The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-19

! NahVHW' ~ W w dlhNtIuus ftuNt tuNIo
existed ptevSus TO our prescnt unhappy
complications, a community of interest
Arising from the etlslesos II slavery
throughout tho State, we giant that Inst
was the only lisamenl that remNoed 70
binl " logelhvr, but to show how little
strength tha ha !, even bSck 40 far as
the Convention OF 1920, We quote The
celebrated John Randolph, Who II rslet.
riny 10 this forced and unnatural con.
neSion between the people on either
tile Of tho Blue Ridge, spoio Of US ns
those (Which lmsl call alicnto us, and
forever separated from our interests and
feelings, torn by factions, NAKED by
lineswhlch divide her cold Yirsinia)
into tro d0ercet Psopie--distirct in feel.
inr, distinct in possessions, difsrsnt and
anogoalsing interests"
Soinsupporiable had tbcsc, domins-
Eng rulers become net tWenl syoaSssat.
Ter the plan Of two distinct Legislatures
leach serving as chCck upon the
other--was brosched as an escape from
future lyranuical legislation. The gifted
but erra:ic Governor Wise in this same
Convention, UnblushinSly, exulringly,
Ja ratfnNy said: "Wehed kept thOir
nose to the grind,stonc for the last sew.
entY five years in agony"
Let West Virsinians say when voting
upon their new Constitution, whether
they will remaia in that humlialing po.
sition. We trow uoL--Reg, FEB, 6h.
We reluctantly turn aside from the
presentation of the material advantages
resultant from the ratification ofour new
Constitution, to notice briefly, objeo.
tions to such ratification.
That the troe and consistent friends
of jeff Davis Objoctto. and purpose to
vote against, the Constitution Of West
Virginia surprises none, ns il is "lhe na.
tur Of The animal" but when they pre-.
sumo to advise Union men 10 vote
against their known interest, aud in aid
Of the sham "Coofcdcrocy," We assume
che right to SHOW them up"
They nine two tune,.-unconsli,uLiop.
al and free negroes. Strange a nd iucou.
sisten, rs Il may appenr. these nsympo.
thizors" with hagrant constitution brea-
kers, these men whose eyery aspiration
is for the success of tho ayowed destroy.
ers ofour inimilable and hitherto s1cred
Constitution, have suddenly become
"rreal slicklers" for Constitutional mes.
sures, After two mortal wears spent in
giving "ald and comfort" To The ipfD.
nous Iesgue of defiant enemies OF our
Constitution. these men nav Iorsooth
TAKE II Under lbslr esbecial protection
and hoping thereby TO aid their "Soutb.
ern friends lusiily bawl unconstitu
tion,l unconstitutional II When, lob
Union man ash themselve, dij ,bssr
self constilurod doicndsrs of om. now
contomred Cons,in,;on s,st e,nor;anoo
his Jealous love hr anJ spIicitmSo
concerning ,ho inviolabiI;tv of onr nni
que Constitution? Were their "righte.
Gus souls stirred within them" when
| first ils authority was deriIed bv tho
concIsva Of villains that passeI he
South Carolinr ordinance Of Secession ?
Did the open defiance of the Cons,itu.
ton in the firing upon Government
vessel while carrying food for the famisb.
ing garrison OF Fort Sumter arouse tho
anger or excite the alarm of tbsse i,ol.
ous defenders Of The Con,,itulionq Dbl
the sound ofthe belching caonon nointed
at tho brava defender, of Ibo, JoomoI
fortress fail sailv nnoD tbeir eani Did
the seiznro bv ormcd rebels Of tho Cus,
tom house a4d Mint nj New Otlenps and
the copturo of ali but three oft6e Gov.
ernmepl forts from ForrsSss Monroe to
the Rio Gande. exlottsdly expressions
that tbCso abhorreptdcts Of Their "Sou
thero friends" E6re 'unconslilutionaIi"
Was the mSdaoing and thrice attempted
capture. Of our National Capitol Consti.