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

through tie ssTeets. eTEey broke through
tie doors nj your State houSe2fIIEI. ~
down3ths Stars and Stffhes, s.ti,i & Ii,,istefl
~, its place the flag OF the Confederate
tateS. The ordiuHnct- o. seuession pass.
Ed The injunction of secresy is upon
every member. can nnly say that IL
passed. and one thing more, which you
doubtless already know, that did NOT
vote for 1t. would hive suffered this
right arm to be cut of. before would
have signed that ordinance [Chcers.
In CONCLUSION, Mr.. P. said;
II you permit yourselves to be transfer.
red to this Southern GOnfrderacy, you can
no longer call your souls youI own. The
people must arm and hold themselves in
readiness. Cheers. Fur tue people OF
Htatncork, can say they never viii submit
! 10 any such uSurpAlion as that ATTEMPTED
TO be imposed upon them by TITO Rich
m1ud Convention. We have suffered more
from Eastern Virginia than she has from
the General Government. The East has
taxed US till we grodued to build rail-
roads, aud n0w we are ut least three hun
dred miles from the nearest State rnilroad
depot. If you go with this Conlederacv.
you viii, in the language of Judge Sum
mers, OF kdnnwha, be'ms eifrctuully cut
on as would rabbit when penned by a
wy ~ q nolIuW Tree. lou could not buy
oAFEs,. OF noNr from ONO or PenusSlSa-
nt", %t t9a Paysas tAat on 1T You
would be as mere hostages in tue camp vf.
alrenemy. a
Air. Porter spoke Of "Hnll, of Wctzel. ~
He said that tohave any influence ut all
IN Richmond man must talk and act like
"Hall, of Wetzel." Hall said the people
of Wetzel were in favor of dissolution
of the Union s.because there WAS an I'M.
nressthie conflict between free aud slave
labor. Now there are Just seven sl,tves,
all told, IN Wet2el county, but for this
! specimen OF philosophical craftsmanship
the Richmond folks presented Hall with a
gold healed cane. Tbecane WAS inscribed.
| presented to L. S. Bail, of Wct7el, for
ms vlHaIeGtioa Of lte honor of Virginia !r'
| VIII you, fellow -clti1ens of Ohio county,
! asked MT. r, stand by US of Hancock III;
tue position we have taken aud in a deter
4 mination to maintain the Union, the Con-
sut1tion and the OLD flag? This was re-
! sPonded to By deafeuing ''yes,n aud nj.
ter thanking the meeting fer their attention
Mr. Porter retired.
! Chester d. Hubbard then came forward,
aud after some preliminary remarks, said
! ne was pleased to bear testimony to the
fHtthfnlnes3 of his colleague in the Con-
! yenlinn, Mr.. Clemens. who WAS now con
6ned To his bed. Mr. G. had stood up
mansally, and although frequently pre-
vented from voting, by his inlirmities, he
always pnired otf with some other mem
Der. His intentions aud purposes were
ours and no man was more DESTROYS of
maintaining Virginia in the Union. Sir.
! Hubbard then proceeded to nuke an px-
pose of the infamous secession schemes
and every lick told with effect. lie nAid
he lind witnessed the act of the moi in
kIchmOnd, ln tenring down the American
flag, spoken Of by Alr. Porter, aud he
blessed his God that hc lived iaa. commu.
nifty where no such dishOnnr coEld have
been inflicted upon that nag without NM
king Il pyramid OF dead budlrs beneath it
In speaking nf the mob Inv and despotism
! prevalent ut Richmond, he appealed to Mr..
| ELoS. Sweeney as to tile truth OF what he
said, aud in passing touk occasion To com
lplimvnt that gentlemen, saving that Nrs
s. endorsed the resolutions lust Passed
and TINT his interests aud his heart were
with the people. Mr. Hubbard made the
best speech ne have ever heard him make
and dt its conclusion,
Mr. Sweeney WIS called for SIr. s. pro-
cee'lel to say that tho state of things In
Richm1nd Gere.as- Mrs. Tn bbarvl ftpreseuts
ed. He said the m0bS were composed of
as scabby a looking set OF rougiis as he
| eser saw in his life, and that thev had
/ things pretty much their own wavs Mr..
s. sald that 1t had heen represented on
the streets that lic Was ~ lisunionist-
that bis business interests were ali in the
South and so forth. lie had taken the
pains, upon hearing the reports, TO make
I an examination, aud found that not ten
l per cent OF his business WAS in the direr
zion indicated. He said lie stood where
l lie hN0z niWnVS Stnn6 nd