Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-15

be yours in she fnturt if they are not
now. am XiFRinla and / lore Yir-
| gInia, Ny interest, e Ttt6 her. aud nv
payer 70 an Almighty God Is, that Yif-'
glnia may be saved, saved ftom the, unhsl-
lowed hauds OF dtspnleRisf and traitoEs.
Freemen of Western gihia, gcmemGcr
that upon us there is nol gesting a. fearful
responsibilities one thar q tliiS time Of.sx.
cuement and ma1HesS, men nre prouo TO
oyeFlopk. Reflect, and t1,iiii faet act ii,r
! your Interest and for 11f liberty. NO
lnHn living in Yirginhl iadre opp1setl,lo
the spirit Ut AboliIt6nis ID al; y&t be-,
lieVe that an honest lab nj white man ia
as goOd.Ns slave Rhda a asl ESrthTrof
protection. ShRS1Npo1a:
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iRsssrS Editor :--As.sI st,tted In nv 6rst
article, inn Union d ID. neither more
nor less. ] am not an b6iltionist, met a
Republicans not Demo 66t 4 Fire,
eater; but simply Uni6 a Of the Hen.
ry Clay strips, one who br matntaiu-.
ing the Union dt all haSe efdsi against ALI
corners andtgoers. In ALI etents, aud under.
Gtl ictreumstanees, WHEELER adverse r,,r
prosperous. I.desire thAtthe South should
have Po!itieat equality IL me Union, and il,
the sense IN Wbiet theg deisGnd'fs: for he
ltcve their demands are but just But
trust ! nun not so foolish rs 70 justify
them in tearing down the noble fabric
in which they live, merely because tbey
cannot enjoy within It, al pgeseaE all
| the privileges to which they deem them
selves Justly entitled. would rather
recommend them tn wait, aud sndeavor, to
secure tneir rights within the uni0ns---
Nay would go further and say, endure
almost any wrong, any hardship, rather
than resort TO that most dangerous and
fearful experiment of redssssinS Your
grievances by disruptfng -the,bonds of this
glorious ConfedorIcy. This is my posi-
tiGn. / am not even u lsymphthizer with
Republicans, furtherethan Isiud them in
sympathy with correct principles; and this
| do find to be the cAse in the one great
fundamental principle, viz! that our first
allegiance Is due 10 the Feierdl Union.-
ignoring every other issue As hcing only
Of secondary importance, so long ms they
adhere TO this principle T. am ready
to co-opcrate with them for its main.
tenance. do not, cannpt,.y would
not admit that there IS DOW. or is
likely to be hereafter, any just cause
for dissolution of this Union. The nat.
oral Inference from these premises is, that
l consider Republicans Theoretically, but
4 LNGAWEOukS anu
| Ihat the latter have gotten themselves into
a false position with the Gcnctal Govern
ment, by pursuing with too much eager.
ness the igHua JatRHs i0cIrtite Of States
rights: in other WORDS, by adopting and
maintaining the principle, that. our frSt al
le3i0Res Is due % tie State. This is ono
grand Pandora box from which issues the
hro0d of evils which are now GIfectihg our
beloved couptry, and welt ILLUSTRATES the
ma asim that gdnef9t principles are as dan
gerous tools iR5 the hands of legal, tyFos,
and should be handled with p'gteaf deal
of discretion,
Legislature is driving the Convention
Question through the forms of legislation at
I railroad speed. Does not this look as if
tbs members of the Legislature were pos
sessed with a spirit of madness It is
difficult for sensible man TO restrain his
Indignation at such spectacle, and yet,
what is the use of being Indignant? 1t
would seem only to increase the mnlady
Tile, only alternative left for the true con-
scrvaiive is to btde his time, to commit his
cause into the hands Of the Holy and the.
Just One, and then patiently wait with
vigilapt expectation, until the proper time
for available action shall arrive,,or until
these calamities be oyerpast, This state
/ " AulHSS fSttItlUG .lttSt lVteNeE' aSdeH Will
/ come to their reason sometime or other
But alas 3iff it,shonldi be too. late. si
One FAY If hope, however. beams out
from tue chabtic night. Our Legislature
| Is not ffeSh rom the people. They are
not to be cod fideted as u just exponent of
the popElaf go On the. subject of Union
or dlsunibn. When the subject of a Con-
ventioa Comei before the people, although
the time for action is short, think we
shall thea hes Sonle special thunder.
hope that The Voices of Wiley, Pierpoint,
Summers &c bssal jackson, Judge Thomp-
son, Clemens and a hosGof other staunch
friends Of tl9 HhiOn will be heard in
l,claFiop tones Rhpge the, wild rage of the
mad wateFst I'd latitbe people of West
4 ern YiTginia llslie arpusel to the impor-
tauce Ofss6pd zen 10 the Convention Of
undoubtetl - city aud unwaveriug de
| vOtion tO the --menl opposed to diss
nuion under every and all circunn-
stRUces-lmPn cannot be bought byta
iRichmondi ditner, or ,over-slaughed or
aoveF-awed blythe annoyance of aristocra-
cy,or the into tFAnce of mObocracy. -
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