Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-26
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10 favor Of ssesstiOS 4 I: aPPlIsl 70 Wis
SiaIu, o. n.hsr il IL = ~ PhAss 81 Al old
pOsp oct nrsunshi.
The tdss soV u lha, yirEiali, b Sses-
dlpy, would decrease her lmpOTsaOes, not
really bat By sOaparsOE, iass As the pale,
slnoyt IaJlsibIp iao0p, which keeps is
BlGss In ths lily lllIhE6uEh the dsy, grows
.b1ight, shss ihal nOsa psusIfGl ls@iaAEy,
The sun, hap ai,apPtnHdi q just IS the
Stass shine oaI viii i5efea'ed brilliOPey
when the moon goes doUa. Thht is %
~, iY+gialaliafihs PtsOeat JaIoh Is .
6flb Fats poser willie 10 The Southern
Coafeds1tey il,s yObll bseepf, ebtAnd
soVsmoss, 6St q aseUaat Of uhy inhErtnt
change, but merely 10 eonseaaeHes Of =
shaaqs II ttlaIiSss, II otiltt 9Opl6 vbIls
vlrFluIA Is only tolsFaOly Iiasd potatoes
Ia ths Federal CuiOu, Ih: WOull be abe
bully boy With the EIass eys,' ID the Goa
IsdVrSts ststrs u America.
sneh /, the catering anelIOn which
Risbmond seessaionists are trying to In
duce ths people Of this state TO lay to
their soab. We rDuldi,uy 70 them don't
10 IL As sure as the world Feyolyss aad
tbs sus ri,ts and Ds.s, 1--WE sIPf So IAlq
Southern COntsdsraey, undss the lead Of
lhoss v6o are NOV moving Heaven and
Safth % lak6 Us Ihtrs, virginiu, the proud
old YIrGIalA. will 10 but the tail snd Of
eO.tO6don. and viii be WhiSked about
hiIhst aad thithsr At every uhiu Of that
In,raetabls animal.
-But sysuSuppsSing that, Py the change
Virgins should become The "BEE Thing"
latht taauutra t.ieipstsd, Whatptlt3 wHose
condition voulatVbtttetsd7 Certainly not
thspeOplS,.r The State wouldbS no nearer
out 81 dsBt; her taxes no lighter her ter'
ritory no bigger her people no richer or
more Prpipsroul, or better SatIEfsa On
The eos,Fary, alarm would take the place
Of confidence, and general ruin, that Of
prosperity. Under the driving Of Seees-
zion leaders, The State would be put "a a
war footing. All productive industry
would lIays b mike way for the baraphsF.
6slhi d wat. rue DOVER q Tie yOGhg
men 81 tho, State would hare TO go into
the army to SIGHT for what2 Nothing
The NortLtrn aud NosthNeStetu frontier
would bristle, from the. Big Sandy to the
Paahaa dli, NTH Fo5siaeatIOns, andall our
people DO ovarrun BY a deSPOtlc and ruth.
less military teginp. AudVbat would be
the result Of this, even could the profound
al peace Il prPSgFvCd7 oar Sttsp ,dsbI i
already enormous. Money could not be
borrowed. The SInewS Of wat, which
must be had, would have to come directly
oR the people, and 20 the taxation under
which We now groan, would have to be
doubled, trrbled, quadrupled, even, %
mlSs tho money to carry out this mad
revolutionary programme. Aud when We
remember what prO,trAliOn Of all ths
Business Of tho STATE, and what a fearful
decline ia The value OF every species Of
property, and how much heavier than now
the tax would have TO DO on the same
property, to raise a given sum, NO can
readily understand that utter ruin would
soon ovsraks all the interests Of our pso-
pie,
For n few traitors about Richmond Sc
cssSlOn would DO gOdSsad, but for them
only. TAer lppOrIaues WouId Do aehiev-
ed. They could continue their rule with
even more ansPating rod than ever
They could aoat on the top waveOI a tur.
balsnt sea that was stsapglIng and over.
vbelmlps all tho chartered rights Of the
people,
To Sueh, the petty Sophi1R Of the RaqEi.
ytf may DO pAlAtablS tid.bIt, but not for
N. That dictam may 10 q good joke
about Richmond, but IL IL no joke With
US, The people o. Western Virginia are
in no mood for tFitIiug. They are too
much in dead earnest, Their all is at
stake, and they are Sesiahing't0 realize
the fact, and tho threats which have been
made Of Jorehig them Into 4 compliance
With measures Of tilsanion, are waking
spirit Of determination, never before ex.
hibItsd in this portion Of the State. That
determination Is that they viii Hevtr,
SEvEa, bs tho consequences what they
may, play second fiddle "a cotton deSpOt.
ism. The sentiment expressed in The reSo.
buttons offered BY Ne. Burlsy in the Com
v5utlOa, is The sentiment Of the WesteFn
people. We donl mean the Panhandle
only, We mean all that part Of the State
lyalg between the Alleghaaies and the
Ohio river, Tbatls their ground, and on it
they will stand OF talI.
WeslR4 Flrgiaia vii 'tGy in ths UniOH,
rilh u rtAost tAs Esit, q 'As Ger't.fmay
dsteWiat. siitoe
II Western Virginia iSto b separate
sute-f she mvSt become 5prh, so bs It.
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