Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-11
The Last Att.mP. g Defeat ths New

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canvass anev the arguments for a new
State. That day has passed. The people
of Western Virginia have decided that they
want aud intend 10 have new State They
have so decided again and again. Their
determination has been earnest and per-
sistent- Ii was not born in day, nor was
it mere passing ebuIlisioa- II has come
of long aerumulatiug necessity, aud from
year to year for the last generation and
logger, the new State sentiment has spread
until it is now recognized as the one thing
above all others upon which the people Of
Western Virginia are united.
An effort Is being made now, 10 the last
stage of the last step, to bring about
popular revision and defeat the whole
matter. 1t commenced with Carlile at the
last session. of Congress and is nov being
carried on through the Wheeling Pres, a
paper that from its COMMENCEMENT has all
the time been opposed, under various pre-
texts, 70 the new State. The editor has
been seeking to deceive The people BY using
the cheap phrase that he is Gin favor Of
a new State st the proper time" We do
not believe 3 word Of such stuff. We do
not believe that time would ever come
at which that editor would say: "Now,
men OF Western Virginia, am ready Are
you7" five should wait on that editor
even If We should-hs would never be
ready, and never while the world stands
would We get new State. Newell
Bat how foolish and played Outis all the
revived old talk about The ''prOper time"
Our people were sick of that at the start,
because such talk was found in nine cases
out OF. ten to proceed from the mouths OF
those who were, per q, opposed to divi-
sion. When their reasons and arguments
were all Whitfield down it was found that
there was nothing at the point but steady
determined opposition 10 new State in
any event or by any process. No better
answer eau be made ts the wheeling Press
and It's followers than CarliIe, himself, made
in the Convention that met in this city on
the 9Th of August 1861. He was then the
champion of a new State. No road was
too short for him to travel aud no pace too
fast. In the course of that speech, nlludiug
TO tbis.Yery, each phrase orwaitiug for a
''proper time" he said: --.--
4Why, Sir, Was surprised 70 hear gen.
tIemen enumerate difficulty after difficulty,
all of which, as was said on yesterday by
my friend from this city (Mr. PaKtou) have
existed and will continue 10 exist through
out all time with the exception OF embar-
rassmeut to the administration in this
struggle. These reasons are assigned by
gentlemen who tell us they are in favor Of
division at proper lime, and that proper
time is when all Virginia is represented in
the Legislature, aud that time will be when
You never can get the consent Of the Legis-
laInre. Now, Sir, have my own views
about the position of gentlemen when they
tell me they are in favor of II division oil
the State and say they intend to postpone
it until they never can get the consent OF
the Legislature"
This was the answer which John 8. Car.
lille made in the August Convention OF
1861, to those who, like himself and the
wheeling Pres,, have turned tail on pretty
much everything that the loyal people of
Western Virginia hold in estimation. And
"a for all the cant about precipitatiOns
with which the minds of men are now, at
this late day, sought to be PFejudiced, there
never was SO idle and so gross pretenee
offered against any measure. Least Of all
other charges can precipitation be laid to
the new State movement. No other ques-
ton was ever longer considered and more
universally adopted by tie people than
the division movement. True, it never
took shape and life Until within the last
two years. But it was only because West
ern Virginia saw how hopeless avassal she
was at the feet of Eastern Virginia, and
how idle any movement would be that re-
quired the consent of a Richmond legisla-
.ture. As soon, however, as the people
saw two years. ago that constitutional
door was open to the realization Of their
long CHERISHED wish for separate State,
they made haste to provide for their escape
with unanimity that was unknown among
us.
And now at this late day, when the work
is SO near done, after the people have 20
ted so much upon it-afIer 3 CopTentiou
was called and formed Gonstitutiou-zaf-
ter the Legislature has given ita consent
after the o. S. Senate has given also its
consent, we hear afresh the same stale old
cry Abont this NOT beiug the "propsr
,tiue,p and again the people are warned Of
precipitation. And SO they would be and
will be TO the end of time, if they
give ear to such cries. There will
always be few who will never consent.
Can any one imagine that there will ever
come time when our people will ben
united than now3 That time is beyond
evan that to.morroR which Is noWheEe