Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-25

that the President of the United States
and the various members of the Cabinet
haye, without dissent and without pro-
test, as far as have heard, by an one up
to this day, recognized Governor sirpoint
and the Wheeling 1Legislatnre tdslAe right
ful authority in Virginia, sahd ,it ftiote
seems to be settled aud eoneld8ed ages5
ton; and the consent of this legislature
TO the division Of the State IL suHcient to
tuition.
There is another reason, basjd mot on
constitutional right, bnt on eipedieney,
Why shall vote for the sdmisSon of this
State. For many years past has been
apparent to the people of the ,Wlpls Union
that the interests of Western YibiniR were
Dot Homogeneous with those 81 Eastern
Yirgiaiaa Divided by a great npflral boun-
Diary, the Allegheny mountains the traffic
and commerce between the tyl, sections
was SO insignificant as not, u be worth
mentioning. They. differed IL hisEssts, in
habits, and 10 2 great eTtsnt g Anliitp; /,
ttous, for while Easterai /, trgIaiRi vas
largely populated BY slaves, u tWestsrp
Virginia there was very, smSs PoYtion
OF that kind of population. The in
teresls of the two sectiotf of the
fiicts in the Legislature and in Conventions,
have always been ifreeoncila5je; and /
think it, therefore, fortunate tbit, by the
authority of law and of the Constitution,
we can now admit Western Virginia rs
State into the Union. confes, also, that
shall Welcomeit now with peAliar pleas.
ure when IL see that her people have pro-
yided for the ultimate extinctiolof slavery,
and when she comes here knocking at our
door with the tiara of freedom upon her
brow. think, therefore, that sopsidera-
tions Of expediency, as we'll a. d eonstitu-
tional power, justify me in this pte. This
region of Virginia which It Is iTpposed TO
admit embraces forty eight cot ties, with
sufficient population for St9e, and with
great Industrial resources. 1tipeople are
almost, If not entirely, unapibpps in the
desire to be admitted into the epion and
while Eastern Virginia has bea,gurrender-
ed almost entirely TO this wiked conspi-
facy and unnatural rebellion the people
J of Western Virginia have, oEF and over
again, and by repeated votes In spite of
threats from the State Goernment at
Richmond and of the ConfedeAte author
tiles, maintained their adhePnce to the
Government. ]. think there J something
due to them for their fidelity and patriot
ism. +... s, ,...... ID. ..--
A few words more, and 1 liiI yield the
floor to the gentleman from lansas. TIE
only Governor whom the loSl people of
the Union recognizes as the Sghtful Gov
ernor OF Virginia, asks for the Omission OF
this State. Ths only Legislkure which
the loyal people of the counT recognize
as the rightfnl legislature Of YFginis, have
given their, assent to it,, TFs,puly Presi-
dent whom the loyal people d The country
recognize as President has Acknowledged
them as the rightful authority e Virginia.
The only Cabinet, whom the eyal people
of, The. country rseQgaiEe, Pyef,, end
over again, -recognIzed the government
which sits at Wheeling. Theptly Senate
recognized as the rightfIl Anglican Senate
has not only assented to it by receiving
Senator's from this State, but! by stamping
its seal Of approval on this bill, aud, so far
as it is concerned, admitting his State
And this House, the only righfnl House Of
Representatives, gave its rectghition last
session to Governor Peirpoint lud the Leg
islature as the rightful authoities OF Vir-
ginia; and all that remains nov to be done
is for this House to reafiirm w1at it has all
ready done before, and make this history
consistent with itself. -
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