Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-26

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6oth2 viii your connection With a pre-
tended Confeleracy in every State ofWhirh
the leaders lave openly and directly rcfns.
Ito submit their similar acts to the Ap-
proval or rejection Of their people, mid yon
in the recovery of the fundamental right of
which you have been 50 wantonIy ro6bed3
But is secession right, or Is it desirable
1T II is rigbt2 We viii mot Rmplify The
argument on the first branch of this en-.
| quiry, The ratification Of the COnstitu-
ton of the United States by our own Com
monwealth, in express terms, reserves the
/ right to abroRate it tn those by whom it
was made, the People of the Uuited
States thus repudiating in Advance ths
modern doctrine of separate State scces-
SION. This is IN strict accordance with
tue views OF our elder s'Rtesmen. whose
patriotism aud ability are held in rever-
snee, NOT Only 6y US and BY our fellow cite
lzens OF tue, Union, bat by good men
throughout the world, ItEs the logic Of
evory honest heart, that n cSntract. a com.
pact, or cali Il what yon VII or, ssiiy de.
set aside by The Joint aetot ss BIZ whom.
1t was made,
Bat why should secession be desirable ?
Why should Virginia desirb 10 withdraw
from that Union OF which 81 has been for
! SO long AN honored memht l-that Union,
the accomplishment OF which illumines
win the brightest rays bel own history
"nu tue lyeS OF her most distinguished
sons sons SniH 1t De said kbat what she
So.leu u ucnleEe IN llSt. " destroyed hy
~, asr uWn "sL Ia 1851 there on the
M ~ n'steIS Tue Story olsR nation thht
"S ..sen more faPiiiy TO prosperity and
-. ,'tvEc steAol aq qsfnceu IN intel.
.m,'I SSJS". ,!n ''iu moral culture There Is no
go. tlor IS lnefe sA9pg tue thir-.
> .O"' o'"tcS' one wlleh mas .prOhted
more more, hy The association, pf one which
!, more rom solution, ns
y su!helenIly indicated ~ ont geograph-
ASHl PoSlllon.
Impressed Win these views, the North
western coYnAeS OF tN State, knowing
tuoe a large ,ul"JDrtty Af tleiF people re-
NAMED mar anl wonld remain taithful to the
ohlnn uulernll clrcumstAnee met in Com
EShIion at wheeling op.5t1e l3th day of
Nay i"st, 70 consult upon tli cir condition
Iuu I 70 (aks such steps iiSs ght udicAtP.
! y was literally mass O4nventiOn, and
from Tue irregular manner the nppoInt-
Eneni OF IT'S fT!egates, WASH calculated
lnr the "esPatehOt business AS the result
OF 'tS oe'toef"u0ns, thepeot Yfut7Oh2 hieh
now addresses you wns4es the repre-
sehu'tlon IN which ia prop lliCnsl to that
tAe General AsseinLlyIa The number of
coIHtles Set q"liy represente1 Isthtrty- four,
anu we huHqa reliable assqFfbce that sew
ieFraI.Whicll de now with4lf ID spirit, will
ere long he present by thet regularly np-
pOluteI delegates. GUnsfdefiHg thai in so
many ronc es every expires ION of opinion
GhI"Vordbie 10 tho cpnspi itOFs is sup
pressed. tbe4number nlreadE presented is
larger than rOulh have beea anticipated.
Several Of tie delegates present escaped
rom tlIeir counties att the risk of their
ilHes' ,i'Eiiilai sotiers are stillrdetained at
Ee i 's.hy tor or r1nenSGCH sg.'lnst.then or
thelr families and property. Snehi5 dnubt-
less the case in othercOunties from which
We, We nave 30 oihIorm3tiOn. l tr
fwo SouFies OF action were presented to-
muse WoO now address, yoH upon their or
uoni ootn OF which had oeer de-
s6Ptcdlin the previous Conveution af.tbis
P.ce' Tue nrst was the imnediats sefdr-
..''on y. OF the Western or Northvestern cOun-
ueS rom the RESIDUE of tho Statesi This
was the result rather OF APrevious and
growing belief, now amounting to eonric-
uon IN tne minds OF NIL throughout this
section OF tne State, thht al5jersityi almost
oPposl'ion OF interests; diherfnt directions
OF !he channels of trade. ana the want of
legislation adapted oltheifseohditi0ns, and
indispensable TO their moral and material
prosperity, rendered the sSnaTatiOn desira.
ole under any AMI NIL eirelmsiances. But
ASIDE IRON! the constitutional requirements
winch made its accomplishment almost i'm
Poss!oIe whi'e hostltttiql continued, the
consideration tlat to separate now, would
Se TO separate from many who, under cir
eumstAnces even more pdverse than those
by which they had been themselves, sur
rounded, had maintained their loyalty to
the FederFl GoEerhmeht, caused the aban-s
donment Of this course at this time On
the other lmndslA sense of duty to those
who like .thsnselves, were eonslrnined to
repudiate the aetiou of the Richmond Con-
veniinn and the State authorities. demand
ed that such course should be ttken as
would enableAll the loyal citizens of the
CommonWeallh TO participate in its Adv"n-