Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-04

this evening, at half pns:7 o'clock, Subject
Moses as a Man and Lawgiver"
Oppo.ItIon Meeting In the Filth Ward.
SPEECHES OF NESsHs. EDGINGTON, CALDWELL, BING-
HAN AND CHAMBER
According to announcement made day or
two Previous there was an opposition meeting
held in the 9th Ward on Saturday night From
some cause or other, either the inclcmency of
the weather or something else, the turn out was
not so strong as it might have been, and the
school house as a consequences afforded ample
accommodations for all present.
On motion of Mr., Mark E;hols, a. P. Woods
was nominated to the chair. Mr.. Woods de.
clincd Somebody then 1--WE could not hear
Who'll nominated Mr. Henry Echols and the vote
benz, taken he was called to the Gu air. Mark
Echols rose to explain the object of the meeting,
which he did by saying that it had been suggest
ed by the Executive Committee of the city, that
Ward Clubs should be formed throughout the
city, the eIieclually TO promote a success
ful organization of the Opposition. He there
furo moved that a committee of three be app
uuinted to draught resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting. The Chair put the mo,
ton and there being quite number OF voices
in the negative and the issue being IN doubt the
vote was taken over again. Wtnie the commit
ANNOUNCED that three of the speakers, ANNOUNCE
ed for the evening, were present, viz: Edgington,
Caldwell and bingham. Loud cries we've made
for EdgingtOu, whOtook the stand amidst unani
nous applause. Mr.. e. on arising observed that
although he was opposed to apologies for pub
lie speeches, yet he must in justice TO himself
say that lie was not in speaking order this even
ing feeling as he did quite indisposed. Although
not posted up in all that was being now canvass
edin politics through public prints, yet he had
within him well grounded convictions as TO the
merits Of the canvass. lie said that he had
heard Wings aud Democrats, in times gone by,
abuse each other with good deal of warmth.
but it had been left for him, during this
past winter, in soonrn OF several weeks at
Washington, to hear the climax of bitter and
yirulent accusation by ono faction of the
Democratic party against the other faction.-
So intense had become ne hatred of one branch
OF the party against the other that the party
had been rendered hopelesSly ineiiicient-So
much so as to be incapable, though in the ma
jorty, of supporting an administration of their
own choosing. As they all well knew, Mr.. Blu
chanan had not heStated to declare that he was
indebted To the members of the Opposition in
Congress for anything like an adequate support
ia carrying the Government Mr.. Il. said
that it seemed to him as if the times of 1910
might again be upon us. Things looked that
way now. The country had grown FESTIVE,
tired and desperate under the misrule with
which it had been wished. There was general
longing as there was growing disposition TO
arise and shake off the oppressive incubus
And while it true that the Opposition were
divided into Wings, Republicans and Americans
yet there was that enthusiastic resistance aud
common dislike to the Democratic regime now
existing that argued most hopefully for n consol-
idaton of their respective forces in 1850 The
ha."norats "t-i.e 90 P.o"aete diseord among us;
1t is and has always been their policy. They
Affect to be virtuously indignant against what
they call union Of smS-while they them
selves have always successfully practiced what
they would denOunCe in us. They, as party,
have been well described to be party brought
together and held together simply by the cohe-
siyePowcr of the public plumber You all know
that what is Democracy in one section of the
country is not Democracy in another section.
What principles, for instance, have the ultra
State Rights and Free Trade Democrats of East
ern Virginia in common with those here. Over
there the Slave interest is their great bond of
union. They are there opposed to protection
OF what are the interests, and as believe, the
principles, of many Democrats here. AS par
~ the possession Of the spoils has always been
their AIM The doctrine first enunciated by
the TaInmany Hall Democrats of New York
has been the rallying cry of the party, viz
that TO the victors belong the spoils. Rotation
an Office was ono of their principles principle
that had cost this government untold thousands
which had entailcd upon the country beggard
treasury. Look ut how it works, fellow citi-
Zens myself have had good opportunities of
seeing its workings as regards one department
OF the government; mean the Pension bureau.
have seen and experienced the delays, veSa-
tons and blunders to which applicants to this
branch of the government are subjected, and
have been made familiar with the gross cor
r1Ptons which have ensued in consequence of
the incOmpetcncy Of those who had received
appointments through partisan favor. Mr.. E.
then related the case of a Mrs. Mills for whom
he had been attorney in the matter of a gov
crnment allowance to her husband soldier
Of the Revolution, and described how, through
corruption and neglect, the rightlul beneficiary
had Gecn supplanted and swIndled out of sever
al thousand dollars He then passed on to
consider what in his view were the remedial
steps 10 be taken by the Opposition. Princi-
Pay and primarily they must agree to compro-
mise their differences. Compromise was at the
bottom Of our system of government. Conpro-
mise characterized all sound legislation. The
feeling in this State at this time was very
strong against Democracy. During the last
winter Mr.. L. had conversed with many per-
sons from the central part of the State,
especially from the counties of Loudon, Gull
pepper, Fauquier and Halifax, and it was the
heartfelt craving of the people, it seemed to
him, TO be delivered out OF the slough OF
Democracy in which the State had been sunk.
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