Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-03-21


~ IA tfysne q he rcsns nad stfeehhg oihe keal
stines e devoted prnp,e ellngisg e he psoEs Ct
IiLrssy wash The God 81 nstnfe Ilnsssd II oar mds
shas taos2s 20 ebb nd win know asateEent, shall
hrznk asHrder wten The cause Of truth snd jnstxe
skaua ~ and masi be p ne eve q peaeeln Triumph
st taK Kindred heed which flows kfBdred veins is
fsding ~ way back into aged mothers breast md
ehIisen alike now snd fcrevsr. within her eeTe;ns
arms n love md uaity, and peace. why my moi
hn& mi. sime true. when The east Is, 81 list Welding
NJ every euaraatee Il leu q L 10 rIre satis.s,
safety and Tepose. by trst j. il saf ope which sur
wiser AssPsEs sed Iises uore eysry
ture ard while see The bead Of lie M a 1 IN
troshed gAtefss with fur confidence l VII veut1re
scsoss that narrow wing ishnsS ID meet around
ne HilrFs os comm 5 country and claim fur those
fepfksefi equal ygt 10 srofship ii de temples ar
Assfy th1i iioe.ts which is only scared all BY
sqaaasy. ana 81 only Be equally en5eyed by being
tqna4 secur FL 70 al wish ghese sentiments in my
psessl. hF "a mountains pieTpose, and flowing rivers
mteye II wilpelaia fol de salley, eosiIy with the
fssf TRIMS Allegheny, Old Virginia. section
q m a common united iuherilsnee not Only now
br foEescf; Is now divided INTO districts and d.
.ixpnss bat and indivsibIe 2 IN ali Time bui
If sss cRip this upon the broad platform pf equal rights
andeqlai justice Pardon my animation i vas that
word neFcr.n which IKE tie sad faressl that started
these tkouehts Will stand firm between tie hills and
The mchnlans with my constituents. AMI Standing by
The integrity Of old Virginia will reach arm. ii
least ~ stay that army which the gentleman from Hal
ifzx warhe might dome up from the seaSLore. pass
The Be Ridge, and penetrating the yasley reach the
high Aiieghany and make very habalionk quake
win leave 70 other hands 70 sever ths Ties that bind
me 10 my native, my mother Iaad and TO Others still
10 teaF The cord and ali The hhres that bind
10 my brethren, and all to the bosom oil that common
mothers thar mother Wig living Is our s8l but whom
W could sever look npo. in dissolution Hat from HON
We would al iaIn disconsoiae, arid leas the lesrsof
B{ asselafidss g. sEpader Who may, reeoii Who
shall this is but the iaintest picture ot eoCntry IN
IN FIVE
When look at tae results Or The census and as
sessmeat now before Us am broughi irresistibly
ohe conclusion tka The lime has arrived % settle
/ this question forever.
i As the sand-bar, separating cousmoB stream,
washed b. the foods, and blown BY sheIwinds, must.
in time cease 10 divide H. so look nptin the ground
OF controversy between east and West Virginia as
narrowing down 10 nothing. fast dIssolying, and
| soon todsappear. The smiles Of Providence, and
the flow oi lime, natural causes. and human means
are cooperating, and must ere long accomplish all
I hatreufains tobe done Then, uiiiteN 10 love- af-
/ feclon, and interest mountains shall become
as plains and our rivers flow forever in The diff
\ fusion qf common blessings Then weamay remain
anited free and happy people
II To drop lhe figure AND come 10 the simple facts.
/ We must see that the west, which has now some
inineiy-hree thousand majority Of fresswhe popu-
! latioB viii even upon the mixed basis have the
D weT before the lapse of many years. This seems
10 me Tresisiable. Ii must surely happen IN some
fifteen DIR twenty years al most Whyihen keep the
! issue oPtn1 Why.noI close il now a. ONCE, and
ferevera Is il wise is ii prudent, il itwere Just 10
/ postpone Whatwilf be gailedl Time, ne great
relfm4f and arbitrator, has already satlehand de-
4 ciaed I'll advance nearly ur quite erety ether ques
ton Of CONTROVERSY division and dist6nien!, and is
/ fast closing This Why not then nows end il, and
heal this only source OF hearbarninglin the bosom
OF The body. polite Why not Does. any one
/ think when the time arrives when ii must be ami
cabiy adjusted or settle itself somehow, there will
oe more hope of arranging as satisfactorily TO all
parties and sections as at present. chose matters
deemed So essential forihe peace q all and espcci-
ally for my end Of the valley and The Gast generally
The west will now agree 70 give every snai antee
and security You can reasonably ask against TAXA
lion ana all danger 10 that peculiar Species Of prop
erty not so generally held IN common by them
and when they tender this, why should they mol be
allowable come at once into the imilediate ENJOY
smen4 dl equal rghis--ther common Inheritance.
What do gentleman tell Us They use Language
which, in terms or BY necessary implication, carry
disparagement, degradation and despair They
insist ii the east is not 10 hold the power ia their owr
: hands over the majority andfoIeTeI All guarantee
will be worthless mere paper, Suahantes Tha
no SORT Of guarantees without pdwer lin their owl
hands will answer or last. They iheg will not b
respected will be broken lii other words TOO plair
10 be misunderstood that the west including til,
valley cannot be trusted, and yen they admit thi
; valley should be with the east II that her Interests
are identical and uniting in action would give III
east The majority 10 numbers, ana ihf power oil sell
e proieciion forever. When ask tits we are NE,
!, and told We cannot trust yen, The Mest Is seekin:
i power COR the profits Of plumber and We are alra
blh6s ali upon as US 'aiwiie
time have trusted them with our personal rights
I our lives, and liberties as we property. AM
gentlemen themselves. as ii suits the paFpeses il
: hand significantly ask Have We abused power
have We oppressed the west what grounds havt
you for complaint? what grievances are yEu suffer
, ins3 why then your " clamor Yes, the ives
now agrees 10 give every guarantee and protection
II and leave the eastto prepare them; and will ever
agree thai another convention shall not be called fol
an indetae period; and that all may be inserted
in the constitution as partand parcel and yet the
east refuses them, rejects Them scosIts them, de
nounces them as worthless paper guarantees. And
pray &c these provisions made paTts and Parcel oil
The constitution, are worthless what is the conslilu-
,on ilselfworth 1.-THE whole is made up Of the
parts, and they equaldS the whole is not one part
as binding and valid as another, and aieqnally SO.
Is not this'a truism we'll as a syllogsm
This manner Of treating and speaking III solemn
constitutional guarantees and express limitation
this denial and scouting Of the virtue and validity
OF constitutional protection, OF the rights oiihe gov
erned, Of minoTiies and majofities, shock me- my
eye8 sense and every hope, and il must if we
mean 10 live together at all under any constitution
Whence comes this 1eunnciationa What people
are wea Is i, old Virginia hear scouting the va
lidity OF constitutional protectoa2 The mother d
States and of State rights, and from eastern Vir
ginia too II was from that source 1 first learned
iheir.value. learned il in their school. 1t ha.
been my boast and my pride 10 stand upon the doc
with The democratic statesmen OF eastern Virginia
Cor ths sanciiy &C constitutions and for strict con
klructiun. With whom must stand nov, when th
fathers ofthe faith scout this creed, and deHy th
l doctrines of theirown school had thought We al
protested 10 feel strong attachment TO whatwe some
times proudly call our tree institutions aud 10 boas
of them and Of our civil and political liberties right
I and privileges But, ii constitutions and constitu
5iona1 guarantees, waste paper and worthless
! what delnsion what idle gasGouade. The peopl
are indeed il these things be "a eontessedy, every
4 where, unfit and incapable OF selfgorernment; an
il is lille and worse than idle to talk about III 10
: no people 90 earth fit and capable, il we are moi
for we are asFiftnous. as intelligent and moral a
anY people under the sun. What use is there il
talking IN this way Wha, sense Do we reall
mean 10 s,utifv ourselvesl What sensesdo | ask
when The FerY object of our assembling here, is Il
make Of amend constitution If such are tn
views and sentiments really entertained If we an
really skerfics upon the subject OF political right
and constitutional guarantees fer their protection
and even as To free and self government, Me had a
we'll and letter adjourn sine de and 90 home AMI
tell our constituents they have rights and that
is not worth while 10 have any constitution, that
was great folGy and worse 70 scndn here VIVA
would they think and say OF us whom they had sen
here and had selected for wisdom. talents ant
experience. and what Of themselves, for making
such selection For they would mol believe us
thai constitutions were vain and worthless things
and cisil aud political liberty. their own included
|, name and HothiHgs more. Aud what would the peo
PIE Of nh Tie thirty free and independent States
this Unon think and say, living one and ali of then
under written constitutions. full 81 guarantees AMI
Limitations Of power. and in lhe full enjoyment o
civil and political lihssy all their citizens enjoy
ing equal rights and perfectly sase happy and fsc.
I Win all lkefr governments with Few exceptions
based apcn equal rights and ngmhers-w hat woutt
the whole world think and say-kings and snbiect.