Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-31
igas convsatIoa eallsa asiaEo..nsla.

people 50 far IS We hear ii by letter orby
word, aud that IS, s.Let us by all means
have Congressional Convention"
The wellsburg Herald tsee its article this
morning) seconds the call of the 4th Ward
men of this city, for such a Convention a.
MOundsvills on the Both of next month.
That day appears to suit every body, so far
as we have heard an expression. 1t is far.
enough ahead 10 afford ample time for can
Eassing the claims OF all candidates for the
nomination, and leaves ample time prior 70
the election 10 do all that is necessary to
do to elect the nominee. a nomination
will be an eleetion-that We all know,
hencethe abundance of time between the
hoIdipe otthe Convention and the day of
county in the district, go earnestly to
work in the matter of seleSting good men
for delegates. Send such men IS you know
are without faint or blemish on the main
question-meu who cannot help giving us
the best man the district affords. More
than this. Send men who viii go to the
Convention and there lay down such a
platform-snch q live, sound Land progress
sive platform of principles that the man
who stauds upon it as nominee cannot
possibly be mistaken as to whom and
what he is expected to represent. This
latter result will be one of the great
advantages of convention. 1t will pre-
clude any man going to Congress with
any latent designs of a mischieyous char
acter, such as Carlile took to the Sen
ate with himself when he seemed to prom
Use SO we'll. The next Congress will be
the most eventf1l one, in all probability,
of American history thus far. We cannot
afford to run any risks in our represents
tives in that Congress. Apeople who have
been SO near to deaths door as the people
of West Virginia have been, have certainly
profited but little oy their experience if
they do not take bond for the future.
Several candidates are now before the
people. 1t is reasonable to presume that
they all have showing for an election.
When so many are running very small
plurality will elect-probably TWO thou.
sand votes. See how easy, in the last
week of the canvass, it WILDE for the Cop
perheads, who will have all their lines set,
to run in their candidate. Recollect how
perfect we found their discipline to be in
the vote on the New State question. One
blast from their buglemau sounded clear
along their line and all was as still and
quiet as death. The word went forth not
to vote and never was mandate, within
all our reading or experiences, SO obeyed
to the letter. It was really wonderful
and it opened the eyes of New State
men in profound astonishment. We
have precisely the same men TO deal
with now. They know just when and
where 10 strike. and be assured they are
not Indifferent. It would be foolish and
criminal folly, at time like this, when
such great events are before US in connec-
ton with the next Congress, to run the
slightest risk, and if we are true men we
cannot do less than take every precau-
ton.
We hope, therefore, that all the good
and earnest Union men of the different
counties will on Saturday the 2eth of next
month, meet and select in county meetings
their delegates, who. in their turn, will
meet at Moundsville on the Both and Sc
lect Union candidate for Congress.
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The Hon. Geo. E. Pugh, who made
speech at st. Olairsville, Ohio, on last Fri
day, once made certain speech in Con-
gress, to which we desire to draw the at
tention of his admirers on the other side
of the river. His speech was made during
the memorable discussion of the acts of the
Bogus Border Rufian Peace Democracy
acts of the Kansas Legislature. We quote
the following section in question, viz:
SEQ. IL. If any free person, by speaking
or tOriting, assert or maintain that persons
have not the right to hold slaves in this
territory, or shall introduce into this terri
tory, print, publish, write, circulate or
cause to be introduced into this territory,
written, printed, published, or circulated
in this territory, any book, paper magazine,
pamphlet or circular, containing any denial
of the right of persons to hold slaves in
this territory, such person shall be deemed
guilty of felony, and punished by impris-
onment at hard labor for a term of not less
than two years.
Mr.. Pugh, then United States Senator,
expressed himself in this wise upon the
character and necessity of the section.
Sir, Iregret tie necessity for such legislG- |
ti0s; but IDhereVeF slavery EXISTS as an tnstith-
ton, La,cs Of that character must be adopted
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