Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-03-25

had received, and added. that he believed ,f
'cas gtcca for the goreyu,sefs q; his o,ra er,.-
duct. Mr.. Powell and Mr.. Mason of Frr.Isr-
lex, the colleagues Of Mr.. Cooke, penetrated
with astonishment at Mr. Lcigh's statement.
declared 10 the Consentiea their disbelief
HAT any man from the YVES, could possibly
v3te for Mr. GordenS schclHo: and IN. i,f.e-
expressed has opinion that whoever had u,a.Io
tins communication to NJ. Leigh must have
mistaken the true import OF some nemhrr,.
conversation Mr.. Neale then stated 10 th.
fionSe that he had given to Dir Leigh the in
formation IN question. DO you inoa;re who
authorised Mr.. Meade 10 nuke shss ssatementS
Or. ia other words, from uhan he learned
the truth Of what he thus coainmnicatesis--
" were not otherwise known, Rhat foliew-
Ell immediately after woa.d furnish the an
s"er The vote was taken GA my amend
ncRt. and lost by an equal diyir;oa &c - ON
each side. This vote can ne seea in navss
Il5 aud 1876 of the Journal Rs esau,insn~
the ayes and noes. twill appea that the caiss
asS'sraslre fsiat all the Saltey weuld desert us.
only operated to take from Us one Of au-
friends East Of the Ridge This eonsfspcy
aud honorable dealing of onr tiienIs East Of
the Allegheny ought TO he remembered. and
should inspire with condolences in si.eir sun
port in that future trial which eanno. hong bo
avcrted. Lea any ono take the tables Of
1890, aud calculate the overwhelming ma
jority OF sreenen represented BY tie as who
voted with rs, and iepress, 1t he can, hin
wonder that enc Of our members should I'M
mediatcly surrender himself 60 the IS who
represented the minority Our misfortanc
is. that although, no other Western man fol-
lowed the course OF Messrs- Henderson and
Cooke fheir own votes were enough to turn
the scale and blast our hopes. The Question
then recurring on Gordon's plan, both these
gentlemen came out in animated speeches IN
support VI it, and in vindicaiion ai their own
course. In tie speech Of Mr. Cooke he dis
closed all that had passed az Cur meetings.
II would be difficult to say ahetlief those
speeches produced most Of JOY among our
opponents, OF Of grief and dislnsy a,nong oup
friends. The battle was lost. We were d.
vided and defeated Gorlons plan was a.
dopted by vote Of 55 70 Al. Ga this yote
Mr. Cooke divided from all the West Sea
I27th page Of the Journal
TWAS our misfortune that in most Of thu
Eastern districts in which we found friends.
there were considerable nanorities opposed
TO Us. There were IN the Conrentson ogpo-
sed 10 US the heads Of the Richmond Bar, two
FIX Presidents, and the Chief Justice Of thu
United States, the Governor OF the Stats
with the District Attorney t"o Judges of the
Court Of Appeals, and one Judge Of the Gem
L.
votes of the two late Presidents and Of the
Chief Justice, on important questions, wero
specially noted in those Journals which cons
tanned the speeches Of members. These
Journals and the speeches opposed to uswero
packed and distributed ia dis:sicta where tho
people were divided, to produce effects inju~
rious to our cause
Perhaps it might be truly said, that Mr.,
Cooke wrote and exerted himself moro than
any other man in favor of a Convention
lie published pamphlet which was eirculas4
ted at Richmond during the Session OF 1898.
signed "An uncompromising friend Of Rec
form . His principles correspondent with tho
assumed name. he went 80 far as 10 poink
out a feasb.. mode by which majority Of
the people could introduce government Of
their own adoption without the aid of the
General Assembly, in which perfectly A.
greed with him. lie bad then no h0rrible lore-
bodings of civil war. These never torment
ed him until the 18th OF December last, when
he loudly urged them as a reason for support-
ing Gordon's proposition. Who has forgot
ten the pointed address of this gentleman 10
the West, when he hailed and invoked US a.
brothers and allies to join our friends in tio
Valley and East for the redress of thoso
grievances under which we alike su6ered2--.
His appeals were then made to every thing
in the trans Allegheny country, animate and
inannaate; they vera heard resonnding FROM
the valleys 10 the tops of our mountains, until
they sunk in the ''mo,Hnfui melody Of our
groves Our adyersarics considered his
writings inhsu.matory; but they were CHARM
ed with bis rviee on the 18th OF December.
The rensiniDg history Of the Convention
is short With our divisions GA the fatal 10th
of Decenll err, ended the possibility OF an
unanimous secession, end eonsentaneo. ac-
ton of the friends Of reform, and Knowing
this, our adversaries became more iA,ld, and
COMPLETED the work OF the toaveniion IN =
manner to suit their own views. They nc-
considered the vote for electng the Govern
or by the people On this occasion four Of
our friends separated from US, and the siec-
ton Of Governor was gwen to the General
Assembly The 18th clause Of the ST. article
of the Constitution was proposed ~ Mr.
Cooke. On this occasion. he voted igalnst
the whole West. l,y this provision Il IS
made the duty Of the Genera Assembls oEco
in every ten years, to re apportion Represent
alton But 10 doing this they are never To
disturb the distribution Of power established
by Gorcon's PIN THIS superintendent -
TO be done within each district and diyision
in the same rnaDner as if each district or di-
vision were. Cor THIS purpose, separate pro-
vince win not say Commonwealth ihn@
the new Constitution purposes 10 give US 81
members in the House q Delegates by