, 1861-04-18

+ ap that golden Af4estfot which he haslohE {
labored. Tho pst> part Of the Pixies Peak =
trade >Aeeks b. Southern, channel iMlesuun :
gets tttost Of Il now, but Tie time Viii psrhaps +
soon come Wheasour own Chicago will resp:
hers shate ofsttt* : 4 4:
vho Tsd sas IL Rcsy ID II Mosntai1s 1s,
at twenty cents q copy. Yours truly. 81
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III From the Methodlst1 ,:E., ::4 4
: -The area of :the 6tate Of Us ii 100 !
square miles. It's population. BY tie census
Of 1860, is 1,59a Of which 100 887 are slaves.
The gain in the whole population in ten years
Is 174s and the inersase- of sla7e51a
In tha elaye population jSduring tie last thirty
years has only been dbout five per cent. II
forty years the population Of the entire coun-; !
try has advanced $50 per tenEJ anu had Viz. =:
ginia retained her natural increase, her people =
Tsa1d l ass aow number oVer 500 oodi iin5te4d os
'T6o population ,t, of Masaaehutsetts to the
'sahare mile, is 1870; that Of New York, a and
that Of Virginia, 28 and In this vieW--that is,
in respect to density of population :shestands
Hfses'eM among the States. In 1850 ahe was
liz M Honse Of Delegates consist. of liz mem. men
AID ai,poftloned upon: lila basie IF The Whita
fzor,i;fafinn The Henata ia maie IN; ~ fSffv
3nei;i1,eTs. elgctgd foT f,nt ve3ra' fran s.nrie
distrie}a: uist;n the umixedI baAig Of White
population and taxntion. The sessions Of tie
Legislature cannot last longer than ninety
days, except by vote Of hree-11fths Of al the
smeiitbefs faui even Nth 6rch a Yote. can only
hn extended thirty days. The Gnst,tutIOn Of
the stafe :nroyides for are.annoftinnment- -of
REPRESENTATIVES, IN 1865. and eTarY tan. Years
thefeafter. -: ~ sf,> s::::'.:Is -:..s7''.
The Stats 4 keoetaphtealtS divided into two
nearly euua1 'Darts bY the cfsi1l OF niountalna
known a fhe RIne' RidYe: ,and: 1he tsrritory
1gin 1es - oF th RtdSs L d;v3a d dn aoa;n Nv t1
Eleehan]es. infns WHAT H. 'caIte3 Re Vaaley:
l. and 1rans- allegFanI ;Virg,nfa4 ithe eo,1nties
Wext ~ fhe STe ft:deta Sfif htlrn3asS fhoss at.
IN eaat and ths n1t1nFe+ nf connt;fa ii fran5t
,ATIerhanv Vireinia Is:nenrly triOls9nAt Of tie
tier efnhraced r. thesTaSIey. OR MP shows
III cnt;nties: IN tt,e5 1sho1a state; oY which -
ara west OF The B[de Kidte; constituting 1Yhat
IA: cafIed Westaiu YIr0i1is; and ~ easf of it.
malsiup eastern virginia The valley eu,l1a
ces nineteen counties, leaving 7fiftY-three west
Of the A1teghanies. Western Virginia embrac-
| Ing all aboTe the Ridge, ont-nltnhefs the east
in white population by about 100000, while II
has, pefhaps. less thar oner1ifth of The 498O0O
siayee. Indsed The % retulns Of Il tie e csnsusshoW ms ]
d adeerease Of slaves west Of the Alleghanies,
This geographical division ~of this State into
| east and vest. il one Of itnmense sfaniffgarce,
The east Is old:-tohtaihftag the capital Of The
State, the university, and the Original seats Of
I the earliest American civilization. The names
Of It's coanttes, and rivers and cities, tell Of
| colonial and historical tfi1ies. And flefr, fol
the most part, have remained The old and
wealthy familiea, who owned tie laud, and es
! neeiaj1y t11a slaves: willie tina 1j0oter CLASSES
Eatc sot1ght ijagdnd thY fnbuntains 4 YlF9jf
! soil, from which, With their. own bands, tc
wrest their brend. But this western region
i SO long wild, In many portions, indeed, q vii
missiou to the east, In due time grew wear
of ifs boilds. and beaan to stt1gsIa. The sta;
Of e1npire here, too, took its WaT westward
/ and far veary n3litical power has been nassirf
over the Blue Ridge, ana even oyer tie Alle
pha1fes. to the very banks OF the Ohto-- Til,
Battle has been renewed again and again, witt
i. aver increasing feryor. and in eyeTy contes
| the Nest has secured some adVantage.
II II ia Idok at the present CONSTITUTION Of iii
: State. adonted in.1S5O- We eha3l sae the tTark
n fhis warfare both In WIat has heen done
and in what ia provided fur. The uopula
/ branch Of the LegislaIura ia .apportioned. a
sfated ahoves mon INA basic. of ffha fee wifi
5.I oe be West f sis7 + baa s ce
| femanf1ed ita owl, rishts, sroyfsion ia aid
ea5a - +ha onns+i+.f,; f.:. ~, ~
aa +laat -, 71pss ,vhar, 4 - ~ * 5ttasIaiS1
wbathar 49, ~ not ths seoate 9hrse.fif1ha
whose members now belong 70 The east. sha
be reconstructed upon the same basis with th
House, instead Of its present mixed basis {
white population and ta1ation: The result i
houses must pass over to the west
il But there are other quarrels to be adjusted
especially the eyer-1rTitating one Of. taxe
Every man Wauts the burdens Of the Cover,
1nent laid where he himself will feel the1
least. Full four-fftls of the slaves belongin
1 =
, | sonahla in her. perhapg. in vieyF Of The fax
that siaye labor Is improbable in a count
where they crow neither cotton nor rice, thu
, | the tar m sIayea ahould be both small an
partial Henca, she inserted int the constitutio
! : proyision tofbidding slaves to be taxed at a
unti1 ther are twelve years old, and then ou]
. r. the ya}ne Of three .huudrsd do|lars. n,
ia fT1il one third Of Tie slayes are not taxed
iii al. an and 1t The other two. thirds at only abo1
nne.t1ird their marked urice. or less Tha n
kinr',ln IF tIIs nIii gors Is rreatly dreaded
tTe easf. and fully resoIycd on by the west
This i the reIation Of tie two sections |
each other: the one is chsfed TO feel that poy
,, , | Of Yesterday, w6ose wild valleys aud noun
: ains are scarcely domesticated, shonld imp
! riously demand equality; and thH other tir
! l. it's aIleEed rights ehould have been so lo1
= withheld, and. wrongs declared to be groBs at
II nalratJa. persisted IN These two section
r. are now together IN council; H. tho Conve
7 ticH AZ it;cHS;o.3 mi fheir1 1ocai: d;ffaFsa.
are MT Withont fuenre iinon ie oraof fI1a ;,e
Hons nfthe I1t;ion IF the daisio; ~ tS;s ane me-
t;n1, ofA AestiSf 3ehenIed IN Ff,e III hn1t H.,;c
vWoid NiI5;n;a f,ear rTo To-, 80 1a.S
nat,ona1 rciaf;ons 'a,,d hasfen 'uSera pave p1ape
! nrnmises IN rfmain t1 The nara1nnunt ,nferea
. Ey.Presidant TvIcr. and ex.GoveTnor Wis
! and a~.secretrrv Tlovd S1ith tn11o1zars -
, match. Wonld soon ayenge their double ana
] ..J L.. l. ~.
! ier,ne their oia confederates. Rut WITH II
q peopIe Of that grand couutry beyond he ri,
= Ridre. whose memory Of The Revolntion 81
whose reverence for history have not vet ii,
out, It is fardiIerent. Summers Of K.nawh
;, Stuart ana Baldwin Of Aug1ata, and Carlis
= rebuke them aid while western Virginia /
: mains what she 1sa:aa great mineral. agric1
p \ tural and pastoral county, aid het Deop
4 | keep their senses, they will do nothing
/ | unite their destiny to political aud reyol
: | tionary experiment, which bases itself upt
1 the siilv dream that Aftican slavery ID to-
{. perpetual. 49,
e her "a magnlheent career: AeE valleys,
Ti;n1is er n,nnntains snn,+ ~ sH Nd, "a
= | inr The fattenlne blue erasA in quantities iii
q cient Tor the catflo of 4 continent; her scene
equal in grandeur and suner;1r Il extent :.
aaVthinr else in The the eantpv: i her r1eent iron =,
= sait, anfher eoaI OF every description, inn
= tientIy waiting for the thronging ia Of thrif
= labor, hef nl1etal spfings Of rarest extellen
l. and tinknd#n nilrabhr; Ind her climate OF {
: quisite temper; offering the health Of an
9 country with the, ,cheappes5 and abundance
IS q new. one--alI, all speak for the Union, 81
r revolt ii absorption into I 9o,1;e13ntasut Ihl
r boasts that its corner stone l. slavery,
II What we have said Of fha strong nroe,;y,ti
r. 4 Of eastern Virginia for eecessIon. must
4 colisee So taken not q nnifersally. bat or
= as general]T trlle, Tha old WE1gg fhionrbo
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