Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-14

sur, 10he1 that IS done, so long as ii pteIseS
God to give me UOice to cypress my Senti-
HHents, or an arm, a0eab and enfeeJIed as it
may be By age, that vOice and that arm s0iI
ION the side Of my country, for the support
cfue general authority, and for the m0ints-
nance Of the PO'vers Of the Union.-[Speech
of Henry Clay, August LIST, 1850.
Reasons for Defeating the Pennsy1-
vanIH Railroad Bill.
We are endeavOring to form a new State
in Western Virginia. The present Legis-
lature really represents that proposed new
State, although by sort of fiction of law,
it represents the whole State. For nation
al purposes, it is the whole State of vir-
ginia, for State purposes, it is the new
State of West Virginia. 1t owes its exis-
tence to the fact that the people of North
Western Virginia have long looked upon
themselves ignored and provincialized
by the Eastern part of tue State, and to the
bslief of the people of theWest that in order
to get suitable and wholesome legislation,
they must have a smaller and more homoge-
neous territory, Accordingly they have ta-
ken advantage of the present times to pre-
pare steps for their long desired new Stats;
and this legislature is one of the first fruits
of their determination. Hence so far that
body has been mainly engaged in the con-
sideration of interests peculiarly affecting
our North Western Virginia people. They
do not extend the wing OF their legislation
over Eastern Virginin or over the Valley.
Tiey realize that such action is not called
for and that it would be fruitIess so far as
actual results are concerned.
In this view of the case they are engaged
upon work like that of the Pennsylvania
railroad bill at present before then. That
is a measure which eminently affects the
peculiar interests of the North West, and
the fate of which must be a matter of grave
moment to the people comprised within the
boundaries of the proposed new State.
1t seems curious enough that at the very
threshold of our new regime-at the very
Inauguration, as it were. of Western Vir-
ginia policy, bill should be introduced
which can very justly be considered as
fraught with hostility to a large number of
the counties of the new State. 1t would
seem, taking this bill an omen, that in
abjuring the unequal legislation of Rich
mOnd, we have not escaped our complaints.
We Immediately confront another danger.
Our change threatens to be more thing of
name thaa reality. By some luckless for
tune Pandora's box is amoag us still.
Itwould be strange enough if, before we
have really entered on our career as new
State, we should find that there are among
us irreconOilable points of hostility. That
local jealousy, or local prejudice, is so
strong among us, that harmonious legisla-
ton is to become impossible. That bills
are to be resurrected from the dead calen-
dAr at Richmond, which were fire brands
in their day, and which, after long contest
had been settled, and made again bones Of
angry contention. 1t would be strange
we say. And yet this Pennsylvania Rail.
road bill is a scheme of this character. Its
discussion at Richmond is familiar to ouu
readers, and SO likewise is its settle.
meut, All of us here had supposed that
the settlement was fnality. 1t was spo.
ken of as finality. All :he contracting
parties so regarded it. During its settle
ment, the Pennsylvania road under tn,
alias of the ''Western Transportation com
pauy" so spoke of it. DR.. Logan, in hi.
speech yesterday read the letter and dis
patches of Mr.. Potts, President of the COM
pany, referring to it as inslity.
than:that, it was the chosen.
of that company. There was not
in the letter and dispatches
not breathe entry since1
part. In full confidence
the representatives from
cepted the settlement.
NOwwe ask, gent -
ture, if whether i Casid,
from the intereJk tSa,!timor,
railroad coplr Ees.s! sg:ufa bav,
in it, dos .4aso of bar
feiteS3SS question o
60, sss'5- is.sl 4. s sss;.s se' ,,s3
would rQ.es; Cts .hefeot. We think II
does. szte 'nly when one of thes,
loG9 IS is in our own State, and
v1Nk.sa 5ves itself the injured party o,
hsousht to be injured, by breach
at the hands of foreign corpora
1T can not be doubted that it will re-