Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-16
FLOR the Wheeling Iutelligencer,l
HE NEW STATE OF KANAWIIA.
The ExpedIcncy of Its Erection Mt
This Time--NO. =.

constitutional objection to the erection OF
the new State nou. We propose IN TINS
number, to show the cxpediency and I'M
perative necessity of doing it at once, or
as soon rs practicable. -.
The radical and and irreconciliable Diff
ference which has for long time existed
between the people East aud west oil tue
Alleghnnics, in their geographical posi-
ton, commercial necessities, soclal haoltS
and relations, rs well as national aIhnllleS,
| is generally known and admitted rms
dividing line in their moral and social con
dition, has become as fixed and permanent
ms the AlIeghantcs themselves, in the
physical features of the State. And for IL
long time, upon issues moral, relIE'o"s
ami political, whilst the East has always
grnvitaled towards the peculiar institn-
ton" now represented by the so-calicd
Southern ContcderHcy, the West has as
uniformly gravitated towards the Tree
| Suites now represented by an unshakcn
adherence to the Federal Union. All the
recent votes upon the revolutionary ana
rcsellous measures, have only served to
show with more clGarness the depth ana
permuneuce of the antagnnism winch eX-
| lists between the two sections of the State.
| The recent campaign of General WISE,
who was selected to subdue and crush
out the Union sentiment of Western Nir-
giuia, by the prestige of his name and
persuasive eloquence, rather than by
arms, has bccu forced to return with
out any success, showing thereby that
| the Union men have only bent, no;
broken by the shock, giving thereby
| fresh proof OF their fidelity to tue unioni
| whilst the chagrin. modification and sec
tionaI hate OF this redOnbtablc General
marked his retreat with indiscriminnte
| plumber and devastation. The East, which
! has always held the balance OF power, has
manifested the strength OF opposition on
her part, by pcrpctuatfng system OF nm
just and oppressive legislation towards
/ the West, in AN unequal taxation, more
odious and more unjust than that which
| separated the Colonies from Great BritUn.
| The East have with great unanimity eX-
erted every nerve to throw the entire State
INFO the vortex of Secession and to de
strov the Government OF Washington and
the glory and prosperity of their country
whilst the Yves; have with equal unani'mi-
ty and vigor lahored TO preserve both in
their integrity and health. The present
war, devastation, bankruptcy and ruin
which now spreads over the entire East
belongs exclusively TO the madness aud
folly of its own people, aided by few de-
iuded sympIthiscrs in the West. The
great mass of the people IN the West are
guiltcss, and have scasOnnbly and ut all
times warned and cntreated their brethren
of The East to desist. Bus it has been in
vain.
Would not the policy that shall longer
bind the destiules cf the young and loyal
West 10 the sclf-immoIntcd and disluyal
East, be equal in tbnrbarity to that
which binds tue living HiuduO widow to
the decaycd corpse of her deceased hus-
band: But it is useless to adduce further
reasons to show that the West merits i'm
mediate and determined separation from
the East. This fact must be manifest to
all. and il separation is to be longer de-
terrcd. it must be for causes disconnected
with the real merits aad dement's OF the
two sections, and the Gully remaining in
quiry is, are there really any such existing )
We think not.
1t has been suggested that the reorgan-
lied Government forms a'nucleus around
which all the scattered Union fragments Of
the State can be gathered, and Al recon
structiou effected aud that the erection OF
IL new State nUie would destroy this nu-
cleus, rs it would absorb the renrganized
government entirely. We do not under
st.tud that such would ne the legal result.
The erection Of the new government would
only absorb or diSpltcc the present reor-
gantzcd government to the extent OF the
new State. Beyond that it woull still cx-
list in all its vigor aud the prescn: Coy
ernor and other officers having general jul
risdiction over the STATE would still con-
tinue to hold their power outside of the
boundaries of thenew State. 1t would be-
come necessary for them TO remove their
residence beyond the new State, or to re-
sign their present seats AMI take the cIancc
OF an election under the new Constitution.
Ia either case, the r1orgtnized government
would still remain AT all points Ontsile the
boundaries of the new State, around which
the scattered Union clements of the old
State could at any time rally.
1t has also been objected that the Fed
er4,I Government, by giving its consent to
the erection of the new State ut this time
would thereby give lis sanction to the mon
strous secession hereSy with which it is
now battling This is n mistake, arising
from Il supposed resemblance between
the Two cases, wien in fact, il one is
right in orr constitutional views OF the
matter not the remotcst remembrance cx-
lists. For whilst the erection OF new
State will conform, i'll all respects, TO the
requirements of both State and Federal
lCoustitution, secession is in direct con-
Itruvrntion of both. Aud to pretend that
the separation and erection, into ~ new
State, of a people that have always re-
mnincd loyal, as well to their State as
Fede.aI Government, against all the trait.
orous and revolutionary assaults of the
enemies to hOth-shall stand in no better
!plight than these very cnemieS-woutd be
monstrous, inlced! The one is, law, order
md iried loyalty, cutting itself loose by
constitutional means from revolution, an-
4 nrcbY and trcasoDT whilst the other is an
attempt by unconstitutional and revOlu-
tionary means to drag us with themselves
into certain ruin.
It has also been objected that the pres
ent Congress could not consent to the
erection and admission of the new State
in case the people should elect to retain
the slave feature, without violating the
Chicago platform. If we recollect rightly