Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-30

Republic, in which the oppressed have al
ways found a home and protection by the
strong arm of a free Government. let us.
let the friends of the Union and of freedom
throughout the land, strive to saveoour be-
loved Country from the hands of designing
men who, with unholy zeal would plnnge
their Country, their brethren and kindred
into the dark aud fearful abyss of lisunion
and. civil war. Freemen, working men,
patriots of Virginia. resist it, Let US de-
tsud aud preserve our liberty, before it is to
late. Therefore aiT R6
RsSotred, That we are deeply impressed
with the conviction, that our prosperity,
our hopes Of happiness and future security
depends on preserving the Union as it Is,
and we see nothing in the simple election
OF Abraham Lincoln, to the Presidency of
the United StNteS-much as we desired the
election of another-as afFording any lust
cause for the abandonment of what we re-
gIrd as the best government ever yet de
vissd by the wisdom and patriotism of
med ~ 2i'Afll 95ga' 9 ~ s'f'3 - "a
ksSolrta, that as It isrtlle swotnsduty of
the PCesidentato-u uphold the laws by ali the
powers OF the government, he Is in so do
ing entitled to the sympathy and support of
every good citizen, and we believe that tue
laws of the United States are as binding
on South Carolina aud other secsdine,
states now, as they were before they sece-
ded, Tor no State or combination of States
San anSolve herself froN1. the duty to the
EeaeraI government, except by the issue
OF revolutionary appeal to the God of ma
tious on the merits of her cause.
4fsSotTed, That we believe the hasty and
lprectpitntes course of South Carolina has
been prompted by the desire to make the
RUIN of the Union remediless rather than
to redress her wrongs in it; and that it is
thereby calculated to involve all the South
ern States in tue desolating woes of civil
war and its consequences, pestilence and
tam1ne' we deprecate her course MS ill ad
vised, unjust and ddisresDectfilito to her sis.
ter States of, the South
ReEotced, That we belieTe South Caro-
lima has seized upon the election of Abra-
ham lincoln as q pretext to accomplish
that which she has long desired-the
formation of Cotton COnfederacy-into
which we as working men of Virginia can
never enter until we have surrendered the
rights aud liberty which have heretofors
been guaranteed to uR, and which we will
only do when, compelled by the force of
power
Re'oiDed, Tint We believe the call for a
State Convention has been i'll advised, aud
at the instigation of the enenies Of tue
Cnlont ana - intended US Il means of pre-
cipitatiug our State into q connection fatal
to her credit, her prosperity and to the
happiness of her people. And we shall
] regard it-as 7usurpntfon of power if the
action of the Convention is not submitted
to- the people for ratification or rejection.
RssOtDed, That whilst we as loyal citizens
of Virginia have ever shown a Willingness
tO submit to all her laws, we are bitterly
| OPPOSED to alt such action rs Il calculated
| 70 bhrdensus with, a hrxntion too gricvous
to. be borne, onlv for the purpose of pre-,
pairing us to engngage in scenes o: strife
and bloOdshed with'our brethren in obedi.
ence to the will of aspiring men.
>-rResOtUed, That our distracted, but be-.
loved country, has been brought to the
verge of destruction, by the labors of fear.
fully wicked aud designing men, political
"spirnnts, who would sacrifice the inter.
est and liberty of the people to advance
meut. -
Rssolvsd, That we will never. suppor, @
any man for Office whatever, which NAV
be in the gift of the people who IS now
willing without just cause, to destroy the
peace. prosperity andehappincss of our
country. a
ABRAHAM SwARrz, Ch'mn.
JAMES w. BARR, Sec'y
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