Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-26

sreIiod q seeding from this Union. The
STATE OF Virgins by her own act, seGedef
/ from TINS uatol And Jet 1t is written on
! TIE tsse OF that Constitption, that II re-
q9tres three. lo1fths 81. The States to
amend t4at Co stitntion, md the other
. fourth, Though they hRyeivoted against the
amendments are, Is States of this Union,
bound BY that amendmeut, though they
may haze voted against il. Does any
, man in his senses, suppose that the Trainers
OF the Consultation believed that any State
had the right TO secede at plensure1 If
50, they have been guilty of the abs
surdtty OF saying that though &c took
thEee-topEths of the States 10 amend
the Constitution, and the fourth that
voted against the amendment are.
bound by 1T, yet one State in her dis
erection might secede, and that abe should
say for cause deemed sufficient by her she
, bad a right to bre1k up this glorious UnionI
Such doctriie ism insult TO the patriot
ism of the trainers OF the Constitution. II
, is an Insult to the fathers who under sneh
circumstances Of lie, Of money, and of
comfort, purehased our glorious American
liberty. and framed the Constitution for
US, which. If We adhere to IL in the spirit
in which they formed it, will make MS an
united peOple-the fFGest, the happiest,
and best governed people on the face of
Gods earth.
Thea, gentlemen, pntilI can consent TO
go for secessioHs never can give my sup-
port TO acandIdate who stands upon that
platform, when there Is any other man,
true to the Unionf that "a candidate OPP
posed to bin. I therefore forget, for the
purposes of this contest, that never did
vote for anybody bnt Wing, and that
had thought that never would. Bnt
will mareIi mp TO the polls on the day of
election, AID, in order TO defeat the Hon:
z. Kidwell, will, with my whole heart
and soul, put my vote in the ballot box for
William 9. Brown, Of Preston. Great
Applnuse.1
The President, Col Gather OF Taylor,
said he wonld like to talk a ltttle Ia regard
to this nomination.: sprung, ulyffellow-
citizens, he said, from q family Of tevUld.
tionary nemory-that were called Wings
in the days of the revolution. Ny father
was 4 Wing and West Augustan. Ny
grandfather both lie in their graves in
West Augusta, and my father was born
there. The standard Of liberty Is still the
stars aud stripes, here hung out in this
little city. WhenI passed along and saw
them, thought Was at home, l have
come down out of the mountains ofTaylor
county Ny life and property have been
threatened there, but told them before
God that men or devils should not pre-
yent me from speaking my sentiments in
favor Of thesta and stripes. Applause.
We come down to know whether yon
would stick to Ms IL we would stand by
the old flag. FIVE will, we will.el We
are true az steel. This Is questiou Of
Union or disunion. We are not 10 know
anybody that is for secession, in this nf-
fair. We d0,,uOt intend to endorse any.
body that endorses secession, we do not
rare what phFty he originally belonged to.
| am for any man that will sustain the
stars and stripes against the Palmetto flag.
LApplause. have always acted with
the Wing party, but know nothing now
but my country, my whole country, Nnd
hope and trust The nomination Of Alr. brown,
will be confirmed.
The question was then l,nt, Will this
Convention retify the nomination Of VIM.
q. Brown, of Preston, made By the Conven-
tiou which assem- bled here on the 18th, and
the resp onsG was a Unanimous Affirmative.
80 MI, Brown JEas' desiared The nominee 81
this bod
Mr.Cs b. Hubbard then read the pro- bro
zceedings Of the mass meeting held ut
GlRrkshNrg on Monday, and ctfVred the
following resolution, which WAS, adopted:
ReSoErsd That We fully approve tue ac-
tion of the meeting held in Elarksburg on
the 22d inst, mud TINT we 4teeonmehd to
tho people of the counties oftthis Congres-
stonNl District tQi meet tns their several
counties and an stht delegates, not less
than fivsin ndmhkr, tn neet4in convention
in this city. on the 18th OF May next, to
consult y and Go.operaGe With such other