Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-03

States was adopted by the people 81 tuS
United States; and the powers thus derlV-
ed could be resumed only by the conSeh.
Of the people who conferred them. LhAt
Constitution is the supreme law OF tue
land. The Constitution Of the State re-
cognizes it as such, and all the laws OF tn"
State virtually recognize the same primer
nile. The Governor, the Legislature, and
all State officers, civil and military when
they entered upon the discharge OF their
duties, took an oath to support tie Con
stitution of the United States. When tue
| Convention assembled at Wheeling On tue
nth Of June they found the late Govern
| or and many of the other officers OF the
State engaged in an attempt to oTer'hFo"
| the Constitution they had sworn TO sup
mort. Whatever they might actually eheet'
| with the aid of their cUufederates, oy nm
| lawful intimidation andS violence, they
could not lawfully deprive the good people
of this Commonwealth of the protection
afforded by the c Institution and laws OF
! the Union, and of the rights to which they
are entitled under tue same. The Conveu-
| ton ATTEMPTED no change Ofthe fundamen-
tai law Of the State for light and transient
| causes The alterations adopted were such
only "a were imperatively required by the
necessity of the case; to give vitality ana
| force to the Constitu ion of the State, ana
enable it to operate in the circumstances
under which We are placed. The attempt
ed no revolution. Whatevfr others may
| have done. We remain as we were, citizens
of Virginia, citizens of the United States,
recognizing and obeyiug the Constitutions
and laws of both
trust, gentlemen, you will excuse me
for dwelling so long upon these important
Topics.
of nv Office / addressed an Oticial commu-
nitation to the President of the United
States, stating briefly the circunst9H-
i cesin which We were placed, and de-
mauAing protection ax.tiuts invasion
land domestic violence to which our
people were subjected; and lam happy
10 inform YOU that the President, through
the Secretary of War. promptly gave me
very satisfactory assurances that the guar
lnnt.e embodied in the Constitution OF the
\ United States would be efficiently COM
piled with, by nfFording TO our people
Hull protection. ira nslnit herewith copies
of these communicable ms.
I also send Sau here with copy of
Communication received from the Secie-
Itary of the Interior ut Washington. cerli-
tying officially the superintendent of
Representatives in the 18Th Congress, un-
der the census of 1861. Virginia has l3
representatives in the present Congress =
Under the new superintendent she will
lhave eleven anly. Before tie term Of the
t38th Congress commences, il will he me-
Iccssaty, therefore to rediStrict the State, in
conformity with the principles established
lin the 18th and l4th Sections of the 4th
Asticle of the Constitution OF the State.
The President of the United States has
ISSUED his proclamation converting an ex-
ira session OF Congress. to meet Mt the
National Capital on the fourth OF this
month. The two Senators from this State
4 have vacated their offices. 1t is known TO
me that they are engaged in the conspiracy
to Overturn the Government of the United
| States, and, in rebellion TO its lawful au-
thority. They have renowned the title OF
citizens of the United States, Ginning to
be citizens of foreign and hostile State.
They have abandoned the posts assigned
to them by the State of Virginia in the
Senate Of the United States, to take Office
under the rel elious government of the
Confederate Seates. ] recommend, there
fore, the election of Senators to fill the va
cancics which have thus occurred.
beg leave to call your attention to the
subject of the Circuit Courts. Those cir
cults, as now prescribed Ivy law, are too
large to enable the Judges to efficiently
DeFIOELu luG luGullbSuh VA
In investigating this subject. you may hnd
liz not only necessary to reduce the size of
the circuits, but to increase the number of
the regular terms, OF make it the duty of
the Judges TO hold special extra terms, at
which the business before them can be dis
posed of. ! would recommend, however,
that any alterations you may make for the
present, should be confined to that p"rt of
Stute in which tue authority of this gov
ernment is recognised.
/ would also request your attention to
the ordinance of the Convention to author
ize the apprehension OF suspicious persons
in time OF waT, and TO the PROVISIONS of the
Code on kindred subjects. When civil
war is raging in the midst OF US, an efficient
4 system TO protect the loyal people of the
Commonwealth against the intrigues, con-
Il spiraries aud hostile acts of those who ad-
here to our enemies, is necessary for the
safety aud good order OF the community.
Nor will the efficiency of the system be
diminished, if il be conceived in IL judi
riOus spirit of moderate III. recommend
the matter to your attention. trusting that
any amendments which may be found me-
cessary to protect tho community, will be
unhesitatingly adopted, but, at the same
time, that all proper precautions will be
taken to avoid aay measures of unreasonA-
BILE hArshness.
The subject OF the revenue will demand
your attention. rerklessness has char
acterized the legislature of the State for
the last ten years, that has Involved US in q
most onerous debt. For many years past
the Western part of the State has been cons
tributing, IN an unequal and unjust pro-
portion to the revenue, which has been
largely expended on internal improvements
for the benefit of oar Eastern brethren,
from which the West has received 40 nd-
vantage in any form. Tine proceeds of the
heavy debt contracted on State account
have also heen applied to Eastern railroads
aud improvements from which the West
derives no benefit. The leaders of Seces-
sion in the Gulf States have adroitIy in