Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-04
lSROM RICHMOND.

ERONI RICHMOND. u
[COrrCapondence Of The 5Inte,i,gene.r /.
The Convention OIL sae-sO-ThoDeI-
egateS from the then two counties
IowNsThs .R.,"tto.. ose Tss- rom ne ne
East ana west In thoSe DHy.--Tn
teresting Extracts from an Old Vol
o
O"AoND' lls.S,, Eso. 20 1871.
TOT tue hFst time IN my life, |, IL few
days ago, came across Il ropy of tic de-
| bates of the yirginia Co,,,o,,ior ~.
80, .Io,n ~, -, ~. - '''s 3-
9S''S te@9-09' anu " very Interesting aud
useful volume il is. Unt:lrccently, copies
of the work were not in much rcouest I'm,
1 latterlv there bas bc., ,..,,6 ,,;s,,;.,. g..
,,,,, 80, a.. - '"l"''' 'o'
,,'e''i' "'iN ~ tue price mas eeen run up. ut
ltand0lph,s book store frnnH dullnr fifty
to FIVE GOllArs-in rcpnlnr Yankee stvIa
I sp..,,, az, ,,,,,,r -.
,.,.. ="
.O'N'E '"'o"gh tne PFoceeuinGs OF that
famous Conventinn, which probably COM
prised greater amount of talent and ex.
ner;anca sr,or,, 10
c..n..,..,I-s. ."''" ""y
CONVENTION Euat ever met IN this or any
other State. Among the most conspiru-
ous were Jnmes Nf,disoo T.r,.s uIn.,,.
Chief Ins,tco AI,r.halI 1oLg -,
n,.T. S'''' 'oi" '1"haoiPh.
h'l''P OouHFidge anu Alexander Camp
bell. The Convention assembled on Mon.
day, the 9th of October. 1920 In ,ho csn-
itoI buiI5ir, n, ,.o,,.,
W course iIs membership q
was nothing like so numerous ns the pres
cut oOuS' 1hose were the dnys of the old
regime, when the freeholders governed the
State, ana when the people were not eligi-
ole elthsr 9 To vote o, to be voted for. 1t
S was hIhu OF lenasl age, and the de-
~ IQ one Dprn, and brought No in
, 'Hy SP.t4t VI .tue present times, are Curions
."" ..I esss'lEe enough! Ihe wonder is
~ ~ '%S ~ inter uaS reader not that our good
az In eHt'l groahs as sue does nn-
nSs :ne SAnStloIs ana exemptions of y
e''.ss, ont lhat sue ever escaped
n,s.,ar;,,'I u's y. .uS'r eoShPiets ~ ah't over
Iii. "St!IlnanEy mn tor All time. We
80 " ~ W gina enstractiom!sm-of
oI,o,,s ~ ulysuhed ratlocinattons
H;HI'. F'NPsF.S E'Ru's as against PeTsOnRl
oIt II Is easy TO see that his repnl-
! slVe ldeHs "re only the fag end of an almost
St9tns OF mind and
e"uGnti0h ,, among tue land.holders and ne.
f.S,, t,Iess o. Tue oIH regime. lie differs
i,;sH .uoSo ito.l wnohl ne mas borrowed
-. S"IS ~ tl's '!ct tnnt ne mas no
md S,;sia.'II {,lu, 1ll, " su2ar1coat them
81 e.. tyiE , features; ana al-
,i,,. III. t.'s 'avt ln.t nc 3ls more malignant
s;nL,,s 4, MeIe'5h 5hls halfe9 Unpopular
,lS:',I t,'SIIs. ~ was snch men as Phillip Dod-
III. Hn% uls col'eaRae OF Brooke county,
nd st,,,,,5 .nsss types oS Tue Mason school,
a,,S .I,S t.'StE Ne[o'"Se ol "Iilts game,
liz; - t..e Pe"Pie o! me West what
s,,cs.s.Fss,II.. S'.i Mste' ana now they could
! ny seSuEs Ah9 maintain thems-G
~ 80, a. 'ne sPseches OF D0ddrtdge
| nil E,r a., " poNer' a'osi'' they are
o,,, II. part eXtemporane-
mi,ies Nnd %s ms S,, on tne legislative Com
Con,mittso ., H.s SS'egue On Tue Jndigiary
selves In tIn;s oo..! eIt nhllEeut!
modifv -,bs ol, tsa.so,ous .a...1St struggles to
COUNT in fbnso ,,nsa ,su?I io5Inss brooke
conntv of HanseoL 's, 81, LnGSIaeq, GI., also, me
Guided W,rsSSiI :, s;..t ,'.nu UhIo ., county IN
two t.onrtiss ,to,, .I. tnets were onI
tl,ev ne TS.;5 1''Su ,.n .n tle fhnnandle, and
iriicc snJ St,'.t.,i !, ny Ood-
ChnTIes Nor,., y: yE;.,
SON, hotb nj SieHi'.t:, %"s uEelIus ~ p IL IL
Counties ,r ,TaS.So. Eeptesehted Tue
oaIia. Tie ll;:,r;o, atIssl ssun Hnu .M1n9n,
tI,s ~ " tA"''.~ha lhsI1ueu
n',SSlu 1ne Iount'eS 5, OIL hana%ha, Mason, Cabell
! T.o,o,, T,h:s 5;ss..' LAWS wool ana
foss'i" fI4os tl's ulsuIiet was reprented lay
tSI;o,.s1 I.a1, IIther OF the Judges,
-, G. =, :, 'su"IH q 2 duncan OF Harrison,
~ P.SItS..sSi ~, It PeoeIi' ana Adam Sec,
/ ~ tisss Ss'i' ..ss I were ail men OF more
tbsy i,SSa ,s.iinIs s.s a', aua ! 9etefmlnsd, and
tensions ,,f tbo me pre-
The ro1,ss. 49, p.U'slsy
| -. 80 -. ~ ~ l s4Su @ as HuM, oetWeeu she