Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-22
20 ooa.saaI0n aaa lhe LsEl.latars.

tbout tho combined session Of the Stats
Convention and the State Legislature in
this city, at thls time, and Of our duty to.
wards the people Of North Western Virginia
In relation thereto. In considerable doubt
o. to what's right, We express the opinion
that tho session Of both Of these
bodies at this time is great buEthen
upon our people. These two bodies
Uro costing our people nearly IL not quite
graBmdrd dolluI per day. II they joint.
j. continue in session much longer, where
on earth IL the money to como from to
carry on Government Taxes noun.
tain high threaten US on all sides. Our
people never were In worse prospect to pay
them. A halt ought to he called. We
CnuAOi afford the stupendOus expenditure.
mol we cauno,.
Either one or tho other Of these bodies
ought to DO out Of session. For, look at
III The Convention Is here laying the
foundation ola new State. Tho LegiSla.
ture is here making laws and considering
policies TOT tho old State. The action Of
the two bodies reminds US Of character
in play, who appears on the stage with a
bag Slung across his shoulder. The bag
seems TO have bundle in each end
Olh. Another character inquiries Of the
bearer what no has in the fore end Of the
bag. lie replies, "Orders for tho army
And what ia the hind part2 "COunter
orders" the bearer replies.
Aud 10 II is with these two bodies, the
Convention and tho Legislature, sitting at
the same time in our midst, The one iq
lnausuraItng a now regime for us-One
that in many things, IL not 10 a majority,
entirely supSrGSdes tho work that Is being
done In the other tbs Of little use to bs
spending time and spending money in
leslslating and considering matters outside
tho limits OF the proposed new State, as in
the case OF railroads from this, that, aud
the other point, when, If tho Convention
ever scts new State going, the work will
have to be altered or entirely done over
again, Very little use, indeed, and not
by any means such as to Justify tho
largo amount Of money that it is cost.
lug. RctrcuchmCut should DO the or.
der Of the day. There Is not . dollar to
DO wasted. by and by, when the present
hard times become harder, as they will
Gro long, a vail viii come up from
our dcsOlated country like that which
came up in tho dArknOss OF midnight from
Egypt. The people will be distressed for
the uecsssarics Of life, And they will be
Infatuated when they SEQ tho tax CATERERS
mockiug their distress with now demands
upon them, Aud moro especially will they
beinmrlated when they como to learn that
hundreds and thousands OF dollars Of these
taxes might have been saved,
These remarks We pen in the best of feel-
lug anil in the greatest liberation for tue
views of our tcllOw-cItiaens who arc here in
pursuance OF their elections to represent the
people, But we feel impellcd to urge on
them tho wrong that is being done to the
best interests Of our section by the heavy
expense that Is being daily entaiIed upon
II. They cannot but agree with us, that
tho joint session Of the Convention and tho
Legislature, at this time, is great hard.
ship on tho people, and one that will be
felt still more severely and indignantly ere
many weeks elapse. Our belief is that one
Of these bodies should adjourn, and that
both should cut short their sessions. The
Legislature was called together mainly to
ratily division project that would be sub.
mltIed TO them at tho commencement Of
their session, as II was supposed. 1t was
BY 10 means expected that the two bodies
would DO in session any considerable time
together. 1t was arranged that the cOnsti
tuition should be submitted to the people last
month, audthat by this time the whole bust
ness OF the two bodies would have been over
aud done with, This, undoubtedly, was
expecting too much, for in tho nature Of
things the Convention could not make a
constitution 10 a day or in a week, But
sun the time ought to have been better dl.
yldcd. The session Of tho Legislature
ought to have been made contingent on
the work or the adjournment Of tho Con.
vention. The former body ought to have
succeeded the latter, and in order to do
this, 1t ought to have adjourned on the
arst OF second day Of its session until the
Convention had BY reason Of its work or
lie adjournment made It necessary for
them to assemble.
How much longer tho two bodies will
remain ia session We do not know, but We
do know that financial matters will daily
grow harder With tho people By reason Of
the joint session. We think that the mat
tor should DO taken up for serious cOnsid-
Grafton.