The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-28

ana InoSe by the cars either at noon or
at eight in the evening. Delegates from
Brooke and Hancock. can reach Bell
aire in time for the boat or the cars, by
the half past eleven train on the Oeve-
land 4 Pittsburgh road. The Balti-
more road furnishes round trip tickets
from the following stations:
Wheeling, Moundsvilie, Cameron,
Warrington, Fairmonf, Grafton, Tun-
Melton, Martinsburg, Clarksburg, West
Union and Ellenboro.
Those going by the boat can remain
on her Wednesday night at the Par
kersburg wharf
All the delegates, as well as all others
expecting to go to the convention, are
requested to meet tonight at the new
Union Club rooms over the hardware
store lately occupied by AIessrs. OFT &
Co., corner of Market and Monroe
streets.
THE Eastern Yirginians, especially
the Richmond editors, are alwaysequal
to a political emergency, when a point
is to be made on their own behalf.
They therefore take the ground that
there is peculiar injustice in excluding
their members from Congress, because
the State has had loyal State govern
ment without interruption, recognized
as such by all departments Of the gem
eral government. They say nothing
about themselves not having recogni-
zed that loyal State government. That
fact is not necessary to the argument.
They want to know why BIessrs. Car
lille and Wiley were admitted as Sena-
tors in 1861, and Messrs. Underwood
and Segar excluded now. If Mr.. Bow
den had not died, say they, he would
now be a member OF the Senate. In
further support of the special claims OF
Virginia to representation, the opinion
given to President Lincoln by Judge
Chase, sustaining the constitutionnlity
of the admission of West Virginia to the
Union, is now for the first time pub
lished. Judge Chase, then Secretary Of
the Treasury, said in that document:
ain April, 1861, a convention of citi-
zens of Virginia assumed TO pass an or
dinance OF secession, called in rebel
troops and made common cause with
the instruction which had broken out
against the government of the United
states. Most of the persons exercising
the functions Of State government in
Virginia Joined the rebels and refused
to perform their duties to tho Union
they had sworn 10 support. They thus
abducted their powers of government
in respect TO the United States. But a
large portion Of the people, n number
of members of the Legislature. and
some judicial officers, did not follow
their reasonable example. Most of the
members Of the Legislature VINO re-
manned faithful TO their oatlis met Mt
Wheeling and reconstructed the gov
eminent OF Virginia, and elected sena-
tors to Congress, who now ocou-
Ply their seats as such. Under
this reconstructed Government a
Governor has been elected, who now
exercises executive authority through
out the State, except so far as he Is ex-
cludeo by armed rebellion. By repeat
ed ana most Significant acts, the Gov
eminent Of the United States has recoE-
nized this government of Virginia rs
the only legal and constitutional gov
ernmont OF the whole State. And, in
my Judgment, no other course than this
was open TO the National Government.
In every case OF inHuTfeetiou involving
the peFaons exercising the powers OF
State government when a large body
or the people remain fiithful, that
body, as far as the Union = concerned
must be taken to constitute the State.
lt would have been as absurd az it
would have been impolitic to deny 70
the large loyal population of Virginia.
the powers OF State government, be-
cause men whom they had clothed with
executive or legislntiVs or judicial now
ers had betrayed their trusts and iofn-
ed in rebellion against their country.''
=--so-s---
Twas stated in the telegfaphie coll
umns oKfhe Il,IRLIIa1 scisR yesterday
that The deaths nom cholera in st.
Louis last week were not less than
thitteen hu ndfed Probably tlie num-
Der was much yfaalaF. IN no city In
this county has eholes6 Obtained such
\ footnold, or worked with such terri-
bic deadlinesa IS at st. Louis. Tie
daily mortality Ia that pestiiencs-
stricken city Is nof les than two huns
bred, and, rs the returns arc Imperfect,
may reach the fearful aggregate Of
three hundred. This Is not only 3
V'orss state Of things than has existed
IN his cooltry. but tie rayages Of the.
cho.efa % the great cities Of Europe.
the didaFlnee in population consider
ed do not equal Sc. Tia 6hflsrif Is
confined % no class or iutI ~. I3enifi-
mug among the poorest Glasses In fha-
dlFtles Enrt Of the city, it has extended
70 tne aA-nle sn he most cieanlY
streets seFezF citizens 90 prom tnco
have died, aud 6till the iienee
spreads DIES plte dIifir Z fani-i fuH -'II
efforts TO stop ~ tiiis Il11ri, 3 ~,
which has omiuoiIllV f-ifr-' If|l 7I1fiI1
report 90 the people fsGoInfs n fIll't
the friends OF the d61d omit fh6 ffn1i
proce sion 70 the grave. TIC onalfn
OEthe public schools hns been 20 9 lloii5
ed tlFo9 weeks. There 81 very nj y
urlLlyo great deal Of alarm. and VtI
many res dents are leaving the oilisf
net coy q conceive e any 20.
lite % mosa Inconsistent Than
that q ~ lasn who denopnco Cone
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