Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-25

The Nominee from this District for
the next COngreSs-VVhnGs shall be
His Qualifications. i-sss--
[From the Western Virginia Guard, Mt Clarksburg.
WESTERN VIRGINIA VS.. THE RICHMOND EN-
!-l qUrRER!. ss 25Afii}s.
This large and popular paper comes to
ns filled with disunion from firstlto last.
Its doctrines, theories, and sentiments are
death to Western Virginia. Every dis
union item in it is magniiied to the ex-
treme, and every disuDion sentiment issex-
aggerated to the utmost, and thus it is
made dangerous snare to Western Vir-
gininns. Gotten up, as it is. in it's brill
liant and glaring style, it is the more dan
gerous in it's tendency to mislead our
people, and create a greater hostility of
feeling among our otherwise peaceable
and friendly people. If the Enquirer has
been one of the leading pnpcrs in Virginia,
if it has stood the blunt of varying years,
if it has heralded with triumphant mhjes-
ty the tidings of victory in other days, its
dictrines now are not the best for the in
terests of Western Virginia, aud we, even,
in our infancy, We have IL Ilittle too mach
independence of feeling to succumb our
limited knowledge of the interest of the
people of this portion of the country,
among the various communities of whom
we have spent the greater portion of our
mnturer years, to its doctrines of sovereign
rights and meansof redress from northern
aggression. When it advocates the cxpe-
diency of inviolate justice to the South
and her institutions, it doubtless has the
sympathtes of tho majority of our people;
but when it advocates secession as the on
ly means to have our institutions regarded
and our grievances redressed, it advocates
doctrine foreign totthe feeling of West.
ern Virgininus. We are not prepared to
say that Western Virginia might agree
with it if all other means had failed to
bring about reconciliation between tho
North and South. But it MinkS of nothing,
1T speaks of nothing but secession. Why
does it do it? as.y :
Western Virginia loses scores of slaves
where Eastern Virginia loses not more
than one, and Western Virginia will lose
hundreds of slaves, while South Carolina
would not know the result of a Northern
Notification law. Western Virginia, TO
the present day has suffered moro from
the oppressive dictations of her Eastern
breth0rn than ever the cotton States all
put together have suffered from the Nor
thern "Personal Liberty bills" The in
tcrcsts of Eastern and Western Virginia,
of course, are mutual in a general nccep-
tation, a great deal more So in fact, than
the similitude of their locations and pro-
ducts, and their contiguity to Mason and
Dixsons Line. Hence we assume the re
Sponsibility of the assertion that Westc rn.
Virginia is, if she must be-, unjnstly forced
into measure deleterious to her best in
terests. Arc the interests aud future
well-being Of OUT yeomanry, patriots. aud
mobiles 10 be tramplcd upon, to be disre=
garded, by our brethren at the east?. Are
we to be gulled, stuffed and gorged with
sophism and every other kind of;ism to
destroy our right as frcemen and white
pcople2 We are opposed to disuuion, ;uus
til there is cause for secession, and if
we should he "suhmissonists, as our
patriotism is styled, we intend to hurl the
STUFF back to its authenticity, where it
can'only find an apnropriRtc application.
If we are to be forced into the fltlypool
disunionism by States that havc,no identi=
ty of intercst'with MS, We willmcct 'ltwitG
that 'meek su6missionP which character;
ICES our conservative Western Virginia.
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