Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-16

| THERE is an accumulation of evidence
showing that the leaders of the secession
movement have completely ignored the
Judgment of the people of the Southern
States. Iu addition to the testimony bear
ing upon this point, which we have pub,
lished from time to time, We find in the
Augusta (GeorgiaJ Chronicle and Sentinel
of the 9Th instant, strong denuncintiOn
of the leaders at Montgomery. The CAr0'-
iete, leading journal of Georgia, demon
strates that the people of that State have
never been consulted on the measures
adopted by Davis and his followers that
the new government has been organized
in direct defiance Of the popular will; and
that the voters aud tax payers have made
up their minds to rebel against further
tyranny.
The C2romele dweIls upon the argument
that the people of the Southern States are
entitled to the right of criticising the
measures of the new government, aud that
it is their duty, as well as their right, to
demonstrate against ac:s which they regard
as unwise or illegal. 1t adds:
"And so We come now to the declaration
of what We regard as i cardinal tru,!I-at
least of truth on which we base our con-
duct-that the Government to be formed
should rest solely on the consent of the
governed, and shall rest there, if we can
bring it about, and that in all governments
claiming to be free, the people ought to
be the source of power. We know, as well
as any one living, that The irhOle Ot0rsD,eht
for EseeSriOH and tie formation Of q neu- goc-
STnmeHG, so far at least as GsoTSiG Is eOa-
eerhed, proceeded on Ohiy quasi consent of
the people, and was pushed through under
circumstances of great excitement aud
rhreuzy, BIZ a .fetifi0RS majority. With ali
the appliances brought to bear, with all
the fierce rushing, mAddening events of
the hour. the election OF the 4th of January
showed falling of in the popular vote of
$4,000 or 10000, and on the night of that
election the co-operatiOnists bad ma Or-
ity, Notwithstanding the falling off, of
nearly three thousand, and an absolute
majority of elected delegates of twenty
nine. But, upon assembling, by wheel
ling, coaxiug, bullying, aud, all tile arts
of deception, the Convention showed
majority of thirty-One against Governor
Johnson's propositions"
The Chronicle goes step further, aud
asserts:
..The Georgia Convention and the Con-
federate Congress have gone forward in
their work, rs none can deny, rrithOW ez-
piieit and direct authority from The people
The excuse was that the necessities of the
cases demanded celebrity and despatch.-
And the people, to their honor be it spoken,
have sustained them generously, uotwith-
standing many objections. Its time now,
in our Judgment, that this assumption Of
p0rer should cease, and that the people
should speak. Sooner or later they must
be heard-the accidents OF the hour can
not always-nud we ask that the perma-
nent constitution proposed by the Mont
gomery Congress shall be submitted to
direct vote of the people OF Georgia.
Before the convention assumey to ratify
this permanent constitution, let them sub
nit it to vote of the people, or else let
us have an election for a new convention.
For Union, for harmony, for strength, we
ask this act of simple Justice"