Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-06
sTRAIGHEoU4 RESoL U7YoMSl

The meeting at the Court House on Sat.
urIay afternoon is acknowledged by all
to have been the largest meeting ever held
in the county. The meeting first asscm-
bled in the Court House Col Gins. D..
Knox was called to The Chair, and tue fol-
lowing gentlemen appointed Vice Presi-
dents: Samuel Irwin. ]. w. Paxton, DR..
J c. Campbell, E. G. JetTers, john Pier
son.
The Secretaries were as follows: Geo.
Harrison, II. X. List ard Doctor ]. II. Stor-
en-
Upon motion of Chester D. Hubbard, the
following committee was appointed 10
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
the meeting: c. d. Hubbard, Andrew
Wilson, Alfred Caldwell, Jas. S. Wheat, D.
Le,nb, Vim. B. Curtis, and Geo. Forbes.
Tie tact being announced that Flank
Pierpoint, of Marion, was present, loud
calls were nude for that gentleman, aud
he took the stand amidst applause.
It was here suggested that not half the
people could get into the house aud that
i. would be we'll to move out doors. This
was d"ne. a table was placed upon tue
steps of the Court House, which was soon
incurred hv Mr.. PicrpOiRt, who proceeded
10 make ii telling speech of about one
hour aud II LaIf in lcngth. lie started
right in at the heart Of the secessiOas6usi-
ness aud jpSt naturally limbed and Skinned
the whole hunbng and ALI the unpritci-
Piled GUnspirHtOrs aud scOundrels that had
any thing to do with it. He sNil TINT the
Union men np in the mountains were firm
aud determined never to submit to the
usIrputiOn ut Richmond. The people M
there loved their cOuntry and hhted demo-
gOgueS and traitors. They would pledge
themselves To one another around their
Gresiles u resist the danu,lbls hpresy of e.
cessiOntO the death. He said that on last
Wednesday, an order WAS passed in the Vir-
GINA Convention, gu the motion of John
tyler, milking it treason OrRnym IOwrirc
OrspeukaEainst the State or the Confederate.
States. lie hnst been threatened with this
order by the seceSsionists in the mountains.
but he had told them that the government
Of the United States bad the power TO put
down rebellion aud protect its friends, and
that at the end Of the fight, as sure as there
was u God, tue leaders of this treusouable
movement would be hungl Mr. Pierpuinti
sad tue secessiOniSts. (ulnong whom he
mentioned Gen. Raymond, who had been
strong Union man until the day after he
received his Brigndter Genernl's commits.
Si0n,l we're ming anu drumming around
Ht over the hills and through the vii
lagos AMI they could not get vOlHutcers
TO hght tor tue revOiutiOnists. The hearts
OF OF tue people were not with the rebellion.
They Were against it, and ali the East and
all Of JEFF. Davis army could not subdue
Western Virginia. The cn 81 have tNY,.d ~,
for 6fty yunrs-Vhey have ribbed their
own section with improvements, hut there
Is not n foot Of railroad or. IL yard of canal.
IN Tue west. Ny people say it there is no
other remedy We must have a division OF
Tue stale, and he believed they were ready
10 assert their Independence, Mnd die in re-
sis'ing thetniaMouS oppression. [Crics of
EooI "ao applause. Jeu. Davis, said the
speaker SET up /" government aud pro-
Si ,S LH"t MI ne wanted was to be let
T 't,, S Sout ~ IishW"y roooer do more.
MIeu tne EOoosr mas tnrottled the traveller
anu anu takea inc wei hlled purse 10 his den,
81, ng wants Is 70 oe Jet alone They stole
Az 1ney coo'u get ana then they want to
9e let alone. Mr. Pierpoint said that he
Ss''SNsa 'ne conspiracy ny which we had
nSSh dragged out OF the Union and our
TltSGlance attempted to De transferred to
S ss Jaws, was Inc most rePrshGnsl6!e,
me meanest sa9d most dHmna6le that was
ever heard OF on the face OF Gods earth.
ne aa1 seen SO many tricks in his own
'seSuon' some OF which he instanced) to
S SeStlSe ana sl n9nl9qgF the people, that he
oe"eEeu tue secession humoug eNlNnated
,,o,u lae .atner OF 'les' R1,1stllSt al who
S,Nu'sate1 u were ms Ate chill
vi W. .ss,s $780,
80 NJ MI fterp0int retlrrl amid the applause
s ~ vnsNss 3I oueoprse lchi lad now COM
LEY GS ul1 ~ S 30 street, when
., 1ss,sE y hae9tra from the committee