Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-07

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u clause d6Olishmg sl0rery MTouqhout HE
'eorId. Is OTHER WORDS, TuEr cGRE xoTn-
lSG FOR THIs NIGGEK QUESTION. They
have no interest in it. But they care for
having new State. In that project all
their interests are Implicated Sirs, sirs,
we are not afraid Of the name 'taboliti6n.
lists" That is n cant expression o. seces.
sIOnists. Gnt We are afraid OF the effect
OF the wrong action of our delegates will
bHVe; our delegates who either misundcr-
stood US (strange!) or else misrepresentcd
us. Us this stranger still3")s'
| March ., 1862.
ofthe Commissioners ia reg ard TO Il.
Editors Lnteltigeneer:. 10 La1slGE
| have but little 10 say, and with your
permission will begin by saying that great
events are transPiring in our moving, stirr-
! ing, warning nation, daily and hourly, re-
ve"ling unexpected turns aud phases in
this awful drama, inspiring some with
hope, depressing others with fear. Our
nationality is like ship on n stormy sea
every spar is put to the test, aud every
liuc is strained TO its utmost tension. But
thank God, our old ship has Weaihercd
storms before, and We believe will weather
4 i
bers unbrOken, and her mariners skillFul
aud trustworthy; and Withal, tho storm
seems TO be abatiug, and "laud IIOl" is now
heard above tue din of tho storm. But
whilc We joyfully hail this Frightening
/ prospect for our nationality, and minCie
our cheers with jubilant aud grateful mil
lions of trecInen in every state and cline.
where freedom has friend, our Gun of ior
Is embitLered with the reflection that those
brilliant victories, won by the favor of God
and the strong arms aud brave hearts of
our gallant officers and mon, on both land
and water, haVe cost many precious lives,
aud sent wailing aud woe into many, pery
many households Who or what, is re-
| spOnsible for this war, aud all this waste
and loss of life and vast expenditure?
However men may differ as to its impuedi-
| ate cause, there can be no one SO bold as
to say that this rebellion aud war would
have occurred tvithoWt slavery. Aud this
is the chief cOrRer-StOHe of all our family
teuds--the prolific mother, of all the intru-
stVe impS that have heretofore disturbed
the family. And whit are our prosDects
of getting rid of this "Paudora's box, by
getting New State? Is there not great
danger that the retiring storm will leave us
on the strand or overwhelm us in the surf
If the former should be our fate, we could
never look for relief fIom a bolder or
friendlier wnve-ifthe Inter, the blackness
of darkness would settle and seal our fate
| beyond the reach of resurrcctionI In
plain English, The rebellion has made our op.
| portunity, to rid ourselrrs and our posterifv
Of SldUerY, and strike for freedom. Who
does not know that freedom aud free State
to plant it In, was n ttViH: impulse Of every
loyal heart, from tue first trumpet. blast
from Harrison County And hotwith-
Standing our military successes have re-
4 Gently made it more clear than before thnt
our convention s'Committed hlunder" in
tstopping at the prOhibitory clause in the
B1ttelle Resolutions, thereby hazarding our
whole project before Congress IL our COM
missiOners exert themselves like true. bold
and skilltul mariners, we may yet reach
the harbor; but lift they sleep at their post,
we shall be repulsed III Congress, and be-
fore further action can be taken, the enc
mics of division will. come swarming into
our Legislature from the East, in numbers
sufficient, being added to a few IosseiIEifcr.
Gus specimens of slaYe-Ocrucy already in
that respectable body, to vote down the
whole new State enterpriAe, aud thus chain
us beyond relief or redemption to the dcs-
TIMES of poor slave-ruined, rebellions old
Virginia. t.s 'sEt5r zit'sy .ys.3ysE aItt0.s
As things nor stand, it was undoubtedly
q misfortune that tue Convention failed 10
insert an extinGuishing clause in our con-
stitutiOn, aud thereby give it a probable
passport through Congress. But since we
have not the best thing that we could have
let us make. Hu effort for tue seeOHtl best.
Let our commissioners, under their plena.
ry powers, either take the course suggest.
ed by yourselves, viz: Immediately ascer-
tain, in some informal. butrespeclful man
4 ner, the miud OF Congress on the subject,
iandifadverso TO our Constitution as il is. let
those Commissioners rc4sssomblg the Com
TentiOn immediately, to chHnge ths COnsti.
tuition in that particular; iusert the free state
clause; OF provide that every niau who
4 may vote on the Constitution shall have
I the privilege of voting for or against n
Tree iState-the votes 10 be recorded III d
separate list; aud 20 be presented with the
Constitution before Congress, as evidence
Of the power and the viii Of our people
to have free State. There can be no
doubt that Congress would respect such q
demonstration; and sull less doubt, that
under existing circumstances, and without
some satisfactory evidence. that we intend
Il to have q free State, they wilLrejecl 6s,
But the enemies Of our new fStdte st {:
t'W6at right has Congress 10 diGlat S6at
kind of u Constitution we shall tisos
1 Videds It berepublienu IN its ch6F acter ~
4 Ia answer 70 this syren q1ibbIe. Nc would
say, that our fate as a State il the same,
whether they hare the right, or ehOose to
exercise tt-from their decision there Is no
appeal. And With the obvious fact staring
them in the face, that all this war aud
olOOdshed had its origin in the system of
slAverYaIit Is not probable that they would
j iWilliuglY add to its power Of mischief, by
lRdmitting us, Il they thought ne were
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