Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-16
The ArEument % Falsehood.


A morning or two sgo We remarked in
this column that lying was the chief argu-
meut of the opposers of the New State. In
illustration we would call attention TO the
following:
''lf this adjunct to our Constitution is
defeated, the question will then recur on
the original Constitution, viz (: as the Con-
venIiou adOpted it and sent it 10 Congress.
When the amendment is rejected, we viii
have our oWn Constitution before us, minus
the section engrAfted by Massachusetts ia
naticS, acting under the advice of Wheel
ing Abolinonists. The adoption of the
Constitution by the Convention amounts 10
no:hing till ratified by the people. The
qEcEIIeS before tSe people Is on ths amendment
only, Ga8 The poll books lriil kars but ;r7o col.
ans'sS, oas headed ':.for tie aalsadm.nt,'' The
otAET against the aHeadsaeat. Pre- OF SAT.
srisy
The ordinance passed by the Convention
to provide for this election was declared
in its title to be IAN Ordinance to provide
for submitting to the people of West vir.
Eiuia the amended Constitution" aud the
very first section of it is precisely as fol.
lows:
SKC. l. Poll books. with the D,oner
forms of oa,hs and returns attached sbslI
be prepared under the direction of tbs Ey-
ecutive Committee hereinafter named. far
every place .; voting in the forty eight
oounties proposed TO be included in the
State of West Virginia; 'shieA books sRaR
eoHisfH ;aNo eatHssRI, Oae 10 Be- headed, s.For
fhe dTeHded Constitution" aa6 tie Gtisr
"ASd'Hsf tAt aNeaded CoRytiiRtio,i ;" and the
names of all qualified voters who vote in
favor of the ratification of the amended
Constitution of West Virginia, shall be
written in the FIRST column. and of tbos.
who vote against such ratification. in The.
second column, under the respective head.
luEs aforesaid. s,ss'7
The editor Of The Prsss saws the ou.s,;o,
is TO be .,tos the ameudmenls or .,ar.iast
the amendment Tue ordinance rsrpl..
ting the election says it is to be ator m.
amended Constitution" or against the
aGeadsd Constitution" Which is to b. he.
lieseds 10th as We are to do So van.
hanDd to believe that for once in his l;f.
the editor is mistaken, TO use the m,,ss..
term possible, We don't say he is pis,..
kea as The result Of Ignorance, for ,h.r.
have just been dtteea thousand copies of
that Ordnance printed, and surely enc COW ~
has found its way into his hands. Bu, be
Is mistaken. OF course then the D,ono.;
ton with which he sets out in the ~.
STaPh quoted, halls to the ground, for io,s.
much as the question is DOT to De ON ~.
''Adjunct," said adjunct VIM no, b. "a
teAsed's audit not being defeated, OF eOues.
the question win sot''rscur on the Oripin,I
Constitution" The Oaly truth IN The H..
aGsaPh is tia, che adoption Of The Con.
ss'taeOa by the cOpveatiOa amounts to
n0thinE tin raa6sd BY the people, Thers
eau be no question about that. Thai Is
Why the election is to held,
Between ialst6CatiOn aud stupidity the
tresa editor seems to hare aboa, run on,
Ne snESest that it Is absut time for hin. "a
Iaks q mesh tack, II is pretty near time
Tor bin to tara III again fOs u. new Ssap. /
aud advise every sane man aad erssy /