Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-25

I with the substitutes LOT In6 Sa'HS' o
been taken up,
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ERECTION EG ~! of
|. WESTERN VIRGINIA INTO NEW siAtA'
wb.rea.. 4. Is represented tobe the desire Of
the good people tnhabiting tnS ,,tSi1a Known b.
~. name Of Western Virginia. thai tine s ~ T.
be separated from this Commonwealth, ~ ~
a ,s,f srl be formed into Independent mehpe5 W
~ n = ~ tho United States u AmeElc11
and Il Is Judged by the Genera y 49,
A partition u the OonmonTeaIth y ~ ~ S,S4 e
dient fsoi the TACT, the Western part o. tne =
from the Eastern part by Ia9untoll -
- ,bJch ostruct the expectation OF heF PIonuCts'
that the chief outes % 81, trbnaars which enabes
y JtiSsnS 70 throw her coal, Ealt and OIL into "
muperative markets; and haying no re-. "a
tr Sretions Of the United States and naTlng lltue
NJ NJ bu1ness transactions with the EaeteEn pat o.
the state and being ssgafaEGq Innate soil pnTs.
end habits and hsing held together 9y Ee"E
iipee and not by any community OF interest: III,
, Re IL therefore enacted by the >'enefal Assembly
- vjre;n;o That the Convention which nlet IN ihe
CITY Of Wheeling, Va. on the 4Ath 81
which adjourned TO NEST again IN Ihe City y. d.
S > ar, iii. 9Th day of August 1851, may erect lhe
ssne into an Independent state on the terms An0
conditions following: .-- .,.l
z,tc and virginia shall run and be bounded as FOL
InwS to-uit: Beginning on tho Tug FORK OF sanng
River on the Kentucky line, where the eonnLies o.
Buchanan and Logan Join the same, anu itOn - ~.
rnnjng With the dividing Of said counties, and the
ISi;;,'S lines Of the counties OftWyoming and NC.
Doweto the great fat top mountHin. ana ,Ii ss
Paystts Nicholas and Greenbrier, Webster Rno PoGt-
hontss Randolph. PeudIeton and Highland 20 the
q, snnn .IoHh mountains, aud with said mountains
1o,ne tho diyi,ling lines between tho counties OF
Pendleton and Rockingham, Hardy and Shenandoah,
Hampshire and Frederick, Morgan and Berkly 70 tho
S;so,,J TIIst the proposed State shall take upon
,tsoIF mat proDortion of the public debt OF the
Commonwealth Of Virginia, prior 70 tue 20 Oh ~
1861, and receive nn equitable distribution OF the
Third That all private rights and interest In lands
within the said proposed 81 ~. y, Scb ssns
ration shnI remain valid and secure under the laws
OF the proposed State. and shall be 1eteFmineo oS
the laws now existing in the State oil virginia;
FS,tytt That the lands within the proposed STATE
Of nurssident propristors shall not In any case be
taxed higher than the lands Of res'aentS '"0
boundary Of the proposed state: A..
FTfih. That no grants Of land, nor land warrants
issued v the proposed State. shall win any
rorrant heretofore issued from the land once OF
Virginia, which shall be located on ianas Wfh'h tue
proposed State, now Liable thereto .,,.,,
Sizsh That In any complaint or dispa AHa s
at any time ariso between the Commonwealth NJ tir
,nIa and Inc nroDosed State. after it shal become
An independent State concerning the meaning OF e1
scutlon Of the foregoing articles, the zane s" III
determined by six commissioners, OF whom two ahaII
BE- chsen by each of the parties. and the remainder
by the commissioners 40 first appointed. o.,
he 1t further enacted that tne sa ,tot
tan shall approve of erection of new State that
thsy NAV change the boundary line OF said STATE sc
"a to embrace other counties than those embraced IN
said proposed boundary. upon tho terms ana cohHi-
ons set forth in this act provided the people resid-
ing in Raid counties. adjoining tue olEluihg Ine. We
sire to be embraced IN said new state 80 H :" III
ciude the same, upon the terms and conditions SET
| T;rtS In This ACT. They may proceed to FIX day
posternr to this act on which the authority OF ths
| Commonwealth and its laws, under the exceptions
Aforesaid shall cease and determine :oreveE over INC
proposed State and tho said articles become solemn
compact unalterable by either, without tue consent
Re Il further enacted, that the said Convention
shall have authority to take the necessary proVlon-
al measnres for the determination 81 Tue aws over
the said new State: and to have full power and "u-
torty to frame and establish fundamenta' constr
tuition of Government for the proposed STATS am
20 DECLARE what laws shall BID in rco therein until
the same shall be- abroSated altered by the Legs-
IatiyS authority, acting under the CONSTITUTION 80
TO be framed and established o-..
s. BE il further enacted. that If said Convention
to meet rs aforesaid agrees to erect Rad western
Virginia into independent state: the CONSTITUTION
adopted by the Convention shall % Te!etteu och %
tile people within the limits of said state to he To-
ted on nv the people legally qTalihed TO vote &C
cordng to the Constitution adopted by the GonVen-
ton. at such time and places as may be nxeo on OS
the Convention. . II,
/ In the Supreme Courts Of Appeale OF the Common,
wealth, In Of formation OF new stare shnll
be where the parties reside In the limits OF tho new
State. Transferred to some point TO be hxed on by
the Convention within tho limits of the said new
State there be decided according to tho laws gov
! erning each case when the appeal was taken
/ 4 This act shall be transmitted by the Executive
grrss who are hereby instructed TO uae their best
euielvors to obtain speedy act TO the euees ABOVE
| specified.
Mr.. Ruffner said: The question, as I'M
| derstnnd is on the further consideration oil
i this bill made a motion yesterday TO
substitute tho minority report on this sub
| jert. As that motion WAS not properly be:
fore the House then ! make the motion
now. move the minority report of the
Committee on Division of the State, as a
substitute for the original bill.
! Mr. Arnold am really so unprepnred
to argue this question that do not know
what position this places the bill in.
suppose the proper way is to oFfer this reso'
luton as substitute here, and then TIT
question comes up whether that shall
be substituted for the bill.
THE CHAIR-The question is shall the
report ofthe minority be substituted fol
the bill. The bill is now before the House
for an amendment.
Mr.. ARNoLD-I would suggest out o
courtesy to the House that the gentleman
would withdraw his resolution until the
bill is amended and made complete anL
then his substitute can be offered and the
question be discussed on its merits.
hope he will do this in order that tht
House may have a fair discussion on thu
complete bill.
Mr.. RurrSER-I have attended to the
remarks of gentleman, and will say tt
him and to this House that it was to avoit
discussion that moved this substitute
and for the purpose of taking the sense o
the House whether they will go into I
general discussion of the question. Fo
my part wish to avoid it, and think thu
majority of the House wish to avoid it.
therefore decline to withdraw the suGsti
tutc.
Mr.ZrSN-I hope twill not be the pleasure
of the House TO adopt that substitute il
lieu of the bill that has been presented b!
the Committee That substitute declare
1t inexpedient to legisIate upon the subjec
at this time. Should that resolution go Il
the world, it does seem to me that it viii
Locorrv;uo npon ito face the evidence that