Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-29

open u rs oecauSe our t9ltrs Will know
M2thtng beyond tile pine fore ITS, the dismal
swamps, and the sandy pIIins of Eastern
Virginia. PassalongtAe Aieghany Nfoun.
tains, the west of which, IL Ms said @mnst
forever continue in PRIMITIVE forest. ',-op
the same meridian into PerhsylyHnin. and
there the hamlet, the villagi, the smelling
furnace, aud the rolling mill will give the
lie to the assertion, AMI shot what West
ern Virginia might hare ben. had The Iryfs.
laturc of the State BEEN & anxious To
develope the resources of, interior, as
her sister State; or pass dk1Fn the Ohio,
and the msst Indifferent lfeler cannot
but mark the difference ttEeen. the an
pearance of Ohio. aud Virgil &. And that.
nnaiIy, we are a dlherentpe lplei separated
w towering mountains ana 1awniug vple
leys, having different elir. ale. soil. pro-
ductiOn, &c., &c., her nus 80 being to
supply slaves for Souther1 market, and
ours, to feed them with The bfodnrts of our
soil, aud TO furnish thau! trough their
masters, with implements tescplIivate the
sugar and cotton plRntali6i e5the South;
and that, therefore, there al can be, no
common boud of sympathy tween us, and
that the east has never fatI 4 ID act toward
the west on this principles
Another cause of c6mplaifE is, RRPRRs
sENTATIoN ON THE WHITE Bdsls, AND TAXA
TION ON THE ''AD- vALoRRAIi q lPRIScrPrE =
"Representati n in C6nEft is to be
arranged upon the federal lpriuriple of
numbers, adding three .ftth5 al the siqres to
The tphOls num6erof .trse Pfrs0nl"
y slave without reference 10 his intelli-
gcucc or his mOraluccoputability TO his MAJ
ker, is property. Tho law recognizes in him
nothing more. Property Is a universal
term and Npplies to real estate hank stork
horses, cattle, &C., &c. Atgording TO this
law for every five slaves 9 nan may have
three votes. Thus slaves may be children,
or they may be men or women, bnt taking
the average value of them at $500 per
head, then it follows thatlFor all property
other than real estate, consisting in horses,
cattle, stocks, sc, amounting to four thous-
and dollars, each Western property holder
ought 10 be entitled to three votes besides
his own to begin with. But docs he get
them? Is it any wonder; therefore, the
Eastern politician should eringe and bow
in the dust before the lOrJlly nRbob who
commands 10, 10 or 20 votes, and when
elected always reflects before supporting
any measure, twill such.aTot cast in such
direction please my master" Did ever
the avs of Drace in ahylage make more
unwise, unjust and invialous distinctions.
- A0'sA - GA4htLlSA " ulbuy fVOLHS because
his property is of certain kind, while
another whose property consists in some
thing else, and perhaps exceeding the
former IN value, is entitled to one vOte.
This, Western Nirginians, is the reason
why there has always been a majority in
the House and Senate Who have had no
sympathy for you, Rs their interests lay
east Of the Blue Ridge, Aud if your petit
tions have fulleE on deaf ears and your ap-
peals- madet TO stony hearts; this, and this
only, is the true reason.
This is the time to sift governments to
the bottom Of theirconstltt titiouat powers,
and Co determipe Fhstfte they iaye ;ijS-
thoftty to ehl0fee ttiG z t{t5 d q FATS
is the ftlIte sSIi ri IL Ks ~ n
1nsatt the 1l jshers0f sdIlid yG1sll IL
ton, and the General Government,-a
by trenson'in high places--dare not Vindi-
cate our National honor; and this is the
time for us, as the children of an unjust
md oppressive parent, to assert our rights
and declare before the world we will sub
nit to the slave rule of Eastern Virginia
no longer unless our grievances are re-
dressed.
Properly in the West is taxed at its full
value, aud sometimes more than it would
bring, If brought to sale under the most
favorable circumstances while the East.
ern STAKEHOLDER escapes with having his
niggers taxed from half to three. quarters
of their real value. Western Vireinians.
is it not plain the law was made for YOU
and against you; and will you submit to
this state of things, when you now have it
equal sugTd0e with yonr Eastern ON onnras- rnl
sors2 And we hear one thunderinr ~.
sponse from the AIlrubanies to the f1b;o
and from thence echoed ,to,tbe. sborss s'oP ~.
the Atlantic No. No ten Thousand ,;Inos
MOI -17
And Won. moor man Iaboror ,,ooho,;o
clerk. or wImtever vonr occnnstion he
must nav a certain per centnm, brfay. 5o0J
ON your salary. And what if Won have a
large family to suDport-wbst If there
should be, a SUSPENSION in, ,business.SonJ
what if youl health should fail. 80 Won.
would be thrown out of cmploymsnt
what does your Eastern rnlers cSre Enr
that, or all these copiointlv. so the tag il