The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

members OF the Convention consider Ut
Nouhy Of so much consideration-
LWelIsburg Herald,
alqtoi ~ VsDlCtation." !" aF1aT .7g
persons who are grOppling for
lhfellOr something wberewlth 10 oppose
.thatnew State. make terrible howl
about Congressional dictation--that
oohgress laid down Smendmeuts 10 the
Consultation made by the people, and
told Us to take that or nothing, III dreby
diclbting to us what we should do and
Ehs We should have, Msn then raise
. efmor oyer this, and talk about being
. ice people, and will not submit to a
dicl alot. t' -i'go0E'8 s'4 .hR '
I6iS kind of diOtotion, if dictOtion It
caa'bo called, is no new thing, West
VIZ hia when admitted, will DO the
twelfth State in which Congress dcta-
ted be terms upon which they could he
adnitlod, Itis in fact no dictation.--.
Coagrbssis not bound 10 admit any
Stab into the Union. The Constilu.
ticl does not say Congress shall admit
Stat, Iii says Congress may admit
It'd reject State altogether, no mat.
let hatslhe termsit proposes. ie5
pH1s look and see how Congress dicln.
ted us, and why she did it, Every
friSid 10 West Virginia 10 Congress,
wt4 has spoken upon the point, and all
oui delegation aud friends who went
doY 70 Washington to aid us, say. that
ca Tess felt friendly to US, aud wanted
to us relief, and they we're disposed
10 tour State Just as we wanted 20
co il. What ncx,7 Csrlilo was.
on oar front and Iofeman- -thc god Of
iha fst. He told the SOnate Com
4m dn'Terrilories, that.the Constitu-
ati9 d!not suit; thai it was not exact:
ly e people wanted il, aud 80 on, =
III hprepared with his Own hand an
ad mont, taking in fifteen more coun,
'ci 9iewhh other features, calculated
10 stthe whole thing. The Com.
,m thigklng Garlic was all right,
" llipg to adopt it--was willing to
d Ding to help US lhat wO desired.
sB greater one was there. Wiley
atrick Of the traitor Carlile--he
sa Illoiwdnted to defeat the New
81 oshe could be Senator Of the
" State; and Mr.. Wiley told the
zee, and lold Congress. that
amendment was a trick and,
didnptwantit-and the trai
lmenl 4RasiRntal down. aI'ha.
Boo ldbiect was then open, and many
propositions were made by various
Senators. Finally, Wiley. from sug.
geStions offered by Senators by way Of
propositions. offered an amendment
which the friends Of the New State there
all bgrsed upon, and il was offered to
Congress and adopted, and it is now
known os the Wiley bill.
This is tho way Congress came to
dictate. Carlile, the very scOundrel
who is now bawlng out dictatou, is the
man who first attempted 10 have Con.
grees dictate. Congress, desirous to
give us an admiltance upon our own
terms, was willing 10 listen 10 and adopt
amendments offered by our own men,
If there is wrong in the dictolion, blame
ouririends our own men with it..
Congress would have adopted the Con.
stitution just as it came from the people,
without tho dotting Of an or crossing Q
;, had not our own man laid theihhands
upon it. .uoiisa has rivefo vs.
Opponents ofthe New State will de-
ny the statement we mate above. We
give as our authority old Ben Wade,
we give our whole delegation from Vir.
ginia in Congress, we give the New
State Commissioners and ffiends sent to
Washington to help us. They all say
just what we have said abOye--lhey
will no deny \ word, but add to il much
that might DO said. Aud for further au.
thorily we have the Congressional
Globe,"a book containing an official nc.
count of everything that was said and
done upon the subject in Congress.-
That book tells US whatwo state above.
Any man doubling. can turn to tho book
and see for himself. So much for the
hue and cry about Congress officiating"
Let the bawlers come to the record, and
see who wants to dictatc.-- Virginia
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