Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-27

dome in pursuapeo theFeof, stall IN,
nsir or ai6eet the hoTity 81 the
reor0anized State Nn3arninent, - any
County which shall Dc - proposes rev
Statep lathe oEdiu reofgqn e y.
was prescribed an .. iet ~ tue esleess +
of the State GoveFnni q and tho rsspl 2. *,
of both .Houses Of q g sgeraI Assem- ~
1t was true the ordlna I'D not as.s ~
body TO take the oelhb but holding tns s.t
authority under the government ne !
thouql,t. courtesy. feeling of duty 7
which they owed 10 tht State anticipates
would make it props and aes0gops ta'ts
that oath should be administered 10 INC
officers aud membdfs Of this body,
Mr.. DiEuE, I'M ne eonrse of some re-
marks. said thai Or his part, he did not
see the .nkcRssitS u taking the oath, TO be
taken, as itlsoeu d bin, Without author I
ity. merely as iEst u the loyalty 81 the
members. BE ID not think his tFielp
from Ohio had ahg sqch intention, hll =
wonld seem 30 q she World So
m. Linn iifScisiiaed any intention g /
propose q test d loyalty,
Mr. BRoWN, 81 ZanaWha, held thai they
had no right 70 p eseFibe oaths 70 aeh ottg7-
er, uniess ahe la1i under which they were
Assembled r0duir Is, Is II did not In this
case. If this Oh D was 10 have been tniseni
| Il ought 70 HdEe been taken Ig1en they
first began, and not cow. None do1bted
their loyalty, and for his pa s No Ee
an oath as too sagrea -. DE Inade cons
monty prsscribi1 j. 70 one anothes 3
FONT authority q law 1T was n2l ne y
would be II thef ese trans I'm Z ieeisle.
,tion that WAS iars " ere aboni
ITO make - 81 ~ ~ iriishS IN 7itstifr
would be as WortEiet q III N lperl lsssnlifa'
tbs written on, until Saueb iened By the voice
OF the people. ....s II
i Nj. HALL, of Marion, thought Il was no
time to hesitate about taking the oath In
times like these. he believed every man
there was loyal, but he was unwilling,
since it had been broaehed, that they
4 should seem to hesitate It could do no
harm. Is seemed to him that there was a
/ fitness in every man taking the oath every
| morning when he goes TO breakfast when
We see treason all round us in quarters
where We have been startled to lind it.
There was propriety in a man distrusting
himself, though he might be endorsed by
1 his whole people. He had taken II four or
| Eve times, but was ready TO do SO again.
and hoped every member WAS willing TO do
| the same. He did not like to back down
from the mattefuow that 1t had been sug-
gested, and he believed the spirit of the au-
thority under which they were acting re-
quired il.
nothing before the convention The gen
tleuian from Ohio had merely made sug-
gestIou.
Mr.. LAMB-In order that there may be
something regularly before the house, !
will move that the members and officers OF
this convention be requested to take the
oath prescribed by the ordinance for the
reorganization of the State government
Mr.. SNsRL moved to indefinitely post
pone.
ayes II, noes %.
was rejected.
The question recurring on the motion Oh
Mr.. Lamb, 1t was adopted.
Mr. VAN WIsKLB moved to take up his
resolution in relation to the appointment
of the Hcommittee OF nine to report the
4 best method of bringing before the con-
vention such provisions toabe inserted in
the constitution us may be proposed!
The motion to take up was agreed to,
and the same gentleman further moved 20
put the resolution upon its passage which
being done, 1t WAS Pd0Pted. :. s5.s -
II IrnG Ohnfr uUuUuuIeJ Eue IoftoWtuB as
tue committee :-Messrs. Van Wrinkle,
Brown of KilnawhA, Hall OF Marion, Irwin,
Sheets, Parker, Chapman, Caldwell and
Hagar. y =
Mr.. WILLY moved that the clergy OF the
Icity, aud such as are members ofthis body,
be invited 10 open each days session with
prlyer. In the alphabetical order of their
names.
The motion was agreed TO. -.s=-a.
The Secretary proceeded to administer
the oath, when all the members present
very cheerfully came forward and took the
obligation. ..
The credentials of Messrs. Cassidy and
WRlker, were then taken up, and, alter an
examination of the credentials, aud con-
siderable eross-examinatton and discus
sion, they were admitted 70 seats as naem-
bers.
On motion of Mr.. Wiley, as amended by
Stephenson, of Wood, it was resolved that
the regular hour for assembling each day
be fixed at IL A. NJ, until otherwise pro-
vided.
The Convention then adjourned.
DIRD.