Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-26

| utSt14Iuus iS4u Oh sucn a movement as we have
suggested, ;.'sisTli !
lFtom the Pafkerburg ddzottS:J
sa A Word Ter the New state.
We profess only to be the editor of To-
cal paper, but we are determined to do ali
we can to improve and benefit the peobIe
among whom We live, NC care not who IL
htts or wh0iis scared, who becomes enemy
or who friend. But truth shall be our
friend and our standard bearer. Parkers.
burg has been a place for some years
She has had a number of people in her: but
few who thought they had all the prop-
| erty and could secure their own ease and
comfort, sit rouud the corners. live ON ,. The
people, aid no enterprise, seek no prosper.
| lty, are satisfied with the way. things are
going on, are ready to jump on the wagon.
twhether seceshfor union carries along !:
time. -, e. 'Ns
w 9 confess we are of different stripe
we know this city, ifeitlwas properly used
| by the people in it, would double in popu-
lation and wealth every five years; bntthe
only way to make it do SO is enterprise.
fenergy and right purposes. If rebellion
had succeeded, your prosperity would have
been worth nothing; We should haYe been
q border town; trade with Ohio, trade on,
tue river, and of course all western trade
over our railroad would have been stopped.
All our interests would have been washed
I.out-the man who ia now wealthy would
have found himself but little better than
abe serfipnless he bad profession that
would have kept him as one of the ruling,
liclass. ''4'E y y
d We yetand many of these grumbling at
the prospect Of future taxation to spaV5the
national debt. Should not that taxation,
make them hate more deeply the infamous
rebellion that has caused this taxi 53ut.
NOW lightly sits this tax upon them COM,
pared with theiaWfu tax upon life, upons
limos lost, upon senses stunned aud bleed.
ing, upon ties severed, upon heart strings
broken. We may not, as christians, hate
these rebels, but he who hates not the sin
OF this rebellion which has caused such.
'Inisery, will hereafter have little to hone
for from man or God. aij...a -
Western Virginia has, by a majority. gbv
the voice of alltwhot are good. wise! itrne.
honestF within tile State, severed herself
from the rebellion. Her majority and
power are true to the State and to the
Union. They have moved on step by step
as last as was safe and constitutional 10
secure State, loyal and honest leaving
the east to slutf of as the rOttenness Of
the sore that has infected the body of the
State for years. ~ yeg2i itslaa7 y
Do you, then, men of Parkersbure, of
Wood County Of Western Virginia, wish
to be safe and have your property secure d
aud increase, do you wish for certainty In
stead OF suspense, do you wish for pros.
perlty instead of adveFaity, you can only
attain II oy bFaetng every sinew and nerve,
bringing every word and action to bear.
upon the perfection of this West Virginia
as State government, and not only that
out as a State free from sEGDes or any of the
apPendages of slavery, at as early a day as
hs possible. We tell you, all history tells
you, your own a iierience tells you, your
eryatton tells you, that you cannst PROS
perunul you are rid Of the institution of
slavery. Labor will never be respecu,dy
unttl1youi are free from the institution, be.
cause the German, the French, the Swiss.
the northern men and families who
lnere9se our population will never come
lufand cultivate the vine and the, corn,
cattle and sheeps-all wants Of man,
until you. are free from the accursed insti.
itutton which has made the class Of peopie
that created this rebellion. There is NO
.proprtety In blinking this natter. The |
time has when it should be- sbokan;I
out freely. You think assWe think! The
tactsiare too spalpabls.i You cannot HELM
Iita You cannot ignore 1t, and iif yOn do not
speak asswe tits only because you fear it, |
Dht with it. Speak the truth SY6u7kuow
we must have a free State or still remain
40 the slough that WR!Hre now in, without
nope or prospefity.1 mines unused, our
land untitled, tandiour own personal free.
dom from the oppressiVeness of the selfish |
inseCuret 81 5IiisFGog ! yl1.,s, !
We must learnytD speAiIs6ut freely. that
fH1fa.
the community, blessings to eommunity. |
are OF otthefcommuuity, are what " ere de- |
stgned In our great and true DecIaration Of |
ipq qependence free and EQUAL 10 any nsntI
on . earth q Wee must assiduousIy cnltiVhts
thas freedom and the dignity Of labSr. If l
We would be prosperous aud happy. peopIsiI
Any thinker knows we cannot have It With
the sltghtestltaint OF slavery amone rts..-s |.
Now, We have our applicationlfor 1 leWsl
state before Congress. We are sOrrys the1b
C9mmittee of Congress have thought
proper % incorp0Fate q 5proEisi0aa by 4
which the State shonld aecept. the 7Rrestl,I
aeRF 3 pFOpo stttou and relieve itself thus L
becapselWe do not sthinlS7it neeessaF nal
theeesis asktnd- otsrestiye spirit sriont1 -
which does not like any such thing a thev +
suppose to be interference. But shall vel,
II with that proyision2 Certainly, L
sas people Wltll, Two % one, or perhaps ten
e one. The other proposition Is e9teb5
the Stats line to the Blue Ridge $40 6hIdI Ia I
hare been omitted. We are notl tb6,garrie.l
people as those of the !, Valley generally.
and we have no commercial intefcounss. II
lts trade ts not IN this direction. TbeV are
more starraefs5 We should be m6ta fhfnefslf
9nl nllinnt taetnrerss II may be q hong tiiiae 1
asioFs He VALLEY Htll consent 70 tle terms, Il
Fei bailr IL