Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-12
F,gm Ihe Nsw YoEA 1. JournaI Of gOmmerse.

A 'Mass Meeting was Advertised 10 take place In
The Park last evening, 10 appoint delegates 10 The
sreut State Convention at Saratoga, and al Tie
appointed hour motley asSembage Of from three
lO four hundred persons werei in attendance. Mr..
W. u. WeugewoOd was appointed President Of
the meeting. Mf.JoSeI Blunt delivered speech
without interruption, in which the history Of lie
compromise Measures was reviewed, the speaker
concluding with Tie statement that III The approach
ing p 'llIical contest the Limitation of slavery was
The Cardinal principle to be maintained thtouR bout
The United States Benz, E. Buoknan followed,
presenting series OF resolutions, but he had scuEce-
" concluded, before another series was offered as
substitute, nm'd much coniuSIOi which made IL
difficult 10 decide which, II eller was adopted
Mr Rykcman then ptOcst ded 10 address the audi.
ence, but, as considerable uneasineSs was mani"
Tested, Mr.. tiavens Interrupted, 10 read list Of
delegates appUrtloned IN The rale Of five 10 each
Assembly DirtTict OF lie County. This done, MIR.
Rykeman Resumed, very few being able 10 hear
anything on account OF the uniractableneSS Of The
assembly, and The diversity OF opinion prevailing
he was somew hut sulnmaty bought 10 cOncl9.
sion by several persons scaling The front OF the plat
form, who usurped The speakers position. The
spokesman, Mr.. A. d. " atSOn, SAID, 'As the Oh.
jeclS OF the meeting were not apparent, lie would
sIIdeavor 10 explaIn; and forthwith lie proceeded
TO offer, (egurdless OF lie Understandable scene OF
coniuSiOnsb before hm,) resolutions 10 the effect that
IT was irexpedleht 10 make any nominations Tor
The convention 10 lie convened ut caratogA; and il
any were uaJe, they should Ue iepudiutrd.' Loud
calls icing mode oil question: 'dyiSiOn' &C., the
resolutions were reud second time, which seemed
only TO make confusion worse COMPOUNDED, 50 that
It wts difficult 10 decide what were Tue sentiments
Of the majority. Et.
Another speaker, mounting over the railing MO.
nounced the Whole movement the machinery of
'Thurlow Week. He inquired il they were
American citizens OF mere tOolSl'--all OF which
vas followed Oy lOoting, cheers, groans, Got The
audience Appearing 10 he about equally divided.
The President then moved that The me sting be
adjourned; but as it would not adjourn, one OF
the officers requested the occupants of the plat
form 10 retire, 'as II YVES his properly and he did
not want The timber broken.' Our Tenorler cculJ
not learn that any resolutions were adopted, or
delegates appointed, ButpUssibiy there we're, or
will be claimed 10 lave been. t..,.l.,
While many per ons still continued to hang
around, engaged in desultory conversation, tile
slavery question came up for discussion between
Sc veral abolitionlsts and Kentuckiun by the
nnme Of Brown, tue latter six fooler, gentleman
Uf noble bearing, 0nd an extensive slave holder
Ills manner was calm, and conlrasled, most favor.
nbly with his excited and most unreasonable oppo-
nents. In The midst Of the conversation, Captain
Rynders, who sometimes does good thing, sudden.
ly rushed IN and defended the stranger, who, he
heard, had been rudely attacked Leaving tile
Captain 10 settle the difficulty, MI. Brown retired.
At ITO time during ttOmeetILg wete there 500 per-
sous pEesent,-yet SO great was the noise, tint the
Board Of Aldermen, who were in session in the
Oily Hall adjacent, were compelled 10 adjourn
without doing much business. III