Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-27

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4. Tint the proceedings Of t5is meeting
bsPabli lished Ia the Wheeling IaIel ltigtHeer
with n request thaea tEei WtIeeIsbg UTsEoT
.EsoPSs fgtg s.!t "a ,;ss3., - = ) q :
h ,sy yO9 motto the meeting adto1rned,
|. ~, ..,..,. 7ESRT. MIiLER, Pres't.
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IL ssssEaf, ID tFor the Iutelilgeucet.l 5}slatitr
il R9sl1tHTflqH sltHl OF Q.EIsy4ReEN1A.
5l!E hat .tt ,ysaa Once andf ie, 1CGsS--The
rs Her Frrsachery and hdDeGrpdaIfohs
4as tho unhappy controversy nov dis
ktraeil4g the country, Virginia, iNssa border
State, has assumed Il most responsible 10 2
lsition--a position which, in itself, apart
1 from other considerations, entitled her tos,
calm, patient sdjgnifeda hearing and
conservative menssboth North and South.
looked to- herq asilIdEing ltteipower to set
4 tie ;thea pnttorersyi without an appeal to
arm S.s ,tl0Ying n InanpfA AclurfngsianI; :,
cultural and commercial interest to -fos.
! Yer aad protects In common with the free
States besides her interest in tIleiipecu-t
llaE lion, = which, will ,su tIerGRI0re
Y! 4gna4 al hsE other interests If this fratri-
elaal STRIFE goes oni We. might have sup.
PSss9 tnat, actnatSd bY the instincts Of
elttpreser7Atfon; BY the svoice OF. our.
common hntnanity, By her loyalty ami
epatriotlsm; By her desire to hand down
tEouEsllberties3to to coming postertty, az p6re:
ana as 1nihp paired us they were reeeiyetli:i
| ina ord, 'l'y every high ana. holy 5tousti
eEatlon which can appeal to the hcartscf a
4 patriot, she would have Gdo1ted .eourse;
sprocecdGre worthy of her it1thcf great.
ness. But how has the Convention; met.
4 these responsibilities How has 1T re-
allied the expectations of those who;
.l!tngared so much from her proud and no.
l Bile. stand when treason ran rain TSant and;
'dhtk secession ruled the hour? When
Eve reflect on what they might have
done, and wlAt,they 6nsht to have done.
IN securing Southern rights, without sac
tflhcing Northern liberties that tIIev had
Itttn their power to have check ed this tfi9ofl
tiots treason atsits fountain head; that ty
their net ofsecesston they have ruined her
iiHredit. blasted her commerce; Injured the
trade 7' OF her citizens. disappointed the high
est hopes OF the country's friends, and in
liSlted a warintO her borders which Threat
ensto2detuge her soil with the Blood of
he1 own sons. We forget that she Cate
birth to n Washington, a ] Jefferson, a Hen.
1 ~, mud other noble sons whom we delight
to honor, in the remembrance thai the rn
iers who hAve,ruined hcrnrG such traitors
as Slashn, Wise, Pryor, Floyd, Ictcher 4
20; Andiwe lose sight other former glory
IN her present inhlmy; and degrodatiou.I
VINO could have Imagined such pure nat.
rtoiismas crowned 4ier early history would
Aa*e.degenerated Gntui such foul treason
ihey eyhaveassumedN n fearful res honsibiIity,
tandsas surei1s there fsn retributive JUS
tlce. dreadtitli will ibe thPirtreckOninc.' 'ef
Occupying MS she does central position
between The. Morn b aud the South .iand6be.
ht9g allied 10 botlllin. interest and iconnec!
tl4en. Vtrgt4ip might have acted .usan in.
EPartlal Umpire between the contenfitnP
tpHetle1SAndsher voice would have been
bullgIith "a ;dupliaiE tie. fsateP.
Z iotFttess nile isr ruler3. aSsumetl neutral
ground end;professed, conservatism, saying
tosthe poor oldi;imbecile and is!atraitnr
bminions, g bear. aud forbenr, ''sAt the same
time they were encouraging; treason in7the
South, c0nniving-Atathe seizure of Federal
property stAndiig Caltnl y,stnd Seeing the
nag oflbur .conntET,spit onlaud trniled in
ths dust without resentipg the tnsult,
AFTER Stx. weeks deliheratiOu in her Com
Tentton the WISE Henry A., the second
Daniel who lIAsic6me TO Judgment, sum
tulQned aiBao6 to help pMss an Ortiinanre.,of
secession. When passed, instead of re!
Eterring i back to the people for ratification
before acting thereon, and in vtblAtIon of
EaI!1 I!1Iawt2and aa:reckless disregard of the
FpeoRlelss rights: rthef Basternz part of the.
State ut once assumes an: offensive attitude
land open hostility to the General Govern
fmeht: The men who pcrpetratcI these
ttaItorous acts stand alone In their gloFS.
Fnnd it there is anything wanting to CONF
i.Ptete their tnfamy they have furnished III
AN e5insult offered to 1.-The meihorv Of,
Washington to the whole American.
people IN Growning his statue, with,ih
ineEro.3 = l9sIaG a+5 s5gt .59.sl
Eastern Virginia may submit to these