Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-21

uhu uu opportunity OF making the eNpIn-
nation hei desired; thar now, ds' two OF three
spseehesi have been imhde e7Dn the other
.ideer and EiewsIof he .gsnllgmen from thei
Northwest have gone and will now. 20 be-
fore the country. tltat may be allowed to
renew the motion that this question De laid
Npoaith table z-h2l iff.i IN eHi ie lntns 7ei
fRS absse EsasFks.s Of Sir. Fisher are
ai They shOMiin thet6rst PLACE
1whhtd xeyal sort Of u mamie, personally,
Is, and In the next reveal the game tho
secesstBbtsts are playing. MI. FISHER, for
instapee. has holy horror, in oac breath.
of tampering with ahsimplied pIiglTted
faith; yet. in the next, makes the fiat,a
shameless proposition to swap OF with Mr.
Brown, and 70 Five the West her rights
the Nest will ioaly go in for an ordinance
of seesssions IliEsifE ssH -aai. Iiie ssqa
Z Afl&rll lhrs: Fishers gcshes SFr 7T6rHet Of
Jackson, WHO Is always counted by tho
Western men, either. as, a secesstonrst or
as SO very ''cOnlingedt' on tIis Union
question ns not to- be reliable under even
a slight pressure, However this may be,
he has done pretty well on the tax ques-
tion, and in accordance. with our custom OF
invariably giving the devtt-hts dues, we
submit his rtmatks: s@eat- 'ss tEiata
Ma NTGRSERZI merely desire to Say n
few words in reply TO a IemnElS Of nv
friend from, Northampton, (AIr. Eishertli
(which Casts sOme impnt0tiOn upon nthe fair
dealing of gentlemen upoa-thfsi floor from
the Sorthwest .ip3 irelAtlonit0 the question
of taEhtlopg sItlo not notlundersland-andi if
p hadthelC Code of Virginia. here containing
the new Constitution of the State, l could
shoW1ztlat Hthe present lCOnstitutionlrin
any way attemptsito to interfere with the
questioned !taxatio in the future; that It
Ponly provided for the time andfthe manner
in Which,tbe taxation Was to be distributed.
II only provides for n re.RPportionmentjo of
representation in the1year sl865, and does
not contemplate in ,itsl Language, in any
swlateiYer, !i that a Copyeption, was. to
be held at tlat time. | do not presume
that any gentleman for one moment pro. pro I {
poses zthnt any CouVentton,s bylitsi action,
cans bind the people of y State SO as to
prevent them, thr0ngh their. Legislature,
from calling apotfer Convention, whenever
they desire TO do so. Ia reply 10 Gthe i'm.
pntntion .againsts she gentlemen on this
floor from the EoriliwestsPU-pOrtion of the
Stnte, 7Call attention to tlio act
E9f Tho Legisl sailing this Gouventton
together, the very, language of4which is
E4suseePtible OF only one construction. The
f. ,'tAtthesaais time the said CommtssiiSon
Iers aud officers shall open S.senarotc poll
70 tplfe the sense o9f the qualified voters. as
ITO whether any action of said Convention
i.4issolving our connection with tliG Fede-
liFaI Yni9n, or ehaqgip The oTgsHic law oI
the SSka(e shall he sst1frnittad HI t,a Jnall
{ple for rlti tifcatipp or reteetiOp.n y
ii IL ts tF1e .tbe Leg prei could not have
sontrol over the subjects which would DC
brought before the Convention when il
was assembled; and fair Interpretation oI
this mater is that the Legislat1FeL fnteul
I ded--nt least this was the view conveyed
| the people the Westran,l think It is
fair interpretation uf thetuct itselEElhat
the Eegislature reicOntsmplated WlIcnit con.
,cludsd to enllg thfsGC Convention; that. the
| organize lawlshOulagbe tchanEedd ii know
nothing about any arrangement or under
Standing with the last sConYentipn, and
upon the face of the Constitution then
adopted there is tiothinS to showtllat there
Twas any understanding $40 the4uturt
action Of the Northwest 1fpon this question
of taxatioh. And itiis known by the gen
Iuembuifrom athe East that the people ot
the West ihtYs been agitg1iug thistquestiou
| before the Legislature in order to Obtain a
new C6hventioh for the purpose Of discus.
| sing this qlesti6dg off 9fii eaiii sefsa 7
rs One word more, hnd,I have done! The
bid that tbeigentlemanct ctlitows oiit,tIy Tor
one OF the gentlemen from the North West,
cannot accept came here without re.
ferenee3ito ithe5qnestion of tnxatiun7partfu. tn
nlsrlly, but 90 d.oilyhAtF is my duty ifo,pru-
mote The ~, interests and welfare, and to pre-
serve the honor OF 'ths State. That duty
bIwillP perform! under all eiFcum stances, so
far nsl know how pbnt7at the same time
Should press, With whatever ability IsYas
possessed of, other questions of more 10
cal interest, which I edeem Of vital imHbtr-
tance to the people represent. h;UBon this
question of Federal Relations think that
in considering the Question, I'VE should look
at 1t ms common ciHzeDs of the whole State,
With a view 70 the welfare and the honor
| of the entire Commonwealth; but when
ilXe come to consider other QUESTION: OF
llocalsinteTest they shonld receive thhfTel
gree Of Interest which thelrplocnl .ihnpot-
tdnce demands. l would suggest, TO the
gentleman that -befora. he.tFics to induce
NottReH Western mem to tgst, ,rsouuder,i be
sFP9nld ID fqa out s9pe ndpeemept to hold
10 put TO bis Eastern friends to make them
come up TO the marx. 1 think that If
A-lllttG low GOWN on
the question cof States itBightsI they are
shaking hands with Eastern men who are
edually as low down upon. The subject as
themselves. ..s4..,i..s, &C.,, .5-.z.g
But there is another suggestion which !
wish 10 indKe IN this lebnHecIioT.s fftse To-
q poiTto0f order II ERus sa6mittedp on
Satug4ilaaR. III do 4ok know .WbethtrtRhs
qdesttoP was decided OF. not, IL lyas, sub.
mittedS that tesoIuttons are nov upon lie
Table directly looking. to. this question,
which geSolutions5 i vii, call the sttention
OF the Chair 70. Those rssoIuttons look
precisely JaE6hiy7 clothed In diffsfght Ian :
|Kuagerato thg samH result gTbeslar5apoa
tue table and before any RESOLUTIONS, look
ing to the same object can be suhmitied,
those resolutions on the table; Of tie same