Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-19


Policy Determined Upon In Mar
shall County.
MoUNDsvlLLE, WEST Va, April II, '65.
Pursuant to notice given by the resolu-
ton of adjournment on Saturday, the 18th
inst, the meeting of the people of Marshall
county was re-convened at the Court
House this afternoon a; three o'clock, to
further deliberate in respect to the great
national calamity, the assassination OF our
late President, the great and good Abra-
ham Lincoln.
The meeting was formally opened with
an earnest invocation 10 the Throne OF
Grace by Rev. ". K. Howe.
Reys. J. II. Trainer and Wm. R. Howe,
and Messrs. R, C. Holiday and ]. H. Lock
wood were appointed on committee to
draft resolutions expressive OF the sense of
this meeting il this hoUs of national
gloom.
During the absence of the Committee,
eloquent and most appropriate speeches
we're made by Lieut.. williamson and Rev.
KibUou, of New YORK, whilst as solemn
| preludes, choir Of ladies and gentlemen,
discoursed the hymns Jesus whilst our
hearts are bleeding" aRd ali death our
friends Aad Ms divide"
D @ H~li;4aJI Esq, f.~..A Ino oOLuLuIItgs
on resolutions reported the following,
which were separately and unanimously
adopted: &C. p.M&lH &
RsSoIVsd That 90 Union citizens we de.
piore the assassination of President Lincoln
as national cslemity of fearful and Dor.
tentious magnitude, and feel it to be our
duty as christians 10 humbly submit to AN
inscrutable dispeusation of divine Proyi-
dence; trusting in His goodness, light NAV
be evolved out of darkness and good out OF
seeming evil, and that under the divine
wisdom and guidance, cur national life,
liberty aud unity may still be preserved
from the hand of political assassins.
ReSOlTed, That, although the nation is
clothed in the habiIimeuts of mourning
from the loss of its Federal head, vet we,
In this hour of our national bereavement,
tTloulatlon and gloom, express cur uuabat-
ed confidence in the perpetuity of our civil
institutions and national Integrity. and
that We will Ii Gintain AMI defend the same
IN the future, as iu the past.
ReSolUsd, That the diabolical murder of
President Lincoln, aud the dastatdly assault,
upon the honorable and eminent diving
Statesman, Secretary Seward, is au inhu
man act, uameless in enormi'y, which
should meet the Reproduction of the just
minded and honorable of all the ciyilized
| ! e.
pravity, could have derived its origin. and
patronage, and the instruments for its ex.
ecutiOn only in the slave shambles or in
hell.
Resolved, That We regard the institution
of Slavery as the progenitor Of this gigantic
rebellion, and OF the treason, and disrup.
ton, rapiue and desolation, bereavement
and mourning, battle and bloodshed. and
woe, and assassination, which cover the
land with the shadow of death. and We
earnestly invoke the constitutional author
tiles OF theland, to make short and thorough
work OF this doomed aud accursed iustitn.
ton. Aud further, to maintain in it's letter
and spirit, the war and emancipation poll
icy OF our murdered President, hereby
soIemuly declaring that any Authorization
theretTom will, 10 our opinion, be a betray-
al OF human liberty, the future peace of
the nation, ard the welfare Of the people-
Resolred, That all persons who heretofore
have voluntarily gone, or hereafter NAV
thus 60 within the lines OF the so-called
Southern Confederscy, 10 aid and u6st the
Te6st' 10 arms, or otherwise, from affinity
OF feeIIug with them, are hereby expressly
nonhed that they never can return to and
remain in the county of Marshall. That
this resolution has been maturelv consid.
cred and deliberately adopted, aud will he
maintained. and the consequences and re
sponsibi!ities must rest upon those who
attempt Its violation.
Rt'oIrsd, That the peace of this couuu.
nifty AID the prophecies of life REQUIRE th.,
such persons residing therein, as did. on
the 23d day Of May, 1861, rec,rd their
votes for the ordinance of Secession. and
since have, rith other rebel svnpat6iz.y,
given their aid and sympathy 10 The con
sPirstors against the life OF our Govern
tnent, and any who conceal them should
remove to localities elsewhere more con-
genial TO their feelings and sentiments.
Rssoired. That these proceedings be
signed By the President and Secretary. and
published in the Wheeling TnteZIiGsneIr.
Baltimore american, aud New YORK n.
Dune and that all Union papers be REQUEST
ed to copy the same
The rest Of the evening WAS occupied
9y speeches from Rsvs W. r Howe and
j. b. Hughes, and R. c. Holiday. R.o
and appropriate music By the Choir, when
at late hour, one of the Iargest and most
respectable meetings that hiss ever been
convened IN this town, adjourned.
! s. T. ARMSTRONG, Sec'y.