New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-01
THE NEW STATE OF WEST WIZ
CHINA.
From tn. Wheeling hteliiesner.


70 the present attitude Of our New State question
This is but natural. We cannot expect those at
distance TO be quite so accurately Informed IN 'he
minutise as people who have immediate ln'efo'.
In the matter. They have their own g"esN'"' VI
local importance, befide great nsioh"i in"'''' "
think about; and it would rot be strange, Nn"'e's u
might be the sympathy or interest iei'' II 'ie' w
somstres lose he connection OF events so as not 10
he sb,s 70 tail inst where the State stands IL
xve shall sn,ceed in contributing anything either TO
,bs;r c,so,ness or information In his respect. the
..o,,;.i,. srcce and time viii not have been al'
.ode,bsr waited. With this object in view let us
briefly refer TO the most prominent links In the
cbe;n Of events tbs. has brought the measure to is
present position before the country,so thai II may
be seen lust how il stands at this time.
Our State Government having been broken up by
tie abdieation of its officers at the capital Mas
Convention of the 10y al counties NE! in this city on
the 18Th Of May, 1851, to take stopi for the public
safety. This Convention provided for Convention
Of rerularly-elected delegates who met or the llth
of June, ard reorsauized Tic S.e.e Government II
all its departments, making Wheeling tle temporary
capital. In July, the Legislature las inuch 1l ]. d,
was lOyAD held session ana elected TWO UNITED
States = majors to iit the places abdcae0 Dy Macon
vsre admitted 10 seats. By this and Osber acts the
United States Government formally recognized the
rsorganized Government as tue legitimate Govern
aren't, aud the Legislature as the loyal Legislature
Of the State.
The Convention, having adjourned over to secure
the cooperation OF tie Legislature IL completing Tie
work OF Reorganization, met again Ia August, aed
on the Doth OF tha. month passed AZ Ordnance Tor
IL. erection Of the State OF Kanawha out OF pars
of the territory OF NirglMai and PROVIDED IN Tie
ordinance, that the question o. civiS-on or 10
division should be submitted 10 the people wherever
vote could be taken On the IVtA u inc following
October and that delegates 10 a Convention 10
lame a Constitution TOR the proposed new State
should BE- elected at the same time, to meet or ohsr-
wse ii division carried or was rejected. Inc eiee-
tion was held, and division carried Dy an over
wbelninC majority. The Constitutional Convention
met on the 9Th of November following One OF us
Err. acts wss to change tho Bane of tie stale IRON
nanaw ma TO West Virginia.
IL conpeted It's laSOrs about the last OF February
PC2l. ana adjourned without dlssOlving. having
vested It's Iowers il five Commissioners, VINO wer'
empowered 10 call 1t together IA case II should %
discovered that any shanse IN the Constitution they
had framed should be- necessary TO secure the con-
eent of ether tn, legislature Of the State Of Con-
Rress both Of which are required by the Consata-
ton Of the United States. This wise precauiion
xsas taken because the Convention mad, py snai
siority perslstently refused 10 the last TO eagrafE
q provision for the extinction OF Sayery-ior the
measure had enough ensniss, and uuld, lrfesoiule
friends in the body TO bring about this resuii-and
40 fearful were the friends vi new State that the
absence of such provision would he a. lnsurnouht-
Gbe bar 70 admission, that they succeeded obtain
dug il the schedule the reservation OF power 20 re-
convene the body, If 1t should become necessary to
save The new Stale.
uitted to toe people within the boundaries II pre-
acribed Tor the new State aud CT Curse adOpteC by
q very large majority. Al t5e same election, ny
sort vi understanding, or rather III response TO =
suggestion ma iirsi the columns Of me WeHs-
and !. c. (. 4 .
soIae other Western Virginia psp.fs, an lhio'Dal
vote was taken in many counties Tor ~ sgaInst
Gradual Emancipation, aDd 1t was Vo,ec Tor oy az
many thousands as there were Lnn4reds galist II
showing clearly that the people ahead Of their
Convention, and that tnsy would have heartily
adopted Constitution bad provided lof hinaDc
patton.
ing which It's formal consent to L diyjSiOn Of tbo
State with the boundariei fixed Ia tie constitution
wal obtained. Its memorial and a certified copy Of
yEe Constitution were iOrWAIded u IOhgIebe ttuen
IL les iODj shortly after.
Lei us pause here 70 say that Oil The forms If law
and requirements Of the Constitution had been COM
Ilied with thus far, and every step taken toward
new State had Oeen perfectly res uiaF ad legitimate.
The consent Of one parry Que Legislature VI the
S ate had been obtained. Nothing Low WEE lacking
but the consent OF Congress.
Ii was soon discovered !hsl neither House Of Con-
Qress would give us consent unless provision
was Ma lie Tor tie extinction OF slavery in tie
ate The report OF TIE Senate Committee, drawn
by Dir C.rlle one Of the Virginia Senators. cha IN
ciude d provision vi this knG, but 1t incorporated
other provisions SO erineLly calculated 0 destroy
Toe whole new State protest HAL the friends VI te
/, essure voted il down, and his colleague Mr.. VII
lev offered substitute embracing me em.r cl iatIOn
ci.dse sligLsly altered bIt Cl1l,.Ag the objection
able features Vi the Committees report. TINS bnl
passed t'e Seu"to IL very iate day the hessiOD,
aud went TO The House, but too Near the close Of the
tession to gst through OeiOrs 81 adjournment. Had
Itr 1 been for tue treachyTy o. M Carls lwbO
had up tuis time ITOiesSea ~ be and had been
gsrdsd Ls the friend Of The measaTej the bll WOnd
have passed the Senate IL time TO have gone through
tie Hous, also, AZ she lat sesaion.
THIS bill low comes up "a tie House among the
unfoshod business Of last session. IL provide ior
the erection Of forty-eght counties into separate
State 10 be called West Virginia. OF which the
tie, Of Mcdowell Mercer Monroe. GreenbTier, aud
locahOntas :oIm the southern aDs southwestern tier
y counties, 3he boundary thence crossing The noun
tsins snc including PyAdIelon, Morgan, Haidy, and
UaapsnIre. 1t gives the Low state three .1eIs
Ia the lower House Of Congress. IL provides for
Grad, al Emancipation by provision tLa All Children
born az slave parents within the limits OF the Sate
alter the Ash OF Aarch, 1885, shall be free from birth,
Bud tha al slaves within the STATE at that time un
der ten years OF age saU be free when they become
twenty-one, and all ten and under wenty zone
sls he nee at tie age Of twenty i've; aud further
that 10 slave sbsD he permitted 10 come into the
Sia,e Tor perLnauent resldence. III We are admitted
cnGer this Di II Will make us Free state IN few
yesrs, add at tho same time, by mild, equitable
AID gradual process. And the certainly OI this re-
suit will greatly hasten he removal of Slavery from
bur hlBiis.s
II would be useless and Improbable 10 consider
aLetrer we could lot have come up 10 Congress IL
better attitude than we did The bess was Gone
HAT Goud be done, and We are thankful /. was no
Uolse. But whatever Cur Convention failed 10 do
Eas done in tho Senate bill, that low stand
befsre The House and bs country in such attitude