Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-12
NuoRuT RuoR.

Nuo2rET REroz-
Ths un4erdgned, minority Of tie Com
9iS1ees dissentinR from 4 majority repeFt
aPon The gabieet Of tie resolarioas Of khe
Oaio Legislature, beg leaTe 70 submit the
folioGiag report:
lis 70 Be insrTred tkat The Resolutions
above referred 70 EeTe Adopted By Tie Leg
islature Of Ohio ia TIeU Of The faet. that
The LegislAfate Of Virginia, daring its
present session hy 9 VERY decided vote, de-
riiaed to grant ths noaikeatioss asked for
IL the charter OF the Holidays Core Rail
Road Company. This decision vas RfTeu
after > fail aRd fair diSeaSsIon of The CUES
tIons involved Is said eoakEoVerSE. By the
dlSe13sioa IL VAS made aPpaTent 70 this
ksBIslASarer thAt the PTeseat charter of he
Hotllaays Core Rail Road Company, Tas
The reauIt Of "a understanding mutually
agreed uPoa By the parties directly inter
ested- As sueh. it Vas EaIi6ed By the Leg.
tsAAtare OF VIrgiaih, THE Western members
supporting l. u1AninOusIy.) Ia The passage
Of the Act constituting the Charter. In
der these circumstances The ehaEGerrefePred
%, vas invested With all the force and so-
is0aity Of a eoacraet, aad this Legislature
very properly declined to violate its pro-
VISIONS &C The iRstRlEe Of oae Of the par
i
aad IA violation Of the other interests AZ
stake Your Committee suggest as saf-
heient answer 70 the resoI0tioRg of the
Ohio Legislature the SIEtement ofthe fact,
that the State Of Virginia has already
granted the right Of way across her terri
toEyI and the privilege 20 construct bridge
AZ SteubenTIlte, 90 conditions Uhiea were
satisfactory 70 the parties Interested in that
enterprise. These eondltions Ue=e no more
| restrictive than those USUALLY made under
similar Circumstances, nor more rigid than
Vas necessary for the protection Of the in
tscezts of her own citizens.
Cntii q late period Ihe 50 called reztrie-
aouS we're not eomPlaiaed OF; and in the
JadE5eat OF yoar ComuiEtee. there IS aor
| no good reason Why The parties Who hare
heretotore accepted these charters, and
Who are lntereased IN these impIoTenents,
should aot proeeed AZ oaee to open theit
routes, and complete the bridges II Wheel
ING AID SteabeaTiIie, In accordance With
the provisions Of the respective charters.
Il Il viii be found that the real ean3e Of
sdstAy aad complaint, arises not from i'm
peFieetIons IN Iae charters, bat from the
leAtousles eIiEtihg between rival roads;
aad the desire On the part of those con
fGrothng leading line of road, to obtain
Advantages, which viii render Il iaiepend-
ent OF Al Nholesone eompetiEiop-
Tue LegislAt1re Of Ohio, IN the pream-
ole % the resOla6ons eommauieated 10
tbs body EeterS 70 the .-pronp1ness and
A4aeuly With Which Ohio offered her blood
aud treAlure TO defend her sister STATE
Virgiaia, from faTSsiOn,s Snd thereby il,s.
tIhes the ~eall'' mad0 upoG rs bT The res
olutons. Ia EusWer 70 this ap6eal. Il q
proper 70 say, tin The people Of Virginia
are not insenHble 70 the ObliEaIioas under
which they rest, for the support which has
been glTen then. By the gallant soldiers of
Oh1oI and other loyRl States, IN their EFFORT
% maintain loyal goTernment- At all
proper times theY are ready % aekuoWI-
edge their Indebtedness in the fallest and
heartiest manner.
IL y bat jRst 70 say, however, that in
ne discussion of obiigatioaS arising oaEef
tHe sooduet aud GREATS OF the war, II will
% toRnd that When TIA need Is equally
distributed, the debt viii not be IholIT
Que By Western Virginia The loyal PEG.
PIE Of The States have al equal inferest in
Ehe saeeessiuF eoaduet aud teFninstieB ~
The war. The citizens of Western Yfrvi-
nia, while they have suffered more. have
40 more AZ stake than the citiEens Of Ohio.
aside from these general considerations
Ee cannot forget aud justice demaniS
Shat re should nOt forget, Ibas Il vrnS he
loyal men Of Western Yirr1aia that str1eI,
the hrst blow Against the rebellion; sinee
then theT hare lhbOred earnestly and Esith-
taIlIl aud under di6eUIties NOT realized IN
loyal StAtes, tomAiRtain her loyal position
an4 bear a. honorable part IN opposition
@ The common eaenys Upon her soli
have been tooEbt the 6attleSs aud upo1 ~
people have faIlea the des6lstions Of wsF.
Which would otherUisa have faIIen uDo1
The Ohio border and to-day il Is due no
less % the loyal nea ef Western FIrZini1
Ihha % he stroog arms of he sSSs Of
Ohio, that the REBELLION is bouaaea by he
Allegheny noansains Instead Of the Ohfo
river.
L. view e tie near approach OFtte doe
OF the session q this Legi8latares aI;l -
Pressed with the fnpEoPriesy of hastilT
disturbing ehazters Which have baea ers-
Ated By earefal and dsliherate leEisI.S5o1
yolr GO01ittes respectfully reeoalrle6d
lhe Pel3alse Of de follOgi1E resolntion.
RGlolctd, That It e inexpedlent. a TIE
preset seEsiol q lie GeaeraI ASgellSlv.
% leIEllsiate uPol ths sabieetS reFerred 8
u tie fesOlltiOl q de 06I0 LeEilIat6re.
T.H. LoaKx.
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