The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-09-13
The Republican Convention.

i he ulIuCHltlcS tudV wow WV A'OP
lican party were fairly illustrated in the
convention held at the Court House yes
terday. With the Scylla Of radicallsm
on one hand and the Charybdis of conser-
vatisn ON the other, the convention
framed no platform and issued no express
sion Of its views. 1t reminds us some
what of the "cullud individual who,
when told that the road to Heaven was
a difficult one to travel and that locomo-
ton upon the other road was attended
with very unpleasant consequences said'
IF dat's de case, dis nigga takes to de
woods" The Republican convention
must have taken ito de woods" at all
events, its course in relation to the polit-
zeal issues of the day is not visible to the
naked eye aud must remain a mystery
II is cont of sight" but whether like the
eagles flight" of which we used to
read in the spelling book, or not, can
only bo told in October.
One rather significant circumstance
that may serve to afford a slight indica.
ton of the sentiment of the convention
is found in the fact that it failed 10 pass
any resolution endorsing President JOHN,
SONS administration. Considering the
fact that the members of the convention
worked hard for the election of Mr..
JOHNSON less than year ago, and the
additional circumstance that the Repub-
lican party in this State claims to have
been mainly instrumental in securing
Mr.. .JoHNsoN's nomination, this silence
concerning his official course il rather
remarkable. Neither was II. word OF
thanks OF of appreciation bestowed upon
the gentlemen who represented Ohio
county H. the House of Delegates last
winter, but they too, along with ANDREW
JOHNSON, were quietly ignored.
The candidates selected by the CONVEX
ton are old residents of this county and
well known Mr. BELL is very atfable
aud Intelligent gentleman and is identl-
fled with the iron interest in this
city Mr. HoRNBRooK has been kind
of State agent for West Virginia among
tue soldiers during the past four years
Colonel CURTIS commanded the 18th
West Virginia regiment and IL We be
lieve very popular among tho soldiers in
his late command. They are all clever
gentlemen, hut we think they are on the
wrong ticket to obtain seats in the next
Legislature
THE .irrepressible HENRYS. FooTE has
written another letter denying that he
obtained permission to come home sim
ply ou account of his negr snf
f,age letter, but nevertheless reitera
ine bis belief'in the expetiency of ex
tending the right of voting to the ne
proes, as a southern measure He putfs
President JOHNSON hugely, and offers to-
prove that, at the Hampton Roads con
ference, President LINCOLN offered to
conclude peace and grant universal
amnesty to the rebels and pay the slave
holders four hundred millions of dollars,
if they would adopt a'system of grad
ual emancipation and resume their for
mer place IN the Union, He says that.
tpesp generous offers were rejected solely
though the bitterness aud blind amhi-
lion OF JEFF DAVIS
Let Mr. FooTE produce his Proof
Something more reliable than lie %ord
of Il half-crazy old man is necessary to
convince the people of the truth of so
important an assertion,
G. YOLNEY DORSEY, State Treasurer