Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-10
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The call for tho Cleveland Oonveuticn
on the 3lst is out, Itis unique doou.
uent. The signers are D. Grau Brown of
Missouri aud IS others, .'of the peoples
committee" Whoa aud where the people
chose any such committee the people have
yet to learn. The Massachusetts siguers
of the call are Stephen s. Foster, rant
ing uo.governmsnt man and IshmasiIe
generally; @. HtDEen, unknown to fame o.
any sort; aud James Redpath Of border
rufian aud miscellaneous no.oriety. The
uams heading the list, that of the new
senator from Missouri, kthe onIy one that
carries with it any influence. The call is
evidently from the psuiof Mr.. Browu, and
is noticeable for what 1t iaslnuates rather
than what it asserts. We print il entire;
70 THE People OF FHE UNITED srArEs. d
After having lnbOred iut ffecIually 10 de.
fer as tar 90 was in our power the critical
moment when the attention of the people
must inevitably be Fixed upon the selec-
tlOn OF cAndldatefor the chief magistracy
OF The country; alter having fnterrOgaIed
our conscience aud consulted our duty as
eiIG=ns, Obeyiug at once the sentiment Of
mature conviction and a;profouud affec.
ton for the common country, we leel our.
selves impelled, on our own responsibility,
to declare TO the people that the time has
come tor all independent men, Jealous oil
their liberties and Of the national great
ness, to confer together and mite to resist
the swelling invasion Of an open, shame.
less aud unreslrained patronage which
threatens TO eDgulf under its destrucuiv.
Taye the rights of the people, the liberty
aud dignity of the nation.
Deeply impressed with the conviction
that, in time OF revolution, when the
public attention is turned exclusively to
The success Ofarmies, aud is CONSEQUENTLY
less vigilant Of The public liberties, the
patronage derived from the organization
Of an army VI million of men, aud an ad
minis;rStIon of al airs which seeks to cou
troll the remoIest parts of the country in
favor Of It's supreme CHIEF, constitute a
danger serious Threatening to the stability
OF republican institutions, We declare that
The principle OF one term, which has nov
acquired nearly the force of law by the
conservation Of time, ought to be iuhex-
| IDLY adhered TO in the approaching cleo
tIan. We further declare that We do not
recognise IN the Baltimore convention the
essential conditions of truly natioual
convention. Its proximity to the center
of all the interested Influences of Ad.
miuistration. its distance from the
center OF the country, its mode of
conToration, the corrupriug practices to
which it has been aud inevitably will be
subjected, do not permit the people to as
srmble there with any expectation OF being
able 20 deliberate Al IullliberIy Convin
crd, as -We-are, that, 10 presence of the
critical circumstances 10 which the nation
Is placed, It lie only In the energy and good
sense OF the people that the general safety
eau be found; sAtIsfed that the only way
To consult il is to indicate q central posi-
ton to which every one may go without
TOO much expenditure Of means aud time,
aud where the assembled.peopie, far from
any administrative Influence, may consult
freely and deliberate peaceAbly, with the
presence Of the greatest possible number
Of men whose known principles euafauiee
their sincere aud enlighted devotion to the
rights Of the people and to The preserva-
lion OF the true bases of republican gov.
ernmeDs We earnestly invite our fellow
ciIIIeus to unite at Cleveland, Ohio, on
Tuesday, May 30 current, for consultation
add concert of action in respect TO the APP
preaching presidential election.
IT Is not often We eau nuJ Iu tue New