Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-30
Harrisrille, Nor 2lth, 1891.
EAsTERN& WESTERN vIRoINIA.
The Convention At Richmond and the
Convention at Wheeling,
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There are two State Convention now in
session in VirRinia-one At Richmond, the
other At Wheeling. We have got Just an
inkling Of the proceedings and spirit Of
both. They seem 10 be moving in about
~ nearly opposite directions rs ii Is posi-
bile for two bodies TO do The Eastern
Virginia Convention Is moving in the d.
recIiOn that everything in that part Of the
State has moved for the last quarter Of n
century-backwarI aud down bill. The
Western Virginia Tor HanawhAl Conyen.
ton, II VIZ may judge BY the various indi.
cations that have reached US, and by the
tone Of the PreSS 10 that part Of the State,
is pressing forward in the paths OF liberty
and loyalty with sWiftness as astonishing
as it Is pleasing.
The Richmond Rebel ConVention-as
will be seen by the report Of the Oonsti.
tuition Revision Committee, which We give
in another columns discussing tHe
question of erecting the State into some
sort OF m oligarchy, in which "lhe proper
equilibrium shall be established between
labor and capital in which the leeafiOus
syIism Of free schools, "by which the chill
dren Of the poor are educated at the er.
pense OF the rich, /" shall have no existence,
aud in which "unlimited suffrage and
various other popular rights aud franchises
shall be restricted 10 8 style that will
make the State government as close cor
parAtiun as is South Cafolina herslf. The
Wheeling Convention, which has delegates
from thiTty-seVen counties, soutainR one
third Of the white people Of the
State, and but few thousand Of
its slaves, Is inspired by quite 40.
other epirit-A spirit more akin 70
that OF the Aneriean Consultations, a. M,
a. 70 tn genias 81 democracy anr TIE
ninCstenth eehtnff. jndeell the asteni,
blage Of Tits etA1catloat tiay 4linDStib s.
said . marx 40 Ell d lho history Of WI,
ginia aud Of the great rebellion. l. s
loyal TO the core, and VII give decisive
proof, as soon as the necessary arrange.
ments can be completed, that the people
OF the new State flor We may now call
Kauawha such) are willing 10 assume
their part OF all the bsrdens, to furnish
their quota Of soldiers. and vote their
share Of the supplies needed TO subjugate
the oligarehy, and to re.cement the bro
ken fabric Of the Republic.
1t will set in operation too, line oil
Stale policy which, in few years, will
redeem and rcgeuerate Virginia west OF
the Alleghanles, and raise the new State to
point Of greatness, prosperity aud pro-
gressive freedom, which she could never
aetain as political and territorial nppen-
DANCE to the Richmond despOtism The
Eastern Convention works entirely for the
interests Of slavery, and the political SUI
premaey OF the owners Of slaves. The
Western Convention takes broader and
more democratic view Of its duties. The
most influential journal West Of noun
tains, which speaks the sentiments OF the
Convention on this poiat, says 10 its issue
Of the day on which the body convened:
Eve do not WiSh 70 10 connected any longer with
the miserable oneldead negro policy that has curJed
ua all the days Of our lives thus far. That policy Il
always arrogant, selfish and absorbing. Il hangs
upon the Gtepsot progress and hobbies both lt feet
We have bad enough Of H. and want to get clear d
negroes. WeWantiu few years to become Tree
StatO,B
The two sections of Virginia are thus
moving in entirely divergent lines--oue to.
ward despotIsm and ruin, the other to the
largest freedom. The members Of the Que
Convention are fresh, vigorous and demo-
cratie-the delegates to the other are feeble
old fossils, Ct only to split political hairs
aud maundsr about issues that all the rest
Of the world has forgotten. 1t is time the
unhappy old fools were awakened from
their dreams by the echoes Of MCClellan's
cannon.