Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-26

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reee'''u u '''''' O'i''e Aw CAMPBELL, M.
Monday, August 26th, 1s6l-1w
The New state--The Vote of October
Next.
The opponents of a new State constitute
a very small portion of the people in the
thirty-eight counties named in the report
of the Select Committee. That report was
passed by tho decided vote of fifty to TWEEN
ty-eight, and the people whom the Con-
vention represented are still more unaui-
nous. We do not say that they are as
Unanimous under present circumstances as
they would be under different condition
of things. We do no! believe that they are.
Many who have been heart and soul for
division all their lives, have not been en-
Enthusiastically so for some short time back.
And the reason is obvious. They feared
that as a people we might be getting too
much on our hands at one time. This fear
was not without weight aud it has had
its effect in greater or less degree on al
most every body-eveu the most ardent dl-
visionists. We acknowledge its occur
renee to our own mind, and hence we were
not disposed to press the matter at the risk
of making it an element of distraction in
our councils-when there was 50 much
need of harmony. We are glad to know
that whatever there was of just apprehen-
sion on this point has been greatly tighten
ed, if not entirely dissipated by the good
feeling in which vote was finally arrived
at. Mr.. Lamb as one of the prominent OPP
pouents of present action, gave expression
to what we feel sure was the general feel
ing of his side of the house, when he said
that if it should be the pleasure of IL ma
iority of his fellow members to act ROW, he
was with them, and that the report being
once adopted, he should also in good faith
adopt it. The same feeling, so far as we
know, characterized the membership-at
least to such an extent as was equiv
alent to unanimity.
This being the case the friends of diTi-
sion have well grounded assurance that
the people will adopt the same harmonious
policy. We believe they will. We be-
lieve that they will in October next over
whelmingly ratify the action of the Con-
vention and decide upon the establishment
of the new State of Kanawhn.
We are free to say that if we had felt
even reasonably sure that ever such an
other opportunity would have occurred
for accomplishing what we have all so
long hoped and desired to accomplish, We
should have felt inclined to side with the
friends of postponemeut. We could easily
have imagined II better state of circum-
stances for effecting this great purpose,
than those which now surround US. Butwe
have lived long enough to know that imag
ination;is one thing and realization anoth-
err. and that there is nothing certain beyond
a present opportunity. And itwas because
we feared to trust the future that we felt
anxious about the present chance. There
was no guarantee what the state of things
would be in this State six months or
year hence. We might have the old State
of things restored in this State-we might
have a better-or we might have even a
worse. There was no knowing. No one
could tell. "Beware of the Greeks with
gifts in their hands" is the rendering of
famous Latin passage-and surely we
of Western Virginia have had an expert
ence with Eastern Virginia and with the
Valley and with extreme Southwest VIII
ginia, that ought to make US "beware,"
even with the fact that we have Union
friends in all those sections. five were
restored people all over the State of Vir-
ginia to-day, who imagines that Pharouh
would let the people go? Did not the
same people once cry to US to come to
Norfolk and Southampton and help them
Just as the King of Egypt cried to Moses
to stay the plague, and yet neither he nor
they let tho people go-nor lightened their
hurdens n mite. Our condition was only
worsted afterwards-for whereas we may
he said to have once had straw where
with 70 render the tale of brick, of late
years we have had none. We awakened
no gratitude that was ever either perma-
ueut or advantageous. Our experience
has ever since gone on increasing bitter.
This then was the condition OF things.
in the past, that the friends Of present ac-
ton were compelled to reason from and
TO act from. If they dismissed the subject
to-day what vas their hope of the NOR
rowR Was there ground for substantial
hopper They reasoned together day after
day, like brothers and like patriots, apd
heir best Judgment was that there Was NO
ustifyiug ground of hope. Why, then'
s''a' Sshsy have delayed2 Canary man
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