Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-21

m5fs d6ag9af5ass q az az ids1taiti5I5 E1Sai q
slavery and to all stbeiF 10 plenests, khan,they
can possiblysti.Eh lin tie u elst. Ave Ire !.
calm, dispassiOuatei peopl ,.aAYe regard
ALL nndiif that lnstiFHtiohlis;
neve injured until the pe6plelofl North
western Virginia distprbszit, it will meyer
be tnJTEedaQr diSturbed. -A - -
Fis true, SIR TINT they believe, honestly
believe that thatypeculidr property
property ought to be taxed in conimnn
with all the oth Ter erty, Of the C9mlh 6nf,
wealth. They believe in the dOPtrine that
property that seeks the security of the
laws Of tlIe land, should bear its etidal
proportion of the burdens of Government.
IL y a. doctrine HAT they honestly believe,
andFotie, sir, that theytwiH never cease u
insist nron until it is carried out, hut,
sir, am not prepared TO say that they will
seek toget by seeessionsot rey0lution.
They are n law idfng people, and
doubt, sir, fever they attempt to intimi-
dnte your ferresehtatives-T mean the
represeutativess of Eastern .TFginia-by
lhreats of violence for expressing theiri
honest ppinio91 iltj Gpys nsssrhblaEe tlltt
may he called fo5. the purpose of eopsult-
ing upon. the public ilEeal.si Sir, they are
not disposed toTthreateni nor TO lFcvolus
tionize. They hRvei been charged with
being submiSsionfsts. Sir; in one sense
of the word, ifeit5 meiIns submission to
the laws Of the land, they arc sh6mis.
sIoRists. Sir, / haze had occasion to look
back n little to tile stlistofyo6 the anti
submissionists, ofite secessionists, in othl
er words, They are not q recent party.
! believe, Sir, the first antf-snbnission-
list was foundiidS tiiea oEi1isli gn.ern,nsi,t
given to our irstparcnts. Rye. az. would
not submit to one single restFaint,; she
rebslied against tho immediate government
given to her by God himself we In
Northwestern Virginia are not prepared
for revolution or secession, We view se-
ccssion or revolution as dangerous eXbedi-
ents, while they may be resorted to in ex-
treme cases. Weiackn6wledge the right
of revolution wnen alli efforts to obtain
our rights shall he exhausted, bnt not be-
fore. Sir, We look upon the rObher and
the murderer as aati.suhmis for
they will never submit to The laws, and we
regard them as the most precipitnte seces.
sIo9ists of all others in the world, for the
momfnt they commit tlieir terrible crimes
theyihy Preeipitately away. We do not
believe in any such system of setesstOn'ils
that We desire TO be a lnw-abiltng peo.
Inles9ndsers! opposed; TO auy rnprse Of ac-
~" MN, ~ connie. win lnas prinelPle- -
dar ...n nm
anxious That they sSaiiiSs astEa I po upon and md
that this eommittse shall heIraised, faisly
Fa'ssd, to consider the subject referred to
abpointmant or iSst r,,tss, Ig '1o ~
YOU. If will be a fair and imnorfi,i com. ~
IfHHttee. LtFastf sirs chat NAteSshSill have a
committee TO consider this delicate sab
sSt ~ anu Sn5 measures wiil 1e inaSgaFt
and West upon tbat delicate question and
that equal and full Justice viii De hdone 10
NIL tue Westetd psofis.1 = g
Sir tRfI taSei ING " SIX EpaStihl
"a s;S .n's insLl.ulion,
Ehavi SEA so &iGcS stnrSedI n iYSs5i s5i51s.