The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-03

the time hUS come when the original friends
birth 8nd Infancy and progress thus far
through itS ohildhOOd, can afford to
give It up now, and commit It to the
tender morccS OT those who have shown
u no merry from tho bGgInnnH?-
Why, gontlcm"n, we have eXtOrted, 1t IL
to this Stnt,s--Gur that IN the Language OF their
rtNSOlui Ions; and the language OF Ecnlty ~ tho
lnnEuIgo0f Of the VOIIquiShcd always. Gentle
status has been NO doubtful that in order To
give an assurance To public entmCnt that
they are now changed and converted In their
views, must ptsSs II formal resolution signify
Ing their fcNlty To West Virginia. Now my
friends, do not presume IL Will Ike necessary
tn naSS such n resolution In this convention.
On tho face of things the people OF this state
know the Union party cherish high above
tho permanent existence or West Virginia M
state In tho Union. IApplHusc. We nrc
not to utke II for granted that these men are
friends Of West Virginia because their CON
vonti0n put forth the declaration; for we hud
presented to our eyes all the time through
!.lli inns contest thnt wherever these men have
gone before the people II has heen with dec
MTNttOnS of fCalty on their IipS. Yet this
wuru of compromise To the car lIHS been bro
Ken 10 the hope continually. IApplAuSC.l
Fenlty, gentlemen, Is II name that has been
ON the lips Of Onr-I was about to call them
.'misGu'dcd southern brGtllrcn," ever since
me close OF THIS war; and yet the riots OF
Memphis and New Orleans arc familiar TO
you nll, and the records OF tho last few
country COnVulSed from one end To the other
by the dOinGS OF these people, carrying par
Ana, ECntlcInon, the ClnSS or men who meet
here and make these uecInntIonS are part
and parcel of that great confedGuICy which
tho Southern states. They derive their
moral support, and Ind II not been for our
registry laws, they would derive much or
their support ut the ballot box, from the very
same element take 1t for granted as Il self
evident truth, that element can do this State
State real heart felt friendship arc those who
have manifested that friendship and not
those who have mnnit'ssted enmity and only
TINT from the beginning. lApplauSc
hut, gentlemen. we have much to do. We
have ticket 10 nominate; we have dGclara-
tionS, perhaps, to accompany II; and the day
IS already considerably spent. Let us pro
cced to business: and may express the hope
ty and unHnimity will he characteristics OF
NOur deliberations. am sure thHt il the
feeling manifested SO fnr among the dele
gates iii the streets and in the committee
rOom-the determination TO go from here
with a cor1inl ana united feeling. such rs We
know the people feel who sent us here, ana
give those people an earnest OF our success
on tho lth OF October next. lApplRuSe.
The following Committees were raised:
COMMITTEE ON BASIS OF REPRESENTA-
TION.
DIR. r. II. Logan, of Ohio; Ephruim
Bee, of Doddridgo; DIR. G. w. Caldwell,
Brooke; John Il. Hubbard. Ohio; NJ. p.
Amiss, Wood: Henry S. Coombs, Mo-
nOngalia; James c. MCGrew, Preston;
Hon. d. u. 7. Farnsworth, Upshur;
Hon. Joseph \. Chapline, Jefferson; J.
B. Nay, Marion; James II. Ferguson,
| CaOell; Capt. IL. e. McWhorter, Kn-
nawhA; Capt. L. G. Putnam, Nicholas;
Capt. J. w. Cracaft, kannwha; Hon.
T.. S. Mahon, Jackson.
COMMITTEE on RESOLUTIONS.
( j. q. Jacob. Brooke; John n. Boyd,
| Marion; Francis Heermans, Preston;
| William II. Douglass, Ritchie; Hon.
w. Il. Stevenson, Wood; Lieut.. William
! NJ. Buntou, UpShur; l.. NJ. Fitzgerald,
| Mason; William +. Dusenbury, Cabell;
| William Cochran, POcahOntas; WIN. NJ. .
| Welsh, Mineral; j. n. Wisner, Berkeley.
a motion was made, and it was
agreed to. that such members of the
Soldiers State League rs were present,
| not already members of the ConVen-
ton, should be admitted as delegates
/ from their respective counties, on the
| same footing ns other delegates.
The Convention then took n recess
till = o'clock, L. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was opened with
prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. William
Slaughter.
y committee of three, consisting of
| Col. WIN. Alexander of Marshall, Col
Samuel Young of Pocahontas, and w.
l. Boreman of Tyler, were appointed to
inform the Soldiers Convention of the
action OF the Convention in relation to
the ndmittanCe of its members as dele
gates.
The committees not being ready with
their reports, the FHirmOnt Amateur
Musical Association, having by invita-
ton appeared on the stage, favored the
Convention with some stirring songs,
which were responded to with equally
stirring pieces from the Wheeling band,
which accompanied the Ohio county
delegation.
vote of thanks was subsequently
rendered tho Association.
Mr.. Peck, of Ohio, moved that IA COM
mittee bo appointed to recommend
nominations, but it was not agreed to.
The Secretary was furnished with the
following list of members OF tho Sol
diers Convention entitled to seats in the
Convention, under tho invitation OK
tended to them:
Cdlhom-Cnpt. j. C. Connor.
| HdrrLSOm-Gen. r. S. NOrthcott.
MdriOm-Nini. +. ~. Bennett.
AfdrShntt-CaPt. J. NJ. Piper.
! OMo-Licut. Taylor Frost.
TIeaSunLs-R Morgan.
RitcAie-Capt. Sawyer.
IdyLOr-M. Jones, Capt. c. T.. Ring
lcr, j. l. Latham, Maj. j. H. Rider.
WGVnc-Gcn. w. II. Encchs.
WOOd-Col. G. w. Taggnrt, Capt. l..
F. Shaw, Capt. p. IL. Wilson, Lieut..
Barna Powell.
Mr.. Boyd, from the Committee on
Resolutions, presented the following:
RcS0lUC,l, That the prosecution of the war
for the maintenance of the Union was nectsI-
Snry, Just ana right, and that those who
fought In this cause will ever deserve the
gratitude of patriots for their skill, bravery,
endurance and patriotism In the great Strug-
gle for preserving the nations life and honor.
lllStlRUtPti.
those who voluntarily aided, abetted or sym
pathized with the rcbelliOn, must ever be
! regarded RS traitors, and their names, II res
cued from oblivion, will go down to infamy
with those of Benedict Arnold and Aaron
| Burr.
RcSolrcti, That treason is the most aggrava-
ted crime known TO our laws, and that, there
| fore, "trcTLSOn should be made OliOlS and
traitors lpuuished"-not by wholesale Dar,iOnS
and the bestOwment of offices and political
power, but by exclusion from all control over
the Government, by dIsfranchiSement and,
In the case OF the principal leaders, by due
trial and execution.
Resolved, That for moro than FIVE years we
have justly regarded tho traitors OF the South
and the cOpperheads OF the North and bor-
der States as common enemies of the Gov
Ornment; that each did all they could TO dis
rupt and destroy this Nation; that as con-
SpiTatOrS and cOnfederatcS In crime they
originated and maintained the late terrible
war against tho Government and Its loyal
supporters; and, that, therefore, we hold
them alike guilty OF perfldy and treason, for
which no JuSLeXCuSe can be offered or valid
eXtcnuntiOn made.
RcSOlrCd, That these same conSpirntOrs to-
gethcr with few renegades from the Union
ranks. headed by the President, are leagued
together, 70 accomplish by political strategy,
| In connection with executive hectOring and
patronage, what the armed rebels failed to
accomplish and moro than they prOfeSSed to
desire: the supremacy OF nristocraCy over re-
publlcanism, the securement OF entire gov
ernmental control to the hands OF traitors,
the oStrnciSm and destruction OF loyal men
In the South, and the eStOpDle of the great
social and moral reforms which have been