Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-03-18

Tel us not that iasse thiEty oIt's g ~ ;f.I.,
which the genIIen!sM from FaugnIE &c oSau1ttetiy
spoke. whose yesta1:Etes fanns Dy s pIeats' o.
Him who spakc all srgs into bei9 ana i0'as t'ssn n
in his palm NAV burn IN vain for US 4hsS we SLan
renal in political datEcss in eir r:!st Tint
The gloom OF deslni!;rflst gather ' upon gu.
alters as NC gre s[rE ger aud stronger an power sd
yc ofbeily vtili this mighty Conss;saon 1I4z-
ing nt"nd Us al vssp Fes G Gene ger eEn an q.
pies of liberty, rIa'nng lard, oesae' c"0SlueH' Hni
verse. -.
Sent Is 10 grow nIcf and darker nc longer VIC ave
together. till it bec9liss even as We toEH:;g nesTtS
hresng ethereal i;Elt. from an eternal source, She
God aIlo u.s. ctning up tTo IN near one hrnsifed
thcgnd rnajoEity i1ceIming success, ;aeessS al.
heiriauds in ScIETi that sets people nee THAI viii
it ms their fathers al who qoadeh by wrongs too lang
cnduFrJ when tb.t rcic Of which the gentleman
IIs.X spoke. THIRD before ing SO ~! GREY; me
lecIang sword. mud iGJew Away tie c0ob=td and rer
rel Us not. tel ,s ~, tEs. this rf our dscon
tent EAU. and sha!lJr continue 10 S,o%!' Sna &s me
should have passed. nEny, when Toe sEf" should be
brgt; and BRIG htenig. leaving smiling heaven ubGTe;
and those thirty CLOS ing alters burning bGow without
shadow TO obEcuIc, breath IL disDFh the c'slm
ness of their glory While blazing n all III: fulncss of
Tell US not hrfs fepca that sftcT long -7.de
lay mud irving of hs Icns and stretching hfthe iehr
liberty which the God of uaiuEe Pl=hled il our midst
and bornd tines" ~ the enduring core!sge OF Sove
that knows no ebb, rd will know E7 abatement SHALL
break nsuneer whec she cause o. truth and u! Sce
should be ard ,e die OF peaceful trIuGlPn
/ b0SOEnS
that the kindred btofd flows IN kindred veins is
finding its way hac&!f;to our aged "olhcr7 bIeaS; and
will he cnougf IN thai bosom 10 cherish oil her
children alike, md fcEeycr. within her enciLctug
arms in love- and ur:Ity, and peace. WHY may not
hold This simo tue; when the east 49, al last y"iing
everything but this basis and tse west tend
ing every guaranccin lieu of it TO give abstraction
safety aud repose ply trust is in that hore which sur
vivet despair, and E?%:s aboVc evcIS dis
that looks beyond 9esPresent TO the aproachi0s fu-
ture and while the bread CT life ali al upon the
troubled waters,'' VITA full confdeEce will rtnIure
that *issovins isthnIs TO meet around
the alters of com:n?n country. aud claim for those
represent equal r;:;t to worship in tn" temples of
liberty; that liberty %hch is only secuted TO ~ by
cduaiiT secured to AZ Will these se4ti.scnts ii, my
breast though HG'i aims inierposc and fnwn@ rivers
intervene, will rpi! for the valiSy, cquay wifi the
and trans i!rhEny, Old VirgSu, not as section
al but common emitted inheritance, EnL only How'
but forever; n?w divided ato districts and di-
visions. but llnd indvisibc," in nil timei Int
ana equal Isticr Illrdon my animation it that
word never" which like the sad fsrcwel, thai started
these thoughts. ! vii, stand firm between the bills and
the mountains witt ;ty constituents anu standing Ny
the integrity of old virginia will reach one ann, at
ax warned us might como up frcT' the seisEoro pass
the blue Ridge, aud penetrating The valley GcaCh Inc
high Allegheny, lard snake our very habitHtiot$ % re:
will leave Other hands to SCTcr the eS lht' Hntl
my naivc 10y mother land and 10 olhcts stu
asunder the tI and all tl:c ibrcs that band me
10 my brethren, a,l ll to the bosom OF at c"rinon
mothcr that mOngr who living is4ouT lido" but whom
could never lons upon in dissolution; bit from whom
We would all iscOnSO!utc, and leave the c7S oil
pity and TemoIsc tell the tale Of misery and o. voc
of wailng dCSOiaeiiI. ShlddcI no mag, recC: who
SHALL this is but the laincs picture OF country I'M
When IIoo!, al Tie results OF the census ana as
scssIHent now before us ! am brought irrcsiSsibly
TO the conclusion :Eat the lime mas arrived 10 sele
| this question tOTcTCt.
| AS the sand-bar separating common stream.
washed by the h9.%$, and blown ly the %inds I:ust
in time cease TO iide it, so look upou the ground
| of controversy buifEccn cast AMI west Virginia as
narrowing down 10 nothing fast disAolViEg, and
soon to disappear The smiles al Pro- idehce and
the flow OF TING, 'iaura! causes and hainan san ms
are co operating. aud must ere long accomplish al
! thai remains 10 b. lone. Then nne:! IN love al
feciiun and interest. mountains shall 6'sone
as plains and ouf ivers flow on forever IN ire dt-
| fusion Of Communicating. Then we may r@iAaln
a united free, and hapP: people:
To drop the figaro and come 10 the simple Iacts.
We all must see hat the iSes F3i"' :'as no" SoIie
ninety-three Thousand minority CT &c white PoPu-
latiOn will even af!un The mixed bass, nave ihe
power before the Inise OF many YEARS. This seems
10 Irresistible; 1T must surely happen in ONE
issue open Wl2y mot elise il how az once, and
forcvcrl Is it wIn is prudent If just, 10
POSTPONE? What sill he Eaincd7 Time, tn: great
relorincr and arhir5or has already scaled aad de-
cidcd in advance yearly or quite every other cues
ton OF controversies division amt dlsc9nens and is
fast closing this. Why not then; now end i. and
heal this only sUs%h OF heariburainE ~ The :iaSom
of The body polite! Way rot? D"'s any one
thinh when the i:ra arrives when ii mast b: ami
cabiy adjusted o.:satt!c itself, sochH = there will
De more hope Of arranging as satisi pfi'y 10 all
parties and sccti.:as. as 81 present sc matters
dcencd so csscntisi7fo The peace OF nd rtpCci-
aIyior my end Of ;he valley, and ;hc tSen:!ally
The west will ltH.v agree to givcc guarantee
ami security you reasonably ask against taxa
tion and all dangers tina: peculiar species q prop
erty not SO gcncT2ily he'll, in CammuIi,j by ihem;
and when .hey tsi:ier this why should they not be
allowed to come 81 tncc into The immediate "nioy
menl of equal riSh:s-their common InhcTi:ance2
What Go gentlvTrIi' tell lis? They Esd language
which, in terms .r IVY necessary Implication, garry
disparagement, degradation and DESPAIR. They
insist if the eastE rot hold the power IL their own
hands the ma arity and forever, aIl guarantees
will be worthless-.m paper guarantees That
no sort of guaraEtcs without power ia their own
hands will answer or last. They they will Tot be
respected will be broken. In other wotds, too plain
TO be misunderstood that the west, Including; the
valley cannot bt;tEusted, and yet they admis the
valley should he j. 9Th the east; that her interests
Identical AMI uniting in action would CIV: the
east the majority IN numbers and the power nt self
protection forever" When we ask this we arc met,
and told we canh3t trust you, The west is seeking
power for the profits OF plumber, and we arc AFRAID
of the call of another convenIior and yet the east
has been holding ~ out OF our equal rights sn long
forcing its minority government pPon as, all which
time have ru'Sd them with our personal Fights
our lives, and libetties we'll IS property. And
gentlemen themselves, it. suits the purposes in
hand, Significantly ask: Have URe abused poTer2
have VIC oppressed tho west? what grounds have
you for complaint u what grievances aTr you suffer
ing why then year " C!amOr '':l Yes, tha west
now agrees TO give Every guarantee and protection,
and leave thoVeas y prepare thcEn; ard will even
agree that another convention shall NO, be caledfor
an indefinite p,rind; and that ally may be inserted
in the constitution IS part and p:.rcel and yet the
east refuses Them rejects them, scouts thern, de-
nortnces Ihema w;'rlhless paper guarantees. And
pray, ifIhese provisions made parts ard parcel of
the constitution, are worthless What is the constitu
ton itself worth lfthe whole is made up Of the
paris they equal TO the whole, is not part
as binding and y2ltd another and ali cquDlly So
Is not this truisfn: as well as syIiogie'n4
This manner 81 creating and speaking of Si,lemn
constitutional guarantees and express lmaton-
this denial and sdoltinS efthe virtue and validity
of constitutional Hrotcciion, Of the rights Of the gov
ernrd of minorils:s and najorities, shack mc, my
mean 10 live together ALL under any ccnstiution
! Whence comes ms denHncntSn? What reople
are we2 Is ii olEi Virginia 1 hear scouting fha va
STAKES and of sssfts rights and from eastern Yir-
Ginia too: Il wa1 lEom that souEce lirst tEarned