tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post1384277962264714838..comments2024-03-22T03:22:38.270-04:00Comments on Elektratig: The Clarksburg CallElektratighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-70382715629677842362010-10-30T09:02:19.552-04:002010-10-30T09:02:19.552-04:00bobilee,
Thanks for your comment. I've sent ...bobilee,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I've sent you an email enclosing an article on West Virginia that you may find interesting.Elektratighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-58576286260652146582010-10-26T00:15:07.150-04:002010-10-26T00:15:07.150-04:00I find it ironic that the very people who railed a...I find it ironic that the very people who railed at the Richmond Convention about the usurpation of the rights of the people of Virginia, would then themselves turn around and usurp the rights of the people of west Virginia. The Lt. Governor of the Restored Govenment of Virginia in Wheeling, Daniel Polsley, stated-<br /><br />"If they proceeded now to direct a division of<br />the State before a free expression of the people could be had, they would do a more despotic act than any ever done by the Richmond [Secession] Convention itself". (How West Virginia Was Made, pg. 230)<br /><br />Why did the Unionists move from Clarksburg to Wheeling? Because they didn't feel safe even in Harrison County. In 1985 the original poll books for Harrison County on the May 23 1861 secession vote were found in storage at WV University. A tabulation of the recorded votes was surprising. Instead of confirming what everyone had believed for 124 years, that Harrison County had voted 1,691 to 694 against the secession ordinance, it showed a vote of 1,022 for secession, and 1,031 against. A few poll books containing several hundrd votes were not found, so we will never know exactly how Harrison County voted, but Harrison County was not nearly as Unionist as everyone had supposed, and possibly even secessionist.<br /><br />West Virginia history is a muddle, and the recent spate of books on Unionism in the South has not helped clear the record, it has indeed deepened it.bobileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01768146629286882918noreply@blogger.com