Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-09
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TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER .. 1856.
1I55f.Sf5CRAsPIU MEETING AT
FRIAD SEPHfAs
s On Saturday last, IN company Wit . sooel5
aum6er Of our citizens. We tfe9k The cars e AZ
tend ti9zD 5nnoeralie pole.rpisIIis and sneaking
It Tradelphia. On arriving At the depot Of that
place the delegation was met By 2 large crowd
already In attendance, and by them were escort
"a L, eoeesion, with music and banness 70 the
bsSutiruI lawn adjoining EzlEsop's Hotel The
first thing done was TO raise theiaEge and beaat-
faI pole, which by means Of tho large force a.
hand was soon accomplished.
me Hon. SherTard Clemens having. an ap-
pointment At MartinsyiIle for that night was
firstiutrOdueed To the meeting. He spoke an
hour and a quarter He said be had taken
for. his remarks the Issues involved between the
Democratic and American paroles That was
aissays his text when be spoke IN Virginia In
his s5sechcs Ia PslBsyi YsHia and Ohio, he alEays
spoke Of the Democratic and Republican par.
tea BE then went into history Of the rise q
the Amsriean party. Showed how many differ.
cnt notifications its principles had undergone
within the short time that had elapsed since its
rise. Although It vas young in years twas
old In experience He held up to the view of
the people crosse yellow backed ritual,
and one or two other emblems, constituting the
metertsl Of the party, to the gaze of the people,
which euaElenis he said had been given him by
an ex-reasber Of thai party. Heread from this
little ritual the obligations Of the members he
was first asked, are you candidate for mem
bership. Then he was Obliged to take an oath
Of secresy. He was not to tell who he saw
there. was to play mum to al questions asked
him The candidate was to be an American
born Protestant Sir. Clemens then went on To-
say that Henry Clay had been often claimed as
a Naive American ia principle; but to refate
any supposed procliTity that way, he read an exc
trsctof slr. clays speech deiiyeFedin'1 e In this
speech he stated that he often times thought
Ireland must hare been originally part Of this
continent, but by some sudden disruption float
eiaWay to its present unfortunate position, So
much were the Irish people in their instincts
aud General feelings like the Americans Mr.
CIay wcntoH sought to rePrehend any intolerance
OF any man on account OF his religion; for he
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believed with sufficient education it was posi-
bic Tor III Of aIlreligions to adhere 70, TO love
unt cherish the Union and to psEPetiate our
form of government
Mr. Clemens then read an extract from the
Council proceedlng4 containing motion by
Hon, Humphrey Marshall, that.the President Of
the National Council, Mr.. Bartlett, Of KY, be-
instructed to absolve al the members of the or
der from the oaths Of secresy, and that the whole
aifair BIO thrown open to the public, which was
m admission that the manner and form thus
hF VA unpopular.
CIV. RusseI, Esq. was then loudly called
for, and was introduced 70 the meeting. Mr.
Russell occupied cysr an hour, and made one Of
the most dispassiohAee and nnexceptl cnable ap-
jpeals We ever heard from the stump. z was
entirely free from the al egptdadam can't Sol
generally identified with the hustings. Hewent
on to state that parties and party agitation I'M
der any form OF government was both necessary
and beneficial Many men Of many minds had
its foundation Ia ethics and politics, IS well as
IN the every day proceedings of life AN ma
tons have had lhsis radicals and censeryp-
tiges. The progre of the world has been on
ward, by safe aud judinious reforms. 1twas
impossible to step to extremes With safety. Lit
tie BY little an reforms must be effected. Con-
stitutional liberty was what he plead for He
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