The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-25
SIR. BInIne's Proposition hiid the Tir
y ginln nnd West virginia Debt. - 7

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| y ginln md West virginia Debt. - y
The Richmond DRpaich Is surprised b,
the exhibition Of, favor on The part d The
Northern press t(as 1t terms, IN with
whiclf Mr.. iBaine's proposition TO pay 4
portion 6t the Virginia debt has been 10.
cdiysd. i quotes The remarks Of the Gin:
cilinati Commercial and Chicago Tribune in
approval !ol' tho suggestion The latter,
nllutlipg 10 The matter says: ~ ~ l, !.
i"Ih the matter Of having. tho Fedora
Eoyernment interfering in aiding The State
Of Nirsiniat pay her anle,war debt by II
sort OF compensation for the iorcibte sepa-
ration .ofs West Firginia there ~ mpch 10 DO
said in the way OF precedent, II not Of jut-
tice. The case Of Texas Is n, strong one.
There was an lnyrecognized claim by the
State Of Texas ton large part Of the terri.
lury acquired. FROM Mexico. Tho United
Suites took possession Of this territory. Con-
gross ut last, rs u peaceful extjnguishrent
Of Texan ltitlc, paid $4,000, 900 to that
State. !, Inothe cuse OF Nest Virginia the
Title Oh Virginia dated back of tho lIeyolu.
ltiomd, 1t was set aside by The. hand pt, war
and q new, State erGcted. As We paid Mex.
leo for TERRITORY taken by conquest, and
Texas for u. somewhat shadowy claim in
time of.peace, II !s i question whether dis
nlcmbercda Virginia Shall be allowed any.
i lliipg to cipher TO pay her ante:war. debt
In compensation for the richest part oi'her
ancient domain, taken from her BY force
OF drlns.nI sitH zeDhR4.E attj CO E:I,i4+L
The Richmond Disbutcl understood Mr..
Blaine 70 90, NO further in bis, suggestion
titan That the. general Government should
assume West Nirginia's proportion oir the
ldebt.M It iutimatts that there is no Fouso.
alton in that proposition for Virginia. II
this view, We differ with the Dispatch.l That
paper will remember that there is and al.
Ewaysh has been a radical difference Of opinion
between tho two States as to What was
West Virginia's, proportion. Of the debt.
The Constitution of West Virginia provi-
ded for the assumption Of a fair and ,eqdit.
able proportion Of the ante.bellim, debt Of
Tirginia--that is, the. debt aslit stood on
| the first Of January, 1851, whereas Virgin
ii assigned to this State one!third Of the
debt us it stood, after. being twice com.
pounded, len years later, orin ls7Li This
she did on the basis ofpopulation and ter
ritory, especially territory. West Virginia
proposed 10 ascertain her fair and seIuit-
ablepor:ion Of the debt As provided for un-
der the terms OF Of her admission ;"as q
S:ate into the Union, and TO This end .ar,
| pointed commissioners. t. cooperate with
similar comhissionerson' tl,epmtiof vir-
i GINA: After having invited this,action, on
the part oiof ''thisf' State, ,'iNifginia
anticipated! innd fortstalled any co:
operation on her part, by proceed
ing ex parte : to assign one.third Of
the debt as it stood in 1871 to West VII
ginia. She specified in the bonds which
she issued to her creditors for the defer
red portion Of her debt a(West
Niginia's alleged rortion) That she
I;wou!d pay them after settlement williiWcst
I Virginia, thereby becoming liable, to the
creditors for the whole Of the debtirrcspcc-
tive Of the part Of. it that West Virginia
might be found TO .oweion settlement; Gu
this understanding the bonds were accepted
by the creditors Of Virginia. Having made
this sort Of a settlement Virginia, has ever
since, avoided: any settlement with West
Virginia. The reason for this avoidance is
very Aviz-that Virginia understood
full we'll that in no event could She hope 10
secure more than the amount she had as.
signed TO West Virginia, while there was
e;ery probability, that she would recover
much less, and in either event she must rs
sumo. the fifteen millions Therefore She
hus kept out Of the way from that day to
this 'of n settlement with West Virginia.
This has been her policy straight along
since ISL. SEA- lido
Therefore the Dispatch is mistaken when
it says that MI. Bliinc's proposition has
nothing in itIfor Virginia. Virginia is lia;
bio for. those. fifteen millions and interest,
andrthis liability she very vt|l under.
stands She has STAYED of the payment on
aiteehnicality. ; She ought therefore 10 he
vefy'thankiul in 2case the Federal govern.
meut steps in and assumes this liability,
thereby taking ,or her shoulders d debt
that West Virginia never acknowledged us
toits fullamount, and thatVirginiaisbound
Tor TO its full amount This is where the
advantages d Nj Nj, .Bl3.!4aine''s proposition
comes in ior the State oiiYirginia.; .itfl;s.
lt,5t.n ~ !:
TIE farmers OF thcNalley Grove region,
this county, will hive n picnic-a sort Of