The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-07-02
GOV. poREMANs 1NAtauRAL.

GOV, DoREMAN'S 1NAUGuRALa
Fellow Caiseat;- --1'o be permitted Il
participate in the most humble capacity
In the organization orthe State OF West
Virginia would bO On honor but, TO be-
called by Tue unanimous voice Al her
poople to accept the highest Office ia
their gift, and TO tho Performance Of is
duties, al a.tImc OF 50 much difficulty
aud danger as tho present, excites in my
heart the proloundesl gratitude townrl
ilhen for tho confidence roposejin me-.
And il lshsll be permitted 10 live, |
hope IN nfter years lo'recut,to the eere- =
monies Of this day VITA prihs and pleas!
uss, not only torthe part tlias'f have IA
Ken in them, but ascelebrating the r,io5l
ausPicious event in the history Of this
people.
Yet, / trust that in taking upon nv
self Tie solemn obligation which Din
about to do. nm not unaware Of thu
great responsibility that 1t imposes upon
me. In time Of pence, and under tho
most favorable circum stances, the or
gsnlzation of a new State aud It's intro.
dutlion into the fsmily Of the Union, is
a matter ofno ordinary moment; but
when fierce civil war RACES all HoUnl
Us and in our very midst one whose ex.
periencc is ns limited as that Of him who
now addresses you, may well claim in
advance the indulgence Of a generous
constituency. West Virginia should
long since have had asoparate Slate et.
istence. Tho East has always looked
upon that portion of the State west Of
the mountains, sort Of outside APP
appendoee-a territory in a sort OF pu-
pilage. The unfairness and inequality
oflcgislation is manifest on every page
Of The statute book; they had m unjust
majority in lie Legislature by the ofigi~
nal constitution Of the Stale, and have
clung to ii with the utmost tcnacitY ever
sinccy they have collected heavy taxes
from, aud have spent large Sums in the
construction Of railroads and canals 10
tho East, buthaye withheld appropria-i
tons from the West; thoy have refused
to make any Of tho modem improve.
mrn;s by which trade md travel could
be carried on from The one section to the
other, thus treating us as strangers, our
pooplc could not got to the Capitol gi
tboir Slate bT any oftho usual rnudes Of
rsgsliGg, witooat toibg thrcush thS
State Of Morylanl and tho District Of
Columbia. Tho East aud Ihe West
have always been Two people. Tharo
has been little intercourse between them
either social or commercial. OurpeoplF
seljom visi. thc East for pleasure. Tho
farmers do not take their stock grain
wool and other agricultural products
there TO sell the merchants do not 60
there TO sell or buy; the manufacturers
have no market therO; indeed, we have
had nothing 10 do with the Eastern peo.
Pile, except that our Senators and Delor
gates have gone to Richmond to sit in
the Legislature, and our Sheriffs have
gone there to pay in the revenue as an
annual tribute from this section Of tho
State for the lnequsli.y and uutairucss
with which We hayo always been treat.
ed by them. Our markets, our trade
and our travel arc North and West Of
Virginia, through natural channels, or
those constructed through the enterprise
Of our own people, or such means az
they could procure. Tho mountains iny
tetVene between US. the rivers rice inths
mountains and run toward tho NorlhA
west; and as II 10 make tho separation
more eonpletO,l Eastern Virginia adopt
the fatal doctrine Of secession, while tho
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