Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-17

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Grs6sssn oMfTisiP0 tts lats Grand Js,y Qr otto
The Change delivered yota are auure MAS
p0ft.i do MT pTttrnd to pFUlueait in Ils t1rinef
iai2uHRe may pesstbiy have omitted some yeIIal
tApicssiVrs which med Oh the tJlsief, 1,i itS S
!SrTy and which Uf you u nj u Ish Fsf,t,Iis
lsEr %mtnsl nnthLn2 phfP0'sly; have intro
direct RnI Immediate dedpCtUn Of what Was tlen
" ttShnot AFFECT the general Cdiidtiun Of the
SHnnllILl hol'e II uay pruve useful IN maintaining
Law and order Rin, .liE uur-elNts.
with Sincere hRAlect, am Your Fe low-citfzCn.
GGo. W. THOMPSON.
CentIsoien Of The Grand Jary:
| We. are convened again under the
most solemn und affecting circumstances
tn the discharge ut uur respective duties.
Surrounded as we arc l,y excited passions.
under the Influence, us VIC must lie, i,f
conflicting enlntinns arising out of Onr re.
latIMls tn the double sGyereiSnties which
constitute our form of government. and
bntiIof which now claim lurl nlicsinnce.
we are in conflict in when we must de.
term'ne the fatal choice. Fatal it must
be, let the choit c lie us it may, for upon
tllnt choice depritls uur line Uf rNndnrt,
whctllernlr aid ami 0ur rsympnthieS shall
be with the government If tile UniOn.oUr
with the action Of. u majority of tile Ten.,
pie otgtlic State in opposition tn that g,iv-
ernmeIlt. Let tile eliuicC be ns it may,
there Will bc sad memories Of tle mast:
there may he s"rrows aud regretful luem-
priGs for The future. Menwhnare Thought.
less-who are governed .ly the impulses
OF the mplncnt, and whose minds are not
awakened tn reflection, or wlm have sell
tiSh or ambitious views tn GRITTY. may
decide at oneei mny act " til the fatal
nrgmptitude Of passilll, or the sinister
decision @i nnll,itiulrand policy, hut there
ntc "tilcrs. aud they aic many. who can
feel tlnt tie scHrr upon tile heart prl.
duced bv this conflict never can lie heated,
aud the cliUive. however determined, is to
them, if not fatal, ns,ni aud melancholy
one. These cHnsidera;i us should teach
Must 4l US iOrl rl.earanre uIe to another.
hesc questions we must determine
upon our own shlcmn Responsibilities.
You. eaeil of you have this day sworn tn
discharge Your duties ti the Common.
wealth of Virginia; .'yNu;shaIl diligently
enquire and true presehtment make &c all
such rnatters MS may lie given you in
clinrge, Gr GOmetO ynlr knowledge hmcIi-
ing the presehtaeryiGs:: .yuh shall present
nv person through ill-Ivill, nnr leave at,;y,
uRprcseutell through fear ar favor, hut III
all your preseutmeRts ygu sii,dl present
the TRUTH tho Whole truth aihI noflIiup
Lut tic truth, so help yHu God. /" IhisiS
the furm uf your oath, resting and Lind.
ing ulnm SGur eTnsuienreS during the
present service; mt only during yonr
prcSGnt service. hut 80 lnn:. ns yuul remnin
citizens Of Tie Commonwealth, for tIint
which it lS your duty by this uuth tt,- I'M
force against others, ii is yo,ir duty "a
obey aud enforce IN your own lives and
conduct. &8#
The oath is Of IL duuliIe ASPECT; itsen-7
forces your duties t0t the Gnmm0nwrnIth.
aud il purgcs Your hearts frum Ill ill.wil
and fear and favor as it regards intlivi,lsi
ualS ar glasses in the community urnn
this s,'lcmn ndiurNti0n YOU are called IN
on to dlscllnrSe these twmind duties.
But upnn hin who prestles over YOUR
deliberations, and Whose duffy It is t,I riyer
y0u IN charge the law in regard t1 al,
matters tuuEliing your present service, n
more comprehensive, ii mt II .nure S0l
emu duty is impUsel. Ii you. net ii NAV
he upun the passion, the prejudice. the
want of learning or tile puSilIanimiiv ar
improper m"tiveUf your presiding ufficef
Surrounded by the difficulties Of tile times.
knowing what nue tile ra<siuns aud the
rrejudicrs Cf men. but recurring to those
principles nf truth and If long settled
c0n'iuut which the past nff;ur,i:fur mv.gni-,
dance, and lDt'kinS5tn the future, wien
our government in some form shall settle
down upon some elements Of firnlhcssand
stnbility, and l'nking tn tile ArIiter of
ALL, that hostatll in this hour Fnf trial
cleanse inc from passion and prejudice.
curne with yUL To the k6lcnin discharge of
my obligations to the government of the
Uniun aud Of the State.
Before was permitted tntakemy seat
upon this Observation-Disclosures the law lie
tween man and rildni betsseeii iIi,lh aud the
commonwealth IN tile enforcement of its
criminal laws, was nbiiSctl tn take nm
oath to snpp9rt tie SEhnstitulinn of the
United States lnthe third section of the
sixth article of that instrument it is pro-
yided that ''the Senators and Rcpresen.
tatives before mentioned, and the nep,..
Jers gt he &eeerdt Stlte Lsgisld ldtGrsa. and
allexeculive aud judicial officers bOths6f
the United States aud uf tho several
Stutes shall be lNfuiId by oath Or affirma-
tinn to suppnrt this Constitution" by
the net uf the ratification Of Virginia,
aa"ptcd Units highest sovereign cnpncity,
it not only permitted but ii required mr.,
as it Obliged all its members Gf tile legis-
latHre aud all executive and judicial ufFii-
GERS to tIlke stlIf,n our .cnnseiences this
tlailiof allegiance aud tl' maintain this
constitutional supremacy: the members
of the LegisMtnre. Tint theY sllnmIil mning