Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-14

4 ATE proclamation of the result oil SAID vote.
.. Be il further ordained That, In ease
it is found that majority OF the votes
cast 10 said boundary, be in favor OF tue
division us proposed, that then, tue present
Constitution Of Virginia, as modified ana
changed by the ordinances OF this ConEen-
ton, Shall be adopted as the Constitution
az the proposed State, which shall DC called
/ the State of New Virginia.
I 3. Be it further ordained. That the State
Legislature of Virginia, be requested TO
give their consent to the formation OF such
I new State. "a prescribed aud laid down in
SAID boundaries. and submit the same to
the Congress OF tie United States tor their
ratification
Messrs. Brown, Kramer, Flesher, ard
/ linn asked and Obtained letve to withdraw
( their substitutes for the report of the
Committee.
/ Sir. EvAss, on behalf of Mr.. Dorsey,
also Withdrew the substitute offered by
that gentleman.
! Mr.. WEsr. IA chairman of the Commit
( tee ON u Division Of the State, proceeded
I TO address the Convention in advocacy of
the report of that Committee.
I lie did not propose to make lengthy
speech Mt this time; perhaps he should
( have occasion TO participate somewhat in
J
question hereafter. 1t had been said, and
! very property. that there were bat two
questions Of real difficulty in the consider
4 stion OF this subject, and they were the
questions Of time und Of boundary, for no
| believed there were none or ut least very
few on Jbis floor opposed 10 division
! at all II such there were, he accorded 10
=, them honesty of motive, hut he did not
4 know what could be the grou d Of their
objection to the formation of n new State.
| First, then, in relation TO time: He be-
| lieved that now was the time. lie would
set cut on that ground. He had oeeu-
pied tnat grOund and he expected TO con-
tinue to do So He had never yet had 4
good reason firm any one Why they
should not proceed at once. This was
tIle accepted time if they ever expected
to complete what they had begun. lie
observed that nll the opponents of action
had different reasons for their opposition,
and although they might be honest. yet
they had no common UNSUITABLE reason Tor
not proceeding ut once. For himseii
from the very beginning of this con;rOver-
ey ia the Legislature and the former Con-
vention, he Lai not swervcd rom bis pur-
pose Of obtaining preliminary action for
division OF the State. Every step he had
PROPOSED was progressive step, as gentle
men heIc could testify. lie had offered a
iuruposition in the Legislature which he
sIiIl believed wns the hest that could have
hcrn adopted. bat when IL WAS defeated. he
voted willingly for the next best. de had
believed. aud did get, that il WIS import
ant, though not essential, TO have bad some
expression to least from ihc Legislature.
They had no such expression. however,
and tnnjrriIy of the Convention had de-
cided lie believed that they could proceed
without it, and such being the case, lie
was with then, and would he the las.
mnn To back from the position he had
taken.
And what objection could be offered To
doing sU2 He nsked gentlemen TO s"y,
why they should not take action just now
ION this most important mHtter. 1t was
true there might he some of the counties
in the proposed boundaries that might
vote against immediate action or against
any action ut all, but if they would post
pvnc all doomsday. and then propose to
act, some one would object. There was
uue plan of action that was always safe,
and that was. never 10 put of what can be
done now.
But it was argued that il would leave
Eastern Virginia without a governments
even If it did they would oniy he in the
same situation they LETT us in, and they
could do rs we did--go to work and make
one But they say that they have i gov
eminent aud we have no government; they
boast Of their government, and il you
would 20 tu Richmoud and say they have
no government your neck would pay the
penalty. Let them takeCare OF themselves
us we have done. lie could not sympa-
lthiZe with those, who wanted to cut his
throat if they had un opportunity, aud they
dit not nsil any Of this sympathy which
some gentlemen were disposed In bestow
upon them. They dcsgsed Us and our
gnverameui.
/ lie used to he opposed to division of
The State, and always had, up to the'ime
this great emergency had been forced
upon our people. But now the time bad
come 10 look 20 our own interests, and
disregard the interests OF those who wage
IL war against Us.
But il was objected that we were thrust
ing ourselves upon the General Govern
ment He would be the last TO do this af-
ter all the government had done for us
in Western Virginia, but they were not
forcing themselves upon the government,
and il was not so regarded anywhere ex-
cept by the gentlemsn who raised the Oh
lection. II it could b: proved he would
abandon the project, but not anti II was
done. But be had tie Test authority for
saElrB lhdt ms WIS Aot tue caSe-Vui tbht
Congress wodId admit the new Safe, was
/ ready, willing and waiting 10 do SO wheu-
ever application was made. He had talk
cd with the Hon. Wm. G. Brown, on his
return from Washington few days ugo,
aud Mr.. Brown had told him the quicker
tue better; that proposition for admis-
sion would not have lasted two days while
he was there; that a recognition would
have been given at once. They all knew
+ what Mr.. Garlic says. thnthe corrob0rLtGs
the testimony OF Nr Brown. They we're
the best authority, and so MICH for this
objection. There was nothing in the way
! in shat direction. He had never been will
4 ling to admit for moment thAt there was