Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-30
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Secession It's Causes, O ost ana Con.
seqMonces..DutY,of of fiVIrElnlRnas.-
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seeessIonI Its Causes, COsttand coO-
seqUences--Duty'Of VIrglnIRns.
Widespread rebellion is not the work of
moment. 1t is only the result of secret
causes, which. in the hands of designing
men, have been long and powerfully inflm-
enclng the poPular1m mind .Gnd5the rebellion
ttselfis only the ripaened plot and t6el ners r /
fection of all the plans and purposes by
which it WAS effected. Aud these require
tiAe for their Development. Proofs are
not wanting to show that the present rev
olution now rending the country is only
the perfection of a dePp-lRid scheme which
has been maturing in the dark for years,
but first saw the light and grew to, its full
proportions during the last few months Ot
one ot the most corrupt and imbecile adj
ministrations that ever cursed any coun-
try. MitlI these proofs before us. we can
sec how faithfully Gohb, Floyd & Go. have
acted their part according TO programme
In scattering the navy, exhMlsting the
treasury, and in draining the North Of
arms to supply the South; so that when
the revolt did take placei it would fui
Government so completely prostrate as to
be incapable of protectingiitSelf part,
however, from any evidence of the design
OF these trlitorS, it seems impossible that
so many fortuitous circumstances, all aim.
ing in the same direction, eliminating ut a
single point. proving such material
advnnthge'to the malrontcnts, should oc-
cur without desigH md union OF purnOse.
II IS now evident the election of the
present Chief Magistrate of the United
States was only tho ostensible cause of
revolt, aud nero pretext for these trail
tors and their co-tYotkcrs to ere the Train.
they had so skilfllly laid 10 explode the,
GoyernmentiAnd to save themselves from.
ipfauly bud dstesrtti so EiSlilys meritettY
ana escape lti and under the nrot teGtionnf
the popularcry, southern Rights, (which
bear ahkut the same relation tostlIe revolt
t.'e sugar" does togthey "Pill," but after
these ,1ent nd5use2 the. Government to
destroy it, they must hive something to.
need a.pretext, and find 'oneyin Southern
Rights" s5.
But allowing the South has wrongs,
Grtevous wrongs to complain of, has she
taken the proper course to obtain her
rights? Is secession an adequate remedy3
And, Western Yirginihns, they want you
to join inthis unlloly movement, ally YOUR
selves with traitors and intlict on your.
selves and your posterity greater wrongs
than those the South complains OF. They
Ivant;you to assist stinfoyetthroWing one of
the best Governments that has ever exist
ed,lnqd will yen do it?f .Secetsi6n {riH not
settle bVs only Pe1petuGte the dIfculiies
tfr9gyh all eOtEng fttRe,. and l61. deep and
Iride, the foundation of ciViL 'UGr phich
may 6RTst on Us at any fine. Wilrh afford
" greater security. to slave property? Are
you prepared for a standing army TO- be
posted along the bordera And to have
our intercourse with the Free States nuder,
the surveillance of Government officials,
md will yonsulfer places of custom to be
established along the Pennsylvania line,
and at every crossing of the Ohio river?
Are the merchants Of thisacity willing to
pay n duty of Is or 90 per cent. nn ali tho
sales they make to those living in tile nd
joining StRtes2 you sAre willing to he
subjected TO all these ann0yances, those
who have heretofore got their supplies of
dry goods aud groceries from us will do SO
no longer: They will seek other markets,
ana thus seal our doom. Then we may
sow our slreetsiin grass and bid farewell
to prosperity, .st5sf Y,5.f -,.5i.Ig. 5.f
IT we secede with Eastern Virginia,
whatiwill it cost? We have 43miIiidDs,
of a State debt to beRinlwith. Itiwilltake
at least o millions more to put the State
on a proper war footing And virginiai
will comeSin for her pro rata sliate'of the
whole war of the Confederate Statea, to-.
gether with the cost of custom houses,
forts, ueasuries, and other public ,Froper-
~ seized by the C0nfederacy And 10
case the nationality OF tho Copfederncy.is
ackpowle edged, (which Isl now supposedly
tue United States Government wfII,-of
course, expect and require, as a part, of
the treaty, that the imoney paid to Spaiu
France and Mexico, for Florida, Louisiana, Z
and a;pArt of ETexasJ shall be refdhded.
How long this war will last, or what 1t
will cost, God only knows; but if.it were
to stop-to-day, aud the indepehHehce of.
the Southern States acknowledged, Vfr,
ginia's share of this enormous debt would
not be less than from I50 10 200 o'miIIioas
Of dollars But ifsit be only 100 millions,
including her State debt, where is the
money 70 come from. The South will
have no revenue from imports, as she has
estahlishedst the system of fren trade; none
from the sale Of public lands, rs she will
have none to sell. The interests and the
principai, as we'll as the cost OF govetin-I
ment, sRust Be rGited 6y direet taxation Or,
where you pay one dellar tax now Seces-
sion will cost you about sepen.
Now, Western yirginiaps 1--WE speak
anloswise men, Judge ye what we Say''--.