The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-03

slaves, and hired soldiery intiahled to
crime by the Smooth skinned woman on
the ottoman and the silver plate on the
board." Neither did these just appeals,
nor the terrific fate which was increas-
ny and advancing check the selfish i'm
petuosity of those who risked httir of.
disaster 10 be endured by Others. We
were told we mast follow our own peo-
ple or be against them. The alternative
presented All abhOrrcnce to common enc
mics. or III abandonment of common
blood. The choice was 1t once made,
under II solemn compact to stand i;hth-
fully together until complete victory
blessed, ur a single tate scaled the strug-
? ule Amid all the ceremonies of n ma
lions birth the States stood sponsors to
,hecallsc, and by sacred oaths pledged all
the lives, all the interests, all the pro-
perty in mutual support, and for general
relief From the nature and motives oi
the war aud by the bond which united
those whoswero struggling to- save all
that is priced among them, there
was nothing too sacred to ap-
propriate ~ abandon, except the
plirhtcd faith Ia be true /" each
other These oaths Virginia and her
frontier children have not Yet broken. r.
The lives of hen people are now iH the
trenches with n daily sacrifice equal to
The necessities of defense. Nearly all
aheir property has been yielded Ia the
enemy in obedience to the request OF
strategy rho slaves have been appro-
pri,t.,d. and losses suffered according IL
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This appropriation of territory and
slaves by these States, was as mnch a
voluntary contribution by them to the
wants of the war as if bills of grant and
emancipation had been passed by their
separate sovereign conventions. They
were a part of the price contemplated at
the time the struggle commenced, 10 be
paid for blessings to be Common to all.
nut the tide is now rolling toward those
: tates who made the fight, who affirmed
success or universal destruction and who
swore the oath. This oath has been
broken, and they by whom the first blow
was stricken are the first to desert those
whose breasts have, so far, received the
fury of the storm raised by others. At
ter the border States have offered lands
and slaves. as necessary sacrifices to sue
cess, they still declare that wife, child,
bride. free tongue and an unchanged
neck are things to he fought for. They
say to the States of the gulf, now make
the same contributions of lands and
slaves that you forced us to make, and
sentiments, relations, and people will be
secured" Monday the compact of mu,
tual support was broken. The bill to
appropriate the slaves SO as to secure
honorable existence was defeated in the
Senate chiefly by the votes of the Gulf
States. The border States had previ-
onsly contributed their share to the COM
mon defense 1t makes no difference
whether those slaves were lost to their
owners hy the strategy of wal OF by the
action Of Congress. They were equally
sacrifices OF property TO the national de
fense-sacrihces forced by some -and
which all Swore to share alike. The vote
hy which that bill was lost must be re-
considered The slaves must be given, OF
We may perish They who watch the
destinies of the State declare its wants and
demand the relief He for whom the love
of the people is-only --axceedeti by
his own pure affection for his country
the hero of twenty victories, and the
conquerer of every ignOble aspiration
implOres the recreant states not TO aban-
don the glory he won for them at Chan
cellurVillc and not to refuse the liberty
he secures by his lines around the still
uncnnquered capital OF Virginia The
army demands that It's depleted ranks
shall bc strengthened by more men of
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polite to refuse the demands of an army
like that which Lee commands. The
border states insist that such laws rs
ale necessary to save the State shall be
passed, even though those laws affect the
slaves IN the South a. the war has affect
ed them on the frontier. That vote must
be rcconsidored Perish property and all
the lmXuIic, of profit but we Will pro-
tcct uur social cXistance and our pride
as iIeomcn. We prefer to do this 10y
manly battle; but il they who demand
to share eur Success now refuse the
means to win that sucoess, they can 81"
act, but our wives and our honor must
still be- ours The difficulty in obtaining
a peace has been slavery. The approprl-
alton by the border States OF their
slave 10 the public Use has removed
that difficulty III negotiations by them
with the enemy. There is not slave i'll
Kentucky, Missouri aud rennessee.-
Slavery has disappeared in one half Of
Virginia, and practically cXistsno whore
i'll her limits Let such appropriation OF
interest he AT once made IA will save to
feich State the rights of IN unc"nquercd
people. n hir h' refused, and hc mcri-
noes Of ,oW are 50 imposed on some as to
} imp9H relations riihom Th;ch iijo is mioi-
udbIei heHiei ipOri&iOHt Of sGteiy be mme-
dioi,Ly mule by those Tho rain" family
boHdy and WiicidaM pridr dbOre>o,dd prop
c,in and'let those who are willing to
have masters above, that they live upon
the hope of having slaves beneath them,
seal their fate with The enemy now thun-
driing at THEN gates. Perhaps II wonld
hr we'll for the Gulf States to reconsider
THEN vote Virginia, Tennessee, Mis-
sour, aud Kentucky will yet see that
ihcir people he not slaves in order that
thr Inconvenience at war may not he iclt
nu Tia, Congarec and Tombigber.
CONGRESSIONAL