Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-09
FRlESDs OF TaE USloN AT KIsowooD.

I
LARGE ASD EsTaust1sTic AEErtxs OF rHE
FRIENDS OF TIE ux1oN AT KigowooD.
Previous notice having been given, a
large and enthusiastic meeting Of the Union
men of Preston county wns held at the
Court House in Kingwood on SATURDAY.. the
4th day of May, 1851. About noon the
people came pouring into town from all
quarters, and Notwithstanding the disa.
greeable morning. some six hundred of
the sturdy yeomRury Of the country were
present. About one O'Clock large dele
cation from District No. 8 on foot and
hosebuck, headed by Capt. Isaiah Kirk,
entered our town with Martial music and
u beautiful dag with not stripe erased
nor polluted, ind nolIa single star obscar-
ed" aud were Joined ip procession by those
who had previously assembled, and some
OF the citizens of the town, and after pass
Ing through the principal streets, amtlSt
cntLusiastic cheering from all quarters
| proceeded to.the Court House
I Col. ChNs. iHooton called the meeting to
order, and Rev. g. W. Arnold opened with
prayer.
On motion, Samuel R. Trowbridge WAS
called to preside, assisted by Vim. Mckee
and VIM. Fl. Grimes.
Isaac L. Paiuteraud John ]. Brown We're
-
On motion, committee of fivewere APP
pointed by the Chair TO prepare business
for the consideration of the meeting. Tho
committee consisted of Henry Clay lIagnns,
Col. Chas. llouton, William B. Zinn, John
j. Brown and John a. Dille.s
In the absence of The Committee, the
meeting was addressed by our delegates to
the Virginia Convention, Hon. William G..
Brown aud Jumes G. McGrew, Esq.
Tile Committee returned and reported
the following resolutions which being read
tseverally, were adopted without dissent
| ing voice.
Resotped, That We have always enter:
iained the opinion, and yet honestly be-
lievs that tue government of the United
States, as constructed by our flthers, was
one of the best governments ever given 10
nun, and ought not to be abandoned by
the friends of civil and religions liberty,
for causes .sl:Ort of absolute necessity
| RcSolUed That whileiwe have not Mt all
times been satisfied with the ndlnIinistrn-
tion Of the Federal Government, yet we
never have, NOR do we now. recognize any
such necessity, and we pledge ourselves 10
/ use all honorable and peaceful measures
TO restore to peuce our once happy Un-
I iun. F5f Too
Resolped, That we arc unnlterablY op-
posed TO the ordinance of secession passed
| by the Yirgiuia Convention and TINT we
will use all honorable and fair means
Mt the bullot-box to defeat said ordinance,
/ Resolvsd, That when we elected dele:
! gates to the State Convention last Febrd-
airy we never dreamed that the Convention
+ should have or exercise power to declare
war, raise Artnies,t Rpl lhpprtate fm0deyS set
liaside our election f0F Representatives. IN
| Congress, or TO elect for us delegates to the
lGoYernment of tho CoGfederat6 States, or
do anything that would change our reln-
tinns TO the Federal Government without
! first giving the people the rightat the polls
to decide the great questions for them
selves.
| Re5Olred, That if the manner of electing
the first delegates to tile Southern Con-
! Gress is u fair fore:aste Of what the people
who connect themselves with tho new Con-
fcderacy are to enjoy, it is discouraging in
the extreme to the friends of free elections.
ResoLUed, That we respond most heartily
/ to the professions of friendship expressed
/ hy the people of our ncighhoring county Of
Fay cite in the meeting lately held MT Union
/ town. That we have always looked upon
/ the citizens of all the States hotll North
and South as our felluw-couutrymen, but
with the people of Pennsylvania7nnd the
States northwest of the ,Ohfowe have been
closely connected in trade and commerce,
/ iidcntifed in interest, and above nll allied
by kindred and affection, and any interrup-
tion of our friendly relations can never bc
| brought about by any net of ours.
| ReSOired, That the course of the metro.
politan press, apparently sanctioned, by
the people Of Richmond and many others
during the setting of the Convention,
toward the faithful and patriotic mem
hers of the Northwestern counties of
the State, has not done much to strengthen
/ the ties that have SO long bound US to our
/ Eastern brethren.
/ ResolUed, That there is not and never
/ can he any identity of material interest
between, the Western and Eastern portions
ofthe State of Virginia; that the people of
tue two sections arc separated from each
other by barriers erected by the God of
I nature himself, aud which. cannot be re-
moved by the hand Of man. and that 1t is
/ therefore impossible for them ever to be-
come homogeneous peOhle-a people
/ with like interests or pursuits, requiring
for their prosperity and hNppiness tue same
laws and institutions.
! Resoiped, That in consideration of the
foregoing facts, and the manifest determI-
nation of the people Of Easterrf Virginia to
disrupt our connection with the Federal
Union without our consent, and TO nnife
/ lue ueSllules OF tue otuLe Win ~ ONuLDeFn
COnleilerncy, and thereby ydenationalize us,
is due from them to as that ts:hey Unite
with us in bringing abuut a division OF tho
State on such terms and with sIch bonn
darieS as my be just to. all, aud will be
most conducive TO our internal tranquility
and the future prosperity Of both sections.
/ ReSolUsd, That our trne and ftithfnl irep-
resentRtives in the Virginia State ConYen-
tiOni James Q. SlrGrew, Esq, mud Hon.
Wm.G. Brown are deserving OF the thanks
of their constituents and that whilst we
retuEn, to them, our thanks ne do not forget
all those good and true men who earnestly
lahured With them ia that body. for the
maintenance Of our rights and tue. PreseF-t