The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-26

Meeting OF tho Union Club Last SRtur
day Night--.RelmnrkB OF the Hon.
Benjamin stanton.
The Union Club held one of the most
interesting and spirited meetings of
the season ut the headquarters last Sat
urtlay night. After the regular busi-
ness OfChe evening had been concluded
Hon. Benz. Stanton. who is now n resi-
dent of the city, being present, was
called upon for a few remarks. He took
the stand and made short, interesting
and practical address to the club, touch-
ing the necessity and duties of their or
ganization, and inrespect to the general
issues of the day between the Union
party and its opponents. He exhortcd
the loyal men of the city to see to it
that their organization was kept up in
the full spirit of tho late campaign;
that we had yet to meet, per-
hapS, the whole strain and trial of
the principles for which we had con-
tended; that we were yet to be deliver
cd, as u community, from thedominan-
cy OF those who were tho foes of these
principles; that the capital of the State
was In antagonism with the position OF
West Virginia before the country, and
that 1t was no less essential for her in
terestS than for the good name of the
commonwealth, that she be rescued at
the ensuing election from tho false po-
sition In which sho had been placed,
He complimented the Union men of
Wheeling and Ohio county on the no.
BILE and gallant fight that they had
made in the late campaign. No men,
in any section of the State, had fought
against greater odds, or acquitted them
unIVyoe1 lila id
Be not discouraged, he said, with your
temporary want OF success. Victory
will crown your efforts, as it has the
Union cause in all the great free and
loyal States of the country. OF one
thing we might rest perfectly assured,
viz, that tho Opposition was DOOM
ed party. 1t is party, he very graph
icaily and forci6ly said, of obsolete
ideas and repudiated policy. The coun-
try had condemned that party in all
its past record, and had expressed with
unprecedented emphasis it's distrust of
all its present professions and future
intentions. It's day was run, and al
though it might lingor in spots, here
ana there, yet 1t was waning and
dissolving organization. Soon it must
cease to exist under its present organi-
cation. We must increase and it must
decrease. Such was the verdict of the
late elections, and such are all the
signs of the times. Let US then, he
said, hold fast to our organizes
direction. Our principles were Vital
and aggressive in their character.
They will work and win their
way ere long. We had but to stand still,
closely compacted as an organization
hero in the city, and we would sec our
salvation and triumph in this commu-
nifty. 1t could not be otherwise, for
such was the decree of fate plainly
written in tho returns from all the
gre0tS States of the North. The waye
that had swept over them would sweep
oyer us, and soon q would come to pass
That this sO-called "Democratic' party,
this party of the past, this party OF
wrong, this party of reaction, this par
ty of u fnlse conservatism, would go
down and disappear In our midst. In
the meantime we must do our part to-
wards that end, in the way of keeping
up and carrying forward our organiza-
zion as Union men. We must preserve
ourselves as a municipal unit In order
to be strong for the contest on a more
enlarged field, when the day of trial
shall come. We cannot afford, in view
of whatsmay be our future necessities,
to dissipate our strength. Rather let
us use every effort TO solidify and in
crease 1t. No man can foreteu the
events OF the strange times in which
OSCuLueS lEuo men 10 pre-
serve that harmony and zeal which had
been the browning glory of the war;
Let us not in any manner diRband onr.
selves until we know of n truth That we
are not to be Knocked with a fictitionS
peace; until we are assured That the
great end of the costly sacrifice is GER
tain to be Rttained-until our enemies in
and out of power, exhibit very differ
ent spirit toward us from what we see
to-day.
Mr.. Stanton's speech was enthusiastic-
ally received and applauded. We are
gratified to be able to say that he has
consented, at isome early day, after the
city nominations arc made, to deliver a
moro extended and formal address to
the club. We are certain that all who
heard him on different occasions in our
late campaign will read the announce
ment with great deal of pleasure.
Three Great Internal improvements
Ofthe Age.
Three of the greatest works of Inter-
nal Improvement, which characterize
our time, are the great American Rail-
way, that will soon span the Rocky
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