Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-17

4 You cannot now be citizen oF Te,tnesses
!gith0ut beiNg q eitizsA of tke U1itel Statey.--
I Then let us cheetfully and willingly 20
BACK 70 our allegiance 70 the Government
and laws of the United States. For myself.
| am going back to tho old fsg. 1t is a
tamt mtLtar cqpaintanee of mfne. once aided
n bearing y to foreign land to teach a
E9iEeign enemy that II could not be insulted
with mPunity. a -
The Admiration OF west virginia. into
the Union. -
(From the PHILADELPHIA Prsss ~
The proposed new State of West Yirpih-
"a is now before Congress, praying admls.
SION INTO the Union. Her commissioners,
have recently been ina Washington before
the Territorial Committee of the two
Houses, laying before them the historical
documents and facts connected with their
movement. From all we can learn. the.
prayer of the new State receives on nearly
every hand a favorable hearing. And so Il
odght. The people of West Virginia have
entitled themselves, not only to the iusticea
bat to the partially of the peobleGof lie
tree States. And it Ia but justice that lhey
ask when they seeklth their admission as 4
separate State from the. Old Dominion
into the, Bhiou. The West Vfrgininns,
were the first people mall the slave States
who broke open ground against the REBEL
lion, Their Governor, LeScher. aud ali tbs5
ktchm9nd authorities, went off into rebel!
lion. Most OF the foremost politicians
throughontthe State followed suit. The
people wera1eft not only idefeneeless, Lft
WITH al the prestige of armed oficial-
ism against them, Their couutry was
occupied carly By Letcber's troops. who, at
% time lin Jhesrebellioni came and burned
bridges within fifty milesl of Wheeling. = 4
YET, ding the presence of these
troops 10 their midst, the people of West
Virginia not only voted overwheiniingIy
against the Ordinance of Secession but De
/ Hgan5t almost as soon IAs their ifree-State
nelghbors, To- organize, NOT only fol. Iheifi
own protection, but also for the service ,f
tue common cause Of tile Unicn. Aftsr3
their Governor had insOleutly refused to
HresPouddto7 the call of the President forj
Xirgtnials quota of troops. the people Of the
western portion of the State, in defiance of
their Governor, began responding, AID TO-
DAY they 'haveiinttbe field. in theiarmIes Of
the Union, eleven regiments of excellent
tFooPs-r7s greater number, in proportion To
their population, than many of our own
free States. In addition to these United
States troops, they have, tn3most of the
co9ptlsss 0rganiSsd home guards for self
defence from. guerilla raids aud Secession
mnnlpulations in their midst
These are some of the reasons WHY we
say that the people oftWest Virginia should
now have the attentive and partial ear of
congress IN their application for admitrtnce
as anew State into the Union. In iookinp
over.the ground of their application we
can see no objection toiit; notone. BVsFy re-,
qulsttion .otthe Constitution of the United
States has been complied With, and more.
The people have, directly and indirectly.
voted some three or four times for a sepa
rate State; and the Legislature of the i1GoIe
iSlate-the same that elected Messrs.
Carlile and Wiley United States Senators
from Virginia4has given its unanithous
and unconditiOhal assenti There gcan be
but one question in the minds ofImembers
otSopgress concerning the admission of the
new State, and that is not constitutional
difficulty, bnt Is Id reference 10 the slavery
question. The Oonstitution Fathe ey
State issilent1uponitha question, and REL
.ters action upon it to the, Legislature.
which Is thus given the power at its
very first session to ab0lish IT.
There Is no doubt but thar such will be
the speedy action uSOf the Legislature, be-
cause.-the people oflthe new State have, in.
the most emphatic way, declared that such
IS their will, With the people of West
Virginia a new State means q flee State,
and they have coupled the tEos together
without distinction, so faras we could oh.
serve during their whole movement.
Slavery only exists among them nomtEally.
Within the boundaries of their new State,
comprising toety-fonr large counties, there
were by the census OF 1860, only about
twelve thousand slaves, ag1lihst upwards of
three hundred aud thiFty-siH tthousand
'whitepeople; whiehtis,i as any one can see. a
disparity thatffotetells the speedy extines
dou.ot the fustitnttod. The people of West
Virginia have really never hadoauy taste
tor'slayery, becahse they had no interest in
IL. lt,Whs wholly nus1itetlito their climate
aud never couldebe made TO take root in
ltheif soil despite al the efforts OF the cas-
tern p0Ftfonftf the Staten To- foster it, At
the recent election, for. the adoption oftthe
Constitution for the proposed new State,
ithe'people2 26t their own motion q and With.l
out HUtfeiak kproV vision having besn made
.oua the ssobje took vote on gradual
emancipation and the vote for 1t ran al
most' everywhere hand in hand with the
vote on the Constitution, and In one or two
eednttes we observe eithatit was even iarCaf
than thsVote forthe Constitution Indeed,
the very fact that the Consultation did not
provide grAaQa1 empnGipAtion Was made
the ground of Qbjectionto il by not few
'yotets, Who, on that account, refused 10
Tote for tttt, e qsgeesag 1Sfsga7sa
nss It proper that this exhibit OF the pop
tular viii ehopld becopsidered by eongtess
u eonneetipn with the slavery question, in
case any Que may be disposed 70 raise that |
question: which We think, 6ndeE the cir!
cumstances, should not he the case.a We
IthiniS that Cong gFess should tat oncs admit |
ftAs7neH tStaten ID NOT keep. her loyal ,aud,l
,tEps Peepls ting, aud anxious, as the