Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-06

mosttle5 eDRenQ6reu Qg CIVIL atAAe Us ='ss7
gotten after aSgensfation, and that nations
which have been rent by discord regain
their unity and compactuess, and pursue
careers Of greatness, happiness and honor
So may 1t be with us.
We about despair of eversbringiug 10
the mind. ofethe NSwlYork TFmes, a pro-
per conception OF the state of things in
Western Virgins. We have tried the
thing ones or twice, with but indifferent
results 50 far. The last article In the
Times bettsys as much miSeoacePtien As
ever. There Is no improvement in It that
We can note; over the days Of our early
Conventions, last spring aud summer.--
Speaking Of the case Of Nj. Joseph segar,
who affects to be elected to Congress from
the Old Point District. in Eastern Virginia,
and Who we do not believe is entitled to
seat, it goes on to compare his surround
ings with those Of The Representatives,
from the West here, including our ssna-
ators. It says:
The ptetensions Of the Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES from Western Virginia are
also pfoyokingIy ambiguous. They claim
ed sears last July as coming from the State
of Virginia, and by stretch Of Parlia-
mentary indulgence were in the absence
of other delegates, accepted IN that char
acter. But since July the section OF the
state which sent them has discovered itself
from Virginia, has erected an Independent
State Government, with the name and
style of tlKanawhs," and has consequently
LEFT the Senators and Representatives, ae-
credited TO the extra session. without con-
sti.ueneies. It is evidently neeessaEy that
Congress shall take NO action which may
embarrals Its judgment upon this subject
hereafter. The President through the
Attorney General opposed the independ-
ent organization, and declined 70 reeog-
nize 1t. Nevertheless the proiect-so
eager was the haste to repudiate the share
of the debt of the Old Commonwealth,
which would otherwise fall TO its success
or-was persisted In; the people, By
practically unanimous vote, decided upon
tnew State Government, and have created
IL They must now elect in what eharae-
Ter fiey shall appear before Congress
They certainly cannot I'LL two. They must
must either be the virgin State of Kama
vha, demanding recognition or admission,
or they must retain the role they filled, not
tiiscreditAbIy, last simmer, Of legatees and
successors OF the Old Dominion.
sdehia piecs Of staff as the above is
highly derogatory 70 a journal of the rep
utation Of the N. Y. Times. It betrays
lamentabls ignorance indeed. There are
about as many errors in it as there are
as many as there are senten-
ces. The present Senators from Virginia
pretended To nothing that we ever heard Of,
being lawfully accredited Senators from
the reorganized government of Virginia
AS such, they were accepted by the couu-
try and by the Senate almost without de-
bate Their claim had not to be made in
the sense of urging it. 1t was apparent
and Was recognized. So much for that.
usinee July, the section OF the State
which sent them has" not severed
itself from Virginia not aerested an
independent State government, and has,
not soon sequeptly LEFT the Senator'S sand Re
pkesentatiyes accredited to the extra session
without con stituencies1a-all of whichis as
serted uutruthfully and ignorantly by the
7Imss. The State of Kauawha or West
virgins is NOT yet in esse. 1t will not be
for weeks, perhaps months. tits only in
embryo. The people have bntjustdeclared
that they want new state. Tho Legisla-
ture and Congress have yet to say whether
they shall have it. We have but taken the
first step in the ess-haye but fled our