Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-07

- W ~ AkNOICGs slINNe-h5QGlllReFeUt cOu-
ference aud theu TemarEy2 Is not Yirpi
mia more potent for good in the Union.
thnn out of the Union Il the conflict of
nrms-lhe hostile blood, which must be
aroused against her ASA sFecusaat border
State, productive of any Influence hut Of
evil Are we to be told ibAt, in the midst
of II revolution. when LAWS are, silent or
overborne, that Virginiatean evoke order
out Of chaos, and peace put of war? Is
she 10 he advised to lrNrIple in the dust,
with contemptuOus heel. ,tbe great charter
OF our liberties, and thet. with soothing
hand TO heal the very wounds Ghe hastin-
! hteted No, fellow-ci.tlEus, for her the
Constitution once brOkeu,.is as The broken
mirror OF ByroD,in whicS every fragment.
mmluplies its own image For her the
post of honor. stahilityt aud power. is
under that Constttutio{ with tt-not
against it.
If Virginia is to interppke With the bor-
der States, HS IL mediatOrS If the Union Is
to lie reformed, the secession df Virginia
viii deieat every eficttivespurpose on her
part, which may be contcE5plated.
In the anonymous letteE herein referred
to, IL IL snfl 'With reptrd 10 new com
fhnatiuns ii mny he ftirlyIassumcJi that if
Virginia were constrddifd to choose he
tween the North and the snuth, she would
WITHOUT ueSlInltOn unIte HerSelf with the
other Southern States Tut, thai. if en-
tirrIy free to choose, slI9 would prefer to
restore The Union S0f qu ,Ilie States anon
proper tcrms. Even though her neculiar
+ institution might be safes in a Contedcrn-
IS ThOiiy Southern, (xhi{hFis not ccrtain(
{ her other grent inIerrSta require the crieHsiOn
/ Of her Federal relations NOrthWurd and
/ WertEdrd"
I Now these ARE sensible suggestions. if
considered in the light wt have presented
/ the questions. The other Il at interests nt
/ Virginia are those mWinly upDn which her
| permanent prosperity as people, in the
| future, must depend.
/ How then is the other inggeStiOn made
/ by this writer to bc recuH,Sied? 2. He savs:
/ ''Virgini, would move IeiM aaoa. rAective in
Ruence il at the OUTSET SIP would resolve
! TO Sscels at Il fixed day, Ikatevcr a,ight be
The course Of other Stntcs,'.
| ls not this a coutradintiNu in terms? Is
not this The very policy so iniiscrectly
/ pursued by South Caroiink? Will it not
/ take away from Yirginin thc conservative
I element which ,mnst alcheIbe tile secret of
4 her snccess2
/ If This conspiracy on thN part of South
\ Carolina had not been long mpditnted-if
! we had any rational assuhnnce thar any
settlement with her. al ,,ll,just to Virginia
conld he had: lhetInestioH inns presented
!! might Ge regarded in a'fag better aspect
/ As it is, there can be bht ione reasonable
I mOdc of adj iUst'nrnr. h
I The issue now before the country was
| fnrcshMdowe1 in letter from General
! jackson 10 Rev. J j. Crawford, under
date Of May lst, 1888. ltis now prophc-
CY.
t'lhave iladN latlprions lafk here, ,hut nulli-
| iirali0n is dead and iIs 5gt6rsand conrliers
will only he renieHlIere1 l,Ys the pcpl,lc to
de eyteFsltQd sfp{s'l ,fii ,el esiEDs 10
Fearo = ss'lys EtF troy the on guuS glYtfti-
meiBt men jqn tile Rlalle,. iSpd that prosperity
and baPPiH"ss we enjoy diter every other
portion of The world Hgmau's qdllo,cs
ought 10 be the, me fzgW sueb men rEiio
'e0uid iRcOtre. th% country h cirR ttQr anil
nll the evils in its train, lFat they migl,s
reign and ride on its whirlwinls anil di-
rec. the storm. The free people o. the
United States have spoken and copsigned
these wicked fernhg0gues 10 their proper
DOOM. Tie fdriG iras W mere prctert, Its
hurtliens were on your coarse wuolens,
and hy the law of July, 1892, the duty
ON conrse wOulcns was REDUCED 10 FIVE per
Geut, FOR ne teneIft Of ths Soutt. Therefore
Tie tariff 'gGs only u preteri, and disHnOin
md a Southern Comfedcracy The real oLject.--
THIS NEXT Prsterf igiH be fhe negro or tie
SLAVERY question:"
Lei the people take warning in time. If
a Convention is called see To ii stIlntB you
have men committed To your permanent
interests. Mark tht'se ParIor politicians
in Unr mihst'who never mingle with you--
who have sympatties with you, and
who, hya system of consistent sycopii;lncy,
arc far mnrc popular in Eastern Virginia
and SontlIi Carolina than they are hl home
Tie earth for their graves, is now freshly
thrown rpi let their obseguies be cnm-
ricted with bnt few monrners, and let
their epitaph he:
dome to rel Comyn's soul. .NrhU sold
lIir native land for snrlId gold
On ESIkirk's fatal field.
Gone tu black ArnO!d'S Tortured ghost,
WHO wandering ger PerlitiOu's coast,
And becknuiDE TO his spectre host,
= traitor tgeieone yieldsl"
CuRTlus.
tFOr the InteIlgeuecrl
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