The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-09
Tho nebote OIL the Transfer of the Counties OF
ot.oIo, aud Jefferson TO West Virginia.

Tbo dobate on the subject OF West Virginia
today ELECTED, on the part oil TWO OF tnlee
prominent gentlemen In the housr' ~ no
Sion of more definite opinion concerning tllu
.t,t,,o ~ States lately in rebellion than thcy
have heretofore given .,.,,,, .ho, h.
Mr. Stevens took occasion 10 uelJ 'h"t ~
had eyer maintained that those States weIo
lad He said that he agreed with mr nay =
,,,orI thai they were States, and had always
boon STATES throughout the rrbellioht Iha'
they had laws and organized SoFsFril,I''.tis y,
aud were in full activity - states INV S'i4y
Iinnrrnrr between him and Mr. Raymond on
ms nntpt was. that while he held them TO be
states of the CunledcraCy, ana not Oh the
Union. while the Confcdcracy lasted, MT
RAYMOND maintained that they were oo'n
States of the Union righttuly ana States Vi
the Coufrderacv he frctO; but ne had never
maintained that they were dead States, or
that they ceased 10 BE- States NJ all. lie had
voted for the admission OF West lrSlnEt, not
because the old State OF Virginia had given
her consent 10 the erection OF 'hls ne" Hti'e
within her limits, flor, being 4 Stat" OF the
Confrdrracv. and not OF the Ihlon, sh" nad
no right to give her consent at All > out DE-.
cause West Virginia had been ioFheu OUT VI
territory which we had conquered, ana there'
FIRE had n right to dispose OF. West Irginla
,,a. nIrplv.a creature of revolution, and not
Of law. Mr. Stevens humorously reviewed
The action of the so-Callrd Virginia Legisla-
tire. under Governor Peirpoint, and SAID tho
farce was 100 small 10 be acted upon the
for the bill, believing they could transfer any
portion Of conquered territory.
Mr.. Bingham, OF Ohio, took occasion 10 pro
lest against this doctrine IN very distinct
terms He denied that We had conquered any
norton of the territory OF the United states
in the recent war. We had conquered the re-,
brIli0n. and not territory. lie sald ne htu
always maintained that those rrbr! states
wrr, still within the Union, and that the loSaI
raru Of those States, wherever there "er"
enough OF them 10 organize 4 government
and wherever and whenever they Couid 90 So
were entitled TO recognition as the rlShtluI
authority of the State. a the loyal people OF
old Virginia had organized 4 State govern
ngrnt for that STATE, and had given their con-
sent to the division of tn" state, hr ALr. Bihg-
ham had voted for its recognition, ana ne
held that West Virginia was to-day as much
creature Of law aud Of Congressional! acton rs
any other State OF the Union.
Mr. Blaine, OF Maine, raised new point
that the Constitution does not permit the
erection of 4 new state within the limits or
Jurisdiction Of m old one, but only permts
the union of two or more States with their
mutual consent and the consent OF Congress.
His coust ructiou res ted mainly on the puhctua-
tiou of that clause OF the Constitution when
, relates 10 this subject. But h. was az once re
frrrrd 10 the fact that his own Stat" oi Name
was formed our OF the State of Massachusetts
Juytiayt,u Correspondence Nt9 lofh Iu"ts, ON