Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-01

AA7%Ae SNS9EA24N4 aAafBna4A7 County,
= An important contest iS at hand.-one
not between men-in which your personal
pFaleFeneeS are,tosbs consulted, but one
upon WntehJ perhaps hnugsi the perbStuity
otpuf glorious Union. 81 Y6N- are appealed
TO asi PATRIOTS to stand up ini defence Of
the OONsTrTuT1oS bsqueathed to ayou iby.
our evolutionary ;streS. Everything now
aePepds upon Yirginia9lEIf she stands
nrp IN e patriotic rssistunve to the heavy
SuFges Of dtspnion-if II she. rcpels the black
wave Of secession, all will be well, If she
gives way; at this awfully critical moment.
all VIII be lost. Virginia eau save tile
Union from utter destruction, and the.
country from anarchy and Ciesolation.-
Her example Will he potent for good or
evil. By her action will the other border
states De guided. Maryland. is On the.
very verge Of secession, aud is, perhaps,
alone controlled by the action of Virginia.
ief Governor has just assured MS that a
meeting OF her Legislature would iueyita-
1Iy pfecipltate her into the arms of the
:, southern ssecessioniSts. Let Virginia
atenu up as a.tnoHntatn of Rrahite against
this fearful purpose, and Miryiaitl. DeIa-
ware; Kentucky, Te6ueSsee and Missouri
VIII stand by her. 1t is for the peoffjie of
vIrglnta to vote Fightoh Monda next, aud
tue 'Sils spirit of secession will be rebuk-
eG' ana staggeE back into the haunts from
WHICH WI It should never have emerged. 1t
is tor you, men of Marshall County, to.
contri9ute your influence towards sitting
TINS hend among us. 81 Act like men and,
patriots, and the thanksiOf the good and
true everywhere, will. be yours while flu
ture generations will rise lp to call YOU
olessed. Let TREASON be put down, and
lanaticism secuted from among YOU. Do
tpls 10 the spirit of men worthy to possess
the land rescued from the tyrant.s grasp
AMI The tomahRwk of the -savages.
Bear in mind one fact, that Virginia
IsOfrl TI- can go with 4S0nthern ConfederaCy.i
Hsr interests are all with the great West
eastern virginia dare hang to the car of
South Carolina, certain disruption would
follow. She would inevitably lose all her
territory west of the Blue Ridge. She
wstthts-htstory warns bcr-het Gov.
eFnor says beWarel-her politicians trem-
Die the bare thought Of separution.-
Western Virginia, to man, must BE on
posed tossueh an I1nnhturdl connection MS
that of a Cotton ConfedcFaey. Will,
bothidivisions' of the State thus exercised
aud iuhuenced, secession cannot, under
any reasonable contingency, take place in
~ S.ltVl' 'ai g9fs :. H4G 8s.3its'l6 q4fF
~ - s14HlPortanti however, that tho voice
Of the people shalllhe elIeArd iu,the election
on Monday Twill have a selutary bearing
upon disafected States if Virginia rspu-
ppdiates the reasonable .Rgeucies now at
werk. To Virginia now, the friends Of the
g9ion, ryWhere,5 look as to 4, ~ mister
lug tanget, who is to exercise the dark
spirits now rendiug asuuder our IA.
ttonal bonds. Let the hopes of the brave
and true be. not disafFected Men,of Mar
hall betrue to yonr trusts. BE true to
the Rrtea name your bear-the ilIustrious
jnrist, who would rather have pnt his
6eBd upon the Clock. than 10 haze. given
utterInce to n sentence affecting the
standing of the proud temple. of Liberty
erected by the best blood and treasure oi
tile country. In the words of our great
countaymnn, the incompatible WASHING
ToN, uttered In his farewell address, prove
yourselves worthy of your Inheritance. by
"Indignantly frowning upon tue fiEst dawn
ing OF every attempt to ALLEVIATE any por-
tion four country from the rest, or to en-
feeble the s1cred ties witch now link to-
gether the various parts"
Go then early 70 the polls on Monday
next, aud vote for James Burley, who viii
properly represent you at Richmond.
'sst a. ARIsTEDEs.