The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-11

growth OF population n of selt.con-
fidence in the mountain regions; the
do anything tangible for the develop
ment n encouragement of the pio-
neers; the refusal Of the colonial gov
ernor of the time-1T14-to give any
assistance to the settlers at h battle
of Point Pleasant, near the mouth of
the Kanawha river, which is re-
ferred to as the first battle Of the
! revolution, though he was neal at
hand with a large force of soldiers;
and to schemes for separation in
those DAYS due to differences which
have hcen noted.
The professor says that as early as
1880 the growing influence of slavery
in all public questions led to more
poignant differences between the two
sections. The eastern region was
dominated by the south, while the
western had closer relations with the
north. being contiguous to Pennsyl-
vanla and Ohio and having an inter-
est with them in the great traffic of
/, the Ohio river. Northern men occu-
, pied places in the schools. became
editors of papers and held other po-
sitions of influence. The spirit of
abolition was strong among a people
unaecustomed to the use of slaves.
and h mountains became the hope
of John Brown .as the mountains of
eastern Kentucky became the hope of
Cassius Nj. Clay and his plan for aboli-
tion."
AT the Very time when the east was
celebrating in regard to secession
popular meetings We're bei..c held in
the west in support of the union view
At ~Clarksburs in April. 1861. a resolu-
ton was adopted for the cailing of q
convention. AT kingwood ii was de-
= ola rod fEe, nt,n ya fSOp ~ -.-pt1y ~, f,,1 :,
eastern Virginia was essential to the
maintenance of liberty. AT Wheeling.
in May, 1851. the convention of 400
delegates representing about fifty
counties condemned the ordinance of
secession adopted at Richmond and
in June Il Wheeling convention re-
nounced all adherence to the confed-
eracy, suspended all state officers who
continued to advocate it and urged all
citizens who had taken u parms for it
10 lay them down or use them i'll the
cause of the union.
Provisional Government.
June 20. 1861. a convention cstab-
iished a provisional government and
named Francis II. Pierpont as COVER
nor. y legislature was elected and
senators sent tn Washington to repre-
sent the new state. the president
and congress recognized this organ
izatlon as the legal government for
Virginia. In August an ordinance
Was adopted for the formation of a
now and separate state, a constitution
was adopted and ratified Ivy The peo-
pie in May, 1862, n by such process
came into being the only new state
ever formed within the original state.
Application was made by the state
of West Virginia" for admission to the
federal unicn There We're some who
questioned the legality of the whole
performance. 1t was argued by them
that constitutionally Il new STATE could
not be carved from an old one with
out TIL" consent of the latter. Thad-
deus Stevens of PENNSYLVANIA. the
"old commoner,' leader of the "radi-
cal wing of the republican party in
the house" as Professor Robertson
phrases it. declared that the interests
of Virginia should not he considered.
as no seeded state had any consti-
t%utional rights at all. Others who IA
vored admission put it on the ground
that the cause of the union would be.
aided by the admission of a new
state. The bill for admission passed
both houses of congress by large ma
%jorities in December. 1862. and the
measure went to- President Lincoln
for his approval.
Strange to say. when the matter
came to Il vote in the cabinet it was
found that three members favored adj
mission and three were opposed to it.
President Lincoln cast the deciding
vote and signed the bill, saving: Can
the government stand1f it INDUCES
constitutional constructions by which
men in rebellion againf 1t are to be
accounted man for man the equals Of
those who maintain their loyalty to
it?"
Wheeling was selected as the capt.
tai and the new state was
inaugurated June 20. 1868. 1t was. a
day of great iuhilation, and the feel
ing of loyalty to the MO seemed
to be unanimous. The streets were
crowded To the last foothold and the
Stars and Stripes floated everywhere.
Beside the provisional governor. Pier
pont. sat the new governor. Arthur
!. Borcman. " a special typ of the
Scotch-Irish population. whose ag-
eressivencss and love of liberty had
brought the state into being The
administration of the state was turn
cd over To him in = fitting valedic-
tory by the provisional governor. The
restored government, a conservative
scism. withdrew to Alexandria and
then to Richmond. while the noun
tain state set out IN its career as the
~thirty-if,h in the union. a permanent
memorial to its motto, "Montani Sem
per | il1erj ~