Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-08

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States, in tbis, that upon ~iiAt they affirm,
aud what / know is Intended to be by ma
lny of them, it is the fnRugarating move
meut Of new State, without tue prerequi-
site required b. the cd Section of the Cou-
stitution of the United States.
It violates the spirit of the Constitution
of the United States on the part of tue Ad-
| miuistration, because it is an interference
in the internal administration of the af-
fairs of the State, beyond the protection of
! its loyal aud obedient citizens; it is prtecI-
ing them in the violation of the Constitu-
tion of the State; in taking from the peo-
! pie, laWlessly, fine right to elect their Gov
crnor anil Lieutenant Governor; in the APP
pointment of an Irresponsible Executive
Council of State or Revolutionary Direct
ory unknown to the Constitution and laws;
in sustaining fragment of Legislature
without any Constitutional quorum in leg
islating for an entire people; in protect
| ing and enforcing the LAWS of legislature
which does not ina legal and Constitutions
al manner embrace oue-twentieth Of tile
constitutionally appointed and apportion-
ed legislative jurisdiction of the Copmon-
wealth; in supplying vacancies, even to
! this poor fragment ard fiction, this arrant
! fIlsshood of Legislature, by means law
less, unprecedented hldrevolutionary. For
these reasons, ure to De denounced the pro-
ceeding of this lawle;s and revolutionary
body in its own condict and in the conduct
! of the administration at Washington, VINO
are cugnizant ofits atts; who have coun-
tenanced and counseled these lawlcss pro-
ceedings in their general purpose, if not
in detail WHO have, in my solemn judg-
ment, used the lealers in this factious
State for other and Interior purposes, and
! in all this both parties must know that
they violate the Constitution, and the very
soul and spirit of the Union ITSELF and still
more, for that violation of a republican
form of government. 10 the State which
has been violated in every step of these
proceedings in which minority, above all
constitutions and authorized mode of pro-
ceeding, govern and legislnte for the ma
jOrity in the State. ycl, aud over the very
minority it prctcnds to represent in its vi
olatiou of its Own State Consultation and
laws, peacefully, and with all the forms of
law aud order, adopted for their govern
ment and security. And shall take This
COuthon test-Oath, and bind myself to its
lawlessness and disorder, and bind myself
to those private, it may be, and ulterior
purposes which entered into the council of
Senators and Cabinet officers Mt Washing
ton, when they eounselled or approved the
steps taken, and pledged their party to see
it through when this step was taken by
them; and they saw the deep pledge that
may not have been expressed in the bar
gain, that Western Virginia gave to what
ever might be required At its hands; shall
take this oath and bind body, soul and
conscience to the untold and unknown re-
suits complicated in these lawless and uR-
constitutional combinations and move
ments?
viii you, Senators of the United States,
who are not already in completely with this
affair, justify this fragrant usurpntion; this
lawless invasion of public liberties, this
unconstitutional overthrow of all cOusti-
intions; this {fudl infcrposition of an ad-
miuistratiou in the affairs of an internal
government of State, for purposes beyond
those recognized by the spirit and cOmpro-
misses of the sacred instrument under which
you act, and which, in great measure has
been brought about by this State policy Mt
Washington, and which says, tive will not
violate the letter of the Cons titution, but if
you want our protection you must violate
Your own Constitution and laws, and prin-
Ciplcs of public liberty. and the voice of
legal mljorities scunstitutionnlly expressed"
upon which is based all repuhlcanismw which
is guaranteed by our form of government,
and the express stipulations of the very in
strument. which, l fear, is made the pre-
text of Givil war and fraternnl slaughter;
and when you, the people of Western Vir-
ginia, have done this you are sold to us
for all purposes which muy demanded of
you.
To you, the solemn judges of the Con-
stitution and the laws, l appeal to main
tain the integrity of conscience and to
.
shall come, on that page of your records
on which is written your protest against
the despotic repeal of the hdbedS corpus,
that last refnge Of Liberty against TyIan-
ny.
Toyou the people whom have served
faithfully. and how we'll your own vote in
honest Judgment of two to one over my
competitor, only short time since. would
authorize me to say tn you / appeal to be-
come calm and considerate, and ask your
selves whittier these things tend? Where
are they to end?
Venallty, prohigacy and the ambition of
a few men in political combination with n
false and prurient philanthropy, which on
one side has been the heart and core of all
our troubles has led us far onwlpd to de-
struction; and by using honest and lawful
sentiments and perverting them have in
duced the iawiessneSS prevalilnS amongst
you, and leading to anarchy or despotism
just ahead.
shall be no party to this; shall take
no Couthon test.estb.i ! shall borrow no
lessons of action IRON the cess-pool OF ia
cobinism,and and revolution. AS Ioppos-
ed secession in the South, oppose it in
the venal and place-hunting factronism of
the officials who wear the lions robe at
the seat of luwless rule in Wheeling.
oppose their proceedings because they
are, from root to branch, unconstitutional
unwurrantable and unnecessary. Because
in what they haze donef they and the ad-
ministration at Washington have violated
the spirit of the Constitution of the United
States; because IN nothing they done have
they conformed to the Con.titntion of the
State which they say they intended only
10 recognize; and because they have or
ganized so rs to give high offices to men,
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