Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-18
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We print to-day an excellent article
from the Parkersburg Gazette. The G0zette
sees in the present crisis Of our State aud
national affairs the golden opportunity of
Western Virginia to rid herself of the de-
cnyed aud burdensOme partnership Of East
ern Virginia, and thinks that instead of
attempting reconstruction of the whole
State, We should go to work and lay the
boundaries of New Virginia, and become a
State to ourselves. We confess to strong
sympathy with the proposition of the Ga
zette. Our readers know how long and
earnestly we have pressed the necessity of
this division, and now when it seems al
most within our realization we can hardly
Rcquiesce in any of the proposed substi-
tutes for an immediate division. But. not
withstanding this prediction which we
entertain in favor of the GGzefte's views,
we, at this time, have made mp our minds
TO forego it, and to choose rather the plan of
a reconstruction of the whole State gov
eminent We make this choice from the
necessity of the case rs much as anything
way of it we would say, let us cut loose
from Eastern Virginia just so soon as our
Legislature can be assembled and the con-
sent of Congress be obtained. But there
is too much that is imprncticable at this
time about this course. The difficulty in
ascertaining who is with us and who is
against US among the counties in the valley
is alone an obstirle of an almost irsur-
mOuntable kind. We should desire to see
the whole Valley of the State with US.
Likewise we should desire to see the South
Western portion with us. At present
many of the counties of these sections are
OTerrun by the secession soldiery and they
are in no condition for "a canvass of the
question of a new State. But this view
of the matter presents only one obstacle
Another is that it is undoubtedly the wish
aud the determination of the Government
TO restore every State back into the Union
just as it went out, and it may we'll be
considered doubtful whether, under the
circumstances, we could obtain the neces-
sary assent of Congress until first the
whole State had been brought back into
the Union. This is difficulty scarcely
inferior to the other one we have mentioned.
But there is this to be said of the Ga
Eette's Views-(the same that was said OF
Mr.. DOrsey's resolutions) THAT there is
danger in passing by the present opportu-
nifty. 10 connection with the Southeastern
section OfIhc State, Eastern Virginia has
always ruled US. And when we are return
ed again to tue Union, she will. no doubt,
attempt to resume her old sway over u.s.
1t therefore becomes the Convention now
sitting in our city, to so shape their action
IN the lNbOrs which are before them, so that
the question Of future division, and not
distant future either, shall be kept pre-em-
nently in view. The people of Western
Virginia will never, and ought never to be
satisfied with anything short of a division
OF the State; and that division should be
put in train at once by this Convention, so
that it may be secured at the earliest pos
sible moment. We submit then, to our
friends of the Gazette, il this programme
will not answer the eud which it has
in view. We trust it will; and that we
shall have no diversity of sentiment or ad-
vOcacy among us on mere question OF
time. The Convention, without probably
single exception, are in favor OF divi-
sion of the State. Their difficulties are
those which We have presented, so far
as we understand them. Let us meet
tbpse dtala~i.;-s uUw in the only way in
which We can meet them. Aud in the
seantime, however, let Mr.. Dorsey, and
other gentlemen of the Convention fayora-
BILE to an immediate division, SO arrange
the action of the Convention, us twill in
evitAbly and speedily secure such division
when the rebellion in Eastern Virginia
is put down.
A CARD.