Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-05

aud desire, on behalf of both, that Won viii
supply them with the necessary means. Car
YOU reiusel Is there one principle of repre
sentative duty which will require YOU To do.
my an application like this7 IL there any ons
which VIII authorize you TO iuterpose he.
tween the actual parties TO the Government
ana say to them, that they shall not with
your consent, have any conference wbatsoev.
erwin each other, nor declare any direct n.
P.ni0n whatsoever upon subject, the Who'll.
oi which, with one single exception, they
nave absolutely reserved from your action and
retained Tor their own? Nay, looking to a ia
,ower ground OF obligation and duty, it may
be emphatically asked whether there are any
considerations. Of political expediency. even
winch can demand of yor to override and re.
purse this request? Were il competent for
tne Legislature to act finally upon the subject
matters 10 which this application relates. The
case would be entirely different. But az II
aoes not, as It can do no more than take the
hitiai step for the people themselves. TO
Whom the right of deciding upon them, with
.he exception alluded to, exclusively BELONGS.
~ would not consist with due respect for
that BODY, TO suppose that this step will b..
refused, and an inauspicious and infamed
state OF public feeling be thereby neeJlesSIv
hazarded. The Constitution bav;ne nrasos;t!
ed no mode by which its provisions NAV Ia
1 s. or abolished, has yet declared. in its
Din OF Rights, that majority ofevery com.
munity hath an indubitable. unalienable and
Inaccessible right to reform, alter or abol;sb"
It's government, Gin such manner as shall he
Judged TO be most conducive to the publi =
veal" P"oii@
Here then, the whole subject, by exnress
A.
tecoenition Oh the highest au thority, is COM
mltted 70 the people and made their own. 1t
IS one, therefore, which the Legislature cam
any inludicious denial oflegal facilities. when
the public mind is as ready to consider II and
oeGide upon 1t as now. For these reasons
ana Tor Others which l forbear to INTRODUCED
recommend to the Legislature the passage
oI law authorizing vote by the peonle Of
OF this State to be taken at the neyt oaner.i
election, upon the subject of calling = Con.
Tentlon to revise and amend the Constitution
ana the passage also of a provisional law REQ,
uiaung the organization and other matters ;5-
cident TO such Convention, Should il no the
VIII OF majority of the people to reouire
one. 'e4ui'e
Without going at all into the var;ons nh.
)ects OF Constitutional amendment for which
a convention IS wanted, being forbidden 10
60 so by the necessary limits of This con,,,,,
nica'ion, II Is admissible, at least; to EXPRESS
liic ardeht nope that the principal one in
view, re arranged and amended basis Of ron.
resentation, may be so ACCOMPLISHED 40 IN on
Eterate, forever, the political divisions The,
the present Constitution has fixed mon the
o,ate' ana 10 consolidate our people. i'm ali
quarters BY relationships ofinterest and feel.
ny as Wen as OIL government, kindlier and
SsuSneer man nave ever distinguished them
I anu 'his, doubt not, can be done.
unless there Is an unwise adherence 10 oy
IRENE demands, and done too for the bcne1it
and safety OF all, without the violation ON tho
one hand OF any rights of persons or of proper-
~, oi the surrender on the other of any cher.
lsheo principle OF government.
but 10 this end; the Commonwealth n,ust
be treated as whole, and whole incanahle
oi being divided into separate interestsand Co
parate parts by any Constitution Whatever
whlch can be expected to endure. Paeifcn.
non ana union are the only bases on which
CONSTITUTION can securely and firmly stand L.
One VI 'he greatest evils which Virginia has
49, encountered IN her internal government
wnich has done much to impede her nrogress
to humble her fortunes and to control he % -
~ and suspicious promise of her destiny has
oeeh the want OF a full and absolute unitv A.
InouS her people. She has long, i'm many mar
.ceiarS Oh government and legislation, been
divided Commonwealth, struggling with the
leaiousies oil contending, instead of triumnb.
ing IN the achievements and power of an har-
monlous and happy family. Let her be 50
Ho more; ana let II not be at this hour, when
81 h1r hopes demand that she should be thor
ouh"!' cordially and indivisbly one, tina,
GIN o"o e'emeht Oh discord Is to be fastened
upon her, some new line of separation 70 he
struck through her territory and Tins tbrouah
her peace, and the future history of her govern.
meht De painfully marked by the tears of the
Paltiot anu the scorn Of the wise.
TeraS
oince your adjournment, the great national
measure, which was then pending for the an
he1ation OF the republic of Texas. and the adj.
mission oil II as one of the States of This II.
mon, mas received the full consent of the neo.
PIE oil that Republic, and has otherwise been
consummated so far as TO REQUIRE ONLY the ra
uhcation OF our Government 10 render il final
ana complete; and this, being no more than a
combination OF the terms first consented &c
ana lhen submitted by itself, il will doubles.
receive iuiiy and III good faith. Regarding
'nI measure therefore, as in fact accomplished
and regarding it, moreover, in it's entire range
OF effect, as timely and benifcent contribp,.
tlon 10 the strength, security; and genera
DRESSINGS oil our Union, | congratulate Won
anu VIII you, our common country. upon II
NO measure since our Revolutionary day, ha
gwen either such an illustration or such n i'm
Pel"s 10 our principles OF Government, as this
anu none IN any age, nor amongst any peopl,
mas ever secured Tor country so rich an &C
qusit.oh Dy means so honorable TO itself, o
80 'oio Oh INJURY and of justitiable offence 1,
others, The territory which we have hereto
lore added TO our domain, and from which
state after State has been successfully formed
mas been acquired by the force and virtue O
money only But here an empire larger thai
france, and as delightful i'm its natural endow
meh's as Italy, is giucn to us, and given upo
tie single condition, that the communit
Which bestows it may have the privilege c
blending It's destiny with ours, and have tn
magnificent dowry it has brought us placed fc
ever under the government of our principles
anu our people. On all sidas Of an. o,l -; a.