Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-02
Caesday HOrning. April 2. 1881.

II aROLaer place viii be found q FiRuia.
can't article from the PbiIadeIphis Raiiroad
aHd NIaiag R4gittrT. on the relation, Of the
Panhandle TO PeansyIrania aud Ohio. To
the Pc pie Of the four PanhaadIe couu,ie,
this qusstiOn Of their future iG. ia the in
ereasing periis of the bOar, growing more
and more momeHtoua. or one Thing We
feel convinced, that Whatever ua4iSs thing
Virginia may do, under the guidance Of
bad men ia the East, this PauhandIe peo-
pie never eau consent 70 sever the bonds
that bind as by all the ties Of interest
and friendship to our sisters on either side.
Their interests are ours, and 70 must be
their destiny We cannot escape il If we
would, for our position places Us At once
in their clutches. If The question shall
ever become one of force. Doubtless a
very large majority Of the people OF the
Panhandle would gladly see an arrange.
ment entered into by which the Panhandle
would be transferred to the State of
Pennsyiyania bnt il would still
be q question whether 1t would
be the duty Of the Panhandle, as IL would
certainly be its interest, to consent 70 such
an arrangement aud abandon TO their fate,
whatever it might be, the adjoining coun-
ties Of Northwestern Virginia. While the
Panhandle is more enviroued by the States
Of Ohio and Pennsylyauia, we must mot
forget that the Sympathies, the ineItnatioas
and interests Of all the Northwest are en-
PhnticaIIy identical with our owu. They
are now, as We are, in the midst Of great
struggle to free themselves from Eastern
shaekles-A struggle which promises to
terminate in the severance Of East and
West into two distinct peoples, or which,
at the least, bids fair to erect new State
in the Northwest. There is every evidence
that the people Of at least two Congress
siOnal Districts adjoining the Panhandle,
like it, will not be dragooued into a South
eEn Confcderacy. Their press is beginning
to speak the sentiment of an aroused popu-
lace. We copy to-day, in another column,
n strong aud stirring article from the
Ws.ttr" Nrrgiaian at Grafton, which re-
fleets truly, we believe, the wishes Of the
people Of that section. All the live papers
throughout the Northwestern counties are
taking similar ground, aud any one con-
versaHt with the temper Of their people,
knows that a feeling of Indignant aud de-
termiued resistance TO any further oppres-
sion from tue East, is rapidly becoming
general.
In a grave crisis, then, such as may
arise, what would be the duty Of the Pan
handle towards the people of the rest Of
the NOrthWesti What do you say, gem
tiemen Of the interior and river counties.
would be our duty {? And more than that.
what would be yours ? And what would
be your action for it is time to think
about things that may have to be done.
We are all united in interest; will we be
united in action Eastern Virginia might
now be willing, In order to rid themselves
ofits pOliticalpower, to barter the Panhandle
of to Pennsylvania, Notwithstanding the
Weighty revenue we pay into the State
co5erS; they might now be glad to be rid
of the Ieaven that is leavening the whole
of the West But would the West agree
to i'll Could she afford to lose the co-op-
Grafton of the Panhandle eOuu,iss7 We
think not
Its time this question were being can
yAssed. Is the Northwest to lie supinely
on her back, while the hours are big with
events that may determine her destiny for
veal or wOe-When the most important
questions ever presented to this people are
in the process of ISOLATION? The time
seems TO be approaching when the issue
must be met, and looked square in the
face, and the people of Northwestern Viz.
giniA may have to meet it What then is
the temper Of the people, and what do
they propose to do7
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