Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-18

Reported for the Intelli, encer by Young Lady Of
the Congregation.
Remarking on the fact that there are
those "who rule over others to their own
hurt" DR.. NJ. said:
"But need not go to other lands or dis
tant ages for an illustration of this part of
the text. OF its truth the system of ella
very presents the most appalling and un~
answerable proof. Vast as are the evils
which it iLtlcts on Its unhappy subjects:
the loss of their inalienable right to liberty
and iudepcndence-their degradation to
the level of bru:es-the using of them as
goods and chattels without any will or
rights which white men are bound to re-
spect-their exposure to every outrage
which brutality, caprice or passion might
infiict-their deprivation OF marital and
family rights, OF education and the open
Bible-fearful, / say, as is all this Cata.
logue, it is yet tolerable compared with the
darker, deeper evils which the system ne
cessarily entailed on those who maintain
ed it, and who most emphatically "ruled
over others to their own hurt" In our
pity for the wrongs of the slave we too fire..
quenily lose sight of the deeper wrongs
which the system Inflicted on the master.
Nor of these would We involve all in iudis-
criminate censurc. Nowhere have we
found men more honorable and manly than
among Shareholders. Nowhere are there
women more virtuOps, intelligent, and de-
voted to self sacrificing labors for the IN
fortunate and dependent race around them.
But while gladly recognizing this, it still
remains that these are only bright aud
rafe exceptions. The effects of the system
on th. great mass of Shareholders has been
only evil and that continually. Their
sense of right and wrong was blunted, the
power of conscience weakened, and the
finer feelings of their nature utterly de-
PRAYED by the sights they were compelled
10 witness and the deeds which they were
authorized and tempted and furnished with
the ample opportunity for doing. need
not point you TO the slave pen or auction
block for proof OF this. Four years ago
the world witnessed shot and shell and ev-
cry instrument Of death rained las if hell
had opened its mouth) on Major Anderson
and his devoted band. What harm had
they done those who go ruthlessly sought
their death None at all. They were
placed there with their lives in their hands,
rs the defenders of that city from servile
iusurrection and foreign aggression. What
harm had the flag 60 madly shot down by
them done that people2 None at all. New
er had people since the world began 30
prospered as they had under its pro-
lection. AT home and abroad, to rich and
poor, it was the symbol and assurance of a
great nations glo,ious power. What harm
had Abraham Lincoln done when leagued
assassins wayIa,d him 10 Baltimore on his
first approach to Washington? And when,
after long plotting, his murderers at last
perform their hellish purpose, was he not
using every means in his power to concil-
late and win them back to their forfeited
rigbts2 But he, though the noblest, is
ouly one among many. Go with me
through every campaign and over
all the hard fought battles of this
causeless wicked war. Count the millions
of money wasted and see the rivers o.
blood shed in murderous conflict on bott
sides. Read their boosted threats, anC
witness their authorized, but, thank God
abortive, efforts to involve all your cite!
from st. Adams to St. Louis in one in.
discriminate scene of massacre and mid
night confsRrstiou. See their cruel
dsmnipg purposes executed in their cold
blooded murder of ten thousand Gof GU,
troops by the slow processes of starvation
witness the thousands who from amonr
themselves have been forced to expiate thI
crime of loyalty by torture. banishmept
or death, then tell me what Hun or Tartar
what savage or feud, ever has presented
a darker record than this demon of slave
~. How came all this? "They ruled owe
Others to their hurt" The public mind il
the South was demoralized, the public
conscience scared, public sentiment utterl,
debauched by the presence and effects O
slavery, and its reflex influence on thos
who in sentiment or in fact were slave
holders, go that it became possible, and in
deed an easy matter for a comparative,
few wicked and seditious men to draRoo,
than inf n Al
best Government in the world. Nay, sucl
were its effects, that, like Satsu of old. i
assumed the form of an angel of light, il
whose presence the people fell and wor
shiped-Gpostate priests and bishops mean
while seeking to place its hideous and de
formed image in the altar and surround i
with the sanctions of Gods word. Trul,
there is o time when men rule over other
to their, own hurt" And have they no
been hurt? We in our measure for our own
and our completely in their sins, but they
still more feRrtully. Pity then the slave
but pity more the Shareholder. No neeC
for vengeance on our part. Leave that tc
Him who has said, and who in time auC
eternity will fulfill His word, "Veppsanc,
is mine, l will repay saith the Lord"
Nor is it any objection to the view of the
case which we have taken, that, as our tex,
continues, "they had come to and gone
from the place of the Holy"-that thew
were the magistrates of the land aud mem
bers of the church. There was a time
when polygamy and concubinsge were al.
lowed even to good men. There was a time
when the general use of intoxicating Ii
quors as beverage, when neglect to
abound in generous Christian liberality,
when horse-racing, gambling, balls, and
theatrc-goiug, when to uphold slavery by
word and act were relatively far lees Grim
inal than they now are. But now light has
come into the world. By His spirit, and
His word, and His providence God is lift.
ing up His church to higher plane of
ChrisIian life. No man now can be the
husband of more than one wife without
being secuted, not only from the church.
but ALEC from decent society. The same
penalty in the purer churches and best So
ciety attaches to those who habitually ill.,
dulge in Intoxicating liquors. No man
now can innocently refuse to give accord
ing to his means, for the maintenance and
enhancement of the work of God at home
and abroad. Christian men and women