Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-29

Alive with EnthuaIaSm for the
!Union.;Str9ng Resolyea--A DIvls.
0ngalia Will Never Snbnait 10 the
Trea40ll ~ TSlchm onds-Ths DiSplnY.
on monday Last,
Prom the AIorE9ntoEn Star.
Monday, the 22l Of April, 1851. will
long be remembered by the people of Nom
ongalia, and forever honored and cherish.
ed us the day.which revealed 10 the doubt.
ing that old.MononRalia Is firmly attached
to the Union. There was no general nc.
tice given for a display ky The leading
Union men, but it was LETT to the cool,
calm aud rejecting yeomarry, who, zanxs
ions 70 show their true devotion. to the
"Stars and Stripes, - turned out enjusaSst
About o'clock, A. ~, the sound of ihe1
-hte and drumsEwR heard; sollin down
Main street; all eyes were ttdrnedffn thai
direction and behrld very nice Dag bear
ing the motto of
"uSIoxr BOYS or THE FuArs,P ~
and followed by about three bundled of
the hard-fsted, true-hcarted farmers of
that section ofTthe county. Then came
the Fort Martin Boys, to the number of
about ESQ or 300, commanded by that mo-,
| bic champion of the Union cause, Josenh
Sntder, Jr. Cheer after cheer rent the
air, and the ladies-God bless them
joined in the merry thronS, aud waved
their handkerchiefs as a welcome to the
sons whom they look TO for defence. AT
ter the procession had gathered around
the Union pole In front of the Court
House, and sent up three cheers for the
.lP. ".
APTERSooN.-At one o'clock, the Me.
chauics' Bugle hand commenced playing
some of their favorite Union airs, and the
throug commenced gathering OIL Main
street. The procession was formed. and
marched up Alhin streetto NE. Boundary,
thence down front to Foundry, up Foun-
dry to Main, and up Main to the Court
| House. where stand had been previously
erected for speaking.
The meeting was called to order by the
election of Col. VIM. Lnzier rs President,
aud Or. |. Scott aud DR.. Win 81. Dent Sec
rotartes. The President, in few brief,
appropriate remarks, explained the ehiect
OF the meeting, and then introduced F. II.
PIerpOint, Esq, of Marion county, who
addressed the immense throug for some
time, in an able aud eloquent manner =
lie handled the sectssiOnists without
| gloves, and, in the opinion of all honest
minded mon, completely swnmped the dis
nnlOnists, who went away and refused to
hear the truth.
The following resolutions of the previ.
Gus meeting were read and adopted by
acclamation:
WHEREAs, An alarming crisis now ex-
lists in this country, immiueutly threaten
ing tho existence of the American, Union,
and all the blessings of that civil and re-
itginus liberty to secure whirhyour reyo-
EIuttonary fathers wnged and endured nll
the hardships and Privations Of a seven
years war. And whereas, the present de-
Plornble condition of our public affairs has
arisen from the indiscrcet and useless agi-
tation of the slnvery question in our ma
tton"l legislature by demngogues and
selfish politicians North and South. And
whereas, the time Inns now come when it
behooyes every true friend of the Union
and his country to rally under the aagand
maintain tue same with an nnwavering
hand, and under the most adverse and
trying circumstances. Therefore belt
RsSofUed, That we the people of Mouon-
gain, without distinction of party, dcpre-s
cate and hereby enter our solemn protest
against the secession of Virginia in the
present exiGcncy as unwiss and inexpedt-
ent and fatal to her best interests and the
interests of our whole country; believing
as we do, that amongst its Legitimate and
tmmcdintc results, will be the utter ruin
and bankruptcy and dcsolatton of our
hitherto proud and powerful old Com.
monwenlth. 4
RcSotpe6, That we are attached TO the
Federal Union as the. ark of our political
security and safety; that it is cndedred to
us by the enduring fame and patriotic
| deeds of its founders, and that VIC wilT
cling to it despite all the TRADES and
reasonable threats of the ingrates. and
traitors who are engaged in tue unholy
work OF firing the Southern heart and pre-.
clPttattng us in the. yawning gulf of -se-
I n
Resolued, That secession, as It ia 3prac-
tically exemplifed in the so-called South
ern ConfederncY, is uumitigated treason
Against the Constitution and Government
OF the United States, and its leading act
ors, in the language OF its prime mover
and greatest champion, VIM. L. Yancy,
s'are trditOrs, and liable to be treated as
such for violating the Constitution. and
laws of their country
ResoEred, Thnt the idea of seeding from
the General Government of the United
States, md attaching Virginia (as the OUT
side sentinel) 70 the so-called Cotton or
Calf State Confederaey, Is repuisiye, and
opposed to every feeling, sentiment and
instinct Of patriotism, aud the seuse of
this meeting is nnnlterabIy opposed to
being dragged into the walks of secession
by South Carolina, the iot-bed of political
heresics aud treason.
Resolped, That Western Virginia has pa
tiently submitted TO and boruc up uuder
that oppressive policy ef Eastern Virginia
for the last half century, as shown in her
course IN denying to. ut equal representa-
ton, and refusingto bear her equal share
Of the burden Of taxation, lin uniformly
claiming and receiving exemption from
equal tAxation on her slave property
That now the measure of Eastern oppres-.
I sion Is fTfII and that II IA r1nS11nA
Eher, teeeattoa Is the only remedy offered by
/ Der for all our wrongs, the dag Is near at
hand when Western Virginia will rise MP
in the majesty of her strength and repudi-
atin5 herppprcssors, will dissoISe all her
| civil and -nnlitiral cnnnerlinn with than