Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-18

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Il Is time now that the people of West
ern Virginia should prepare themselves for
what is to come. The foftphtion Of A new
Slite, and me I'd o. 4 q IN, zion.
and government il aceordance therewitb
must now engage their attention. Recent
events show that this is inevitable. and
upon it depends the future prosperity, and
thar constitutional liberty which has been
our boast in times gone by-nay, the very
existence OF us IS a community for, in the
Judgement OF amaghanimous people, the
chance Of rnin is always preferable to the
certainty OF dishonoF and perhaps the to-
ihI destruction of their liberties. Then let
us consider the matter calmly and deliber-
ateIy-hFst as 20 our geographical posi-
By looking ever a map Of the United
States, it will 6s seen that the natural Ji-
rection of our trade (Which will always
govern the commercial relations of a
State) points every way except To that por.
ton OF country compoEag the Southern
ConfederaCyi especially that part of Vir-
ginia lying east Of the Rlue Ridge. The
shortest way-in fact thfoniy prTcticable
way-to its Capital, Richmond, is through
the territory of another State. and bv lie
means afforded by the dpital and enter
pIise of another State. There is no part
of oar commercial, agricultural or manu-
facturing prosperity forkhich we are in
debted to the legisRtiVeb policy of our own
State. Singular as 1t My appear, we are
indebted for them to thsEapitul, enterprise
aud even legislation of 4her States. Our
own State, on the contrfy, has oppressed
US with unequal taxes dr the making of
internal improvements-ot a gigantic scale.
for the benefit Of sectiI 10 whose interests
are diametrically oppoIed to ours, and
from which we could rehp no manner of
benefit. Onr merchantshud manufacture
ers and their employees have borne the
principal share of the btFdeu, and now it
is proposed TO place US 4 q situation that
will be their utter ruin. II the manufac-
turing interests had bee4 fostered by judi
cious legislation, and III masses been re-
lieYed to some extent iOf the burden of
taxation by equalizing & only for the last
ten years, our populHti9p aud wealth at
this day would have betI ten fold what it
is.. Manufacturing. eoDdercial and agri-
cultural interests are toh great extent de-
pendent on each otherzGIoiiy so, except
where the attention Of kgriculturists is
only turned to produeingi9 4 leading staple
exclusively for foreign nhrlet.
Suchis the disease, All now what is
the remedy No deep-sdated malody is
cured except BY a bitter dnse-no deep
wound is healed but by q painful opera-
tion. Shall we then q f4irenlis hesitate
about applying the pHl1 irpmedy in our
Power2 Let US rather sPpIy-t the knifenn
cut of the offending mgmber-rid our
selves of the detaying cofpse which has
so long ciogged car footsteps. Is ,his dis.
loyalty? is this treason Western Virgin
ians have long hesn dsnoaneed as aholi-
tionists by the people of lie East, when
they had demanded their rights-equAl
representation 9nd tlEatioa--and only the
promise that ne should have them in 1865
has been wrung fEOm them as the piece of
gold from the grasp OF q dying nfser.
The recent outrage of turning US over
to government With which we have no
sympathy, and with which we can have no
interest by any ppssibility-the taking
away rom Us of the.right Of choosing our
own representatives IN legislative bodies
the insult OF telling US to vote ON the
question of the equalization of axes aud
reserviuR the power 70 make it nulIity
whenever they might. see it-tle tramp
linE under foot Of the COnstitutiol by max
ing an, er Paat faeto lRw-by admitting
,Souihern Confederaey TO vote ID our ques-
tious and to ogeraTe Union men nj
the polls, sEheR the Fsdenl s troops
we're prohihifed from nasinU over