The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-30
TAYLOR COUNTY.
Ratification of the Philadelphia Con
yention-Speeches from Hon. VIM. u
Brown, John 9. Burdett and Others.

BROWN. John q. Burdett and Others.
PRUNrYTowN, TAYLOR Co., w. VA,
August 25th, 1866.
Editors of he Register:
Yesterday being the day for the assem-
bling of the Circuit Court of this county,
it called together considerable number
of our citizens, and the presence of sew
eral conservative speakers induced the
friends and supporters of President John
son and the National Union party, to call
upon the people, to ratify the proceedings
of the Philadelphia National Convention.
His Honor, Judge Ollie, having adjourn
ed the Court FROM twelve to two o'clock,
to give the people the use of the Court
House, large mass of citizens assembled
in the Court room, and were called to
order, and the object of the meeting ex'
planned by Capt. John S. Burdett The
meeting was organized by the appoint
ment of John Latham, Esq, as Chair
man. and James NJ. Scrogin as Secretary
Tie Hon. VIM G Brown was then intro
duced to the meeting, and in an i'm
promptu address of an hour portrayed
the evil teachings of radiCalism and the
dangers to which the party was hasten
ing the nation. He called upon the peo-
ple to divest themselves OF all passion
and preiudice, to reason together, and to
mite with President johnson and the
National Union men in their opposition
TO radicalism, and their effort to restore
the Union, aud unite us as one graf hn
moqeneous people. Mr. Brown was lis
tened to with attention Throughout. and
his speech will tell in the results of the
October election. The platform and ad
dress of the Philadelphia Convention was
then submitted to the meeting and
adopted, and the meeting adjourned
Harmon Sinsel, Esq, disappointed
aspirant for the radical nominal la" for
Clerk of the Circuit Court of this ccin-
ty, then took the stand, and attempted
70 reply to Mr. Brown, and went an with
the usual slang.wbang about rebels and
rebel sympathisers. The rights OF the
poor. d0wn-trodden negro were duly des-
canIcd upou auu their claims IN the cleo
tive franchise fully admitted. After pro-
ceedug in this strain for some time, and
occas ronally receiving a sharp thrust
from Mr.. Brown, who had retired from
the stand, in the shape of question in'
tended to Tx upon the radical party.
their evil designs, and which Mr. Sinsel
i'll the honesty OF his nature could not
| deny, he subsidized, and Capt. John s.
| Bartlett, took the stand and in a speech
of much force arraigned the radical par
| ty for the misrule and oppression it is
! seeking to perpetuate He called the
attention of the people to the deception
of the leaders of that party in claiming
/ in their conventions and public address
es in the spring campaign that they
were friends and supporters of Presi-
! dent Johnson and his reconstruction pol
1 lev, and their present denunciations OF
! him as n traitor, and appealed TO the
+; friends of peace, good order, and all low.
! ers of their country and its institutions
| to come to the support of the President
| and uphold his hands in the vindicatior
1 of the constitution. He adverted to the
4 spirit of mobocracy inaugurated last
| sprinp in this and ether counties Of the
4 State, which sought TO silence all inves
\ tigation of the acts and misdeeds of the
| radicals, and proclaimed that the time
| had now come when the people would
assert their supremacy, and vindicate the
! constitution of their country both or
the stump and at the ballot-box. The
home thrusts of Capt Burdett brought
out frequent Interruptions from the rad
icals, but they were given to understand
! that he would be heard, mobocra
cy TO the contrary notwithstanding
After Captain Burdett had concluded
Jesse H. Gather, Esq, took the stand
| and announced himself the radical nom
inee for the Legislature, and proceeded
to exhaust his stock in trade of q po
litical speech,-denunciations of rebe
bush-whackers and horse thieves. / be
lieve Mr.. Gather had horse stolen from
him during the war, and hence horse
thieves are always prominent In hi
mind. He went on to define his posi-
ton on the negro suffrage question, ant
announced that he was opposed to ne
gro suffrage in West Virginia, but wa
in favor Of forcing it upon the Southern
States He had to repeat the only no
table act of his former Legislative ser
vice, his denunciations Of General Kelley