Mr. RIDDLE. I do not desire to prolong the discussion. but my friendfrom WestVirginia who has just addressed the Senate was the 1st to convince me that Jefferson and Berkeley l counties should not be in WestVirginia. Now I note Willey against Willey. On the 1st of Jiily, 1862, that Senator said: “I confessthat I was infinitely surprised when the committeereported to the Senateabill including 15 counties within the valley of Virginia in the pro nsednewstate. What are the factson this subicrtl Ilic peollcof north westeni Virginia hail looked over all this.ground; they lllltl consideredwhere the line at deniarluition should no; they liiul coiniiliri il it well; and thyy fixed the Allegheny mountain: il. the natural barrier. They wereivilliiis to 0211301tohat; not only were those mountains lllL lllllllltll buriier because they (llvnled the coiniiierviail, industrial, and sociiil i cliiiions of the State, but lllt y wereilic iiiitiiral lHlllltlbi Lwccii the desire of the [Ittipli: who wi.iii d to be erectedinto a new State, llllll lliI ili sircof lliiise people who were opposril to being included within thi iizw State." "Sir. I speak of whnt Iknow. I speakof what Inm fully:ltlVlSLobly liiinili i ils of ItlllTItltivwl during the last ten days, that the proplr of northwestern Virginia are utterly and iirevoiiyilubly uppers llto any concption with these people intho vulliy. They are opposedto it because they have no commercial relations Withthem: they bave no industrial interests in common: they are lllStOllllCclUtlby impassable mountain barriers. They have no close social relations with them. They give different in interests, different in social habits, different in feeling.differentin desires in this respect; and I venture the assertion that out of the 140,000 inhabitants proposed to be included in the new state from the counties of the vqllcyhthere are not 5,000 that desiro any union with us. As was for cibly reinarked byonc of mycolleagues the otherdny, in referenceto this matter. if wewere thus united in the sameState organization. it would be like tying 2 cuts by the tail: we should be iorever fizliling each other. Theyare utterly and irreconcilable lios tile in social relations and hostile in l. iling." Globe, 2ndsession 37th Congrcu, part 4. p. 30.37. These were the sentiments of my honorable friendfrom WWestVirginia in 1543.