The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-04


have been, l insist that we shall NJ
stultify the voice eEsHF people siHaRi
to accommodate the views Of a littl
I committee that met in dark corner {
: this building dOnot wonder that III
gentlemen who have taken the Opposit
, side OF this question are not so much a
I tached to the name OF Virginia as som
! OF my constituents are, can fully an
! freely apologize for you, gentlemen
But that you should attribute wrong mt
tives to US Is something am potso IRE
to excuse.
Mr., Van Winsle-I impugu the NC
tlYes OF on one,
MIR, Stuart, Of Doddridge-Yes, bu
you say our motives should be impugned
Because we want TO strike out this nam
on account Of the wishes OF our Constitu
ents, you say We are "longing for tn
tlesh-pots Of Egypt Idonot think tina
applies at all. ! must admit that loV
the name Of Virginia, as'indicated b!
my friend from Monongalia; and he
lteye II the question was propounded u
to who Is entitled to the name, 1t would
be accorded to this people, This fire ant
lpotriotism that animated our fathers whI
fought for our liberties appears TO have
settled down on the people OF North
western Virginia, and here it is that Viz
glnia appears in her true and NOBLE
character, Certainly We are entitled Il
the name, am not aCtuated alone by
u wish to conform 10 the wishes OF my
constituents; but from my heart, I love
the name OF Virginia; love the people
and the territory OF Virginia, and am
unwilling to array all the wrongs and
evils she has done and look &c the
dark side OF Virginia alone, But
would sometimes look on the
brighter side, and that Is the
side my people look upon, and they
aro attached % the name. Though am
attached tothe name Il Virginia, Iwould
BIO Us far from wanting to sit under the
shadow of Richmond this day, | believe,
us my friend from Wood, and | know 1t
is not the wish OF my constituents, Its
a familiar name, q name ! have listened
TO ever since have been able tospeak--
that OF West Virginia. There Is some,
thing attached to the name that enobles
lis In the eyes Of the country, Intend,
80 far as am concerned, that We Will
haye 1t, l think the technical objection
raised by the gentleman from Wood
should have no weight. II We change
tho name and submit 1t to the people
within the proposed boundaries and
they adopt i, 1t becomes the will Of the
people, We stand here 10 represent
them, We are the people, and II We
think It Is their pleasure that the name
be stricken out we act as the people;
and certainly when our action has been
endorsed by the people it is legitimate
and proper, and there can be no teChni'
cal objections to 1t raised.
COULD 1T lie DoNE2
Mr.. Lamb,-I desire simply to draw
the attention OF the Convention more
distinctly to the attitude in which tho
question presents itself before them to
draw their attention more distinctly to
thepr0visi0ns ofthe ordinance OF August
20. The first clause Of the first section
OF that ordinance reads us follows:
"Hhe people OF the State OF Virginia,
by their delegates (assemblGd In Conven.
ton ut Wheeling do ordain that a new
State to be called the State Of Kanawha"
should he instituted. Then In the
second section OF that ordinance pro.
vision is contained that on tho fourth
Thursday Of October following u vote
should be taken on the formation OF the
new State, "as herein before proposed"
The June convention, sent here by the
people OF Virginia to take such measures
as their safety and interest might require,
assuming to net in tho hume OF the PEG.
pie Of Virginia, ordained that q new State
should be formed under tue name OF
"the State Of Kanawlla." The question
on the fourth Thursday OF October was
distinctly put to the people: Shall a
now State be formed us proposed In this
ordinance? And by an overwhelming
vote OF the people they have ratified and
confirmed this action OF tho juno con-
ventlOn. The question is very peril
nent one as proposed by the other mem.
Der from tho same county ms myself
mir. Pdxtonl. Are we ut liberty to set
aside not merely the ordinance under au-
thority OF which We arc assembled hero,
but to set aside the compromise aud the
direct confirmation OF that act by the
people themselves? l admit II there
was any necessity for it, II any great in
tercst would be sacrificed by adhering
in this matter tothe ordinance Of August
20, the safety and interest Of the people
would Justify us in disregarding it. ]
should be free to act ifthe case presented
to me was OF such characterized 10 net
for the interests OF my constituents, But
as the case Is presented to the Conven-
ton, SEQ no propriety whatever in the
assumption Of power proposed.
The convention took recess, and
reassombled at 800 p. IN, Il being I'M.
derstood that Mr,Willey desired to speak.
Mr.. vANwlNKLE COMES BACK.
Mr.. VanWinkle-Betore the gentle
man from NIonongalia proceeds, would
take this opportunity to explain the i'm.
putation which the gentleman from Dod-
bridge says cast upon him and others.
l had no intention TO impute any impro-
per motive to anybody. l think 1some'
what guarded my language against such
q conclusion. wanted TO warn gentle.
men against tho bias that might be In
their minds owing to the circumstances.
The gentleman from Doddridge very
closely returned theimputations. / do
not see him present. Iregretit. He In.
stanCed almost by name, by an indiCa.
ton almost as good US II he had named
the Of names myself and the gentleman
from Ohio Mr.. Lamb sitting by me asa
plain reason for the course We were taxi
ing that we did not happen to DO born
on the soil Of Virginia. Well, now 1t
might DO II was in the habit Of taking
oiiCnse at such things or carpinga at them,
| might ask the question whether 1t Is
to be hereafter in the new State as here
toiore In tho old one that a person who
did not happen to be be born on the soil
Is to be ostracised 10 any extent what:
ever? The gentleman from Ohio said
that he had been here over thirty years.
/ have lived In Virginia for twenty-six
years; have had children born unto me
here my dead are here; all that have
and all that ! expect to have In the way
OF property In tho world Is here; and II
that evidence Of attachment to the soil
doesn't satisfy any person OF the induce.
mcntS at least 10 q patriotic feeling TO.
wards the soil on which / reside, l shall
always be unable TO furnish 1t.
Nh. wiLLEY's .KEES CUT,
Mr.. willey-Tho remarks Of my friend
and hope | am authorized, as / feel
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