Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-03


We desire to have no debate or diRet--
ence with any sincere friend of the new
State. We will have none if we can help
/ It. But writer in the Wellsburg Herald
80 mapifestly mistakes, at least mis-statSs
our position, that we consider it our duty
TO turn aside and correct his statement. l.
Hequotes from an article in the LntelS-
:Seneer, written prior to the assembling bf
the Convention last fall, and endeavors to,
i show, that it is inconsistent with articles On
the new State question that have appeared
since the Convention adjourned. Heasks:
How is this, that the editor has receif-
ed such divine inspiration lately whdn,
he talks about the impossibility of ourad-;
mission, not with a slave Constitution Dc
he supposed In his article of October
but With just such a Gonslitution AS a
large number of States had which hate
got rid Of slavery. BE evidently cunteui
plated that the Convention would adopt 4
slave Constitution He says t.If tie
Convention prefer TO make It for time b
slaVo-State, they will do So" And then ::
eve cannot $50 that this matter need 90
casion any embarrassment Whatever."I
Now he has come to the conclusion that
'there Is no use IN proceeding blindly with
this work. Enough Of that sort of thing
has been done already &c.
This is exactly the conclusion we have
come to. we;Wish that our friend, the
writer. had come to similar ono. Anl
We will explain to him II he viii but giys
Us his patience aud histcaudor, what SOFT
COZ .iaspttettop, /" as he callsit, Nsihayerd-
esived. - -
Hesays thatWe evidently contemplated
. that the neWlState would be slave one.
Certainly We did. Who did mott We
considered itIaa both possible aud probd-
able that Wegwould have slave Constitp-
ton for the next ten, HEteeh, OF twenty
years. The fact made no sortof diFersnse
With Us, save that VIC, Of course, preferred
theminimum to the maximum time. BIZ,
any time suited US that dsutt the Con-
ysntion. Alive wanted Was a tins, some
time or other, be ii in 1885, as Nj. Bat.
tslle proposed, OF in 1875, as he would
readily have agreed TO. ShorEpess Of time
was mot = sine qua non with any free. State
man known to us. What was wanted WdS
simply esntgiaty as to some future ttme,
at which the State would become FREQ,
. The shorter lifetime, Of course the sooner
the nav State would reap the fewards.
AID 1865 was not objected to on accoua,
of shoJtneas otstims bygthoss Who weSe
opposed 70 . ttse State. Any time at all
WAS objected to, iWhichwas the trouble
We are free to confess to the writer
that the opposition Of Congress to our re
coguitiUn as State, never presented
itself tons With such force as Il did ana
"a began 70 SEQ how thoroughly the ffet
States were interested ia the issue Ofsout
Sk6rf 70 make new State. Il wal
because ,oft66 .a1mistalRbIe Indication
of1phble ltimenf In those States, in 70.
astiea - Dur now State that Mr. BattelS
andethess we're induced to press the graduai
emancipation clause. It was because they
believed that the whole probes, would
fait, and that al cur lsbors aud hopes
WopIdgo. for nanght, that thSS urged the
C6aSe1ti6a o tats emancipation steps,
With al orr might Ne urged this course
uponthe 66h9sntioh. The pressure upon
oodgteis ne such from the Northern pa
Pefs REPRESENTING an Overwhelming public
ss6tiHiEatt liat is fSlt 6vea bad not mSE1-I
bers OF the Gonye6tion been directly so
assured fsoa members Of Cong shat
) IN .the Tres State clause was inserted,
Ael STATE you'd never be ogniSed.
sasansa mAds IL tie duty o.
SSsIy eyptad n0ss S3tats man; who was
$50 q free State 1lSni So a6able hibi
.IsfoiS re did redo9ble ours. W6sla-
bored ntfl ,f Con9e1tioe va Ia sssslepi
nrl. Ihols eh6 GeIe oppo "a % q tres1