Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-29
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To the Rank and FiIs OF the LIST Dis.
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To the Rank and FiIs OF the LIST Dis.
tFiet.
As no movement has yet been madl
which appears to have emRnAted from OF
been subscribed to or demanded by you
calling q Convention either for the c0un.
ties or the district, for the purpose Of se,
Letting candidate to represent you 10 the
Congress Of the United States, and as thC
names OF several gentlemen already are and
more still may be presented to you for that,
at any time, land more now than ever
high and most responsible position, and Gi
90 doubt exists as 10 the loyalty Of any
one yet named, but As II iS conceded thai
each one, with all the power that God has
placed In bis hands, intends to crush this
accursed rebellion, means to preserve the
nation In its unity and integrity, at what.
ever cost and hazard, aud that As In this
regard all Stand on one platform, and do
not differ. ! respectfully suggest that you
are entitled to know and hear on what
We disagree, Men can aud do agree on
some given subject but differ vitality on
Others, or they may differ widely as To
the mode Of Its accomplishment or as to
how they shall appropriate results, sub
init therefore that the people in their
primary capacity are better able to judge
and select u representative candidate
for their own ideas, out of a number
OF gentlemen, without q Convention
than by Convention. ludeed, the only
possible way TO obtain q true representa-
tive is not by Convention, which con.
fines the people afterward to a single man,
and that, too, even after they may discov.
er that the Convention had made gre.
vious mistake or done them great injustice
and wrong. assert, therefore, that the
true, the only way, by which real repre-.
sentative can be elected 10 to keep all the
candidates, who wish TO stand a poll, in
the field, SO that each citizen may bavs an
opportunity to vote for the man who most
nearly represents his views, after each
candidate shall have declared and discuss.
ed his principles before you. You will
agree with mo that at this moment We
cannot be too strict nor careful in ouI
choice. Grave and momentous question:
and principles are 10 be acted on, invoIv-
ing the whole future OF the American
people ; questions involving the whole pol.
icy Of the Government for veal or for woe
must now soon be determined by the rep.
resentatives Of the people in the Congress
Of the nation. Peace, thank God, will
soon be ours. On what basis, your repre-.
sentative, at least in part, will have deter.
mine. Indeed he may baVe Il in his power
it may devOlveon him whOllytO decide the
nations destiny; he may remand it back
under or forver relieve il from the slave oil.
garcby; hemay have, heprobably will have
the power to make us homogeneous
nation and people, or he can conclude q
peece retaining all the elements Of discord
confusion, injustice, rebellion and war
It Is said Of Phillip, OF Maeedon, that he
did always obtain more from those nation!
against which his larns bad totally failed
by his skilltull policy Of concluding peace,
than be ever did from those nations agains
which his arms prevailed. We have &
willy, IN educated foe TO cope with. It il
therefore, the more necessary to select .
representative who has not made up BIZ
opinions to-day, nor even yesterday, no
who presents you with false OnCs-nOr con
ceaIs from you any Of his opinions or sen
timents. You should see and know hin
through aud through, aud contrast hin
with others. For these reasons deem I
due 10 you, due to great occasion, tina
no man be selected for you, but that yoI
make your own selection, after you know
Us all, clean up TO the election day. Re
! member this will be our first election for
representative from the new State. I
candidate selected by a convention is sci
dom the choice finally Of the MASSES
Some highly intelligent or influential man
or, as more frequently occurs, some petit
foggiug, pititul but cunning lawyer, SOM
, contemplate wire working politician, with
out dimes worth Of interest in the State
, the nation or the world, who knows III
wires, and which to pullto make the pup
pets dance, or some otIiCious brAzeu foo
almost always determines the selection
D nreseuts the man who, whether right o
wrong, good OF bad, you are pledged t
: support and vote for, who rules the balaRc
od.
Asa candidate l am willing to stand o
q fall before you on my own principles-m
A own ideas.priuciples and ideas not mad
! for the occasion nor weakly held, but cher
iShed for long years pasti ideas aud ptin
ciples which | can no more abandon tha
/ can abandon myself, | ask you TO he0
them, and not mine only bat all who as
your suffrage. Do not rule US OF by
: convention aud atop discussion. There
llittle time enough TO canvass our view
between this and election DAY and none cOu
paratively up to that proposed for a conVei
lion, Give US all chance aud hear US al
Look TO II my fellow citizens that some wi
. nolltfcIan does not springA convention
I, you 10 which some mullOt-heAd is made
= select you the only man the politician
viii allow you to vote for. BE vlgIlan
:. !: Va must not relapse into our old MOI
of perml,tinv professional politicians a'
v; LAWYERS and others 10 have monopoly
Of our Government, State and National. Y
,rn,tsd them once, how bitterly they b
trsy.d us lot our butchered brothers, 0
JsySstated State, remind US. warn y
: IN be less careful about the iutelIecsu
:, and professional attainment' o. those y
t,Sst AZ your agents, than Of theIr mo!
-. snS nolitical integrity aud irnnsSS. :
". dE Isst @ tnen who hold their opinions S!ronl
IN and arc brave. IT'S better mans We