Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-02

1 4uu GQQREGHNueu anu SGuhbuE1 HotS EleCb~
ed to the o.callet Gpg fsdsrssts ststsslIts
Of the pe6blS Ifs ourI who, aided by
the protection ofpnr soldiers, seized the
helm Of State AMI pl oted her back into a
this great GoSsElhe !. Ghd,S . d. hElidid Il
not been for the fSIl, timed act of the la
mented Lyon, and tstne protection Afforded
by our armies, lei on /, TO victory BY, Geo,
Sigel, aided by ds loyal Germans of that
State, MissonIp hteht7toldSyiih ihay eSocc9 q
pied the same pg5isIon as Virginia. The
CONVENTION In tEi4 Hate elected Governor
Gamble aud reoTtapi1sdt their State Gov
ernment, audi tRePesentAtiJeaWere elected,
by the loyal citIRSp from BOme districts
where there remkIaS ~ 4syo loIit citizens
q, the disgicls which have 6enT Rsbseseur,
tattSes here from Virginia, nov claiUants
torsseats 10 this House.ia s--a - .re. .ir,,l.sr
Such was the condition of affairs ID
these States While the. loyal men of Viz
Ripi4 had sIFeadys sent their delegates TO
eOnVeniqn 70 restore the State govern.
meut, and ,senl three Representatives to
Congress and elected United States Seua-
tors to fill the places vacated by traitors,
and sent twenty regiments Of her brave
sous forth 70 battle for a nations life; and
the sufsrings aud privations Of her people
are without parallel in this war, aud the
faithful historian will give them a bright
page in the nations history.
Aud while the nation may well DO proud
Of the patriotism shown by the loyal peo-
Pile Of Maryland, Kentucky, aud Missouri,
let it be remembered that the loyal people
of Virginia set = most noble example by
FallyiDg Aruuud the nations standard, aud
resolving to be free from secession bon.
dage or lay down their lives Ia defense of
their liberties aud leave nothing remaining
but the history of a brave and fallen people.
Are the loyal citizens Of poor old demented
Virginia, the mother of States and states
men, q name around which there is such
halloWed reoollections aud so many mem
cries clustering associated with the Ameri-
Gao heart by a thousand ties that time or
folly can never blot out, to be told that
they are to have no voice in the national
couucil 7 lIIEnl4 x 7H4 sG siiTs
We find that the loyal people of three
districts of Virginia assembled at the polls
on the fourth Thursday in May last, sur.
rounded by privation aud danger, aud
elected their Representatives on the day
prescribed by the constitution of Virginia,
framed in 1858, and which has never been
changed by their loyal Legislature. At
that election there we're 2 O59 votes cast, of
which Sir. Kitchen received majority.-I
Being duly elected, then, according TO the
laws ahd eolssiLdtiO6s OF The STATE OF Yirg
sipis, WIZ, shbd d, he be excluded from q
ssas 90 tlltg hooE ia true tb1t the fail
gtreDRth Of ~ dinaRlnkIWAs eaot bHnnHhtt
oastat the poIlS,, nor could It be expected;
when the remainiog voters were cOnseribt.
g dsloetg y 4gatpsS EhSiE RfipntrE. -Beeanae
the Femainipg z VoterS are ID open re6ellfou,1 n
and consequently did not vote, will that |
justify you tn refusing representation |
here to 2,059 loyal citizens who have per-
lied life and property by their devotion to |
the Union cause -
This election has developed many of the |
graudest and noblest examples OF patriot
ism in the annals of history. Consider,
sir, that thousands Of her loyal people have
abandoned their once happy homes, where
they had wealth sufficient three years ago |
to last them and their pOsterity down TO
the third generation, aId are now scatter
ed over the loyal States, reduced to . bso;I
lutte. poverty, rather than iaband6u The
aud be compelled TO march
under traitorous flag. Aud now are the
of loyal citizens, Rhoi hass re.
mGined at their homes in the midst of dan
ger To preserve and sustain the free Gov.
erument framed by their illustrious. states.
men, to be deprived of the right OF repre-
ssntation on this 'aoor and compelled to |
Eeffard themselves as out Of the Union.-
Thousands of their loyal sons have gone
forth to battle side by sidOeWit the sons
ofNeW England, the Empire State, Penn
sylvania, and the great Northwest, and |
laid down their lives side by side with
them aud their bones now lie mingled |
together at Bull Run, SouIh MOunIGiu, |
Antietam, and Gettysburg. And If their
loyal friends in Virginia are to be deprived
of the right of representation, then let the |
news go over the wires this evening to the
fathers and brothers of e7soldieFs from |
other States that their own Representatives
in this House have deprived their loyal
friends in Virginia of the rights guaranteed
10 every freeman, and that it Is their poll
icy to reduce them 70 q condition worse
than territorial dependency, for even q |
Territory has AlEightZto send Delegate |
heie, with all the privileges of member |
to offer bills, resolutions make speeches,
and only deprived Of the right Of voting.
Gentlemen will consider that there is a |
loyal State governments in Virginia, rec
ogDized by the General Government, and
that, the people of these districts are sub
jected to taxation and Gonseription. And
the important question to be decided by.
this House 10 Whetner tneY, 0re TO have
the right of representation. which never
before has been denied to the loyal people |
of any State in this country since the
was framed by the fathers.
who threw of the yoke which bound. them
TO Great Britain for this very pricipleA
that taxationand representation go hand
in hand; and without this guarantee no
free Government can long exist And
are we, the degenerate. S6na-bf EHoSe who
erected this greatfabrief Of liberty upon
SO. firm a foundation, to reject the cardi:
nal principles which caused the patriots
of the Revolution Is take up arms against
the tyrannical Government Of England,
aud who after marching and suffering for
seven years through hundreds of battles,
finally succeeded in establishing Gov.
ernment founded upon the principle that