Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-08

49, ~ lOECEu
srct session, l. had read of these tl,ings
IIswns unwilling for Virginia to do aDv.
thing hut what She could do opeu-
IS, on the, hpnSe tops. We rcinou.
strtted. Int tos no purpose A MA
jority Insisted kupnn it. We went in
to seCret session aRainsts ms protest
and vote. They told us that before
tue conventi9n4tljpnrned the Injunction of
secrecy should be renoyed, and they would
retain u reporter ant keep au acvurtte
record OF the proceedings We continued
in secret session till las, Wednesday night
when We adjourned, Before we adjouru-
ed we brought forward u resolution 10 re-
move tho i1j Junction of secrecy. Lam not
permitted tostelL, even this, except thar I
dare to stake tie fpsponsibility.n CUut.
with il!) We eGskelt that this Injunction be
now removed. They refused to do it
Why! Did not y9n ,prumise rs you would2
Y. yesi but then q great many simprudent
things have beeFif dope here. But what
was the father atEnment2 The venerable
.ex-prcsidept Of tie Uuited States finally
came forward and gave as IL reason and
mnde speech Appealing 10 The fact thai
ne had a son who had been in Prnnsylva-
MIA and had been driven out, and lie didn't
know what had become of him or where
he wGs-and 90 9ou alHSt not tFemoVe this in
Iunctiom (Laugnter.) We had .pnssed au
ordinance Of secession, and the truth must
not 90 to the world to show that we did
notall vote for it. (Laughter.) aud vel
the Richmond E61RiHPT had published
these things day by day aud had proclaim
ed that 90 voted against the ordinance.
did not always have an opportunity of
being heard, but persisted in getting the
floor; and told them ihenaud there that
/ was one who votedagainstt the ordinance
OF secession, and who would come home
and vote against its ratification, aud beg
my people in the name of liberty to do
likewise, aud that bad a right to ssny WHO,
had voted Hgninstsitsto show that it was
not universal. (.:5ndnd! GoodI'j told
them II there was one man in the convcn-
ztion who would notssign it that man was
myself. (Cheers.)
There were two other ordinances made
public. The one was the act by which
YOU we're transferred to the President of
the Confederate States in military point
OF view. By that act he is made cOmman-
der-iu-chief of your military Forres-aud
voted against that. Applausc.) Before
the ordinance Of secession WAS passed we
were told Virginia had men, money, arms,
munitions of war N1d resources without
end, and We llnd but to secede tu enable MS
to stand against any yshemy in the world.
and rn1w that we AqTe seeded tits dis
covered that we are b{nkrupt aud have got
nothing, and unless we hand ourselves
over to somebody wenre ruined and there
fore you must give yourselves over TO the
tender-tHercies oil eeGs pAYis,-f eTFess-,of
= Never l''s' neverl and as he is supreme
authority he can take you down to attack
washington, orsstt;you to1work in any ng-
gressivc policy hO may see tit to innugm-
rate. ("Cnn'tlo itl") You'arc bound to
do 1t it you recognize the act. C4' Never!
we'll=tiie iirsr.") ! am not willing TINT vir-
gtnia shall lie given over to any nun under
heaven. (Cheers.) They adopt the Con-
stitntion of the Confederate States and
give you no voice to say whether you will
ratify it or not. | begged them to let the
people pnss upon it, and offered an nmpnd-
mcnt for that purpose. But they ruled it
out of order and moved the previous ques-
ton. They said they had Incorporated II
provision that if the ordinance of secession
was not ratified, this ordinance of transfer
would be imperative. You have no voice
on the question of what is to be done with
yOu. The only way YOU can object is to
Vote against the ratification of the orrii-
nance of secession.
You nre now a member Of the Southern
ConfederGcy. That provisional govern
ment was established with a provision
that it was to remain in force twelve
months unless superseded by permanent
government. This cabinet met on last
Monday, and the President reports to the
Of State that the people do mt
vote for ratifyiEg the Constitution of the
permanent government, and now they are
ready to dispense with this provisional
government, and establish permanent
one. But am bound to tell you in whose
faces stare the consequences Of this thing,
that In the eastern part of the State every
thing is brought TO bear, aud every policy
and CxpedieRt resorted to. to hasten and
fAstenuPon' yott, Mt the earliest moment,
connection with the Southern Confcdcra-
cy. t"We will never submit to it., we will
rebellD They have got yon into it for u
time, and they think it will be un easy
thing to clamp you. (.TLey haven't got the
clamps that will hold us.") 1 warn you to
keep an eyeto it. predict npw you will
see if you watch the operations, that every
move willbe to carry yOu, at the earliest
moment, into SOntheru COnfederlcy. not
with your surroundings, butyto take Yir-
ginia alone, and without expression from
YOU or rcOnsultatInn with the border slave
States. And why? Iteenuse they are al
olitiOnized. Cannot trnst Kcntucky, Mary
land Delaware and Missouri; they are all
abottioRfzeL tLhugLtcr.) Aud they tell
you that your country out here, too, is alb
olitionizeJ. (LaugLter) What do they
lneau2 Why if you arc not ready 10
sing peaus of praise to tho negro
alone, ind allow him to swallow up
every interest you are an 46oEiiio1ist. /
lave as strong pro-slavery sentiments as
anybody, but have. got soul and body
outside of the negro. (Cheers.) be-
lieve am half MS good as one myseIf.-
t'We are proud of such negroes as you
wish we had thousands of themn) T6ere
the rain poured down still harder, and the
speaker insisted that he would not keep
them standing in tho rain, but theEry
was go oRl- Ro-Onl] He resumed: tell
YouEit is a tnatter.of fact. md nnv man