Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-10-01
,TTrA~ CONvENTTON.


In accordance with previous announcement a
Convention Of the Republican party OF Irginia,
assembled at the MeIodeon Hal in the city OF
VI hceling, on Thursday the Is OF SePteEnb 1876
/ for the purpose Of forming an Electoral IIeAet,
favorable to the election of j. c. Fremont PreSI-
dent, and w. L. Daytoa, Vice President OF inc
United States
The Convention was organized by appointing
F. NJ Norton, Esq. Of Wheeling Chairman, and
John IT. Atkinson, Of Hancock, Secretary.
On motion committee consisting OF John At
k;nson. Esq, A. L. Cunningham, Jesse Exams,
j Joseph Applegate, Isaiah Cooper, and T. Whit
Il ten were appointed to nominate permanent Of
tieeEs The committee after retiring short time,
reported as follows:-
President-John H. Atkinson, Esq, of Han
cock Co. Vice President-Iohn Bell, of Mar.
shall, John Atkinson, Esq, of Brook, S. NJ Bell,
of Ohio. Co, Thos Hornbrook, Wheeling.
Secctanes-James Campbell Of Hancock, j.
! A. Smith, OF Brooke.
/ On motion, a committee composed of DR.. j..
Thoburn, s. II. Woodward, Jno Bell, and SAM
uel Buchanan, were appointed to draft preamble
i and resolutions, expressive OF the views of Con-
/ vcntion. After brief absence the committee
submitted the following preamble and resolutions
which were read and unanimously adopted.
| lFhCreas, The three great political parties of
/ the nation have nominated their candidates for
J the President and Vice President, together with
i shA4lAu
aspire to control the general governmental be-
comes orr duty in the exercise Of our inaiienabic
tights to determine which of them entitled
/ to our suifTages;
And ichsreas, The Democratic party has made
the extension Of slavery the paramount object OF
government, and deny the right of Congress to
/ prevent the extension into the territories; and
I in doing this they have departed from the prin-
fciplcs and practice Of George Washington, who
Z signed bill to prevent the extension Of slavery
into the northwestern territory; they have de-
parted from the principles and practice of Thorn
is Jefferson, who framed the above bin, and as
/ President signed several similar ones:
They have departed from the principles and
practice OF James Monroe, Andrew jackson, and
James K. Polk, who in their executive capacity
signed bills TO prevent the extension Of slavery.
They haze departed from the established Prac-
tice of the general government during the first
/ 60 years Of its:existence
And they and James Buchanan of 1856 have
departed from the principles ofJames Buchanan
of 1916, who thcn declared, that "those members
of Congress who opposed the extension of slave
~, were entitled TO the warmest thanks of every
friend of humanity"
And in making these departures they have nm
done the worl, of the greatest statesmen Of the
past generation, in the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, and have brought the nation into
sectional strife and civil war
And whereas the American party refuses TO take
tissue on this question, which is being forced up
on the nation, and thus by falling to interfere,
theyTtucitly acquiesce in the extension Of slave
rye
And whereas the principles announced by the
philadelphia Convention which nominated John
C. Fremont and Vim. L. Dayton, accord with
tho principles of the founders of our Govern
ment, andlfadopted, will tend to restore thewhole
nation to that state of peace and prosperity from
iIrIi 1lt haVa fulnps---t "a Enp1Nu+
/. That we sill give our hearty support to the
nominee of the Republican party.
2. That Slavery is local institution and can
only exist within the limits of those States whose
laws !egalize it
3. That in accordance with the established
practice Of our government from its urganizd.
ton until the year 1913, Congress has the pow
or TO prohibit the extension of slavery.
4. That in.the language of Daniel Webster,
we will under no circumstances consent to the
further extension of the erea of Slavery in the
United Suites or to the further increase of Slave
representation in the House OF Representatives. >
.. That the citizens ofthe whole Union should
IbeadmiLted into the territories upon an equal
footing and that no citizen when in a territory
should exercise any rights derived from the
State from which be came, that at variance
with the rights common to all.
6. That wc deny the right of Congress 10 in
tcrfere with any of the States in regard to the
tpecu!iar Institutions" Of the State, and that the
rights of the States, and the Union of the States
must and shall be preserved
Z. That we recognize no geographical divis,
ions, no local interests, 20 narrow sectional pre-
JUDGES; that the rights privileges and liberties
that we demand as our inheritance, conccdc
to he the inheritance of all the citizens Of this
Republic.
s. That we will maintain those great rights
which the constitution declares inyiolablc free.
Of nd F 10 ti,a
else of religious belief and the right of the peo,
pie peaceably to assemble and to petition the
government for redress OF grievances
After the adoption of the resolutions n letter
from Hon. Cassius N. Clay, Of Kentucky, an,
nouncing his inability to he present at the Con
vention was read The noble and patriotic sen.
timents of the letter. were received with cnthusi
astic manifestations ofapprovai. He stated that
al some future time he would visit Wheeling,
aud other places in the Pan Handle, and address
the people on the issues Of the Presidential cam
Pagn.
On motion, committee consisting of Joseph
Appellate, Isaiah Cooper DR.. Thoburn, John
Brownec, John Bell, and David Atkinson, were
appointed to report an electoral ticket
In the absence of the committee for this pUr-
pose, the convention was favored with an able
address from Hon. Miller Pennington, of Ohio
He dealt in stubborn facts, and showed most con-
clusivcy that the aims and objects of the Re
publican party, are in strict accordance with tho
principles of the fathers of our Republic. His
address was listened to throughout with deepin
terest.
The committee on the formation Of i'm elector.
al ticket, reported the following
SENATORIAL ELEcToRs
j. G. Underwood, of Clark Co.
Thos. i. Hewitt, ofHancocI, Co.
DISTRICT ELEcToRs.
lst-Josepp Applegate,
2d-JoSeph Ludwig,
3d-,Iohn Atkinson,
4th-George Whittum,
5th-p. H. Fravil,
9TH. B. Brown,
Tho d. Dillingham;,
sth-Georgc Rye,
9th-Dr Levi Pitman,
10th Richard BRENNAN, s
Ilth-O. w. Roberts,