The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-18
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The Democratic Convention that met
at Triadslphia and nominated the pres
ent Democratic county ticket for the
House Of Delegates, viz ;-Messrs.
Richardson, PAUL and Garrison, adopt
ed the following preface totheir rcsolu-
tons or platform, viz;
eve. the delegated representatives of
the Democratic and conservative voters
Of Ohio county, In convention assem-
BLEED. believing that ne history ~ ne
past rec years demonstrates ne necessity
81 ne reorganization and pcfpctndiiptW
the Democratic party, hereby resolve
&c"
The italicized words in the above pre-
f,ccare thus emphasized by MS with a
view Of bringing them out in the bold
est possible relief before the eyes of our
readers. In the light OF the history Of
the Democratic party for the past few
wears, "we consider the above afiirma-
lion a. little else than a prcsumptuous
attempt upon popular crcdulitN, APP
parently the Convention wNs willing 10
take il for granted that the people Of
Ohio county were totally obliNious OF
the history OF parties for the past few
years. We should like Ia ask the ira
mers and cndOrscrs Of the above pre-
face a few questions.
First-Nas the Democratic party
In power when the rebellion began I'm
the south?
Second-Was not James buchanan
President, and wcrc not Floyd, Cobb,
Thompson and TOucey members of his
CabinetP
Third-Didnot James buchanan send
i'm "A message 10 Congress. ailcr General
scott had urged him 90 strengthen the
southern forts, disclaiming any power
10 interfere with the secession and re-
bellion then in progressY
Fuurth-Was not floyd then stealing
the arms ofthe United States and send
ing them south, and Toucey scattering
our ships of war 10 far distant seas
And were not the bonds of the United
states, under Cobb, twelve per cent be
low parf
Fihh-Was not Jefferson Davis, him
self a Democrat? Was he not voted for
hftv-seven times In the charleston Con-
ventions And was not Breckinridge,
afterwards nominated, also a h'ino-
crutf
SiNth-Was not every Governor Of
every seeding state Democrat, aud
did they not each and all go into rchel-
lion, aud do all in their power To make
the rebellion successs
Seventh-Did not every Democratic
daily paper in Virginia, including the
one then existing in this city, advocate
and uphold. aid and ahet the rebelliong
Were not the Voie- east here IN favor OF
secession east by persons who had been
voting the Democratic uckoy Was
there "a single other vote for SECESSION
Eighth-Were there not persons In
the rriadclphia Couyention-memhers
of il. who voted for the ordinance Of
-ecession-and who then. before and
since. and now, called, aud call them
selves Democrats And was not every
person who len this vicinity and went
OF into the rebellion toassist and aid M
ovcrthrowingthcgo government ofthcl Uni
ted states, u protested Democrat Aud
have not the Democracy Of this city.
ON several occasions, nominated ana
elected to office persons who voted for
the ordinance Of SECESSION
Ninth-Did not the democracy OPP
pose the formation of West Virginia as
"A Stateg Did they not call "a conVen-
ton at Parkersburg. and there pro-
nounce il an unconstitutional act; and
did they not advise the people To stay
away from the polls and have no part
or lot in icy And did not one Of IN,
authors Of the address issued 10 the
demoeracv on the subject, 20 of south
soon afterwards and join the rebellion
These things being so, and many
more that We could enumeraie, In wha'
respect do they tend To convince people
.'that the history of the nation and o.
our State, during the past few years
demonstrates the necessity Of the reOr
gan,zatiou and perpetuatiOn Of tn,
democratic partyG" Do mot the Jdois W.
have afduccd make II plainly eNiden
that the reorganization Of such party
il the great danger that the country ha'
now to fear and struggle againstr