, 1861-05-17
THE WHEELING oosvEsx1bN.


VAL AEo0 AAA A4&NA1Ns@
:: Was1tlAa. Va. May is, 1851.
With the Union mea OF: :North-western Yir.
gtnia It has been fof: some time f3regane
concuslon tt&:, the Convention assembled
mere mere to.aay' "ouid 30 success In mora wa5s
s{acs Friday, the ds,es .tss ~<h.ve been
day were crowded: 9Th people, and aImoet
striped with figs. # #at amusing to see two
steamera that we're ina business poiut Of view
diam etrlca'ly o2p1sed to each oth-r, come
down the river bound together, and 90 ihropged
With re0p}e and bsGners III It We could Aardlg
have distinguished one rom the other
In Central por u Of the city Governor
Lotchtr and B. a Wlae were gu pended in
tHlgy. and saW crowd of people hu1rahipg
foe the Union and- crying deato to traitors
Au over the city the en1husi .sm Is intense,
hard cider in "'40" Nearly thirty counties
are reprtseuted here, and there Is hope Ia Ill
of b stter day.
Speech were made during the esrly part
OF the 1o'n'ug> from the -veraudah cf the
MefSum House." to an i'm mepse crowd Of
people, and strong Union sentiment was
h{eathtd with uaoounded approval. TIE Hon.
Wm. G. Blown, Of Preston county, nominee
OF the Unlon party for next Consrese. was
called for and responded in his usually plain,
s1rais ht forward stsle He vas in favor Of do
u 6 all tha' could be done to heal the Difficult
~ coV /, A1hs1caA FNkkQAt "0A1A A04 dfL
with the Vest without struggle, there VAS
It one way to act Hs advised coEcil alton
and fr1nefe, and hoped that every one bsfore
him 1t thas the State cuuld not exist as q
wnole If any norttr q Of 1t should 20 with the
S!1>heEn Confederacy.
Coarf, at the desire Of the people. and with
but one dissenting voice, has ordered the polls
Tor tue usua| elections to he opened in this
oletrlet At the propar time, In opposition to
Gov. Letcher's proclamat on requiring the
election to be postppned III after the vote on
elected bY an over xhaniug majority to Con-
gress-. 10 fat, his opponent, ssaionist,
cannot induce the people 10 one Of our coun-
try to WIS to hear him
It is aim st impos .ib1s for you at Chfcagoto
appreciate the POSITION o. affairs In this por-
ton OF Virginia Thou2h the people are uni
I'd t3 unit on the question ot seeding frcm
the East, yet it is hard for 1hsm to tpuoss
thtig o ~n state--it ia hard to cut loose from
all the ties that Rave bound them as a common
p6otIa together fo1 80 many years--:t is hard
to taG to their friends ovtr The all. phsnies
and Blue Ridge, thst there can 10 q more
brother looi, nor any m.re OF the old and
Cherished relations. But then theY feel that
i will never do to let these ~estefn counties
be lead over the brink Of disurion into the
whirlpool ofre5t 1'ion ag inst the General Gov
ernment- So with these opposing fes irga,
Ia~ StAsSAItoA etkLtuH Atft 10 u9y3 VIII uaf6
much to cohttnd with and much to overcome.
Il Woutd b5 Useless for INT to go int. 4 dis
cussloR OF the causes that brought about 8
vote for seepssion in the Richmond Conven-
ton: The Uniou ojosfty was large ore Tor
weeks; but simul1aueoutly with the fire On
Sumser there WIS q change Some aay that
Fry or ta1 tue managsu ent Of it in his nanda,
and others claim that portion OF the mem
GETS we're bought. At any rate, the State Tas
voted out, a1d thr people who gave atthe polls
maj erty of60 0G0 for nlou, n ere to al inte1ts
and p1rpos-8 portion OF tbs Southern Co 3ted-
: esca7. Now, If Wes' EN- Va. follows the }ead Of
the aetesn part Of the State, we will be in sad
tx INDEED, eu'rlunded % We would be in
that eyenf, With hostility on every side. and
not the least chance OF succor. But if the
West will hold fast to the Stsrs and Stripes,
the peop'e will be secure from BARN and iude.
penden; Of danger. More than that does
seem to close observer th It this portion Of
Virginia msy be instrumental In bring
ink about q settlement Of The present
difficulties, standing al she DOES, like
9 grt at road between two seas Let US hope
then, that the Convention assemtl.d here to
day may be characterized by frmnes. and
just appre iatian OF the impcr;ant 5osi.jon it
occuples in the minds Of the thoug ghtfol and
patriotic al! ever the lsnd.
Major O .kes of Tbs U 8. 4. is here at pres.
EFT. recruiting In comranies It IA presumed
that QUE Of Two regiments will be in csmp on
the Island in few daYs. IA fact the love of
the dear OLD Ing is in every her t in this city,
aud am eura at the people of OHIO county
will be found as loy8l to the Govtrnme nt as
any Ia the UoioD. Remember that it Is ea-isr
to be q stau1 ch frtes to the Vast ington Gov.
eminent. in llinois-iuuch easier-.ha. in
Virginia.