Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-20
..FRoM fRICHMOND.,

isEhOM CHMONn.YBa TTI
18s SlaDb1.' Slb1'1z5itid 11imtiiadg QEe,tiOs Stiz 2F8a81s9
the RebeEs-Di0fcuIty as to the Prospective
StatFs cftAeNegro SOldisTs-A Fine Spun
Theory OF, the Su9jet-Z1e Impending
W FISckqas1 E2sOsakaut HSEgsSlinSa- q Ns,O,
ClaSb of Men Called tor-Not Mind but
Nsrgs Wanted.
We received on Saturday last files of the.
Richmond Enquirer Wing and 6ssIathel 81
the 13th-this day week. They contain.
very title news. The EaqattrsF has 8 letter
from Oherlottesville, giving an account Of
sneridan's entry into and oeeupa ation ii tie
place. Very little about ths; military sit,
uatiOn Eis hintsd asa No copjecturesI aboqtg
sbekha an or shetid daR's opeFasto Or where
abouts are iudulged in. Thet'WASg says
that epapers ARE keeping quiet. on lpur.f
pose. They soon expect however e burst
out in full chorus announcing glorious
news. The editorials in the sheetss before,
us are Of tie same old kind4SShll aimed at
the bullying up of the popular heart which
just no wis inclinedto lag little We should
judge. '.all ~, 70 r. ', Z z a,s y.,n@o =, !
The. Enquirer has an editorial ION the
negro soldier question worthy Of a .Vir.-
ginia AbatFactionist Of the, old sshool..----}3
'How to seem to do il and yetnot do II" is the
topic. How to seem to givsithesnegroes a
consid erations worth lighting for and yet in
the end cheat them back into the old sta,
tub, is evidently the idea before the mind Of
the vi rtteE Of the following article. ,,3 ,s., q
The debate on the aocsptS;jpccss aocsptS;jp cs Of Mill tary
service tromsslaVes and free negroes omit-5
ted several points Of constftuti6nal and
nationa law which it, would Be We'll 10
keep in mind.!l BoIhsu Mr. Hunter and Mr..
Graham based their course UPON grounds
spot-Ctenables because not in TacSordanee
With the nature or history. of the Iinstitu.
tion Of slavery Both took the ground
"that to make slave q IoldIeff,,, vas 70 make
him JTeenGn'"a Is that tFue? 1.-THE whole
feudGLl tystenI, in one embodied form rises
up in ontgadistipction. The man n n owed
service to his Lord. Military seTUies was
the grbundi in, fact, of ssrt90bir The feYn.i
lar tr9iped man AZ arms OF the feudal sysS9 :
tenn was no VolUntser,, heawas 6o1nd to ser.
vice and OaOed iE.itHe was a soIdfes.fn SerVies
sepse only, from whom every, charscteris-
tic of individual will and sentiment was
kuocRed away by the domibAti6uiof his
LORD, TO whom he owed llsgiance for pro
lection. 1t ID upon this lthRtOthe national
soVereigntyinoW claims the military service
l-etzseVery citizen. The unttanchised citi-,
zs1s all owe e-the- duty to the State of de-.
fence, and blythe common law ofiRrfIaud
land the Jaws Of Virginia spEr,t dbS os5ss
to hts master or mistress the same dwtv,of
defence. The master is bound to defend,
hIs. slave and the slave to defend his mas
ter against every assault declared iunlayyvr,
ftql BY the State sovereign 10 both .qd The
master may arm his slave to aid iti7dafenCe
of his .cestls, and the slave is not, only
permilted but required to take life. in de-
fence of his master when ,unfawf1lly as.
saulted aud immlnently threatened OF ea :
dsngeredI . ,ii son l..',7 ~ llsI9a % 80 q
It is3,not trne, then, that the, he arm n ..
ing aud training of a,iBIave for 4 d efeucebof
his master OF. hfB masters s6yereip11II the
i State, alters or chapges the slaVes es status.
Il There is no revoluuonHwhatever of the,
social. Relations of master aad slave by SO.
a9olng; n9tI on the contrary, the obllgations
-Iaeo quttesn OF dthosel relatio6se ar6auainl
tained az apd !eentoScsd., And this leads to
Il me next poslpopiot these Senators: ,S 81
RI SChat IT the status of the slave is
changed 4tthe cogpSsEHt Of ths Respective
Is that sof There is but td3nssi d3nssies5tb es5tbstriss Of
lPrePsftg tne transfer Of which, 70 the Con-
q federate toF Federal Gem :aI 6J6va7nu1Ant.
according TO The ,Constitut oin1is 81 66th.; Fe.
IlqeiEss the consent of THE Stafess.,t isiI
land or lands. IiSlRRes Rr :. in Sverit s.Rse OF
a property, properly 81. well ;4.ins sofie senssS
PeraoT1S, They may be spl and, tan afsFred
certainly by their ow1etr a gaTJv, other
ehsttelsS according to the fSFatfIiIsP of law,
almost without restriction tor Limitation
u The owner lin Virginia cannon ) an ssI1iy
D portion Of the eminent d nam in lyv;biEh
sline has the sfee simple l. al md ednit-
sole title, without the 5nsent off the
!. dtAte where the iiauds are itnated: but lie
mHY sell any of ohls . chat, Isl Slaves are
chattelsF and he may eel lhsuf. and sell
them TO the Gohtedsfs ). GoEerhrrnnaht
las well A9 TO. indl4tduais Without .lhe
consent of his States i.7Anu he 5may grant
Fhgsfr ia. sny,s form thri, Yfthons b&rRaSn OF
sale. when be does so sell OF grant them,
what istto preRenGth Oonfe ats, Govern
y Psnt rom MOI y lebaps or using them, as
ftheproperly may be used, fcs, any Ieaitim Ate
purpose Wh6teVeE9AH If defence 5,of the
y country is legitimate, -wkJ not for defence
OF the eoqntrI2 If for defence Of the conn.
4 FJsiFhE nottWith aFmsifl, the hands oE tht
q ehsIeI And tf'byHslaves; with arms in thsiI
hands, what is there 70 restrsin the com.
I pensati9R or 10 prevent The IA ard Of frse.
domf What 10 IheTe 70 prevent III hesaC Con
: tedstats Government from using rs pro
perry or IPeFsops in itss own RSg. .,for q le
tgl1mate' nseil on suehtelms and condition.
ssit may deem best to hset 'nscesiifi q
n 500 iriiF'1sif ltoFrs'f ~
AE Bot, H. IL strps thai the atatus5ofs slave
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