Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-17
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thus laE eondueied ~ RaF Is that ths legal
psoPl6 ols ulAis Constitute he qists; and
he REALS agaiBSt ths auttOEily Of tho
UnIol are ed1lBals; aad thsi, lnli teSy
psrES tbOnJslytS Of tbelF gait y laylng
doGa Their arms snd EOnsUing thSiF ale
glance, they AFs 70 b regarded e the
SnsmleS Of he bAtion. Both The executive
and legislative departments Of The goVSra-
msal hare recognised Gad Confined this
TioV Of thO case. COagFoSS bas admitted
Nossr1. Oallils aAd Wiley % The Sa0ster
and NssSsI. BroEn Aad Blair = he HOnSo,
Oh thS gEOund that they represent The stats
Of VirFiutA. The actual raleF1 Of that
htats have 0bdieatsd their authority By
acts Of FObollIOn, The loyal people became
the state, and proceeded % The adoption Of
4 new organization Aad The choice Of new
oGieeU. By conventioH regularly -.
SomblOd q Wheeling, they prepared . con.
situation Tor the state, uuder which cleo.
IionS have bOen held and every function Of
StAts exi5ieaeO performed.
The validity Of these proceedings has
beon rSeOSsIEod BY OOOgrSSS 10 the IeCeP.
tiou Of the Virginia Senators, aud " the
PresidOut In hIS OmeiAl intercourse with
Governor PisrPolut, the new Executive Of
Virginia. BuI Ia recognizing these acts,
both Congress Snd the PreSidsnt are bound
% FOeoRnlss them ~ The acts Of The whole
State Of Virginia. No State can divide liz.
az or DO divided eOnSlitutiOpslly without
the formal assent Of CongreSs aud Of the
STATE Legislature. ViEgi1iS consequently
has never been divided. She IL geological.
" aud politically the same YlFHihia that
We have always kHOWn as the Old DOmin.
lou. The seat Of her Government bAs been
ehaaRod from Richmond 70 Wheeling, be-
Gauss The former city Is 10 possession Of
armed inSuEg0ntS; loyal officers have been
put 10 place Of diSloyAl, aud Z rOa0Vated
Consultation has been adopted By the PEG.
pie bat 10 all other respects YirgtnlA 70.
uiaiuS one Of the States Of the UniOn.
II this view OF the case DO c0rreet u
the acts Of The UOVsntiOa held At Wheel.
log are those Of Western v gala Only; II
the part Of the State beyond the mountains,
% which some have given the name Of
KauaWhA, Is 70 be regarded aS alone rcP-
resented then the whole movement there
has bOea revolutionary and unconBtitRti0nal
The deception Of MoSIr5, Carlile, Wiley,
Blair, &c., Il invalid; their VoteS nts VoteI
Of uSarpefI and Congress has Staltl6ed
itself ~ allowing them places on the door
Of our legislative halls, Either they are
representatives Of the stAts, OF they are
no representatives all, because the Con-
stitutiOu allows Of no half States, or ONO
diVIslons Of States into two, e1ceptiu he
the mode prescribed. Us prohibitions and
demands on this bject arc as perempt0ry
nnd a. clear q any u the requirements
which Il contains. Thv Pre1ideht and
and Congress, therefore, 10 recognizing
the elaimS Of the officials, now acting 10
the name OF Virginia, have, from the ne
csssity 0(ths case, FecoguiSel them o. The
legitimate organ, not Of any new State OF
that name, bat Of The old State. AeBSrS.
CGrlile and Wiley occupy the places Vaeat.
ed BY Mason and Hunter, MeSlFs. Blair and
Brown the places vacated BY Pryor and
othsrs; aud Gov. PeIEpoiut has been chOS.
90 By the people 70 Eupplaut Letchsr, who
voluntarily FelinqulBhsd bis position 10
order 70 Join the rebels.
ShOnldit Be said that all The electors OF
Virginia did not participate Ia bringing
about these changes, The answer Is plain.
Il was their own fault. They had abund.
ant opportunity % participate, it they
chose. The Convention was duly called.
Every voter was asked 70 vote IN regard 10
II, aud those who retraiaed, EstsAlusd Of
their own will. No force was used to ex.
clude them from the polls. On the eon.
traFy, they were inVitod 70 make their
wishes known. Not having dOne 20, they
cannot now eomplaiu Of theiF own default.
They cannot take advantage Of their own
wrong 70 defeat the will Of willing and
legitimate voters, and they are bound 70
acquieSee Ia the results Of aproCeeding 70
which they were either hostile Of indiGer.
emit This iS the universal rule ID regard
to ell popular elections.
Ina1mueb, then, a. the acts Of The
Wheeling Convention are the acts Of the
whole State, and are 90 treated By the au.
thoritieS Of the Federal Government, the
new constitution which has Just been Up.
proved By an Overwhelming popular vote,
10 the eonStituuon Of the whole Stats Of
Virginia. We have . tight 70 infer, also,
that the votes on the emancipation ques-
tion giVOa At the same election, though
they are Informal, express the desire Of
the State. By mAi0EitisS o large IS those
which adopted The new constitutions and
10 many precincts larger, the people DE-.
clare themselves IN favor Of the gradnal
abolition Of slavery. The decision, 81.
though Il possesses 40 Official value, iS
nevertheless highly important AS al indi.
cation Of the popular sentiment. Il tells
their Representatives 10 Congress, aud Il
tells other representatives, as well a. the
whole nation, that Virginia IL prepared
lot freedom; that she wishes Il indeed (;
and, when the opportunity arrives, that
she will record herself wholly aud 68ec-
tullly on the side Of free civilizations
This Olgn, together With the signs We yes.
tsrday remarked upon ID Maryland, are
gratifying earneSts Of The work which the
modest suggestions Of the President are
likely 70 carry forward 70 . glorious end.
A gentlemen somewhat given 70 the
preparation Of dOggerel rhyme, on being
twittsd Of the fact. thus explained and