The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-03-27
"rho Wheeling Government and Tic
New slnte Questlon.n

New state QucstIou.'
We have been handed pamphlet Of
eight pages bearing the above title.
which purports 10 be a letter addressed
by Gen. j. ]. Jackson, Of Parkeriburg,
to w. F. Peterson. Esq, of Wheeling
The document, which is intended to be
perfect "stunuer," is remarkable only
for the pomposity and egotism display
ed by the writer, which will not BIO a
matter Of surprise TO those who know
,he source from whence it omanaled.
The pronoun ~ figures conspicu-
ously ,hroughoutth the pages of this rare
production, and the reader is constantly
reminded of the many wonderful par
lismeutary fea's the big 81" accom-.
pIished about the sth of April last.
in the Richmond Convention, and Of
other great exploits that might have
been performed, but wasn't Tho
whole letter sounds to IA very much
like the mutcrings ola vain old man,
verging his dotugo, who had expected
to be called upon to lead the loyal men
Of Western Virginia in tho grand and
glorious movement which secured their
par, ofthe State to the Union, and who
very naturally feels somewhat "chagrn
ed becausethey gave him the ego by;'
or pOrhnps more like the pueri.e driyCl-
ings OF one whose loyalty and'patriolism
could not kick the beam when weighed
in the balances with the value ofthe grass
Of a goose pasture, About one half of
the pamphlet is devoted to an argument
to show that the writer has not "chan.
ged his politics and turned secessicnist,'
and tie other halfsoSms to be a feeble
and abortive attemptto provo that the
recognition of the Wheeling government
by Congress IS unconstitutional and
that the proposition to divide tho State
al this Jirnc Is inopportunr, -"indefersi.
bic and absurd"
We do not propose anything lkea dc
tailed review Of this precious document,
aud shall, therefore, only ootice such
points Is, il seems to us, were iotendod
10 effect the allegiance Of the people to
the ro.organiz'd aud restored State gov
orpmcnt, and their future action in refer.
ence TO the formation Of new State out
Of this part Of the State of Virginia, We
will raise no question as to the wriiers
loyalty. The fac, that such a docu.
nent was written BY him, at such tins
as The present, on the eve Of an impor
tant election) aud sent to one of the
most violent and uncompromisng Sc
ccssiouis,s in this county, to be circu.
lated, may not be a. circumstance affec-
ting his loyalty in the least, but it looks
to usvary much like there is Something
rotten in Denmark" or some where else.
The Genera was appointed delegate
TO the Wheeling Convention of the llth
of June but declined to attend, because
as he informs us, at vas irregularly COZ
sjituted and, therefore. was not q fair
ponen, Of the people oftho counties rep.
resented, Y aul because he chad ascer.
tanned that tho probable action Of the .
Convention would be revolutionary" Z
g., 81 ANY one who is conyersaDJ |
with the facts and occurrences which
took place at Wheeling abou. the time OF
tho assembling of the Convention last
June. viii remember that Gen. Jackson's
absence from that body was explsined
By his friends, by saying that severe .
indisposition Proyente him taking part
n,tnr isaaS,of2hei haSy; Sud .SeYaviil-
remember also that. after his plooo had
baon filed in tho Convention by Hon.
Y. G. yanwiakle, rs alternate, tho Gene
90! suddenly mrnei apaf Wheeling cue
day, goninf1iy Observation-Disclosures
that no talked louIly, oloqucntIy and We
homandy al the hotels, anil other public
places Or hasty anl premature action,
Rnl Of tho importance ofan adjournment
OF the Convention Until the following
September, as, in Ill probabiIitya docis
i've battle would b. fought by that time,
and rhsn the people ofWostorn Virginia
would bs prepared to act understanding.
Nv with reference 10 tho,r future safety