The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-16
The West Virginia Capital.

the Supreme 0Ourtfof West virginia w
chrins that the act OF the Legislature OF the
State, held at Charleston, changing the capl'
Ia, from Charleston to Wheeling, was con
sti,p,ional, That decision translates the capt.
Ia, from a place which is as near the centre
of.the State as is possible, with reference to
practical considerations, to city when i
unon the very edge Of another State. IL Is
a geographical moustrosity and swlDdIe
and must have beenprocured by corruption
i, isa matter of fact that two very inte'i
gent and wealthy counties were stolen from
Virginia by the corrupt devices OF the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad corporation, which
| had conceived the idea that its whole ilne
must be loasfcd in West Virginia. Did this
idea require the further outrage of the loca
ton Of the capital Of West Virginia al
| Wheeling, almost alien to The State so far as
geography is concerned?
We are satisfied that the people OF "es'
Virginia have been grossly outraSed-s"'n
died. Money, we suppose, settled the qocs
| ton, as it does, prin,d Jdcle, consummate
nearly all scoundrclisms. We mean no dis
respect to The Supreme Court of West Nlr'
gnia. That body had mere question OF
law before it. But as to the matter OF
right Of justice to the people OF west VIZ
ojnis-,bere has been committed great
wrong. Less gricvous outrases have caused
| great revolutions.
The Charleston (Klnaw hl) Courier COM
ments upon the removal of the scat of Gov
ernncpt in a spirit of indignation which
may hc REGARDED as q sort Of measure OF the
wrong that has been done:
eve have no ccnsure 10 pass upon Inc
action Of the court. The gentlemen who
COMPOSE it are men Of ability and sincerity,
though, like all men, are apt TO err.
But to those VINO lnStlSated lnis meas
urc-to those who fostcrcd and supported 1t
we have this to say Politically, the decision
of the Supreme Court is your death-Warrants
You have got from these people all you ever
will get. They have found you ialthleSs and
unworthy Of trust. In their eyes you stand
di>houorcd, and at the polls, under all cir
cualstarce>, will they totally repudIate you.
IL is war which you have kindled, and It's
blaze will vet consume you. The Third dis
trict syaods free lance in this state.
ready 10 cast its fortune aud strength
wherever way for revenge is opened. And
it will strike, aud strike often and hard.
"Watcb and be ready, for We warn you
that YOU are our enemies, and as such VIII
we treat you.
You have bcguiled US with decctful
measures. You have frauduleGtly obtained
1 ,.,s
signs. and then when you bad no olucr nelus
20 plumber yoU ravaged ours.
1--WE won't forget. You needn't hope it..
The lane is indeed long that has no turn
and this one that you've pursued will bring
Won TO ruin vet. And when it has-when
YOU have felt the vengeance Of an outraged,
deceived pcop!c-rcmeDbe that you armed
their hands against yourselves.
"urrcaftcr the policy OF this district will
be : Let those take who have tue power,
aud those keep who car.'
What the Courier means we do not pre-
tend to understand fully. We do not Won
der at its indignation. Logically, we would
say that if it is necessary for the Baltimore
aud Ohio railroad TO run all the way through
Western Virginia it should be equally neces.
sary for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad TO
run all the way through Virginia. That
would be our logic aud our political religion,
if we may use that phrase. For that we
would be as ready to contend as we would
be to contend for any cause we have known
for fifty years: provided our dear friends OF
the Krnawh Valley would fight by our side.
That would be, Of course, an indispensable
condition.
We have to say With the most positive EN-.
| phasis and the sncerest sympathy that a
great outage has been committed upon West
Virginia, and ne trust she has tie manhood
and independence to right it.