The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-03
8. s.seu,hern Loyalist" Cenventlen
Arrival of Delegates.

The following programme Of proceed
ings was issued this afternoon: The
Southern delegates will meet at the
rooms of the National Union Club No.
Jl05, Chestnut street, at half past nine
o'clock A, NJ, and proceed from thence to
Independence Hall. The Northern con-
ference delegates will meet at Independ-
enice Hall at half past nine. All the dele
gates willb escorted from Independence
Hall to the Union League House accord
ing to the order issued by General Sick
les, chief marshal, where they will be
received and welcomed by Charles Glib
bons, chairman of the committee of re
ception OH behalf of the league. After
the address of welcome and reply, the
Southern delegates will be escorted to
the National Hall, when the escort will
be dismissed. ID
To prevent confusion, no person will
be admitted to the Convention on Mon
day as members thereof, except the dele
gates from The Southern States. The
Conference delegates, appointed by the
Governors of the Northern States or
otherwise duly authorized to represent
them in the Convention, viii meet at the
League House, at one o'clock on Monday
for temporary organization. The two
bodies will be united in the National
Conventions, at such time as the loyal
Unionists of the South may designate
The union will take place in front of
the League House in the presence of the
people, of which due Detice will be given
Cbas. McCulloch, of the Philadelphia
Press, is appointed TO furnish the com
mittee OF the Convention with the
names OF ia, several reporters in attend
snce at the Convention, and the papers
they represent Tickets of admission
will be issn,.i to the reporters named on
tho offieal lial but to none others, Oh
Monday uoEning at 10 o'clock, Mt The
League IInHS".
Among th,,m more prominent of delegates
who have arrived are the following: EX
ATTORNEY General Speed, Governor
Fletcher of Missouri, Ex Governor Ham
ilton of Texas, Governor Boreman, of
West Virginia. Governor Brownlow, of
Tennessee, Governor Fairohild, of Wis
consin, Governor Crapo of Michigan;
Senators Harris, Nye, Lane, Of Indiana,
and CresswelI, of Maryland; Congress
men Frank Thomas, of Maryland, Paine,
of Wisconsin,, John Minor Bolts, Of Vir-
ginia, MI Clayton, of Delaware. At.
torney General Speed and Gov. Fletcher
are spoken Of for presiding officer. The
choice will probably fall on Speed,
Broad street, in front of the League
House, was crowded, and the reception
was in every way enthusiastic The
.League House WAS Illuminated, and on
the pOrtico was brilliant jet of gas
lights In the course of Mr. DuTant's re-
marks, he said that the unfortunate,
whose circumstances permit them, are
flying from their homes in the South to
seek refuge, hospitalities and freedom of
voting and discussion here In the North.
How long is this to continue How
long is il before the loyal people of the
Union will give tho loyal men in the
South government where every one is
free, whru uHery man shall have the
right to cAptrss his sentiments in vote
aud in w"dt when he shall have tue re.
spect ard tho privilege of communi.
eating iu every respect fully what he
thinks and Il hat he has to say? Do YOU
not know that now the liberty of speech
and the liberty of the press is dead in
New Orleans. and that American citizens
were slaughtered in New Orleans
under the American flag without provo.
cation.
Ex GnyrrG0r Hamilton also spoke In
the cours, ul lis address he said: Pre-.
pare your heart, and yOnr arms too per
hapa for another conflict. You know
that the wicked element that has pro.
duced this feeling, and it is with deep
regret that make tho prediction after
the sad and gloomy events of the past
four years, but arc We 10 Join onr friends
North and SouthR Whatever has been
my prejudice in the past, am not will
ling to join thoblack man any longer
Governor BrOwnlow said he came to
listen to Mr. Dnrant He had often read
of the hero Of New Orleans, and he de.
sired to hear the hero OF New Orleans
He had just concluded journey of one
thousand miles in forty eight hours, and
come at the head Of fifty loyalists of
Tennessee They came to Convention
of what was termed by the Executive
mean whites, but ii was Convention
where it would not be necessary
to caucus in order TO exclude any of the
delegates in order to produce harmony,
llOl NOulh IL bO i'Oto5hAJ LhuLLlC
of the delegates He begged pardon for
having been the man who placed An.
drew johnson In nomination; God had
forgiven him, and he hoped the people of
Pennsylvania would also forgive him,
but he would say that it would have
been better if the whole of the Tennes-
see delegates had been in Libby Prison
instead of Baltimore. [Cheers and
laughter In regard to the South he
would say that if the spirit Of the South
aud the rebellious spirit, combined with
the treachery and copperheadism of the
North, shall bring another war upon the
country and force you to leave your
wives and children and your homes, and
invade the South to put it down, want
to have something to say about the di-
vision of the force. Let there be three
divisions lot the first 90 armed accord.
ing to regulations, with small arms and
artillery, and let them do the killing; let
tie second 60 with pine knots and burn.
ing torches and let theL do the burning;
let the third aud last go with surveyors
compass and chain, aud we will sell out
the land to pay the expenses of the war,
and settle the country with men who
will honor this glorious banner Cheers !
From New Orleans.