Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-01

we nave Oeen nan0ed q pamphlet O
eight pages, bearing the above title, whicl
purports to be a letter addressed BY Gen
y. ]. Jackson, of Parkersourg, to w. F
Peterson, Esq. of Wheeling. The docu.
ment, which is intended to be a perfecI
'.stunner," Is remarkable only for tht
Pomposity and cgotfsm displayed BY the
writer, which will not be matter Of sur.
prise to those who know the source from
whence it emanated. The pronoun HI'
figures conspicuously throughout the
pages of this rare production, and the
reader is constantly remiaied of the many
wonderful parliamentary feats the big
~" accomplished about the 9Th Of
1 April last, in the Richmond Convention,
and OF other great exploits that might
/ have been performed, but wasn't. The
whole letter sounds to MS very much
like the. mutterings OF vain old man,
Verging his dOtage, who had expected
to be called upon to lead the loyal men
OF Western Virginia in the grand and glor.
lous movement which secured their part Of
| the State to the Union, and who very nat
urally feels somewhat Ichagrined" because
| they gave him the Ego By; ;'' or perhaps
more like the puerile driveling ofone whose
loyalty and patriotism could not lEick the
beam when weighed in the balances with
tue value of the grass of goose pasture.
About one half of the pamphlet is devoted
to an argument to show that the writer has
not "changcd his politics and turned Se
cessionist, aud the other half seems to be
feeble and abortive attempt to prove that
the recognition of the Wheeling govern
ment by Congress is unconstitutional, aud
that the proposition to divide the State at
this time IS ,-"indefensible
and absurdi' 1888
We do not propose anything like de-
tailed review Of this precious document,
aud shall, therefore, only notice such
points, as, it seems TO us. were intended TO
effect the allegiance of the people to tue
recognized ard restored State Govern
ment, aud their future action in reference
to the formation of new State out Of
this part OF the StAtessOf- Virginia. We
will raise no question as to the writer's
loyalty. The fact that such. document
Was written by him, at such a time as the
present. ION the eve of an important cleo
ttonl and seut to one Of the most violent
and uncomprOmising' Secessionists ia this
county, to be circulated, may not be cir
cumstanCe affecting his loyalty in the
least, but it looks to us very much like
there is s"something rotten in Dsnmark" or
somewhere else:
The General was appointed q delegate 10
the Wheeling Convention of the 1lth of
June, but declined to attend, because, as he
informs u.s. ,'it WAS irregularIy constituted,
and, therefore, WAS not a fair exponent OF
the people OF the counties represented,'' =
aud because he "bad AsCertained that the
probable action ofthe Convention would be
revolutionary" &C., &c. Any Que who is
convers"nt with the facts aud occurrences
which took place at Wheeling about the
time of the assembling of the Convention
last June, will remember that Geu. Jack
sons absence from that body WAS explain
cd by his friends, by saying that a severe
indispOsition prevented him taking pArt
in the labors of that body; and they win
remember also, that, after his place had
been filled in the Convention BIZ Hon. p.
6. Van Wrinkle, as alternate, the General
suddenly turned up at Wheeling one iday,
wonderfully improved in health, and that
he talked loudly, elOquently and Vehe-.
mentIy at the hotels, aud other public
places Of lasty and premature action, and
tue Importance of an adjournment of the
Convention until the following Septembe
as, IN al probability . decisive battle
would be fought by that time, and then
the people would be prepared to act under
stahdtngly with reference to their future
safety and welfare, by taking sides, We.
suppose, with the party that came of
victorious. We willleave those concerned
to form their own opinions as to how their
interest would have been affected by pur-
suing the course pointed out by the author
of this letter, only remarking that such
taltering, yhesitating policy looks to us
very much as If there was great want of
tue right Kind OF nerve ot the part Of those
who suggested it to march mp squarely to
the difficulties we had to encounter and
overcome. Ha as
The writer, who is known to be an as
tute lawyer, then proceeds to argue the un-
constitutionality Of the Wheeling govern
ment, just as If there had been no rebellion,
and as If fthe alternative had never 6een
Eorcedsupon the people of western! Wiz.
ginia, to either. quietly submit to be bar
tercd and sold by the Richmond scoundrels
to the Southern traitors, or take the course
they did in proclaiming their allegiance to
the General Government, and their determ-
ination to stand or fall IN its support. II
sounds very well, does it not, for one who
who has made the law the study ofa long
life, to quibble about legal technicalities
and TO stickle about the constitutionality
lot this thing or that when he. speaks Of
the course pursued by a people who were
IN the condition that We were last June
Such q man might talk until dOomsday,
and do nothing but talk, and yet effect
nothing under heaven towards. the saliva
tiCn of people already on the brink Of
political ruin--but we must say that he is
entitled to credit for even talking, Tor that
was more than some great men we know Of,
dared to do.
But the argument advanced about the
want Of lawful authority to, call a conyen-
ton is, to our mind, perfectly absurd
Where, We ask, was the people 70. look for
lawful authority but to Rtchmond7 aud
had not law, order, and Everything of the
kind been overridden and tFhmpEed under
foot by the rebel State authorities then
rampant in thar LGodforsaken city: He
further objects to the recognized govern
which formed,it was in conflict with the
proceedings Of the previous May conYen.