Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-12
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feTing and Teraeioug Picture Of the Re-
I'tblieGnS, saying, among Other things, tAdt
they are TAieUsS, ImfdsLS, A6olihoHtsts
and LnEuTTeetoniItS, and are very obRoz.
iouS TO some RidiotO Ladies near Richmond
The Doctor iI Replied to By the Doug
las EleetOr, trho ehaage' the eOHtOur Of hiI
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Correspondents Of the Wheeling IntsllIgeneerl
GgSTs:-Last Monday was court day.
A large lumber OF people were in town,
anxious to talk and hear about the de-
struction of the Government. never
saw as much anxiety in the face of the
people Of this county, as saw an that
day. Nor did ever see men talked to
with more undertone aud buttOn-hOleing,
than were the people on that day, by
Breckinridge leaders, who Indirectly favor
secession, The masses of the people, left
alone are opposed 10 the whole move
ment. But the Breckenridge leaders are
trying to make the impression that some
terrible calamity has just been brought
NJ on the country by the Republicans, is
overwhelming tue country-and that some
great thing must be done, or the Union
must be dissolved. More than ever, now,
do they dread public discussion. Ask
them II they arc in favor of breaking up
the Federal Government; they will say
lob, no am for the Union" but throw
| in, at the same time, a number of pro-
visos, that clearly indicate what their Sc
Cret wish is. The only thing now Is, TO
/ get the people with them, but TO avoid
discussion. The Union men are deter
mined that the people shall understand
the whole subject, If practicable. To this
end they labOred earnestly to get some of
the Breckenridge leaders to make speeches
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well on the stand. The Doctor had Just
returned from Washington and Richmond,
and was presumed to know all that was
! going on, at least among the disunIonists.
Kidwell, In his speech, deplored the con-
dition of the country, attributed all our
ealamities to tue breaking up of the
Democratic patty, and to that pdrty's
going out of power. he regretted the
election OF Lincoln, aud was very
sure that if the election was to 60
over again, he (LinColn) would not
get three States in the Union. He then
dwelt with great severity on the Republic
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES them as a body of in-
lfideis; that Burlingame wanted an anti
slavery Constitution, an anti-slavery Bible
and an anti-slavery God; that Seward,
Hale and Wade were no better; that the
whole object Of the party was to abolish
slavery in the South. He told them about
some widow ladies residing near Richmond,
who owned slaves, and now had to have
the Richmond police trayersiug the county
Ito suppress insurrectiOn; that the slaves
were actually declaring that.they vert free
now that Massa Lincoln was elected. DIR.
Kidwell held up with great force the steal
ing propensity Of the Republicans-said
that he knew them well-had served four
years with them in Congress that they
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from the United States. And now that
Mr. Lincoln was coming into power the
condition of things would be deplornble
indeed. He complained of tue personal
liberty bills of the North. He told us,
and seemed to speak by authority,
that Virginia. Maryland, Kentucky and
Missouri would be out of the Union in
less than six weeks; that the Republicans
down at Washington were holding secret
meetings, aud were now actually discuss
ling the question whether they should in-
iauRuTaSa NJ. Lincoln at PhiladetphiR or
New York. The DIR. stated that 4 State
Convention would be called In \ few days,
Represented on the white basis, ~ now
represented IN the lower hoaaa Of dele
gates; that Yirginians were anxious to
have the constitution altered so rs to tax
their negroes ad rAlNSAua- Rat the Dr.. de-
plored the idea Of giving the Convention
power to so alter the constitution at this
time.
DIR. Kidwell made allusion, several times
the course OF his remarks, TO your humble
servant, RuPPOSing, perhaps, that l would
reply. When he had concluded his re-
marks, | stated to the audience that did
not intend to make a speech, but as the
Doctor had made personal allusiUu to me,
l would notice two or three points he had
made.
First, That the condition of the conn
try was attributed to the breaking up of
the democratic party. Ny answer was
that the Union party had not broken 1t up;
that the Republicans had not broken It up |;
that the Yaucey-Ljre secessionists
had broken it up. The logical inference,
then, was that the democracy must rHls or
RUN the country; that they would break
up their own party, and then break up the
Government.
Second, That the Doctor had stated that
II the election was to go over again, there
would not be three States 20 for Lincoln
asked If the people of the North have
turned against the Republicans, what is
the reason for fear? Hold on until nuotli-
er election, and they will be powerless.
Third, The Doctor charged the Repub-
licans with stealing large sums of money
from the Government. This, to me, was
strange, since tho democratic party had
been in office ever since the Republican
party was formed. That they had no pow
er In the Government how. could they
steal the money S 81 - t2tft
! said no moro, and Fountain Smith,
ESQ.,, the Douglas Eleetor for this Senate
rial district, was called for, and took the
stand. Ar. Smith stated taRt he had been
reared in Eastern Virginia, and that he he
longed TO the National Democratic party.
That he had been taught from his
infancy to revere the institutions Of
his native State, &c That while the
North had passed their Liberty bills,
the Federal judges, without exception,
had treated them as nnllity. That
accession is not the remedy to which the
South, and particularly the border States
should resort for redress, because our
coalition after dissolution would be yEurse
. thnF ~ NFaaNnt q.