Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-02
DAY -.1l. 4 MORNING. MA Y. 1861. =

Grant. for the. sake of the arguments lint
MaEylNRd has the apPFer and the right tor
Cease 10 be one Of the United Suites, is il
her interest TO do So4 fSlx months ateo no
Eepe man would have dreumed thNt.i was.
1 Now, SsFplinlze as closely asgonipleRse tue
whole course of cur skznTernmenl since
every law enacted bg abe legislative de-
PAftneat, every dsclsioa PToanunred :l,v
the Judiciary, and elenysact oEtthp ExecIi..
tife, aud answer thisirq questiou .55Is there
one law, decision, OF act; which InIriugesg
apysright or imperils iAnyTintercst of nur
St'siSior OF eitizenlofi it2 lfnot, then
bstTeepi qqr;SatiOnahapd our. Stnte. Cow
ernMents there is no occasion or j,grnund
for or-separaiion, for disagreementsor QUAR-
Feli then all fndaSepeut -to a change of.
the relqttQus so lopgys so happily. and so
uYantaReou$ly subsiStingi between them:
comes from abr0Ad:s What cantit br ?--f
Certain 9f the Uatted Ststes asserted their
right TO draw from the UEfon, aud, SO
far as their net could DO 1T did Withdraw.
ne GeYSrnmepti Notwithstanding sthis,
at an expense bpSaldst uponath
SANDS Of dollars, hiss pntinned to carry
eaSEEst heir malls feS Eabmiued iol iheir
assaults. and thns ID no. instance or place
taken nnEaeti9nSRp dsieasiye. President
buchanangi his meSsage last December
said the GoYerpmentiicould NOT do llsssI
ihap this, and the Officers of the Govern.
mept pnder President Lincoln have done
no more than they would have done under
President BuGllanApi If similarly Assniled. E
We have, thsnygand feaIihave, no eronnd
of resentment or complaint against our
Government for. the hArshness, the precip-
itancy, the haste nndiaggressive character
OF. its me1sures.1SS Nor can the Southern
Contederacy offer any reasonable assur-f
n nn,sa Nf mr.
fold TO which they Wob us'liLe that which
we have enjoyed; do and may. enjoy in the
United States. True, they promise as
lnrgely Satan did onitlle mount of temp
tntion, but with as little lawful claim to
the gift they prOffcr as.he had to the king
doms of the eurIh.. @s.3 l.4
Batone thought in many mindstOver-
rides all other considerations: TVirgini.ls
hes seeded, and ufaicoursc Maryland
must Why 'tlNgSt9 When did Mary.
land become an 'inats or captive 10 be
dragged at Yirginia's chariot wheels?-
Virginia is a noble tStdtc-all honor to her;
but she has done things before to-,lny in
which Maryland c0ult not follow her. The
Old Dominion has fallen from the rstsrnnk
to seventh in our company of States, and
the copuselsiwhtch lIaVsled her that down
ward road are not the safest guide that
we could choose for MpEyland Nor does
it by any mems follow uint what is wiscst
ort6sst or most honorable for her. is so
for, US. We are aoR different sides of a
great naViglble river. No naturnl. .bonu--
diary separates us frornthe great NORTH.
We CAnnOt escape thesposition of being all
that separates them from their Capital, and
only miracle like that which opened the
Red SentfOr lsrnel ca1save Maryland from
becoming one great grave yard lif she MS
snne to bear the brnnt of tlGf battles of
secession. faaE
Besides, ifit Were IN clearly onriintcrcst
Rs ttiis nur rJlins,t0, at19pdOR our country
70. this igRiF latuWs, Goulllit be othcriiinil
dishonor TO do it'll Wssgranted- her a Dis
trtct for her capital. There she lGas cx-
pended her nOney-milltons upon millions
without stint. In Annapolis she has
erected costly buildings and established a
noble school, constant source of revenue
10 hundreds of the citizens of our State.-
In ourown city she Is investing her means
and urging. forward Improvements to-dny
which shall protect the persons and pro-
Perty Of our c't'zens-is it honorable, or
'honest, as between man and man, to retake
our grant, With the improvements our
country III good fifth has made there, aud
claim all rs our own! If so, it surely
would he well to wait a few years longer
tilt,a few more millions have been cxpcn-
ded in the works begun bnt yet unfinished
there. They will make so muny mole
royal residences for bats when we have
turned all to desOlation and reduced all
that portion Of our State 10 bnrrenness
again,
Doubtless it would be wisdom to haze
no wish or judgement, or thought of our
0wn--t0 become an outlying province of
Virginia, to be legislated for at Richmond
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