THE Richmond SentiHeI says that the
confederate government is going 70 send all
the federal prisoners to other points very
soon, and it advises an citizens who can
to leave Richmond and 20 elsewhere, in