Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-31

A Convention indeed. The citizens of
the Commonwealth--thc poor, toilinF
wresches, who can barely. earn a sui.
hciency to preserve the unity of body
and soul, must be robbed of portion Of
their bard earnings; and why? That mis-
eraole political Irlcksters may have the
means OF entertaining traitors and aiding
10 disseminating their miserable doctrines
Conventionl Illegitimate offspring Of,
tnsiPient treason. Will some enthusiastic
admirer of Palmetto and .buucom6e- thun-
der so far enlighten our brnighted intel
lect MS to inform us what NE are to gain
by this unnecessary outlay? We should
esteem 1t such favor to learn. what lost
rights are to be restored and what grieyons
wrongs, unable longer to be endured, are
to be redressed by this panaceG for gov
Ornamental ills. Think you, gentlemen of
the palmetto stripe, that this inharmonic
gathering of antagonistic elements will
restore peace, and harmony to our betrayed
aud distracted country2 Think yon this
indilerently concealed manifestation of a
rebelltops spirit will tend to unite more
firmly i F the bonds Of brotherhood which,
Tor eighty years have made us a united,
hapny and prosperous people? Do you
Sainly imagine It will prevent q negro
tnsurrection in the Gulf States, or n
John Brown. raid at Harper's Ferry !?
Think you it will reclaim the wan.
dering fugitive in Massachusetts or pre-
vent tho tarring and fenthering of Yam
KEGS IN the Rattlcsnake Republic r.
Think you it will accomplish anything
which might not have been secured with
out 1t? Md above all, think you it will
shield us from the deep disgrace which
like the PaHaof despair, will settle upon
this attempt to foster the schemes Of trail
tors? If it will not do this, it will be n mis-
erlble failure, and its reckless otieinators
must sink beneath the loud Of iGnominy
from which no repentance can relieve
them. In vain have we assured our heed
less rulers that We are not disposed to
look upon our glorious Union as hellish
compact, and On engine of oppression. In
vain VIC assure them We are satisfied with
It rs It is. In vain We plead that trade
,I"ngulshes, that crime aud suffering in
creasei that stNgnations, like n gi0nt's
grasp is gathering about our yitals, in
consequence of the ceaseless pratiugs
about abstract rights, which, if rights at
all, are visionary and useless. 'Tis all iu
vain. And thus we are heedlessly drifting
along in full view of the dnngers thmt
menace us on every side, and threaten
us with destruction. Let us make an ef-
fort. Let us not be led, like the stolid brute
to the slaughter, nor oGerto resist till we feet
tho knife at our throats, aud tile warm
current of life gushing from every vein.
1t is not too late yet to retrieve the mis-
takes of tho past. If gentlemen have
sprung this question of Convention up.
on US. for the purpose of lending tho
ycountenance of the Old Dominion to aid
the schemes of traitors, they may yet be
defeated. Let us rally to the cry of THE
tUNTOS. Let us sink all party ties aud
party prejndices, and cast orr sutirages foI
i'noRe whose antccedGnts will not bear the
test Of a comparison with the Union as Il
H. Y is our privilege, it is OUT. right, 1t is
4 our duty TO our COUNTRY and our. COP, tC
l Yote for ppe who hare the slightest taint
of dtsuh opism in their feelings, thoughts
or desires. Let US judge for ourselves
We have known all the candidates who
viii present themselves, for years. We
know their antecedents. Let US. .ask our
selves the question, eau we trust them /?
And if there comes up from the hidden
reccsses of our souls the slightest token of
disnpproval, let us spurn them from US as
we would viper from, our bosoms Let
us in Gods name elect NEH to represent
US, and If we must Nllin the struggle for
our rights, let US go down to'destFnction,
with.the proud reflection that ours has not
been the Paracidal hand to plant the dag
ger in the bosom of our unhappy country.
OBsERvoR.