Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-28
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WHEEL1N0, VA, 2Tth August, II

DKAR SIH:-fouE favor Of the Z4th inst
Is this moment received was the only
member of the Senate, 50 far as l now re-
collect, except Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, Who
avoEed oPenIy upon the door Of that body,
a willingness 70 vote for the resolution ap-
proving the action of the President be-
IieVe the President acted not only within
the strict line of constitutional duty. in
refusing TO acknowledge the command OF
the Judiciary contained IN the Writs of ha-
beas corpus directed TO the military who
had In charge the bodies Of those accused
Of reasonable eondaet, but if he had not
done so, he would have been untrue to
the Consultation and his oath of Ofhce.
also believe he did right in calling for
troops TO enable him TO execute the duties
imposed upon him By the Constitution
do not, hoTeTeT, think the Attorney Gen
erals opinion Is Justification, or Is coz
rect legal Argument.
IpIsee the Presidents right 10 disregard
the judicial mandates upon higher and dit
ferent ground He Is sworn 10 protect and
defend the Constitution, and TO see that
the laws are faithfully executed. II a eou-
spiraey exists 70 destroy the Constitution
and obstruct the due execution OF the laws,
it would be strange, indeed, if he had not the
right to arrest and detain the eouspirators,
bat had the right TO assemble armies, and
upon the field OF battle TO shoot not only
the couspiratOrs themselves, but thousands
of others, the dupes aud victims of the orig
matters OF the rebellion. A prompt arrest
of the authors of all oar woes by the late
executive, would have uipped the eonspi-
raey in its bud, and saved Us from the ruin
brought upon the country BY the traitors.
Il would be q libel upon the illustrious
authors of the Constitution, 70 suppose
they would require of the President uu-
der the solemnities of an oath, the per-
Torrance Of \ duty, and not ciothe him
with full aud ample powers to keep his
oath The maxim, inter GnHu siLeat IegSS, is
as old rs the Law itself, and was as we'll
known TO the founders Of our government
as il is TO their descendants. You suppose
the proposed boundaries of our new State
too small. The wealth and power of a
State are not dependant upon the extent Of
its territory. Il depends moreuPou a COM
munity Of interests, and homogeneous
ness Of people and interests. We can no
more connect with us the Southwest and
the valley, than We can the Piedmont or
Underwater districts. Why2 Because our
interests are dissimiiar, and our markets
lie in different directions; and by connect
ing them with US We would defeat the very
OF n SEphEatiOu- u1NG GhS ~ 9AA4
some remarks made BY me in the CouTen-
ton on the 18th inst, some paragraphs
upon this subject:
Mr. CARLILE-The gentleman talks of
controlling Eastern Virginia by a legisln-
tive majority. Sir, We never had, and
venture to say, never will have, majority
in the Legislature Of Virginia
Now, sir, when gentlemen speak of the
West, they speak of it as defined by q ma
tural line. Sir, in political sense, there is
no West, and never has been, save the
Northwest. That is the fact as the records
aud tue journals of the Legislature for the
last BALI century will testify. The only
West, in its political sense, is the North
west. Where was the fight made and the
battle fought-as my friend from Wood
lMr. Van Winklel well knoWs-but in the
Northwest
Mr.. Vas WIxKLE-In the Valley.
Mr.. CGRLIEE-Iu how much of the Valley.
Dir. VAN WIxKLE-EearIy all.
Mr.. SIXTH, of Marion-Yes, and in the
Mr. CARLLE-Yes, in the easu Wise
fought for it. You had Wise over there
then; but where is he now7
But, sir, look at the lines Of improve
ment in Western Virginia outside of the
Northwest Where do they lead2 Where
is the railroad that peuetrRtes Monroe and
Greeubrier and the whole Southwest? It
is the road that runs from Richmond
And the canal that has its commencement
there and extends on into Coviugton2-
They all lead into and connect with the
east. 1t is idle for gentlemen to talk of
any other west save the Northwest. All
the rest and residue Of the State is bound
by iron bands and commercial ties to the
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have any commercial interests or inter-
course with us.
Sir, in looking 20 this, for the drst time
in my life, last fall ] travelled through the
entire Southwest. saw these things for
myself, and If gentlemen have never been
there they cannot appreciate tie utter inn
possibility Of ever forming anything like
business connections between that portion
OF the State and this. The wealth of
CrGsus would not construct q single line
of Improvement, running anywhere from
the Northwest into the Southwest, and
even If it were possible to build CONNER
eial lines il would be an unnatural diree-
tion for trade.
Look at Delaware, but three or four
counties, yet one Of the richest States in
the Union. Look also at New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts,, Maryland,
win her II counties but II 10 useless TO
enumerate. Give us the boundaries in the
first section Of the ordinance and in TWEEN
~ years our State will have more people
than all Virginia has to-day and Wheeling
will have passed Pittsburgh in the race
for population, wealth, manufactures and
commerce and you and every land holder,
the moment the State is admitted into the
Union, will have added 70 the value Of
your lands from so 70 500 per cent.
The argument that our separation would
emharrass the Government is answered by
the fact that il Il will do so Congress is as
likely to know il as we, and will refuse to
admit US az 4 State into the Union, and
that is an end Of it. Upon this branch of
your letter for further answer I would in
yite your attention to another extract from
the speech before referred to
I have been astounded at listening to