Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-22
A DIsPATcn from Richmoud, informs aS

DlaPATcH from Richmond, informs AZ
that Prof speetacles =HOleenbe, Who re-
signel his seat IN The Untveryity.t to be.
come candidate, made 81 6eIOq denl
speech in favor of the secession of the
State. That Is what he WAS expected to
do The University Of Virginia has been
a perfect rattlesnake's den Of traii6rS for
yearSi aud the taxes OF abe people At The
rate Of $4,000 a year, have gone to keep
it nn. There viii be change ID ithiS sort
Of thing. after while
THERE is some talk in the Couyentinn Of
adjonFling over till next fall. We take
this 70 be recognition Of the weakness
0fseeession DisuniOnists have discovered
We think, that they are not equal 10 the
task Of preeiPitating Virginia, that the
Convention Is NOT made up Of the right
sort Of material for such purpose, and
so We End some of them advocating
vacation Of the Convention, as a sort of
easing OF of their chagun and dtsappoiut-
ment. Not only 50, but they go still furIh-
er aud demand that the present COuveu-
tiOn shall be dissolved, aud. ia the interim
a new election shall be held for delegates,
so that when the Convention again meets
itlnay be composed of different materials,
which it is hoped would be more plastic in
thshands Of Wise, Pryor, and their co-ad-
TUTORS. The present Convention was elect
ed, they say, almost without any canvass
which is eminentIy true. Bat who
hurried TAP that election! Who thrust the
Issue, without time for elaboration, upon
an unwilling people. Who forced theDs
into an election. called az such short no.
tiec, aud 10 opposition to their wishes r.
Why these very disuniouists, who now
claim that time was not afforded for delib-
Grafton, and that consequently the Conven-
ton ought to be dispersed, aud. it that
eauuOt be accomplished in any other way,
i, ought to be done tat the point of the
bayonet,n as Capt. o. Jennings Wise words
it. These pretty gentlemen had 1t all their
own way in the ordering of the Convention
and the appointing of the election, and
have failed miserably. Thtir tragedy is
about to become farce, aud they instead
of6guring as the heroes of a revolution,
are about to become the clowns Of
wretehed comedy. This Is the goad that
drives them to such desperation, and this
accounts for the hideous antics with
which some of them are disgusting all
decent people.
No, gentlemen, not qnife so fast. Every
dog must have his day. You have had
yours, and now comes the turn of the peo-
pie. You have done your .littIe air 10
ruin their interests, and you need not be
surprised Il, In return, they sink you in
irretrievsble infamy. You desire ii, and
will, We hope, get your deserts You have 8
held the seins, and driven MS s.Iiks dumb
driven CATTLE since time immemorial. In
the good providence of God, the tables are
turning, and the people of virginin Ars be- !
ginning to assert their indefeasablc rights
and when they speak, the petty tyrsnts
about Richmond msy well tremble
As for assembling new Convention at
the instance of the disuniouists, it is sim
ply ridiculous They have NO shadow of
right to ask it. They submitted their case
To the people under circumstances the
most favorable to them that could be inn
agined, aud verdict Was rendered against
them. OF course they would like 70 try
it again, since they would have ali to gain,
and nothing TO lose But who does not
know that il an election were to DO held
tomorrow, the result of the other would
not only be confirmed, but secession would
be swept almost out of the State. Even
that expedient would do the cause OF Dis-
union in Virginia no good
Bat thore is no need of repeating the
dose. The people are tired of this thing;
they have had enough Of disauIontsm and
Convention They want TO get clear Of
both as speedily and eaeetualIy as posi-.
BILE. But since Convention has been as
sembled, and kept in session Till this time.
At an expense of some $4,000, it would
be well enough for it to take the matter of
the equalization of taxes in hand, give to
West that justice which has been 50 long
denied, and then adjourn siae die.
orR friend Han, Of Wetzel, continues to
be the recipient Of very blum treatment at
The hands Of the Convention at Richmond.
Every motion he makes, somebody always
follows up BY anUther-tU lay il on the Ia
BILE; and the of it is thar it always
prevails, and Leonard is invariably tabled.
On Thursday, for instance, he moved as
follows:
ResOlr.d, That The Committee on Fed
eral Relations are hereby instructed TO re-
port The Contribution OF the Confedcmted
States IS VirginiA's uftimaium. and that
they recommend the same TO the Northern
States OF this COniederacy for their adop-
uon OF rEjection, aud, In order TO give
then time % act on The same. thIs Conven-