Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-12-21

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polls or Fedora battleshlps with shottet
cannon beleaguer city to overawe it
| citizens in the free exercise ofthe cleo
tive franchise; whsn imhecile and corrup
| local governments are forced upon a PEG
pie, and they punished for the ineRiciency
and rottenhesa OF those very govenmeu Il
BY the arbitrary deprivation OF ell civi
COVE. nment; all rights and eli liberty
arrested by thousands without warrant o.
law and driven to prison ike cattle to The
shambles, it is time that tie alarm bel
was sounded aud the people awakened
to sense Of the dangers i'm ped They
alone can apply the corrective. They
have the means of redress in teeir own
hands. Let them insist that that the
| doctrine of the indrestructibility of the
Union as the farthers framed it. shall be-
recognized, and that the origina and in
herens sovereignty of the States and the
strict administration of the powers delega-
ted by them to the Union shall again be
acknowledged; let them demand the in
volatility Of the habeas corpus; the SUBJ
ordination ef TIE military to the civil
authority; the. maintainsnce Of the public
faith, Gtat9 and National untxrniahed, homes
ty cd economy in the admiRistat on of pub.
lie a-airs, the equalization and reduction Of
tarll. and taxation TO the lowest degree cen,
sissaat With the maintenance of the pnbio
credit, free education for all fostering care
ercc. fragment end elevation of labor, and
until fully, finally and permanently accem-
plishec, universal amnesty and Impartial
suffrage 1t is in no partisan spirit 'tbat
I utter these wards Of warning to yea. [
should be dere,ict in the execution of III,
high trust reposed in me did 1 net make
known TO ysu the perils wish surround
US, and indicate the earsa which in my lug
ment it is wise to pursue. I vsnld thatI
could present less eombrs picture-That.I
could congratulate you upon the complets re-
storation o. the National Government to ita
pristine purity and excsI!,rce, strong in tbs
affections Of the people and thr just execution
of their Sovereign will. But as affection ia
not begotton''of force, uor honesty Of eurruut-
ion, so lib9rts is not utrtCred by tyranny nor
peace by violence lot until tas people rise
in their majesty and rsasssrt the liberties,
now tramEieG upon, net rnti! kindness shall
supersede halle, and patriotism rise superior
to partisan sesaness' may we Look for the
Inauguration OF 'ah e.a Of gocd feeling
In accordance 18th my recommenda.
ton our General Assembly adopted joint
resolution entitled '.joint resolution ten
dering to West Virginia an arbitration
for the :ppcrtiionmets of the public debt
whiot was approved on the 11.h Of Feb
uray, 1871.
On the 18th of the same month trans
mittsd tender of arb ira ton, as author
ized, with an authenticated copy of tho
resolution, to the Governor of West Vir-
ginia, accompanied by a request that he
should submit the same to the Hegis-
lature of his State:
Some days thereafter I received from
the Go'er of West Virginia letter
dated OF the 18th of February, 1871, en-
closing copy ola joint resolution sdop-
tel by the Legislature of West Virgins
authorizing the appoin tment Of COM
missioners to treat With the State of Viz
GINA on the subject of the State debit
Subsequent to this time received another
communication from the Governor. Of
West Virginia, dated the 28th of Feb
ruary, 1871, enclosing a copy Of a reso-
luton adopted by the Legislature of that
State entitled "joint resolution providing
for the settlement Of the debt between
Virginia and West Virginia"
Sometime in August last, I received .
signed by Messrs. J. J..
Jackson. J. NJ. Bennett and H. ". Cam
pbell, dated the 9th of August, 1871,
notifying me Of their appointment as
commissioners Under the last above
mentioned resolution. To this letter I
replied on the 7th ofSepssmber following.
70 this letter ofmine received q reply
from Governor Jacob of the SEINE dass,
Copies Of ell this correspondence are here
with submitted for your consideration
They comprise all Of the official COM
municatious upon this subject of date
rince mr. last annual message, and I truss
that they will receive your careful per-
usal. \
The objections to q comm ission sach
as the action of the Legislature of West
Virginia authorizes is very Objectionable,
for it is not empowered to make q final
settlement of the questions at issue. The
commissioners could investigate and dis
cuss, but determine nothing, unless to
disag rec with auy commissions We might
appoint.
Now if the authorities Ct West Viz.
giuia entertained an earnest desire to
make speedy and final settlement of his
matter, why did they not accept our ten.
der of an arbitration A mode of Sc ttle-
ment of such controversies universe lily
recognized by both nation and invividual
as ri ght and appropriate. Suppose an
equal number of commissioners appeiate
By each State, and that they should meet
and disagree upon any one or all points
involved, who is to decide between them?
And yet beyond a doubt they would
radically disagree upon the first and the
chief point to be settled, viz !: the basis
of primo pie upon which the settlements
should be made. But suppose that the
commissioners should finally agree, does
any one suppose that their finding would
be ratified by the Legislature of the two
States, disagreeing as the people do rad
tCdltJ 0POh NAV hAVA AkS Va tu6 QQSeIlUU ~
issue Of course not. A commission
means simply an indefinite psstponing Of
any settlement, and expense to the States
in the way per diem and expenses Of
commissioners, nothing more and nothing
less. 1.-The better course to be pursued
is for the two States to submit the whole
question to arbitration. Let each State
select one disinterested arbitrator, and the
two thus selected, third, to whom the
whole subject shall be submitted, and
their finding to be final and binding up.
the two States. This is fair and
equitable mode Establishment, and, If ten
dered By you, | cannot but believe West
Virginia will promptly accept it. If she
refuse, you will have the satisfaction OF
knowing that you have exhausted all
honorable means to obtain settlement.