Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-04

Bnt We wanted to know how much more
than g hundred fset could be ciaimed for
] y, and made the trial. Il was lust fifty-
SIX feet in circuit, but little more than half
the size of the monqrchs ih Nariposa,
ThiEh IT seemed to excel so much in
majesty. There were an hundred trees in
Alhrtpos9 grove larger than this and all Of
thep legstheE did not make half the im-
preston on me that this one stamped into
tie brain at first sight. .f55,g -
/ THE DEMOCRACY IN aLOTIo9.
National DemocratIc Meeting An ND
\ mongolia County. Ea3
ahs Pursuant TO the s6jo6rnmcnt: made at
the meeting held attGs Court House OH
tiehe 2eih OF Marchi the National DemOcEa-
dtSy otsMohonRalia County met at the Court
4 . ouss oa Alondly, the list dAy,of April,
ils5l Capt Jesse Mercer iuithe Chair, aud
Df. ! 1olN. BopRhneF acting as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained
70 me- Tor lthe purpose of appointing dele
es.to.the Congressional Convention 10
oe neid atsthe City of Wheeliug, on 6Ff9dy
i t!ae nE1eteeRfh day Of -4pTii; lS6l,-il }.. ftl
u, Mherenpon tue meeting proceeded to
the aPPoiprmeDt-O Of delegates, with the
tolloYFing result, viz :: IS
h. Joseph jolliffe, j. J.Hutrhison, JOS Fl.
Efowell,sJesse SbuttleswOFth, Capt. Rezip
H. Brown, Moses Steel, Esq, John N. Ma
sou, John C.. Malone, Jacob Cartwright,
4 Alex. H. Osborne. @ .a aaIz F.|f
iDr5H. \. Maekey, J-lMarshall Hagnns.
Il ESQ., L.. s. Hongh, Esq, A. C. Picken-
Raugp; ID. @ PitkeppHugh, DIR. Wm. n.
lehtr \. n. Hoffman, Evans D. FOgle, F. S.
Dawson, " :; J. u. Mirkle,. Wm. n. Jarrett, Geo.
w. SemAOs, james Shiny. Mn. Dent. s7.5
James Hare, John Niemhn, DIR. Geo. w.
John} John Bowers, Ezekiel Shay, N. G,
Levi Britt ''H
JOS. Snider, jr.. William Simpson, Amos
4 .. B0Hlby, Frederick Furman, j ohm Lem
ley, Esq, Reuben Finnell, John Saunders.
4 Joshua Hunt. f
s. g. Morgan, David O. Shafer, John E.
Dent, l.. E. Mercer, Marion.Hess, James 4.
Hess. Caleb S. Price, John q. Lough, JON
at4hau Taylor, Peter Fogle, John n. Waters,
Esq; ! r,,,, No., =, ,..,., ,..,,s,
| man, Noah Norris, Alpheus Garrison, asa
ander Hess.
| Dr.John McCarl, D. Ammons, Adam b.
Tennant, John Anderson, William McKin-
ney, Elijah Hartley, Nathaniel Temple:
Geo. keetover, William Parks, P. l.. Rice,
David Lough, Chas. NJ. 0liphant, Charles
Edwards, Alexander @. Clark, Juo. s. Lcm-
ley. l = -
On motion of Dr.J. ". Boughner, the
following preamble and resolutions we're
| WHEREAS, The National Democratic
Party7has been sundered by the attempt to
ihterpolate in its creed, "interyention tor
!he protection of slavery inthe Tcrritories,}' y
Inste9u OF 'Fon-uterrentiOH lrith Sl6Cery ei-
thsr IN the States or Territories,n And
lflleTfas, that attempt upon The part ofthe
s5ttelne E ESouthern wing Of tile party, cans-
ed dtsfHpttob; eunt the ieoaSeau ausnt eIec-
ton OF Abraham Lincoln, and finally of
tne disruption Of the Union 10y the scces-
sion of seven OF the slave States, dHd
IFheTeHs, It Is the desire Of the National
DemocracyIOf MonOngRlin TO bring bnck
/ the P9rtyit0 its Hpcient fsith, md restore
the Upon of tue States; Therefore, be it re-
4: That in the language of the immor.
tat Washington, we should cherish ssd COR
dial and hnhitual reverence for the Union.
OF the States, as the palladium of our lib
eItlsSi,--tne prestige of tho american,
hane IN every civilized country on the,
giope inows from the unity pfigOYcrnment
to the Gulf of Mexico. -.
2. That the causes that have led to the
secession of seven Southern States have
no existence i9 fact, and if they had, Sc
cessl0n, and the establishment of IL mill
lnry despotism, MS has been done in the
"Confederatcd States" is u0 remedy. but
an aggraYRtiono of all the evils compiain-
3. That we will support no man for
Congress whotis not a sound Union man.
-. Ih.t .. we approve Of the call for the
Wheeling, on the 18th of April, 1861.
o.sThat we sexhort our brethren of this
Congressional District, to meet ns,iu Con-.
Tentlon at Wheeling Mt that time.
6. Tint the Hon. William g. Brown ia
entitled 10 the thanks of the Democracy Of
4lonongalia for his refusal TO secede from
iAe baltimore Convention, and his bold
stand for the Union and the rights of the
Northwest in the Virginia State Conveu.i
tion.t
4; That the Democracy of Monongalia
arc 10 favor of adbeFing to the long cstab-
lished usage of altering their representa-
I'VE 70 Congress every four years, between
tne river and mountain cOnties, and that.
therefore, as Mr. Clemens. has Just con.
cinaen four years service in Congress, the
representative the coming four years
On motion of DR.. II. N. Mackey. TIM
President aud Secretary were added to the,
list qt delegates aud it was
ResOired, That any Natioual Democrat.
T. e. any person who voted for Donglas
aud Iohlson Ht the late Presidential cleo.
l,tiou, and now a resident of Monongnlia
icounty,) who is present at tue Wheeling
Convention, shall be empowered to act as
delegate from this comfy.
=. oraered' That these proceedings be pn5-i
Rthatall the rest of the papers in the Com.
Egresssional District be requested 10 publish
them. J. MERcER, Chairnnan.
J. Y Bogghney. see'y.
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