Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-01
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Great Working Meme Getting.
HON. surRRARp eLrMExs AID CHESTER D.
HUBBARD SoNISITRD.
A meeting of the working men Of III.
city was held at the Athenaum last even.
ing. The house was crowded, and we
suppose there must have becu a. thousand
people present. On motion, Mr.. R. w.
Mcclellan was called to the Chair, and
Mr.. Samuel McYay was appointed Secre.
tary. Mr. Hchry Rchols being called for
arose and proceeded TO explain the object
Of the meeting. He said that ON wednes-
day, delegation had been appointed from
the different workshops. in the city to meet
in convention on Wednesday eVeaing.-
The delegates accordingly met ia aeon
vention, representing seven hundred work
ing men, and had selected from. the names
presented to them the Hon. Sherfard
Clemens. and o. D. Hubbard. (Tremeu.
duous applause.) Mr.. Echols then pro-
-ceeded to make sound, original Union
speech, during which he alluded to the
breaking up and putting together recon-
struction plan of saving the Union, pro.
posed by Senator Hunter, of this State
Mr E. said that this plan reminded him of
a man whom he had assisted in convey.
ing to Stanton from this city. The man
was all right enough except that he fancied
he couldcut his, sons head off aud put it
on again. The man insisted that he could
do this, but the sense of the experiment
was not apparent to most people and he
was taken to Stanton, where he still re-
mains. Mr.. 3. said the Union might be
broken up aud reconstructed, but it would
be like tue favorite dog of which story
is told. The dog in chasing deer, ran
with his head against slim sapliug and
split himselfin two. The owner picked up
the two pieces and stuck them together,
but in the hurry of doing so. put two legs
up and two legs down, and the dog ran on
but he cut most inconvenient and a most
ridiculous figure. Such, thought Mr..
EcholJ, is the wisdom of secession.
Mr.. c. D. Hubbard being loudly
called for, appeared and earnestly and
feeltpgly thanked the working men for the
honor they seemed disposed to confer upon
him. Mr Hubbard argued Of the folly of
secession. He showed how different were
the interests of Virginia and those of the
cotton States, aud said that the interests of
Virginia, with tho exception of the negro,
were almost identical with all the Border
States. He honored South Carolina for
her sacrifices in past history, but when sue
blOts out the 4th of July as day not to
be remembered, he had nothing in COM
mon with her. -g
A. the conclusion of Mr.. Hubbard's
speech, ThUs: sWeeneyy Esq, arose In the
audience, aud after several Intellectual at
tcmpts to get the eye of the chairman,
who was blinded by the foolights, re-
lated what occurred in a caucus of employ
ers here in 1887. He concluded by saying
that Notwithstanding the nominations
which had been announced, he would be
satisfied with the action of the people on
Monday.
The proceedings of the Convention
which nominated Messrs. Clemens aud
Hubbard were then read, aud motion to
ratify the same prevailed by an orerWhelm-
ing performance of ayes.
Three cheers were then given for Clemens
and Hubbard, and the meeting adjourned
to the tune of "Yankee Doodle" by the
band.
It was a very large and yery enthusi-
astic meeting, composed principally of
working men, who generally mean what
they say, and who do not abandon an I'M
dsrtaking as long as there is shadow of
hope of accomplishing it.