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

] NtAhti VI hNo iaaA.ubEH pkato-- MNhN Nlle
/ ginis. Ia the language Of Judge SuN
MFRS, Though without his aii,) "'rhe
last nys ofLiberty will linger among the
hillscf Western Virginia." yea will ev.
srnesila in our fertile Valleys and radi-
ate with over increasing rospleadenry
fsom our loly mountain peaks, as-lho
dissa,hralment Of West Virginia is al.
ready assureil
iIaany and every event, we are insOp.
arhbiy connected, fast botn,I up in for
tuneaud destiny with the old Union Of
Washington. What e'er may belide
the Gulf States, West Virginia must
eoutinue an integral part Of the United
States, Neither tho allied rebels alone,
orEilhthe aid ofthe combined despoHof
the werld, can sever US from the natural
arid pbaljerabIe position wo have delib-
eTat y taken, IS loyal, distinctive bnd
ind sGdent State Of orr glorious Unicu.
ts9iyo over thon," you silly babblers.
your vain efforts to dissundc timid Un-
ionists, from ntifying our Constitution, :
Certainly, no honest und intelligent new
Statesman, will be deferred from eonsis.
ient action, by these Secession "bug-
bkars"-you eknow your duty better
i7sg Jsn,2sa.
THE people residing within the boan-
dhries of the proposed new State, are
| iaseres'ed in knowing, how tho adop'
tl6n Of our new Constitution and the
cbpscquent complete and irreversible
| establishment of a distinct and indcpen.
dent State Government, will affect them
10 q material and more stnctly pecuniOry
Ipoint Of view. We will note few items
IN, this, rcserviug Others for future con-
stdpraiion. In respect to the State Off
cess, we remark that many expensive
Offices provided for, under the old Con-
lsltution and pursuant statutes, nrc to-
tsly abolished by tho Constitution Of
! West Virginia; while the aggregate of
State salaries amount TO less than thirty
,Isssr cent of that authorized by our pres.
enl Constitution. The members of our
4 Saw Legislature e-both Senators and
lieegates--will receive but Seventy.fye
4 paf cent. of what they did under the old
Regime, and their sessions are restricted
IA one hall the duration Of the oil. viz:
q foHy,fve days. The Lieutenant.
toSgrnor is allowed SO per diem, while
lt Virginia will have none. LetOhcr
afe5;0O0 per annumn, while our
ftsk Virginia Governor can call for
tlso thousand. The fSt Auditor
pl to mention The lucrative salaries Of
second aud third Audilo) draws
81 hnt fonf.new Consiita.
4 lio13limiis tho pay ofthat officer 10 the
! mo lerale sum fs1 800 and so on thro'
l,tllAiist Of State officials, While, it ia
I'll our new State will be much small.
eFk &an "0ld Virginia" still the op.
preSsed end contemued "inhabitants Of
itbttraus-Alleghene region will re.
member, that the chief revenue Of the
whole State. was relentlessly wrung
from them, and.--to be lavished upon tho
lordly dignitaries and pompous officials,
that annually came hockiOg fran every
obscure corner oil tho decrepit "tide wa.
ter section" to the opulent capitol,
there to feast and riot upon the money
fltched from the hard earnings of their
dsspissd and powerless sibjscts--you
West Virginians. But, thank God and
Abraham Lincoln, "tho day Of jellyer-
anco draweth Reg. Jan. 90.
Pursuing the line Of remark in our
last issue, we present additional stats.
tics, drawn from official documents, in
justification Of past acts, aud in support
of the position, that everlasting infamy
and intolerablc vaiillage can only be
Corefended by present and eternal sepa.
ration. The hardy pioneers who wend-
ed their way through the mountain pas
ses Of the lofty Alegheneys and settled
in the fertile Valleys and among the
rugged hills of "West Virginia." soon
became aud ever remained isolated in
interest, sympathy and Oousnnquinical
affection, from the efTcminato and Pre-.
tentious +. f. VS.. Of the tils.wat. sec
lion Of Old Virginia. East Virgin.
ia being FIRST settled. controlled
State legislation during oar infancy, and
true to tho instincts inseperable from
the possession of up'imied power, has
reIontlessly tramplod upon us continuous
rs since. In susi0in,nenI Of Shat hSs ~ /
former articles been said, and thai none
may charge inconsiderale statement, we
resur to tho ''rocoTd."
Notwithstanding tho disproporIiou Of
Stsie revenue eItorted from 1.-THE un.
cOuth trnus.Alegheney county," out
ofan aggregate Of $45, ,OOO,Oo expOn-
del in internal improvements, we reCei
we'd but the pittance Of S1,5oO,ooo. be
ing one dollar in every thirty, While
Railroads cover East Virginia, we make
tho sorry show Of but one-lhe Dali.
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