Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-21
setting Up a separate overnment ii
VIrEInIn.-NXho,s to RInme.


Editors Intelligsneer
Before Virginia ever got the Ordinance
OF Secession passed in Convention, the
Southern rebels ln,d been carrying on q
separate and independent government
within tie limits OF the State ut Yirgiuin,
I established by JEFF. Davis L Co.. with all
tEeir train of rebels aud land piFAtes.-
| The men whom we Of Western Yirgiuia
| had assisted to elect, for the sole purpose
of making aud carrying out laws Iuri our
State, in accordance with the Constitution
of the United States as the supreme law
of the lard, turned trait0rs 10 ns, and not
only guiltiiy acquiesced in the establish
meut of separate government in Virgin
| ia, but perverted the power we had placed
in their hands TO be nsed only for our
good, ns component part of the United
States, to the low. fieudisti and hellish
purpose of making war against the United
States, aud also WIFI for the snhjngatIon
or annihilation Of Western Virginia =
These degenerate sons of Virginia, with
ont our knowledge, transferred and -wlIirl-
ed our State out Of its glorious position in
the great Sisterhood and Family of States,
Rs they thought, and made truatius often.
sive and defensive with the JEFF. Davis
rebels; and transferred all our military
power into their hands.
This old degenerate State, to which we
used to cling with feelings OF deep respect
and love, has been for months-ever since
she was torn from her orbit-serpent like,
recoiIing and trying to bite and destroy us
of Western Virginia. The Governors they
acknowledge we're not elected by tile peo-
pie. a few tories, acting in Convention,
Iappoiuted them over rs as officers to carry
on a government within Out State govern-
ment, without consulting US.
n. Kidwcll, in his card, written at Fair
mont, Va, May IA, 1861, says:
al am pained to witness the disregard for
State authority manifested in somo six or
seven counties of my district, | am panied
also to see that they disregard the ordi-
nance of our most holy convention At
Richmond, tiissOlying our connection with
the United States, and ssuspending and pro-
hibiting the election for Congress this
spring." He then refused to permit his
rebel nams to be used for any such Enr-
lpose. @
These actions Of the Virginiaauilnrities
together with Au innumerable catalogue OF
deep and infamous wrongs which5it would
take months to recount, So completely alien
ated Western from Eastern Virginia that
we now find Western Virginia voted out of
the old mother rebel State, by a vote almost
Unanimous,
Free Western Virginia has several times
nttempted to sever her connection with
Eastern VirEiuia, aud at one time came
within one vote of carrying, the present
rebel governor of this State, john Letcher,
voting for the measure. The thtrty-Hiue
counties comprising the new State of ka-
nawha, now carved out of Virginia by the
votes of her loyal sons, contains Il popnla-
tion of 2s1 ,7s6. including less than 5000
slaves. 1t abounds in minerals, coal, iron,
salt and mineral oil, aud with Its Rgricul-
Itural resources possess all the natural ele-
Iments of fWealth and free labor. Il is .
5lregion Of mountains, where liberty loves
to dwell, and where the strong right arms
of men hew out the pillars which support
the Temple of Freedom. HerL Liberty
fingers long after its sunlight has flown
from the Eastern despOuc horizon Here
4 freemen, with allitheir love for civil and
religious liberty, meet and record their
VOWS that this glorious Union, handed
down by onr forefatners and remented
with their blood, shall be Preservedi that
before the rebels shall rule In Western Viz
ginlR they shall wade to their Offices over
the dead bodies OF her loyal sons.
Now the question naturally comes up--
\ & Il possible that the citizens of Western
Virginia, after what have stated has hap
pened, could 10 on with rebels uuder any
one government in peaCeH The answer Is
ON any tongue, impossible; but Some say
you 20 too fast. II your house was on Ore
could the devourfng element be TOO soon
uxlinguished7 Shall men who have been
born and raised up andeF good governs
ment, az once not Ouly surrender all their
| civil and FnltRious ifberties hut how their