, 1860-01-27

- sNAA '41G " ~ -AatE ~ a-' stN4tts 1AH@1
TN Saturday last VIC received from I'arkets-
burg copy ii the G"=ttts Ind C'mirr. contain.
ing marked copy of the resolutions of protest
passed II i" ritlzc,ls meeting in lhlt county,
ayJi.tst the passage oi the niatnnloh b disunion
project NOW pending in orr Legislature. and
kn0wn as the Till tor ar7nn4: The State" br
which it IL proposed IL sudt[e Ilr State with al.
adlt,ionHl oppressive tcll Of over one f4lr mil.
lion Of doliars. We have already raised our
voice against this bill. Our Richmond CORES
puu1eni has warned tue people Of Western Viz
ginfa against its insiaiuus purpose. mud II
addition, Mr. Porter. iu bis .eu.arks publialed
bv us Saturday, lAs shown 1t up Us II sectiouul
spallsp!uudcr scheme. wls:uil cAn benefit no
portion Of the State save li:cnuGui, where it is
proposed to build nu immense III lllpry. Wea,c
glad that portion ot tue people Of the West af
moving in this matter, ami thus showing s!stls-
ruTes not o.1ty adverse to cklcss}t s1ua,l ring
tue public money. sud adding 10 our already
oppressive taxation, but also sLo~ i1:: that they
will never unite iii nuy schen,c in which there
Turks one feature of thu. h, dya-headed munster,
Uisuniop.
TIE resolutions Of the Wood county pcuplc
are as follows:
Etso'ptd, That thc plan for the re-orgau,za-
lion Of The militia Of tits State, Is recommend
cd By Cor Wise in his late 1nessaye, il inexrc-
dient and uncal!etl Tor. Such i pta'I could tc
carried into effect only At all increased cast IL
The State, would srralty increase the bu,dca OF
Taxpayers. As it proposes tu create NUMEROUS
naiar'c'' officers. with clerk assistants, corps o!
engineers, t0 equip andsarm an tetars militia Ut
public expense, and 10 place large quantities Of
arms aud ammunition 1t numerous points within
the State. 1tp,eposes III give lu tue Govcsper,
will the consent If The senate, the power 10
appoint general officers und to give ID The Gov
cruor alone power to appoint fell officers s,d
captains. II would interfere injuriously with
the industrial interests of the o1atc, By with
drawing lasge numbers oil citizens from occu.
-pations Of productive labor, und compelling
them frequently to drill and do military Juty,
@un.l ler beavy and summary fines and I'.naltiss,
Ut The - discrt tiou Of Communicating ctIictrs.
1t would hare the effect uf preventing the nil
grafton to ctr State OF industrious and useful
glasses Of citizens iron, other PARTON, Of the
country, aud i'll this respect Gc serious draw-
back to our property; our MN should bc 10
Induce others to settle upon and cultivate olr
wild and waste lands. invest their capital, and
establish manufactures to gire shape and value
10 the ine1llauStable bed o. n,iueruls found iu
ncarly all sections of our Stu,e, and tn The vast
forests Of timber that grow upon our hills.
;" Kesored, That we, portion Of the citi.ens
Of Wood County, VA, hoaar mud cherish the
Union which bin.s together our cscu. family ii
s:atts. We regret that thc declaration should
have gone tnrth from our -own State. that .,le
non slascbGlding Statcs are III nesrly solid ar'
ray opponed tu U.S., We believe that an iui-
mense minority ot the cilizens Of the FREE statcs
are now, aud always have been, willing 10 rx-
tend to the slavcholding Stutes MI tie protec.
tion and ull the rights Which they can legiti-
Inately claim under The Constitution.
"MsoIcxd, That the freedom, Of speech and
free exercise: OF opinion are guaranteed TO US
by the Constitution nf.. our country and the
Constitution Of our State, md We will regard
any legislation seeking to deprive cur ciexsns
wise and an uuautaorised invasion Of their con-
stftutinnaf Yiphts-Ftohte sncsfimab!e TO them