Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-15
AitRu,ou0 Enquirer
MORNING, JAN. 10, 1864.
THE WHEELING JUNTO.
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principles anu lnetltuLlons VI Virginia. n"''
availed themselves of few discontentet ma
tive traitors to form, under the guns OF The
Yankees and in q corner of the Common
wealth. g club, which they call Government,
but which is, in fact, nothing moro than
com b;nation to secure the favor of their rulers,
the property of their follow.citiSens, and to
wrsuk their. vengeance upon those whom they
nave so cruelty Injured.
That the wretches, to whom we have al
luoed, should obey the law of their kind, is as
natural as that the warmed serpent should
bite; but that a people planted by Virginia
md protected with her blood from savage and
civilized foes, should have furnished even Il
son who would abandon her cause, usurp her
authority, and league with her deadIisstfoe
is a sad commentary upon human weakness
and depravity. Happily, there are but very
few of this character.
We havc received few copies Of a5Whcel-
Ing newspaper, from which we learn some
facts illustrative Of the designs Of the Junto.
Having driven many of the truest Firginians
into exile, and holding the people in subsection
by fear of sword and dungeon, these mis-
creants issue their DEGREES, without opposition
from their victims.
As q specimen Of the treatment which these
traitors, who give the enemies Of their country
the sanction of their approval, may expect Mt
their hands, we find a violent and abusive dia-
tribe against the Honorable John S. Carlisle,
He is said to have become " either very stu
Did, or else very desperately reckless or
mendacious Individual" lie has either
falsely or mendaciously stated n falsehood.'
Prom first to last, bis counscls bear the owls
dence of being simply the attempt Of a broken
down and uuprincipled demagoguc to got M
reaction against q condition of things which,
if successful in their operation, will DO neces-
sarilY death to him" The reader will note
the tone Of press irresponsible to the rules
of deoency, or tho code of homer. What Of
fence has been committed by Carlisle, to have
brought upon his head such shower of con-
.umely? He has only expressed the opinion
that the new system If public schools and
township officers, copied from Connecticut and
imposed upon,Virginia, is extremely expensive
and wholly inapplicable to her condition -
From this, and various other spiteful ex-
pressous of the paper, We learn that tho
Yankee propagandists are trying to eradicate
tho ideas of government and Of SOFIA! order
i'm planted by Virginia and to substitute their
own, If this effort be met with even the OPP
position Of enquiry, the bayonet, The dungeon,
confscation and exile will follow. Our people
may learn the Yankee purpose from this indi-
cation.
We are informed also that Andy John
son is urging the adoption of free labor,
and the lease of the valuable plantations on
the mississippi for the culture of cotton with
free negroes We have often seen the NUM-
cipal systems of Massachusetts and Virginia
brought into competition upon neutral terrific.
~, but tho Wheeling Junto has made the first
attempt to e1pel our own principles from our
own soil. We do not doubt that the ccmpari-
son will strengthen the attachment Of our POO
pie to their own country and to the customs OF
their ancestors.
The proceedings of the bogus Legislature
resemble those Of a town council. The forms
of deliberstive proceeding ore preserved. An
old party trickster from the kanawha, vino
has, wo believe, taken the oath to support any
authority at the moment dominant, presides
as the speaker Of one House of their moot
Legislature. The Senator elect to the Fsde-
raj Senate delivers his valedictory to the
body of which he has been a member. He
pledges himself to au unconditional support OF
che Federal Government, and q sacrifice o:
his own opinions to its requirements. He is
responded to by his late colleagues, who re-
peat the same ahject promise, and conSratu-
late themselves upon having seized the mo,
ment of the States embarrassment to escape
her obligations, and dismembcr her territory.
The arrangement Of an imitation government
is as simple as debating society but the
Junto seems embarrassed by the question OF
finance, and they have shirked entirely the
grave question Where shalt the capital
be founded? This question has been postpon
ed on accounted competition among the va
rious localities aspiring to the honor. Graf
ton aud Clarksburg are the most probable
points. Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Plea
SAINT, Beverly and Bulltown, each have hopes
We are glad to infer that the jurisdiction of
tho Junto dees not extend to the Southern
part of their province, and that loyalty is
limited to the points Of the llcssian bayonets.
1t is announced that the county of Jefferson
will henceforth be considered as an appan-
age of the city Of Wheeling.
The inhabitants of the adjacent Yankee
States seem to consider the subiugation of
our territory complete, and enter upon the
use of our mineral wealth with as much ASST
rance as if it were their own. Certain citi-
izens of Ohio and Pennsylvania, with cone
in this State" ask the right of way, with
power to acquire a large quantity of land for
a railroad from the mouth of Sandy to a
point in Logan. county. This would lay open
one Of the richest coal regions on the CONT
nent. There are seams of ,bituminous coal
eleven feet thick within the region sought to
be opened. Virginia has been unconscious
of these treasures, but they have been re-
garded with greedy eyes by her unscrupu-
=,
GUS neighbors.
We feel bound 10 enumerate among
tho contents of this Journal great
many extracts from the newspapers of
the South to prove the necessities OF our
people, the depreciation Of our currency
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