Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-09
The New State
some consIdsFatiOns for the Mesa
bsFS Of the wheeling C0nVsAiioA-
NorrpsrrLLE, Dec. 5.


meat andef which We live the slavery pro-
pagAadiII have sndsaVoFed 70 reduce slA-
very 70 = ySlsm, Of ,hsiE oVa dsTiiinE,
which system included the dnal aeeuua'
laLion Of ull the powers belonging 10 the
Psdsral RoTerpmsnt, which power they
have had shd held with very Little iuisErup
.iou for the last sixty ysAri. The eIse-
lions Of the leaders 10 the slave States have
proved lFkIoms aud oppressive 70 b borne
By The frssnsu Who have had their lots
cast AnoBg them. The unWiis Liquidation
Ofths WiIn, FloydS and almost u not
quite all oil the hyenhG who have preyed
ike TulIuFss And jackhlla upon the people
and had we'll nigh consumed all the people
had 10 Western Virginia: ;hsir riotouS
living 10 this portion Of the State their
enormous outlay for their own particular
section add peculiar benefit the inequality
OF taxation throughout the State 10 =
word, all their legislation tsnded to make
the rich stakeholder richer, and eloths him
with political power, aud 10 make the
poor man poorer, and take from him all
voice In the naturalization Of both State
and National Government They had well
nigh reduced these abuses 10 q system
when 10 the boilers burst. The slave
holler, not satisfied with spreading eorrup,
ton throughout all the slave states, and
clothing all their AtrOcious violations Of
law and constitution With an appearance
Of right, had the impudsnce to suppose
that all the citizens Of tho border StaIeS
and one halt Of the citizens Of the loyal
North would support them, do what they
would. They said to Congress, this shalt
thou do; and to the President Of the
United States, recognize all We ever have
done, even to the act Of diImembering tue
Union--at least, lot us alone, or We will
take Washington City. II Is II notorious
fact that the people Of West Virginia had
great reason to complain Of the actions OF
the old Virginia Government for many
years before the old thing fell asunder--
The corner stone on which the old ricksty
State rested was slavery. Abuse after
abuse, was quietly and persistently iueor-
poraled into the Code OF Virginia, until all
the laws 10 il have been made TO read,
1.-The STAKEHOLDER is monarch Of all he sur.
veys Sls right there 10 none TO dispute
from She center all round TO the sea, be Is
lord Of the poor white man and slave
And II any white freeman should have the
andAcily 10 speak bis sentiments In rela-
I ton to this peculiar Institution, The whip.
ping poster the jail was by law provided
ior his reception and punishment. We
have thus far had to bear all the fatal er-
rors Of slavery prOpSgAndiSts, until even The
dumb ought 10 have spoken the lame
ought to have walked, and the blind ought
to have seen. We have all seen the dellb'
crate, dangerous and pAlpable intractiOni
Of the Constitution committed by these
slavery propNgandists, affecting our very
lives, liberty, and pursuit Of happiness.
1t is under this state Of things that The
N people Of West Virginia have sent the met
Nor their choice to tue Convention, now ID
Aession In your city, to try and remoV'
some Of the incubas that have Frustrated US
and give US constitution under which w
MAY once more stand erect among tht
StAleA Of the Union and move on to pros
pCrity under the Star Spnngled Banner
Now whSt has stimulated even the present
growth and prosperity Of Marshall, Ohio,
Brooke aud Hancock couullts2 Certainly
not the legiSlAiions Of Virginia, which
have family described but it has been IL
great measure owing to the unexampled
aud unprecedented growth OF our I'VE
neighboring States, Ohio and Pennsylvn
MIA, These two States, under the inauenc,
Of wholesome and benign laws, hay'
grown as II by magic, Their glorious ca
rcer has been upward and onward. The!
have mol only kept up all our best trad
and marketing, hut even furnished US will
u currency when all the silver In the coun
try was locked up In the subtreaSury o
tue United States and our Banks prohibit
ed from issuing small bills. Then let u
cast our eye down along the Ohio river
On one side every mile square we aud I
school house, and generally a church
the land improved and valuable. Oh
the other side, the reverse. But tn
authorities, slavery propagandiStS o
Virginia, bad kindly provided for thOs
whom their own legislation had dcprivet
the privilege Of learning to write
by allowing them 10 make their "
and have been tredlbly informed that L
some portions Of Virginia, In crowd, 20
might get one man to make his mark to
note or other instrument Of writing, an
then call for one Of the crowd TO sign hi
name Nc a witness, and not man cOul
write bis namO as n witness. Now jus
how many KS, according to the SLAYER,
propagandists' law, 1t would take to max
their X witnesses to an X, in Orde
to make valid instrument, we vii
leave to Wise, Floyd, or JET, Davis
think It Is high time we should drop al
these wild chimeras and act up 10 the az
10 which we live, and get the idea i'm
pressed upon all our actions, that we be
long to that portion Of civilized soCiCt
commonly called freemen. In the name 8
common humanity, In the name Of our be
loved country, let US lay aside these oil
dogmaS Of the slavery propagandists.
We hope that our Convention will sub
init to 10 a Constitution worthy Of the ad
vance Of the age, and which may prove
blessing aud not curse to the rising gen
GRAFTON, and to generations yet unborn
Should the Convention now In session i
your city, rightly appreciate the import
ance Of their actions, and act up to II
they would be willing to drop all their oil
bias 10 behalf Of the peculiar institution
OF the slavery propagandists, II they hav
any, and frame Constitution with mask
ed battery in It, heavily loaded With bonn
and she'll, With spring attached TO eventu
ally blow up every scintilla Of slaVery,ro
aud branch, and leave US free and happy