Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-17


...-sip the large audience present N6fWith-
aiding thelextre1 ecold andt inabili=a
ss-tg lof the. Stoves zto, 5ssaEin sths immense
building, M6ea5tties speaker manifested an
z1inclInationi TO eeaseI speaking, he was
greeted With cries Of a'go on p Isgo ONT"
,I13I3 The resolutions,
IaossfBs IS; 6dtt HI3 H58or de-
clined to do more than to acknowledge
q Ithsleempll hsnts oYiegat u he dnroaif6rta--
Bile state Of the 7buildiag; and thelatencss
of the hour.
Alfred Caldwell, Esq, (RePnblican) Of
feFed as a substitute for the last resolu-
ton, deploring the election of Lincoln as
calculated to impair the harmony of the
Union, the following:
ResoLUed, That the Legislature of yir-
ginia be requested to send commissioners
to those Northern States who have Per- ,
sonal Liberty Bills and ask their repeal. :
When ,thevote was put a. large number
of ayes were heard, but not enough to
accomplish the4object desired. On the
Other hand, many. who really dissented
from the last resolution, (Which. was of an
irregular character, voted for itin a spirit
ofIconciliatiopf and for the sake Of the
harmony, which the election of Lincoln
was said TO be calculated to impair.
Tbemeeting had the sympathyandco coop
.,ergtiQn Of some Of tue Observation-Disclosures
= sgeht citizens OF the pihce, aud, we believe,
iisHas seudaesed jnsthe spirit that will. yet
triumph in the acco mplishment of the
- great and glorious object for which it was
,ss1called.f 3d. d
tas.sSome of the participants in the meeting
were justly indignant at thesneering man
ner in which the Wheeling onion alluded
Ito The affair. They think that a paper or
"a man capable of misrepresenting aud
SneerIqg at q political demo Rstration off
x.thiP t. time ks this is dan
gerous and INSCRIPTIONS agitntor, and
a. ought to- be frowned down. True5 .theS
r. r. Hon Sherrard Clemens, in his speech, was
limo way very chary ofhis compliments to
theconeern, but heclaims that he has been
.unwarrantablya attacked by insulting and
.sexasperatipg:in uendos aud expressions,re-
glatingt to hislpersonol affairs, which were
70 intolerable ant: mot to be patiently endured.
WHEREAS; tbs the privilege of all citi-
zens TO express tneir opinions onthc course
of public transactions, so especially is tt
their duty to do SO in times of trouble and
danger; and; whereas, such times are now
.9PFesene1 18th psfi dieef6 ny danger to Jour
glorious Constitution and Union the work
tS,eof Washingtoh, and Madison, aud Mason,
4HAmilton and other immortal spirits of
our country, which has endured for three
- Quarters of a century, and under which
1--WE have grown and prospered in man
Atsner Gnexanlpled in the history of Nations,
and acquired d renown which attends eve
.4ary citizen of the United States, aud gives
~ him welcome, protection and safety in all
the civilized countries of the world; and,
ssaWheTeas, we deplore and deprecate every
attePt to destroy the Constitution and dis
:. solve the Union of the United States, as
I, now esta hltshed-Therefore,
,tz u. ResOtpsdi That:we soiemnly declare
warm attachment to. the Constitution and
Onion of the United States, under which
we have grown great aud prosperous, and
which alone under the blessing of God,
can ihsuEesusthe continuance Of the same
ssEssSnis sand lpEosPs fog t3eFtinpsg to
sfln 3! ERsJ0IDedS 4Ftiatswe deenasit the sacred
duty ofiall men in public offices, and all
citizens IN private life, to support, main
tain aud defend the Constitution of the
United States, and the laws made in pnr-
suance thereof, against all and every ag-
:. gresston or violation, foreign or domestic
8. ReRolesd That we think our rights
and welfare, so far as they are entrusted to
the Constitution of the United States, are
best protected aud guaranteed by that in
strumenti5and that for any encroachmeuts
made or attempted upon them, eithersbys
the Government or the separate States,
we can have, and ought to effect, their re-
dress, within and -nRder the CONSTITUTION
and the Union. f.t=sf#
4. Rsaotetd, That the Constitution the
ps de-