The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-06
April 18th and effected the re-adoption
of the platform of that body.

OF the platform OF that BODY.
When the reverend mob ruler had ar
ranged all things to his satisfaction, the
body adjourned in muck confusion, to
await Overtares for admission to proba-
tion from the PIERPoINT and BoTTs
wing. These were made next day, and
these leaders, with their followers, were
admitted to the privilege of fellowship
with HUNNICUTr and his negroes, upon
giving the proper assurances of fidelity
and good behavior.
We believe that nothing in the his
! tory of American mobs eau approach
the wild and passionate proceedings OF
the late Richmond assemblase. The
negroes were unruly discordant and
senseless; they could he controlled only
by HuSNICuTT, and he made good use
of his influence to effect the ex-
clusion of all white rivals
from "a the Convention. PIERPoINT
was snubbed, Boris was brow beaten,
and the whole faction of whites who
sought to govern the blacks without
afiiliating with them, were most mercl-
lessly kicked out OF doors, and com
PEELED TO crouch and cringe for admis-
sion to the lewest places i'll the ranks.
If PIERPoINT and BoTTs could deserve
pity, their degrading abasement before
stupid black mob, led by low politi-
cal blackguard, would entitle them to
general eOmmiseration.
The following extracts from late
Richmond papers will show the dis
tressing character Of the situation:
From the Richmond Wing (Iad.) August ..
Our readers will doubtless expect 60
learn the results of yesterdays caucuss-
ing. We regret that we can give them
no satisfactory information as to the
real condition of affairs. Chaos ruled
everywhere and i'll every meeting.
There was no determinate action, no
distinct development, no clear aud salts
factory political manifestation, as faras
We can learn -..
From the same, August B..
The chaos that ruled Thursday con-
tinued its sway yesterday. How long
il will assert its power Is mere than we
can undertake to say. All of the ele-
ments of anarchy seem to be let loose,
and the mills of the gods of discomfort
are busy grinding their grist What is
to come of all this talking, wranglinS
and strife requires wiser heads than
ours TO foresee. That conflict of ideas,
opinions, feelings which we may sup
pose to have prevailed at the first for
nation of human society seems now to
be raging, and the views entertained
and expressed among those whom the
convention has brought together are as
diverse as it is possible fer them to be.
From the Enquirer and Examiner, Com Aug ).
Hunnicutt is jnbilant, and he has
cause; for his triumph is complete.
Backed by his trusty followers, courte-
ously and affectionately styled "his
set by his new "co-oJ orator" the Wig, !
he attacked the Trojan Horse and
in trice, knocked it into kindling- !
wood. He now rules his party, with |
out a rival or rebel.
The demolition of the co-orcrationists
was remOrscirSs and complete beyond
any previous example in politics. In
the first place they were crOWded out OF
their attempted association. At the
word from their leader, "Hunnioutt's
settn packed and jammed the African
Church in twinkling, with a couple of
thousand as all overflow. When at the
appointed hour, Mr.. Bolts, with few
of the new recruits, made their way To
the building, they found it impossible
TO get even to the door! In the next
place the cooperation gentlemen
were spoken oat. They were de-
nounced from the stand as objects
of suspicion against whom all
good Radicals should be on their guard.
Thirdly, they were rOted out Not one
of them was recognized as OF the con-
vention; although it was bnt "a mass
meeting" one of them (Mr. stearnsl
was rejected as q committee man; and
the convention which Adjourned on |
Thursday night to the next morning, to
give them chance to ask for admls-
sion, aud 10 Tatch them, adjour&ed sine
die as soon as il reassembled declaring Its
business done; thus proclaiming ut once
their indifference to them as allies, and
their contempt of them as foes
1t is true, after adjournment, Mr.. Bolts
had an opportunity to speak to such as
chose to stay and hear.
It Is not our purpose here to comment |
upon the performance of Mr.. Bolts. 1t
would be q useless labor to follow him |
in his speech and expose his inconsisten-
cies. Even the Intelligent blacks" were |
able to discover them. We may dismiss
the subject with the single. remark that
the unfortunate fate Of his schemes
teaches the lesson again, so often taughtt
before, that "he that soweth the wind
shall reap the whirlwind." The So
called respectable Republicans" of Vir-
ginia have assisted Congress in raising
an element which al their caiolery can
not now control.
The editor of the Petersburg iader at
tended the " convention as looker-on,
and gives his readers an account Of what
he saw, in his paper of Saturday, After
describing the convention" proper, he
adds:
Another class was announced TO nave
been here. Another set of names were
registered at the city hotels last night.
Among them, Randolph, Southall, Alex
ander, Coleman and others, who came
in the express belief that their selt-im-
notation upon the altar of Radicalism
would tend to save Virginia. But where
are they to-day' We see none Of them
upon the speakers stand. We have
heard nothing of their reception by the
Convention. But we have seen some of
them hanging on the skirts of the crowd
as if ashamed of the frolic to which they
have come unbidden, and we have seen
them in anxious and gloomy consulta-
tion around the private caucus rooms
do wn town,
T.attars from tha PeOn'e,