The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-30
soldiers ""I sailors Convention.

CAMER"N, w. VA, Aug. -, 1866.
EdHorS TutcIiigcmccr:
Tho Soldiers and Sailors Convention
OF Marshall county, in conformity To an
order of tho Chairman, was held here
to-day and was we'll attended by dele
cations from every township. II was
called To order nj = o'clock when the
following letter of explanation from
Col. j. IL. Lockwood was read:
MoUNpSNILLE, Aug. Is, lSt6.
To the Noidicr~ and Sailors ODmrcRtiom Of
Marshall County:
GENrLEMEN:- Il regret the necessity
that COmpClS mo To give you 10y this
means, the object of your convention.
business of II pressing character rom
dcrS II absolutely Impossible" tor III" 10
leave homo to-day, otherwise l should
have certainly boon present at tho CON
NUntiOn, which | sincerely trust Will
take such action as may h" necessary
To fully carry out its important objects.
The object of your meeting Is TO Socur"
for this county representation IN
the soldiers and Sailors Stat" Union
Convention which is To ho held
at ParkCrSburg on the SOth in
slant, for tn" purPos" of adopting
measures to organize Subordinn6e
Unions in every county of West Nir-
GiuiA, where organizations have not
been perfected. In order to fully OK
plain the import of these Unions, l re-
fer You to tho Constitution of the "Nn-
tioual CuiOn," which will bC read to
your meeting.
w" must strengthen those who have
bcfrlendCd us during the UIciNSHWiCN Of
wdr. TrGachrry is finding its way to
hugh stations, and unless we act i'll uni
son with our friends who will assemble
i'll State convention nj the same time
and place that our convention assem-
blcS, our sacrifices may yet prove Ia
have been for naught. Let us stand by
those in peace who stood by us i'll war;
those who prayed for and rejoiccd in
our success; who defended us and our
families from the saunders and assaults
OF rebels and sympathizcrs while we
wcrHawuV confronting u more hOnora-
BILE foe at the front. We will prove to our
friends that as ia the day Of trial and
need they proucd themselves, SO shall We
now stand united with them, ''and aid in
carrying out their plans TO defeat the
impending rebel ruse by which our
Government is endangered.
Trusting that your deliberations will
i've harmonious and profitable, l re-
main very sincerely yours, Nc.,
j. II. LOCKWOOD,
President Sailors and Soldiers West
Virginia Union.
ganization retired, and after II brief all
sence, reported the following, namely :
For President, Col. John =. McDOn-
aid. Vice President, Capt. y. William
son. Recording Secretary, DR.. Pipes.
Corresponding Secretary, Lieut.. Thos.
Finn. Treasurer. Major w. =. Burnley.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The Convention was addressed by
several members, and IL general good
spirit prevailed, The Convention then
proceeded to elect delegates to the Par
kersburs Convention, which resulted as
follows, namely:
Col. Lockwood. Captains Lindsey,
TomlinsOn, Criswell, Taylor, Pipes,
Williamson, Major Burnley, Col. Alex
ander and others.
1t was resolved, that the proceedings
of this Convention be published i'll the
Wheeling lNTELLIGENCER and the NU-
tiDHal, at MoundsVille. After which,
the Convention adjourned.
tSiSuedI SOLDIER.