Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-03
The rev state-lIT. Basteness ResO-

The Ieyr stats--9IF- Matches Reso-
lions.
We Published OF SATURDAY. very clear
AID eaa5id article iron the y Y. PssE on
or proposed neE State. We presume that
It received the attention of he members Of
The CsaTsati5a- Il 50, it cannot fail 70
hare god ssset up.0a the practical men
in tbtt body The Per is oae Of tie mos;
iasaea,i.i papers IN Ihe eoGatry, and never
s2esks without knowing exactly the rea-
ssn4 for spesEiag, and how far sbsy are
representative Of paSlie fssliog- We se,
1o.s thAa ordinary store By arr Of lis
esngsa:s % proposed Legislative action
either ID OF CIT ef co1grezs- Some
iias sgo sc advanced some considerations
ios he Et,eat;oe Of asaoers of the Cos.
Tsa;ioa, zdisa ne fad are bz:an.fallv
reiterated o. the Pct Gee Of these w.s
HAT The temper Of he loyal States never
zoai3 Pss1it the division OF slave STATE
merely TO form sseosd slave State cut of
i The people, EtEle tasy are disposed
With more o. less Of sIiiingaezs 10 coaeede
great deal toioyalis,s Of the slave States,
are cot wiling to inRoyzte IN thar diree-
tiaa, 70 tie extent % multiplying slave
sssses within the old limits wEHe they
might be wiling 70 have the people of =
HeE territory come isto the Uaioa as =
slaTs STATE, eEsz noE, they are 40. willing
70 lss an Old State Be divided aad Two
siays States made cot Of it
This fact, thea, Is tie particular pofu,
that addresses itself TO the attention OF the
Convention. And it cannot fal 10 have
force With the practical nea. Such men
Do not desire that all their labor thus far
and 8 much farther as hey shall 20, shall
anoaat 10 aothiag in the end. As prae-
teal msa they viii consul; results rathe.
than prejudiees. And while many of them
may not care especially on which side the
fence the new State usy arrange herself,
ys: they xill desire that she obtain posi-
ti3a as state On oae side OF the o,her.-
To get tbs position she aus. bs accepted
by Congress. To be accepted size must
conform her application to the tone of
passing sveats
This Is one view Of The matter, and cue
which looks simply at the question in the
light OF. outside opinion. There i, an OH
eF view, and much more important one
for Is here ia the inside. 1t is the cues
ton Of self Interest. And this side of the
matter was we'll pat BY the ..Po.t.o Every
consideration Of expeiieney calls upon rs
10 be just to ourselves Rad those who shall
come after Us IN the new state. a pro-
slavery constitution is rnjas, TO o ourselves.
All the days OF our life it viii be money
oat ofPockss. Assays it will be drag.
a weight aud an Impeachment upon the
people. Not simply Tor the harm that ii
can work directly and Of Itself upon rs,
bat beeause, as the 'Iasf' wen observed,
it viii keep on, as the old regime did. div.
ing OF emigration from our borders-driy-
ing it aroand ns-gepeEing 1t constantly.
oR this emigration We are going to be
largely dependent tor rank, and power and
enterprise in the family Of states. Len
entirely TO ourselves AFTER this var. our
hopes of advancement would be sadly dis
appointed We must grow as other new
states have grOwn-by the overflow of pop
uiation, capital aud enterprise into our
borders from abroad.
Every sensible and vel informed man in
The Convention and gu, of it, knows that
the destiny Of Western Virginia is never
to be with the South, nor with slavery.
Aad all that We can do, therefore, is to tie
sand bags and clogs around our early his
'oFy-arOund the progress of this genera
tion. Slavery can not be fastened forever
on The young State. She viii slough it
OF in tims-a long tine It may be-but
eventually she will rid herself Of every
trace of ii. 1t VIII not be until she has
paid and forfeited vast sums fo- the neees-
sary experience and strength; but in the
cad the change win come. The policy Of
Nr. Bhttslle's resolutions is to assist ma
ture, jus: as geatIe medicine In careful
hands arrests disease and gradually dis
pels it from the system. If passed, its
effect for good VIII be felt At once by. the
new State. If defeated, the bad efee, no
oae ehutsll. Wehaye eresythiuR to gain
in its passage In the frst place, our *
istsnee a. 4 State, aud in thebext, oar poz
sitiou As = State. Ne overeast both pro5.
PEGS At a blow hy defeat.
THr repor. Of The Potter Inye.tigatisr