Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-21

tuesday, MORNING.
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to the filling hp Of armies and the our.
tsrlng OF troops m f6eir midst; takint. for
the purpose, our young men WHO had. in
Q time 9t pEltound peace, and with no
! :texPectatlon Of ever. being called 7upon to
alu 9i ~ q. rebel llIoni attached themselves IL,
the volunteer corps of our State. TIE
people, stunned by the magnitude Of the
CRIME, have, fqF time, offered no resist.
ance, but rs Seturning reason enables
themHt to perceive distinctly the objects
anu purposes vi tho vile Temperatures Of
thls'deed, their hearts swell within them.
ana already ttecry has gone up from sur
Iimountaiils and our vallies, '.Resistnnce
Ito tyrants is tteqionCe to GOd.''
s4let lls urge S6u then, that our resistance
may lbe, ehectna; TO act in tho spirit of the
Eesolpttonshere appended, adopted by the
lConYenhonf Wh5se Committee we are. Let
fattsour.eildSebe trected to the. creation of
4 az, 4,PrgpniEea ssiStanse to the despotism
o. ~ the rants 10 have. been In, session in
4 hlshmonds and 10 are Roon toIre-nsseii:
Gle, :thht Weiml aift1ina ourgpositfon IN
the uniqn lunde the nag OF our common
country whis has for SO many years
waved. gracet9 and protectingly over
US US ana ana yhen we behold upon its
qulHbs q,Hss l1lo as tn Sststpes and the stars of.
9 Eeeasm' ca uaf pur bos6ms to glow with
neat tp oar heArls to swell with
honest love OF gntry. That this 3dg the
symooi ol onrs slpigbt, challenges our ai-
sllr 9liratlon, anu t4atly claims our every rf-
lort lort Pgalnst. ttlo Z who have dared TO desc
crate ahd dlshonor it, We all admit. Let
US tnen see tha. we take the proper meas
ures to make esctuaI those efforts. Tbe
1 convention to q semble on the 1 ltb pr0x-
itno, ls lookedsa5 to organize our action.
lLs I'm PortaHrc, IS necessity, will Mt once
strike your Hlnds; take Immediate
steps tneretore 81 secnre for yourrepresen-
tltiNss 70 the SsHayention, your most de-
tlermlned, reSOl1ie, temperate and wisest
men. We have already detained you too
iong, the time tqflncttQn, prompt, firm and
I decided has M! COM In the hope that our
sestloa VIII oe.tiat OF Il united people, NC
5taKe ieaYe OF N9n, confidently cllcula-
ting that you III give your body, sonl,
strength, mind, aeathlltlIe energies ofyour
nature TO the Rg of'saying your country
3 from becoming the theatre of u bloody war.
drought npOn yeiI without your consent
end against yOut will Let us show Mr..
EG-Secretnry Cobb, now President.o of the.
Montgomery Cougress, that y are not will
ling TO recOgnisei the transfer of us mRde
by the Richmond Convention, nor do we
Intend to Nllowfour borders, as he saws
i they will be, to b made the theatre of this
war.
Eellow-citizensSwe we ask you to read and
Lpouder well the 5assage from Mr. Cobb,s
Speech we recites
'The people off6e Gulf States need have
1 no apprehension they might go on with
their pinnting and their other business ms
I usual, thc war would not come to their
section, its THEATRE EWOULDBEALONCS
! THE BORDERSSOF THE OHIO RIVER
j AND IL YLRl5EFS4tE ,'tl~ --s=--@~
Tho Convention between Virginia and
the Con:ederate States, by which the con-
\ tr9l OF all military Operntions is placed in
the hands of President Davis, ihsures this
result.
T.. Fellow. w.citizcns-tThese are times when
we must not stop to count sacrifices and
costs, where honor, and character, and
selt-preservation are put in issue.n The
patriot and sage, Dnniel Webster, i'm n
speech delivered at Washington, in 1851,
ut the lnYing of the torMcr stone Of the nd
dition to the Capitol spoke us follows:
aye men of the Dlue Ridge, many thou
sands of whom are Rcarer TO this capitol
than tue scat of Government of your own
State, what do you .Gink of breaking np
this great association into fragments of
Suites and ofpeoplef know that some
Il of you; and believe that you ali, would
be almost MS much shocked at thc nn-
nOunCemeut of such catastrophe, MS if
you were informed that tho Blue Ridge
4 itself would soon totter from its base-dhd
ye men IF WeSfern Virginia, ,rho oeeupytte
slope from The AtiegkenieS 10 Ohio and Ken
tuckyt icdat Gensft do you propose to your-
setre by disuniOHP If you seccdc, lshut no
F7foE L. = ,. 4
tto2 DO you look for tie current ofthe Ohio
TO change aud to bring you and Vour COM
aiercs 10 the tide IcGiers Of Eastern rivers -
/ Ilhdt man IN his SeNFsS can suppose that YoI
lsouId reMuiM part d'ld parcel of Yirginia II
, month after Pirginia had ceased to be a part
and parcel Of the URitsd Stdtes.
Fellow -citiZens Of Northwestern Virginia,
the issue is with you. Your destiny is in
your own hands. If you are worthy de-
scendants ofworthy sireS you will rally to
the defence ufyour liberties, and the Con-
stitution which has protected and blessed
you will still extend overyOu its protect
ing 9gis. IF you hesitate or fillter all is
lost, aud you and your children to the ln-
test posterity are destined TO perpetual
slavery. JoHN S. CARLILE,
JANEs S. WHEAT,
G. D.. HUBBARD,
F. n. PEIRPolxr,
CAMPBELL TARR,
G. K. LATHAM,
ANDREW WILSON,
s. III. WOODWARD.
JANRs W. PAXTON,
. Committee.
Convention of the People of North
western Virginia., held nt Wheel
ing, May 13, 1901.
The following resolutions were uuani-
lnOusly adopted: