The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-04-13

invite ner Legislature " S.oNo
in treason, what would th'rtee !
delegates have expended In mol
ding the Convention to consu
, mate the act? If the inU'tat,o'
to the feast Of treason cost ST.,
l93l.92, what would the teas
E itself cost? 1t would cost, sir
l the priceless boon of liberty
: procured by the blood our faith
; ers. Acts speak louder thar
WORDS. You may declaim I'm
til the day ofyour death abou'
your being a union man; bu'
when it is known to the people
thatyouare favorable to that Sou
thern convention, thepeople will
not believe you. 1t will cleave
to you like the odium of the
Hartford Conventionists.
One more word on this sub
iect. You become eloquen:
and indignant. You commend
South Carolina for her ''noble
stand" in notification. Gen.
eral Jackson censured her, and
was going 10 hang the leaders.
Here is the difference between
you and Gen. Jackson. He
was simply a democlat; you are
a bogus democrat-a democrat
with a tail to it-democratic
slavery propaganda!
After all your complaints
aboutmytrying to place you in a
false position, by charging you
with being a disunionist,y you ask
"who would be for the Union
when the Black Republicans
rule" That means ifa Re-
publican is elected by the Con.
stitution, you would dissolve
the Union. No disunionist
says more. Do you suppose
there are 8 men in Taylor county
who would favor dissolution
Of this Union if a Republican is
elected President according to
the Constitu ton. There is not
one in Marion. | am sure all
good men will concur with me,
that your judgment is not to be
trusted when your prejudice is
involved.
But, my dear COL, neither
you nor all your colleagues are
going to divert me from my
purpose, by raising an issue in
Federal poll tics. My object is to-
show the inequality of taxationl
between the East and the Vest
That a two year old Trigger"
ought to be taxed in the same
manner that a two year old colt
is taxed, and that the democrat
cy is not to be trusted with the,
rights of Western Virginia.;
Now, l intend to prove this out
of your o,Dn mouth. You say,
II had rs well state here, for your benefit,
that the representation in the House of Dele
gates has been upon the suffrage basis oflS57,
and that it had ample power to checkmate the
Senate; Notwithstanding this, about one.half
of the present Indebtedness of this State has
been created since that time. And while this
has been done, do you believe that it is char
liable 10 charge the men WHO Noteu lor tueSe
appropriations, your neighbors, too, with
desire to tax their neighbors to enhance the
riches of the slave-holders7''
This statement is made Tor
my benefit. 1t comedies all |
ever asserted-the representa-
ton since 1857 has been on the
"suffrage basis.'' "The debt
Of the State has been increased
one half since that time" The
present Indebtedness is upward
Of 80 millions; sixteen MILL
ons has been created since
1851. The west and valley
since that time had a majority
often in the House of Delegates,
Nearly the whole ofthe western
Delegations democratic. This
debt has been created and mone
ey expended in building rails
roads and canals in the slave hol-
ding districts: not a foot of rail-