Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-03

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mouse in the presence Of lion. And CONE
piete Southern independence, so far from
affording any remedy would only aggra'
vate every evil, which the people of the
Free States have to fear from a mighty,
arlstocratfc combination so arrogant and
SO hostile. Soon after the termination OF
the notification controversy, 1t became
maxim with the followers Of John G. Call
houn, that "the people Of the South can not
be combined on the question Of the tariff;
they must be combined on the question OF
slavery" The address Of the South Caro-.
lima Secession Convention, to the people of
slaveholding states amongst great deal
more, to the same effect, contains the fol-
lowing language; ''The people OF the non
slaVehoIding states, are not and cannot be
safe associates of the slaveholding South
under common government. South Car
olina acting in her sovereign capacity now
thinks proper to secede from the Union.-
Citizens Of the slave holding States cir
cumstauCes beyond our control have placed
us in the. van Of the great controversy be-
tween the Northern and Southern States.
Providence has cast our lots together, by
extending over us an identity of Pursasits,
inteTests and inStituti0nS. South Carolina
desires, no destiny separate from yours. :
With common institutions to defend and
common dangers to encounter, we ask
your sympathy and confederation. We ask
You TO join us in forming confederacy of
slaveholding States" Does not this look
a little like the corporation spirit2
Reader, remember the small number of
these arrogant and imperious men. All
the slaVehoIders in the rebellion do not
number more than about g quarter of q
million; that is about half as many as the
electors Of one of great States, such as
Ohio or Pennsylvania, for instance. What
suffering, what bloodshed, what misery,
what horrors has the nation endured for
the sake of the selfish, sordid interests of
this small body of aristocrats II I! The
iron masters, the cloth Weavers, and the
retail merchants in the Free States are
probably as numerous as all the slaVehol-
ders who went into rebellion. Now, sup
pose that this small body of men, for some
real or fancied interest Of their own, had
raised armies, had levied war upon us, and
had shed as much blood as their "South-
ern Brethren" have done; what execra-
tions would or rather would not be hesped
ON their heads. A new language would
have to be coined before men could sufi-
cieutIy express their abhorFenee of the
turpitude, the atrocity of the insurgsnts.-
But here Democratic objector starts up,
his face beaming with new intelligence, his
eye cleaning with partizan zeal. "Ah.
sir, how wildly you talk" No quarter of
million of men can be found in the Free
States, nor even three times that number,
who, for their own selfish and peculiar in.
terests, could levy such a war upon the
remainder of the nation.
No set of meu, tower so consPicuously
above the heads Of the multitude as to be
able to effect such an object. They do
not possess the machinery, the State gov
ernments, the churches, the organization
of society that would give the slightest
chance of success to such an enterprise
In fact no quarter of a. million of men
could even be selected in the Free States
who could compare in power and influence
with an equal number of Slsveholders.-I
Well, my friend, does want Of power to
commit a crime diminish the tuTpitude of
that crime, when power is found for its per-
pstratiOn2 Moreover, was only pointing
our the inconsistency of the peace party
leaders, in streneously opposing the innO-
cent and lahdRble combinations Of our
friends and fellow citizens, for industrial
purposes, while they zealously encourage
the great, treacherous and hostile combi-
nation Of our SlaVeholding enemies. ''ln.
consistency" cries another ObjectOT, TALL
fudge; there Is no Inconsistency. These
leaders have no principles except one, and
that is expediency. They will ride any
horse which will carry them fastest and
farthest for the time being. Their confed-
eracy is a compact of wolves to hunt in
packs and run down the game aud divide
the spoil" To this last Objector l can
make no answer. CAvENDIsH.