Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-13

said we were s4s, ooo. 600 in debt. Not
lone dollar of this debt has ever been ex.
/ pended in Northwestern Virginia more than
She has paid into the treasury. We are
not bound In law nor Ia morals to pay
dollar OF 1t. HGoodI goodlp aud cheers.)
This war, inangurated in the name of Yir-
gina, by those who are plotting her de-
structiou, will cost millions and millions
more. How is il to be raised2 It must be
| ohta ned by an exhausliug system of taxa
ition and by forced loans Now n we are
rue to ourselves-if We are virgiuinus
worthy the name we viii not allow DUR
selves TO be coerced by men who had no
ienthorttyto doawhst they have done, or
be cheated and deceived when they CRY ont
Southern rights.3 Welwill say to these
gentlemen, that If they intend to do as we
were. told in the Contention thew wouid
do, that as for those of Eastern Virginia,
i they'did not intendto remain, Fbut would
/ so out of this saccuued Union3 reenrd-
less Of the will of the mljority-we will
say to them. gentlcmep, we do not intend
to "coerce" you foreman in the Union,
and you cannot scoercen ns Ito go out of 1t.
/ Great cheering.)
Fellow-eitizens bear these things in
mind. We have. the right to discuss the
Propriety of erecting here in Northwestern
virginia, separate State Government for
ourselves, where we, WHO desire, may re-
main In the Union formed for us by our
ity, in which the BLESSINGS tbat Union has
conferred upon us. Is viii confer unon
them. And / have no doubt If we 90
about il in good faith; that We can In
/ Virginia, under HE Constitution of the
/ United States and the laws Of the land, or
\ ganize a separate State Government here.
4 and the Congress- of the United States
will consent 10 our admission into the
Union, and the Legislature Of Virginia
will consent 70 our separation, fGreIt
Cheering, n trust such will be the deter
| minati0ns of this Convention which meets
here on Monday, before 1t adiourns.-
i (Cheers,) By that act, all the beneficial
results have anticipated in my moments
of reflection, willb found to flow to this
| people. / have always believed that If the
Union men In the border slave States would
take q firm, dReitied ahlf,%hold position,
they co9la put down secession Ia, their
midst rand could md would be instrnmene
tai - restoring peace and harmony to the
whole country. (Great and continued
kcheerlng.
Mr. p,.r,,.,,,,,, s....,.
,,.5.r,l. =.
a. 4, y Fetlreu ana the crowd called out
Mt. M5; Flerpoint, wh9tmHde them spicy and
seiI!nE NUS speech. He told them among
o'neE t9lngs that the Intelligence from the
.I1. I, was most cheering, md
.uss s !i ao rom me valley some gratifying
Information: 10 Berkeley county they had
ISSUED hand-bill for Mass Meeting, on
monday, to nominate candidates for the
heglslatnEe' In Hampshire county, the
gEeatesE union enthusiasm prevailed
oo.HS oe lle pest men who had been Union
tisT OeIore tue Convention were Union men
StiIt-suen men as John b. Baldwin and r.
Conrad he referred to the rumor. he
m LIHa neaEa SINCE ne came to the city, that
TittIiSo, haa oeent made a rendezvous for
~ t.e'e'lets troops. He said IN officer came
~ 5EsltIon 'tor ms purpose; but, fellow
I IHSI tn s,, o.aeys = 1--we at Grafton.
SusfFsl 5ney nave hundred Of them
Us goou ana true AS ever trod the soil.
luz uts ss.s1eulan came up to; Grafton yester-
CO. tne PutPose OF looking out place
LOT uEllllng companies and with instruc-
IONS 70 establish rendezvous there "if it
Vas n9t ohenslys @ the people SO he told
tt'e lahlg ", me Goys found ont heywas
/ mere. They wenHuPt to him, md said they
i Wv Ilehqt We are g hospltahle peo-
l pie oqt here. and &c viii be generous with
we "tli give I'VE yoG TIL the next train
SS.srLs 70 ieaSe Out as sure as God is in
heNVen, II you come back this way you will
mo-. no5 get IN tn,,ropgh. He LEFT by tho 6rst
sEal9; Oneers; celebrated Captain
rom E !. 1Is "Whaes his name2'' his
nun. hume Is y thompson, daughter, went up
S sueFS 70 =, The ss6'hoys" found out
no was mere 100. They told him II he
T Moulu. oElng up 200 OF his troops from
, ra.E., s.lt tney had 100 who would kill
saem iastet tnSn they could come up. He
came BACK to Fairmont and told them he