Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-03-10

.;,n rrbere have been since our last, % arrivals
s'1s - - ana the same number ofdePariureS'
u ''o'' go
Tho Rev WIN. WALLACE will preaci, IN Tue
Rricl, scbool-house next Sabbath at IL o clock
900
We are authorised to state that " ~
McK1NLEr will be candidate toF pe
House of delegates at the ensuing elecu0"
On our 4th page the reader will had 'ne
proceedings of meetings held at ElIzaoe'n-
town and West Liberty, for the purpose ol
considering the propriety OF adopting the
Amendedo Conslitution;-also, the Acts
ortbs Legislatures of Virginia and oh'o'
";ocoroorating Company to erect Toll
R,;1re over ;be Ohio River at Wheeling
with the proceedings of meeting of tho
NIonagers. held at this place on the 10Th
. oflast month.
The Legislature Of Virginia Adjourned oa the
/ 2SI February. ,,.-,.5.,,ho
house Of Samuel Howard in the south east Pa''
of Ohio county. IN
The North Western Bank is chartered nIl ne
lst Of June ls42-tbe capital to be 5ooO0V dol
lars and bonus Of 5000 dollars to be pa'd to the
ststo.
We give balow the proceedings OF meeting Of
the citizens of this place. held on Thursday last
We understand that there Is to be meeting next
Saturday at Melville, which will make four held III
ms county in reference to the new constitution
r. other counties in the west were to pursue tho
-,.,o course in calling meetings and expressing
,boir sentnents, our cause would be neither hope
l.s, nor doubtful. We do not, even now, consider
o,,g cause as hopeless; bur We believe that the
,.,r,.I, ,,;ll he b5-a between the contendiDg par
The confidence Of the Richmond Wing 10 the
SUCCESS of the new constitution at the polls ses'fs
70 be- very sensibly diminished. The following
language is used in the Wing Of Tire 2itd February
nOnnosition TO the adoption Of the new conslliu'
ZION. viii undoubtedly be more vigorous Glo sen
ons th,n rs friends have imagined we nave d"
idsa tbat il Will be ayailng. bat a combination oi
rbe sull counties might endanger MS acceptance
We therefore admonish lis friends, particularly 10
Inc Valley. to be up and doing. Information from
,arious onartsrs enables US to say that the MINOR
itv will lose nothing by want Of activity
! Should the victory turn out in favour of our op
Moments. the determined enemies of equal rights
and practical republcanisn, we still have, provId'
ed the entire West will move unanimously with
the counties in this section ofthe state, one chance
Lh--and that is SEPARATION. This will not
prove an rmpracticable natter IF the people Of the
Wost only WILL IT, II IS effected.
The immortal Cooke, IN one Of his justlhcatory
essays. says that the West was only The ally oftbe
Valley in getting up Convention but the "Pled-
,noatese country" Gas he POLITICALLY styles the d..
trct bet yeeu The Valley and head Of tide water
ais our NATURAL ALLY" that the Valley and PmD-
MONT together furnish precisely one half Of the
members of each house of the General Assembly
and by uniting they will be able to carry any point
they plelse, &c. &c. So We see, that by this
seigh,-of-band process, the West is entirely en-
of froln Virginia Other than as a conquered pro-
vince; and il we should ever receive any thing
ike liberal treatment from our Legislature under
the new constitution, it viii be mere matter Of
grace on the part Of Mr. Cookies Republic. The
p, poor West, for her part is left without sngl.
ally. The Valley, and PIEpMoNT, Mr. Cooke ha,
MADE natural allies; the PIEDMONT and the Tide
water county, ARE in REALITY natural allies; Sc
, that should the Amended" be adopted repieson
tation in the House Of Delegates viii be compose
Of 1913 members from Virginia, and Il from tb'
Yves; and in the Senate, Of % from Virginia, anc
from the West Twill then be time, we think
70 set up for ourselves.
go
! Pursuant TO public notice, on Thurs
day last, after an adjournment Of Court,
s numerous and respectable meeting of iht
citizens of this Town, assembled at III,
$ Court House.-Rlchard Simms Esq. wa,
called TO the Chair, and Il. p. Robinson
e appointed Secretary. Several gentlemen
k 1 addressed the meeting on the subject o
o the new Constitution. streneuously advising
e its rejection and pointing Quits objection
q able anti-repubIcan features.
d The following resolutions submitted {,
d tho meeting, were unanimously adopted:
0 Resolred, That in the opinion Of ihi!
= meeting, the new constitution submitted &,
i tie consideration ofthe people. is not sucl
an one as tho Citizens Of Virginia can o
ought to accept