Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-05

1 ~ Nv VII Stl6 EOEtlt o.
NoVember, 1861, and dprOceeded to orlair
constitution. This constitution wa,
Esubmitted' to the people on the first Thurs
day IN April last, and was adopted with
hardly a dissenting voice. The vote
stood Is. .SG2 in favor of. Ii. and 7iot1l,i 5id
agalnst it, If the ten thousand soldiers
EN- en- listed within the limits of the, proposed
State then and still in the Army Of the
United States, has been at home to vote
the majority IN favor of the consultation
would nave g been increased by about that
number. ~, ~
Finally, sir, tq obedience to the prOcla-
nation of the Governor, the Legislature al
Virginia assembled at Wheeling on lie t,ih
DAY. OF this month, aud on the 18th da +
thereof gave its consent 10 the formation Of
this new State, and has forwarded such
consent to the. Congress of the United
states, together with an pfFici,l copy OF the
constitution adopted as aforesaid, with the
request that the said new State may be ad-
mttted into the Union of the United States.
And now it only remains for Congress to
give its assent, Ought that assent to be
given - =
MT. resilient, betoreI answer this cues.
uoQ, desire to correct a misapprehensions
which find is prevalent, not onlythrougb-
out the country, but likewise here. Il
seems to be supposed that this movement
for g new State has been conceived. since
the breaking out OF the rebellion, and waS
q consequence of it-thatit grew alone out
OF the a6horrence with which the loyal, cit
lzens qt West Virginia regarded the trait,
orons ott.I Procsediugs of the conspirators east
OF the Atleghanies, and that the effort lwas
prompted simply by tins desire 70 dissolve
the cnnnRHfinT1
loyal sections of the State. Not 40. sir
Tie question OF dividing the State Of Vir.
igiutai either by the Blue Ridge Mountain,
or by the Alleghanies, has been mooted fos
htty years, i has frequently been agitated
with such yshemence Us to threaten seri-
onsly the public peace. Ithss been matter
OF constant stritaand bitterness ia the Stats
Legislature. The animosity existing
at this time between the North and the
South Is hardly greRter than what has at
times distinguished the relations between,
East and West Virginia, arising from a
diversity of interests and geographical an
tngonisms. Indeed, SO i6conpatible was
tue union of the territory lying west of the
Alleghany mountains with the territory w.!
Ing east thereof, Under QUE aud the same
State municipality, that SO long ago as 1881,
several OF the States insisted that Virginia
shonld include in her act of cessiOu all her
trans-Alleghahy territory, making the Ale!
ghany her western, as they were
her natural, boundary. A committee in
the Federal Congress about this time, made
a strong report, suggesting such a boun-
dairy; and Mr.. Madison records that g
"From several circumstances, there was
reason to believe. that Rhode Island, New
Jersey, Pennsylyania, and Delaware, if not.
Maryland likewise, retained latent views
of confning. Virginia to the AIleghany
mountains. - iladison's DeIates, vol. /, p1.
462-465. =
And now, sir, shall, with great breyity,
proceed 20 adduce some facts showing why
this application of West Virginia for ad-
mission as a State is just aud reasonable.
First. Let US consider the population. /
have prepared the following tables, show.
ing the white and slave population in each
new State, and also, the per cent. of slave
populations. in each county, according to
the census of 1860. q, 80