Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-15
THE RICHMOND WING.
TIE STATE OF CARLILE-MEssAGE OF "GoV-
ERNOR" PIERPONT.


We publish the following 'messag,"o of Governor Pier
pont 10 show how far the bogus Government Of North
western Virginia Is playing the farce, Asa poliuca
! curiosity, j. has some interest:
10 als Senate and House of Deiegatss Of the Common
q vealth Of PirgRia:
GxsrLruKS: You have been convened in extraordi
nary session in midsummer, when, undu other c'reun
saI Geo. you should be at home attending 10 pursuits
inciden. 10 this season of the year. The eIgeocie'
with which we find ourselves surrounded demand your
counses.
regret that canno: congratulate you on the peace
and prosperity Of the country in the manner which hai
heen customary with Executives both State and Federal
For the present those happy days which, asa naion We
have ong enjoyed, aud that prosperity when mss
smiled upon u, as upon 10 other nation hre departed
IL my plntul outy to announces that the late Execu
ye of n State with large part OF the State officers
civil aud mil AIRY, uuder him, are at war with The loyal
people OF Virginia and the constitutional Government Of
Che United StIiei. They have leagued themselves with
persons from other States 70 tear down the benign Gov
ernneDs Stale and Federal erected BY the WELDON and
Ia rio,sm Of fathers, and under which our liberties
have SO long been protected and our prosperity secured
rhey have instituted civl Ia our midst and created
a systeu of urror around US to inmidate our people
But, while passing through the period OF gloom
and darkness 10 countrys bory, VIC must not de-
SOAR or fold our hands until the chains Of despos m
shall be asten, upon by those coosppg sganst our
lberes As freemcn, who know their rights and dare
defend them spirits mus; Use above the intimidation
and violence employed sgaibst US; and We must meet
and every obstacle these men are attempting to
nterpose between and our liberties. II we nanfuiy
xert ourselves We ehall succeed. Thereb just God
rho rides upon the whirvnd and directs the storm
Let us look TO him with m abidiog confidence.
The fact s longer disguised that there has been In
the south Tor macy years. secret organization lhourng
v;th e,dy ne severance to the dera Govern
mart and destroy constitutional liberty In this country
rhe various conventions held in that-sr'ion Of the
country for some years past ostensbly for other obecs
have only been the mesns OF feeling the pubic pulse 10
if there sufficient disease in the body pol
tic for dissolution. The cry OF danger TO tho institution
of slavery has been pretsxt and excite
the people, Iu abandoning the Constitution OF the unon
the leaders OF the must have known that they
we're greatly weakening the safeguards and protection
which were necessary 10 the existence Of tat institution
IL has been urged that Secession nec ssary TO pro-
,ect the slave interes, Of the South. As usual thing
hose who are interested in species OF property are the
hest informed in regard their rights and the most
tenacious in maintaining them Secession has not org
mated among the large savebcl ers Of the South
has found among that class It's busiest ard most ardent
advocates.
The sections Of the country 10 which the lrgest slave
have existed in tits State have heretofore been
the most decided in support Of the Unon The votes
given at the last November and February elections in
aud estern Virginia, will show that the slave
holders themselves consde ed the safety Of their proper
~ as dependent upon the maintenance Of the Union
Another pertinent fact NAV be mentioned in this connec
lion l. H. that in sections where slaves are numerous
IL ia always much easier to introduce mob-law and ill.,
tuidation TO control the votes Of the people, The con-
slant apprehension OF serve nsurrecoo makes tho mat
ter an easy subject of control in crsis like the present
Eastern and Western Virginia are Illustrations OF the
,rn,h Of this statement
What affiliations this great conspiracy has had in the
Northern Suites remain yet unkuown. The spirit which
has been reused throughout the North has carried all op
N 81 H.. III.
Mot has not been fully developed. Before the designs
Of the constructors made manifest thousands OF
GOOD mon eympaIhized with the ,n6rt they regarded
t. Of the South maintain their constitutional rights;
but these have sl abandoned them when the true pull
rose was asctrained If there any in the North,
m the border States who still adhere the conspiracy,
hey will attempt to aid its o. o. by Indirect means BY
opposing and caving at the Efforts which the Govern
m5nt in struggle for existence. may use In it's own de-
fence and by attempting TO raise popular outcIy against
coercion, and advocating reac:oe separation. bold
stand for Secession would scarcely be attempted; but
those who symp,,bize with the leaders Of rebellion will
seek BY covert and indirect to aid tie object Of the
conspirato.s.
There Is only one question now for each American
cz TO decide in this controversy Do you desire TO
stand by ard live under tho Constitution which has
,ributed 80 long and greatly TO tho happiness and
prosperity of tie people, and to transmit its blessings to
cur poste,yS Or do you desire the Union broken up,
and an olearchy or military dcspom este blshed in its
steady The leaOeib Oh ttt oOutI AT" uc
latter The Government Of the United States is exert
ing i,s whole force to maintain The integrity Of the for
uer There can be neutral ground. The Secession
leaders have declared that they desire no compromise,
excep the unconditional surrender 10 them OF the OBJ
cts they have been aiming TO accomplish and the con-
sent of the Government to its own destruction. The
yery proposition of compromise places false issue bo
fore the country I. lppies that the Federal Govern.
meat has committed come great wrong which ought TO
DO reDeded before peace can be restored when 10 fact
de leaders In the South have controlled the legislation
of tie country for years. and the avs nos IN existence
sera made or suggested by Themselves when in power
The ro:iion sOi this State IL peculiar one at this
moment Last November, at the Prcsidentia election.
il rave upxprds of sixteen thousand majority for Bell
ard Douglas both Union candidates for The Frssld ncy
Their principal comp tor was loudly proclaimed as also
true % the Unior ard throughout the csnvass any in
battalion Of avoriug disunon wss indignantly denied by
The advocates of all the ciJddaes. A. the election for
members of the Convention u February last there Was
a m oiy Of sky thousand ye;es given 10 the
Union candidgt,s and the people by equal jority
determined that no oct OF that Convention should change
the relations of the State 10 the Federal Government,
unless ratified by the popular vote Yet The Delegates
20 that Convention passed the Ordinances OF Secession,
attached the State the Southern lesguc called the
Confederate States and TO rsUdcr the step irretrevabe
and defeat the whole ject cf requiring ratification oil
tie people 10 render such acts valid, they put them into
Eject Immediately; and before the vote could be taken
On the question OF rat6caton transferred the whole p'
tary force Of our State the President p the Coated
craey end TO him military possession OF our
territory.
were called 10 vote upon the Ordinance OF Secession The
same reign Of WHICH compelled Union men 10 vote
a,thrS did in le Convention brought 10 bear on the
people themselves. Vast numbers were obliged, by IN
limitation and fear Of threatened violence to vote ioF
Secession MANY did not all. Many, no doubt,
we're Influenced by the consideration that the measures
arendy adop,d had placed the Commonwealth helpless
" within the grasp OF the President Of the Jon
fderacy and that she could net escape from his power
By tie rejection OF the ordnance,
II eainied that the Ordinance Of Secession has been
ratified by M joy Of Liaety four thousand votes. Had
the people o. Virginia, then, greatly changedi The
best evidence that they had Is arnl in the fact that
wherever the vote was fuzzy free, there was much
larger ssf1sSn than was gwen r hs a; see
venton The meaps Of intimidation aad violence which
we've rtscrted over large por ion OF the State to CON-
pei en- sppes Eance Il unnmity in favcr OF Secession
that the leaders Of this movement felt that tho
hearts of the people were not with them.
The proclamation the PresiieLt calling for seventy
FIVE thou:a vounte troops, is comnanp relied upon
70 Justify the Ordinance Of Sccesston. That proclama
too vas issued on helb!h Of April 1861. Il must not
however sSeooked that the 9th Of March, 1861
the pretended Congress at Montgomery provided by law
for calling into the field force Of hundred Thousand
volunteers; and that the is;h Of April tho Secretary
OF War OF tie Confederate States publicly announced
laa, wer commenced, and that the Capital at Wash
iugon would be captured before the first OF Nay. The
intention to capture The Csptsl Of the Union
peatedly proclaimed in il auenia papers at Redmond
and other Southern eities before the l5ih Of April l.
was, IN ae org cherished object Of the leaders in
this great couspacy Did they Expect the Presid mt Of
the nation TO yield the Capital and retire in disgrace
without rdoptirg auy measure Of defence Yet Vr.
pina are told seeded teoausc the President under
circumstances saed volunteers to the defence Of
the country.