The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-10
TalA. D.ay Register.
The New State Questions,

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The New State Qnestion.>
There seems to be some Misrepresentation
in regard to the action of the Chicago Con
vention with reference to the State OF
| West Virginia, growing out of the wilful
| misrepresentations of the Abolitionists,
who through their papers and by the retail
ers of their political stock in trade, allegc
that the Convention refused to acknowl>
| edge West Virginia as State, by rejecting
| her delegates. This falsehood is circulated
with the view of driving from the, support
of Gen. Mcclellan large number OF con-
servatives, who, while they repudiats the
Abolition party and all its odious isms, re-
ally desire new State. When the Adolf
tionists gives currency tothe aforesaid ale
cation they only disclose their utter disre>
gard of truth, and Vindicate their well mer-
lifted reputation for prevarication and decep'
ton. Every one who has read the proceed
ings of the Convention, we'll knows that the
State OF West Virginia was not referred to
! in any way by that body. 1t is well known
that the conservatives Of West Virginia
held no meetings to appoint delegates to tho
Convention and there was not . delegate
there from this State, with credentials, seek
ing admission as member, and that no such
application was made by any one; and yet
With these facts before them, the Abolition
lists persist in saying that the Convention
repudiated the new State by refusing to ad-
NIT her delegates and argue that we cannot
have an Electoral ticket because the new
State will not be recognized. Every well
informed man ought to know that the cleo
toral vote will be counted by the Congress
Gen. Mcclellan and his political friends
will have no control over the vote. The
next Congress will be composed mainly of
members, who voted for the admission of
West Virginia into the Union and Of
course they will count tho vote for
Mr.. Lincoln, if the State should vote
for him, and could not refuse to count
it for Gen. Mcclellan, if it shonld be cast
for hin. But do not the fears that the
Abolitionists seem to entertain about the
danger in which they imagine the new
State to DO, raise strong suspicion that
they have some misgivings about the con
stitutionality Of it's formation and conse
quent perpetuity. A large number Of the
conservatives, and perhaps all, desired .
new State, but they were anxious to form
it in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution, so that it might be perpetual.
But our Abolition friends labored to defeat
the manner proposed by the conservatives
for it's formation, and succeeded in doing
so; they formed it in their own way, and
now they seem wonderfully alarmed about
its perpetuity. What power will Gen.
Mcclellan or his party have to strike from
tue list of States, the names Of Ohio aud
Maine? They will have about as much
States to the Federal Government, as they
have to restore the lost Pleiad And whyf
Because those States were legally and con
additionally formed and admitted into the
Union. How then can the conservative
party disrupt the relation Of the State of
West Virginia to the general Government.
They cannot possibly do 80 if the State was
constitutionally formed and sdmitted into
the Union. The new State having been
admitted into the Union by Congress and
acknowledged by the President of the
United States, it is State de .tacto. It's
constitutionality can therefore only be de"
cided by the Supreme Court of the United
States; a tribunal absolutely separate from
and independent Of the legislative and ex'
ecutive branches of the Government. Let
there then be no fears in regard to the per.
petuity of the State of West Virginia, by
reason of the election of Gen. Mcclellan
The conservative party has no power, if
they had the disposition, to invalidate the
claims of West Virginia as a separate and
independent State of the Federal Union
But the conservatives of West Virginia are
not making war upon the new State, nor do
they intend doing so. They do not propose
to raise any question in regard to its legality
either before the people or before the prop
er tribunal, the Supreme Court. If there
has been any irregularity in its foundation,
or admission, they do not hold themselves
responsible for it. They are not disposed
to cucumber with side issues the great
..,use in which they are engaged: namely
the construction Of the Union upon con-
stitutlona' ,,ssis-by honorable adj ustment,
ana the restorS;on of peace, and to bind the
once more in the bonds Or. tern.l .ffact;on
Let every conservative Thereof. 80 =, tho
polls and cast his vote for the only To- ho
fore the American people who can '-;no
peace and harmony to our distracted couR
try. VERlTAS.
Abolition or Perpetual War.
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