Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-07

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with what the General Government does or
leaves undoue, or with what it can or can
not do, or with what may be proposed by
willing friends or acceded by reluctant OPP
p0nents; and all this is clearly indicated as
their line of conduct, in so many acts of
open hostility ani 50 many declarations of
determined purpose, that lie who will not
sec IS wilfully peryerse or iudicinlly blind
9Hsm DeUs ruiz psTders. And it is sad and
dishcnrtening U see men amongst us, pro-
mote this state of things by covert and in
sidions indirectiOn, rather than by the NOR
ell bravery that meets tho emergencies Of a
great cause, when men place themselves on
the conscious reetitude of their sentiments
and commit themselves and their cause to
God aud their Country.
STAND BY TuE coSs1rTuTIoS.
With the avOwnl by word and deed. of
such marrow principles AMI the exhibition
Of such line Of local policy, it is our duty
~ stand by that comprehensive patriotism
which the good Genius Of America infused
in the Constitution and adapted to indclin-
ito extension and to such vast variety of
interests aud enfolds the entire relations Of
society and combines them, so far as cir
cumstRnces admit, in noble conservation
of the memOriesof the past and the duties
of the present time, under whatever of the
Constitution may be left; and all for the
hopes and the intellectual and moral cner-
gies of the future. 1t is tho duty Of Yir-
ginia to stand 10y the land of her WISH
ingtOn, against open enemies and covert
and insidiOus foes ;-by the Constitution
her son SO materially contributed to Gre
ate aud which in every part bears the im-
press of his exalted genius, his clear
comprehension of diversified interests und
his sagaUions foresight of coming great
ness and the attendant dangers 1t is our,
duty to stand by TINT Constitution appru-
we'd by the last public octUf the Father
OF his Country, when, after trial of its
blessings, he came from tho voluntary, re-
pose of private life, ns his last act of duty
and at the head of the armies of the Con-
stitutiUn enforced obedience to tho laws
of Congress-that Constitution vindicatcd
by his last solemn acts and sanctifed by
his latest benedictions. and the memories
of which, but yesterday rung through the
land and clustered around Mount Vernon
and are now made stnuesque in the etcr.
nal marbles of the Capitol Let as stand
by the Consultation, tue blessings which
pplsate IN our hearts, with the memories
of childhood, the inequalities of life aud
gives confidence to those hopes VIC have
cherished for the loved ones Mt home and
tho fondly remembered ones, who have
gune to discharge their various duties in
tho world
1t 3 our duty to stand by that Consti.
ton, the want Of which produced that
dangerous insurraction, under Shay, in
Massachusetts: which under the support
of Washington infused vignr aud clcmen.
cy in the Union against tho Whiskov
Bays nSurreciiOn IN Pennsylvania; which
IL
treasunOus completely of New England in
the Hartford Convention aud its State
Legislatures, during the last war with
England; which under Jackson. was his
cannuu-yOiCO in the Proclamation and
which in tho times of tho Compromise of
81 gave surprising furcc to the expiring
el0quence OF Clay, nr!lur to the compre-
tensiVe aud lucid augmentation Of CasS.
to tho large common sense of Linn Boyd
TIE exalIuti"u of genius and iNumined the
last ElOries of the intellectual powers Of
Webster; and which now undes submits
sion to GOd, in this hour of trinl should
inspire us with fOrbeargnce and iirnness
to mAintnin the dignity and discharge the
high duties Of our mediatorial and COM
serving position.
Standing by the Union, under the Cor.
stitution. the Barrier States will form in
an eminent degree u measure of prntcc-
ton against aggrcsSicns aud reprisulS be.
tween parties that will, else provoke con-
finnal and increased causes Of difference
and who else must conc into sharp and
antnsonizing conflicts BY occupying this
position, until the last remedies of tho
Constitution are exhausted, these States
will consult their dignity and the present
safety nf all the sections md they will be
theinterposinE barrier against immediate
and continuous hostilities and the natural
nediatoFs for the settlement OF future ro-
latiOns and harmonious adjustments Of
every kind, A dismcmberment upon the
very line of difference and dissatisfaction
Is tho very line for hostility and rand and
reprisal; md principle and prudence aud
q wise sagacity for the future should
5 determine Nirginta-Old Virginia-the
mother of Statcs-of FREQ States and slave
States-hOrself on her extreme borders
.pattaking uf all extremCs-tO hcNrken to
the voices uf reason and Infection which
appeal 50 her fcom the halls Of Mount
Vernon, from the chambers of Montpelier
and theFt ,6Urt rooms Of Marsh0l!==-tf Old
Virginia yer has a place in her keart for
thee .ulenl6fies--l0 consult lleT eminent
postum, her dngN now and for the future
and tho safety Of tr peupie, and not fol-
low N ss-ea p1el v syeTy principle at
stAke aud eTerys interes lpyolved, should
Stthe instif1ablO punt u, UlutiOn-Gnd
ffsSe aud Ullly 8iere-Huthor and jus
fffVskcl "a inlol-l lad l6B AeF duty now