Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-10

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dren. Great applause.
Now passing over that idea-passing
over many other things which 1t wonld be
right for me to say, did the time serve and
were this the occasion, let me add-you
are Union party. Applause1 Your or.
igin has been referred to as having occur
red eight years ago. In one sense 1t Is
true. But you are far older than that.
see before me not only primatiye Repub-
licans and primative Abolitionists, but
see also primitive Democrats and primitive
Whigs-primitive Americans, aud, If you
will allow me to say so. myself am here,
who all my life have been in party to
myself. daughter and applause As a
Union party will follow you to the ends of
the earth and to the gates of death. ZAP
plause, But as an Abolition party-as q
Republican party-as a Wing pArty-as .
Democratic party-as an American party,
| will not follow you one foot. (ApplSuse.) J
But 1t Is true Of the the mass Of the Amer
ican people, however you may divide and
scatter while this war last8, while the
country is in peril, while you call your
tion, the Union party-you are for the
preservation of the Union and the destruc-
tion Of this rebellion, root and branch.
And in my judgment, one of the greatest
errors that has been committed by our ad-
miuistratiou of the Federal government,
the Chief Of which We are about to nomi:
nate for another term of ofice-one of the
errors has been to believe that we have
succeeded where We have not succeeded,
and to act in = manner which 10 precisely
as If We had succeeded. You will not, You
cannot succeed until you have utterly bro.
ken up the military power OF these people.
(Applause.)
will not detaiu you upon these inciden-
tai points, one of which has been made
prominent in the remarks of the excellent
chairman of the National Committee. lido
not know that would be willing TO 20 90
far as probably he would. But cordially
agree with him in this-I think, consider
ing what has been done about Slavery,
taking the thing as it now stands, over
looking altogether, either in the way of
condemnation or 10 the way of approval,
any act that has brought rs to the point
where we are, but believing in my con-
science and with all my heart, that what
has brought rs where we are in the matter
OF Slavery, is the original sin and folly Of
treason and Secession, because you remem.
Der that the Chicago Convention itself was
understood to. day, and believe 1t virtual
ly did explicitly say, that they would not
touch Slavery in the States. Leaving it
therefore altogether out of the question
how We come where we are, on that par
ticular point, we are prepared to go further
than the original Republicans themselves
were prepared to go. We are prepared to
demand not only that the whole territory
of the United States shall not be made
slave but that the General Government of
the American people shall do one of two
things-and IL appears TO me that there 10
nothing else that can be done-either 10,
! So 81, eng n0p power, OF the Govarnmenk.
both the var power and the peace poWer,
g put Slavery as ,nearly aS possible back
where II uaB-for, although that would be
> fearful state of soeisty, Il iS baltef Than
anarchy; or else to use the whole pbwer of
the Government, both of war and peace,
and all the practical power that the people
OF the United States will give them to
e1terminate and extingulsh aIayery. TPro.
louged applause.] +-,.'l L' ~. !
have no hesitation 10 saying for myself
that II l were pro.slRvery man, II I'be.
lieVed this institution was an ordinance Of
God, and was given to man, would un.
hesitatingly join those who demand that
the Government should be put back where
it was. But am not a pro slavery man
/ never was; unite myself with those
who believe it is contrary to tie brightest
interests of all men and of all Government,
contrary TO the spirit Of the Christian 70.
ligion, and Incompatible with the natural
rights of mani join myself with those
who say away with it forever Tapplause1;
and ferVently pray God that the day may
come when throughout the whole land
every man may be as free as you are, and
as capable of enjoying regulated liberty.
prolonged applause.)
will not detaiu you any longer, One
single word You will allow me to say in
behalf of the state from which come, one
of the smallest of the thousands of Israel.
We know very well that our eleven votes
are of NO consequence 10 the Presidential
election. We know very we'll that in our
present unhappy condition, 1t is by no
means certain that We are here to day rep
resentipg the party that will cast the ma.
jority Of the votes in that unhappy State.
know very we'll that the sentiments
which am uttering will cause me great
odium in the State in which l was born,
which love; where the bones of two gene
rstions OF my ancestors aud some 6f my
children are, and where very soon shall
lay my own. know very we'll that my
colleagues will incur odinm II they endorse
what say, and they, too, know it. But
W. 1hN0 put OuE lhG6b Su"AE0 buO WY III
which We intend to 60, and We will 60 in
it to the end. II We are to perish, We will
perish in that way. All l have to say to
yon is, help US If You can; If you cannot,
believe in your hearts that we have died
like men.
At about balf.past two O'Clock, on mo.
tien of Mr.. Bergner, of Pennsylvenis, the
Convention adjourned to half. past seven
o'clock P. II.
Several committees retired to their com.
mittee rooms for consultation.
D.. EVENING sBssroH at ..,...
The Convention re-assembled at half.
past seven O'Clock, and the Theatre, bril-.
Iiantly lighted aud handsomely decorated
presented q magnificent spectacle from the
stage. The second tier was, as during the
morning, thronged with ladies, and every
available epot, from henpper portion o.
1 . hA So e sL.