The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-07
That "LoyaIo Convention.

That Loyal" Convention.
The Parkersburg Times is anxious
about the representation of West Vir-
ginia in the "loyal" tar-heel convcn-
tion, which has been called to meet at
Baltimore OH the 18th inst. The Times
interrogates the Mtelligencer in pain
fully hopeless, bewildered style, us fol.
lows: aa.. "
Are we to send delegates to it, or will
we simply pass over it in Il dignlfied
silence! Are we not determined to
lend any aid to our struggling brethren
in Maryland Verify it is pitiful, that
we are so indi fferent, and do not eyince
u spark of sympathy to the sufferiDgs OF
our neighbors. Is our Central Commit
tee doing anything
For fear these anxious inquiries may
have escaped the attention of our city
cotemporary, we republish them. If the
Times will not deem us presumptuOus,
we would gently suggest that these
questions show how little it knows of
i
its party leaders in this State. Its in-
nOcence in supposing that they are so
far actuated by principle as now to enter
upon III open advocacy of Manhood
Suffrage" WHICH is one of the objects of
the proposed Convention, is refreshing
beyond description. Our struggling
brethren in Maryland" may struggle
and be-hanged, before West Virginia
Radicals will have the boldness to aid
them hy acting in the contemplated
body. Verify, it is pitiful," says the
Times. Yes, and 50 is the whole history
and policy Of such dough-faced, time
serving. pOwer-loving, pusillanimous
creatures us are leading the Times peO-
pie and other candid Republicans by
the nose, through all manner of inoon-
sistencies, contradictions and sacrifices
of principle.
One of the objects of the Baltimore
Convention is "tO advance the interests
and cause of manhood suffrage" Does
the Times suppose that its leaders are
going to participate in any such pro-
ceeding, il the present state of West
Virginia sentiment. They don't believe
the thing will win in this region just
yet, and therefore they will shift, and
evade, and eat dirt and incontlnently
ignore the ''sufferiDgs of their neigh
bors," until the people are educated up
to the proper standard. Then they will
gulp down the negro like a greasd eel,
and we will learn how Jealous they
have ever been as the champions of his
Upon next Thursday the Baltimore
will assemble. The black
people and the white people of the fol-
lowing States have been invited to send
delegates, viz: Tennessee, Missouri,
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and
WEST VIRGINIA. All but the last will
be represented. The many-cOlored
minions and allies of BRowNLow will
respond for Tennessee. Missouri will
send men of the FLETCHER and BROWN
stamp; even Kentucky Radicalism will
have MCKEE and others of his kind to
speak in the meetin,' while Maryland
aud Delaware will have representatives
of all grades and shades, but who, alas!
will cafe for the ''loyalty" of West
Virginiai
Must her chair be vacant. Must her
name be unheard' If there is not
white manhood enough in the Radical
party of West Virginia to represent the
"loyalty" of the State, why not give the
colored brethren a chance? They are
certainly included in the invitation, and
we have no doubt that some Of them
will make as fair representatives as
have heretofore looked after the inter-
ests OF the faithful. By all means, let
us have no aog-in-the- manger meanness
about this matter. If the white "friends
of the cause don't intend to partake of
the privileges of this Convention, there
is no reason why the black man should
be suppressed. we commend the idea
to the Times, charging nothing for the
suggestion.