Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-25

atty OF the West, because it contains the
honured remaiGs of some OF her brayest
and noblesI sons Why, sir, your honor
Is her honor; yonr interest is her interest !:
yoar country is her country: YOUR faith
shall be her faith; your destiny shall he
her destiny.
But, sir, it seems we love the Union too
well. That seems to be the measure of
onr offence. fit be treason TO love the
Union we learned that treason from Won.
sir-we learned it from your great men
from your Jetfersons, from your AIadis6ns.
your MonToes, and from others of equally
illustrious dead; and we have learned il
from the living, little less distinguished
men who are recognized as leaders at the
present day, ond who need but the conse-
Grafton OF death TO place their names on
the same roll of immortality. Above all,
va learned II from the Father of his coun-
try the greatest of Virginia's sons-thS
greatest man that ever stood upou tn e shore
oftlme. AS passed down by his munu-
meht the other day, and gazed upon il with
eie reverence with which every American
heart must contemplate his memory. 1
could almost imagine that I heard falling
from his sacred lips the admonitions he
gave us in his Farewell Address, bidding
US beware of sectional dissensions, bidding
US beware of geographical divisions, and
lnstrnctlnS aid conjuring us to regard the
unionns the palladium of our liberties: To
look with distrust upon any man who
would teach us any other eoctrine. As I
passed further down and gazed upon the
the beautiful Stntue of the immortal
Statesman OF Kentucky, there came rising
up III my memory the recollection of his
almost dying words, when he went home
after the memorable contest of the com
PROMISE in 1850. When Mt Frankfort. in
the last speech he ever uttered, he said
these words:
"Mr. President, may be asked, MS 1
have often been asked, when weuld con-
sent to the dissolution of the Union ?''-
aud could almost imagine that heard
falling from his lips, "Nevcr!" "Ncver I"
And, sir, there fingers in the Western
heart, especially of the Democratic con-
stituency which have the honor to
represent, that sentiment uttered or writ
ten by Mr.. Calhoun, in 1882, tu Cen
erll Hamilton, when he said :A"Tbc in
stttuttOn of the Union was so wisely
ordered for the redress of grievances
ana for the correction of all evils, that
he who would seek remedy for this
disease in dissolution would merit and
receive the execration of this and all
future generations. That sentiment
fingers there yet You will FORGIVE
MS if we cannot forget these great
lessons of these great men in mo-
ment. Butt tellthc distinguished gentle
man from Princess Anne, (Mr. Wise.) that
while do not understand altogether what
he meant by Fighting in the Union, the
West, who still remembers him with graf
tude for his services IN the Convention al
1851, will rally to his support, or TO the
support of any other man in any fair con-
test, for the redress of any Just rrievan
ces. When the last resort lnust come.
When the proper appeal to the law and to
tue Constitution has failed to redress the
Rr'eS"nces Of the East, when her oppres-
slons are tntolernbic, tell you the North.
west VIII send you ten thousand men, with
hearts as brave and arms rs strong as ever
bore the banucrtof freemcn; aud they will
rally to her support, and seize by violence,
If you see proper to call it so. or res
tue by revolution, what we couldg mt
get by means of law. We are with The
gentlcman from Princess Anne in that
regard. We do not stand upon nice dis.
Ilnctous. We do not always understand
what IS mennt by the right of SECESSION
we do not underntani what is meant by
the right Of revolution; Int when the pro-
per cause arises, there are men in Western
Virginia who will lstnnd by the right to the
last extremity.
have heen betrayed, by the impulse of
the moment to claim your attention much
longer thar, intended when | rose 10
nddsess you; hut, impelled BY tllc kind
indnagente Of the Convention, j could not
rePress the desire to repel any iusinnation
against the loyalty of the citizens of West
ern Virginia, or to allow, on tile other
hand, any wrong impression to he made
upon the minds of this Convention, that
we are going TO yield up our glorious
Uniou for nnuglit.
The resolutions Of Mr.. Woods were then
referred.
SIR. Chrlile moved that wien the Con-
Vcntion adjourn, it be till Monday.
Mr.. Fisher moved to anead by inserting
The resolution as amended was agreed
to, aud the Convention adjourned.