The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-13
The Union Ticket

The Union AlCAkeN-
The Union mon Of this county met
Yesterday. by ..sc!r representatives, at
the Court House, and, after a pleasant
aud harmonious session, nominated a
ticket for the House of Delegates
lyorthy of the active and Jealous sup
port of every Union voter in the city
md county.
Col. wm. r. Curtis, the first nomi-
nee, is. we presume, known to every
seadcr of this paper, as the late gallant
header of our 18th regiment. He is a
native of the county, and, during all
his life, has been one of our most
Exemplary and respectable citizens.
From the very first mutterings of trea-
son and rebellion, he was on the side of
his country, and after NIeClellan's dis
comfiture on the Peninsula, when the
whole land was so dark and the future
so fearful, he threw aside his business,
left his store and his family and
friends, and devoted himself to the
work of raising Co. 3D." OF the 18th
regiment. We shall never forget the
melting summer day on which he
marched into camp on Wheeling
Island at tho head OF his brave men.
We have not space now 10 recite the
mnrches and the battles of the heroic
18th regiment, nor TO note tho steady
steps by which the captain of Co. al, !"
by means Of his valor and his fine execu-
tive capabilities, rose gradually to the
head of the regiment, and afterwards
to the command of the brigade 10
which it was attached. His record is
familiar to us all. To-day he lives
once moro among us, an honored rep
resentative citizen-soldier of the war,
entitled 10 every consideration and
respect which grateful people can
feel and show for ono who has served
them SO well.
jacob HornbrOok, the second nomi-
nee on our ticket, needs no introduction
60 our people-nor for that matterto the
people of West Va. He has spent his
life here among us-has risen from OBJ
security and poverty to his present hon
orable position-has been prominent in
almost every public and private enter
prise in our midst for a quarter of a
oentury-has given freely, and labored
Eealously for the city's advancement
and to-day is honored and respected
throughout the State ns no other man
in it-as '.the soldiers friend, "-ashav
ing done more in this war for the COM
fort of the private soldier and his fam
lily than any other one citizen. If the
choice OF the brave men in all these
counties, who have carried musket
and knapsack throughout the war,
could he consulted, there is no one upon
whom they would SO freely delight to
confer their ballots as Jacob Horn
brook. For four years he has given his
days and nights, his health and sub
stance to them and theirs, and they will
never forget him. nor their children
after them. 1t should be the ambition
of every appreciative Unionist, at the
coming election. to honor such man.
Joseph Bell, Esq, our third nominee,
is not so widely known as either of the
twohrst named-but in the circle ofour
prominent business men he stands con-
spicuous for his excellent abilities, his
ripe experience, and his unexceptiOna-
BILE character. HealsO has livedamong
us all his life. he is one of the leading
iron manufacturers of the city, and his
operations in our midst are on large
and successful scale. Mr.. Bell is agen-
tleman ofcultivation, of extensive read
ing, of fine powers of expression, pleas
ing address, and a great deal of readi-
ness. As a Legislator he would be a
sound thinking, working, and practi-
cal man-such an one as this city ought
always to have in tho Legislature, in
which body she has 10 great stake.
We predict that Mr.. Bell will very soon
take a leading position in the House of
Delegates, If elected.
Such, fellow citizens, is our ticket
worthy, rs we have said, of your zeal
GUS support. We can elect it if you
viii each and all do your duty. Give
us but a part az the exertion you made
in the celebrated Ross and Richardson
campaign of February, 1863, and We
will achieve as glorious a victory as we
did then. just four weeks after our de-
feat at the charter election.
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