The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-12
GovsTnor PefrpoInt % the People o
virginia.


T;oyEruor Psirp.oiut j. preparing an
address 70 the people Of Virginia. BE
sYrAessd 70 have had it ready for publ
cation this week, bot owing to Press
of business it Is not finished, and he is
compelled 70 defer It's completion until
his return from the Internal Improve
nient Convention. At tie White Sulphur
Spring.. He mas consented, ssys The
Richmond Wing, 20 the publication OF
the following chapter, which IL headed
PERSONAL
united In the call FOR the convention
when il to assemble IN Richmond on
the inst Of August next. Inc ol17ci Of
that convention j. 10 agres upon oa-is
N action which shall bs scczptsb4= :"
Il! the people Of Virginia without cis-
7 tinctian OF race OF COLOR Who !oVs u :
I GOyeTnmsnt OF the United 7tafs anu
srs willing 70 rally under tge PtoScs-es-
iDe, fold. Of ,hs Old flag, 10 sdop: = Con
.tiin,Eou for the Ststs That snail guar
ante equal Eizbts and equal prIFl4eSe=s
Ts-ysI nd rsyIILicsl. 70 al her P=OP-z-
-iob and uJor, white and coloTE1r y no
Kali sjout the spirit Of our free iDziiiU-
tforIs and make labor honorable, and
,.c1rInIZ. education a. right 70 every
7 Ind that comes into the world WHO
an b made to receive il, and 70 lay
I gain deep in The foundations Of the
{ Old Common wealth the eternal pE1oc!-
Z DE. Of freedom and enlightened pro
gress a. taught By OR fathers.
Painful experience has taught me
mai there are men in this STATE who
hate the Government % the United
States. who regard loyalty TO u : re-
oroach, and who would place the heel
Of prescription on the meek Of every
Union man and politically and sociz44y
- -raTTHd Many
these men, or all OF them, claim 10 os
IoTal 10 the Government but how can
they be LOCAL while they seek 20 pE0-
.crfhz every man who PTO!esssd loyal
~ during The struggle through T1icn
Te have lust passed. how can ibsE o
loyal while they search The Ecsz D1-aE5
ofep!thets to md the worst with ~ icIl
70 stizmatiZz Union nenE regret
that his l. 30. I also regret ihzi sen-l-
.la men "a thEy are IN othsT thlnGsj
Euu-,5.s that 90 shslLoT a device = EOL
t-su.pzr=nt 10 the people. Bat nave
been assured ihat the IHes7=e OF t-S
white people Of the State do not share
Ia their sentiments. From my. PEP
zousI intercourse ! an satisfied that
there are many leading men who we've
art4eurly engaged in the lats rebellion
Who do no: share the feelings 10 when
1 refer; few, If any Of the co!oTed p=o-
pie do. l. is an effort on the part Of
certain political leaders 10 infame sup
posed prejudices Of the people, that they
NAV retain political contro! OF the
stale, and coDtiRne policy Of agita-
ZION and hatred, that the sPirit-oi enter
prise may be bznished from the state
forever; FOR when progress and general
education come, the occupation Of
thess leaders will be gone. Names
are nothing. " mig i the name OF a
greet parry once dear 10 mahy.
Democrat once designated the dom
fnant party OF this country. REpub-
liczn WIS the name Of the party Of JEFF
lersou and Madison; Il passed away, i
vas revived, and Is now the name Of
The great dominant party Of the United
Stats. pledged 10 equal political and
legal rights Of all the people;
pledged 70 see that these rights
shall be given TO. every mar in
the nation; pledged 10 the support ofthe
Government, TO the education Of the
u1eEsssr 70 liberal progress IN internal
improvements, to build up our country
in all that Is great and good, and that
tends 70 the liberty and happiness Of
the people. The men acting in this
great organization are from all the old
parry organizations ofthe country, and
may be Termed Ire party, awake 10
all the great interests OF the day. There
Is great opposition TO this party By
large body of men, North and South,
position. They have no well defined
object marked out, except TO grumb!e
and say bitter things. Some of them
are in favor of the late Confederacy and
some are opposed to il; they are for and
against internal prOyeInents; they
are for and against the suffrage granted
70 the colored people, they are for and
against the Government Of the United
States: they oppose, by turns, every
thing that advances that Government.
The great moving object of the lead
ers in Virginia at this lime seems 10 be
to unite all the white men in the state
in one party against the colored peO-
pie TO vote them down This, in wis
dom, is about on par with many OF
their other acts. suppose the white
men OF the State could be go hood
yyfnked as 10 abandon every great in
terest OF the State aud join in one party
and carry q general election against
the coIored people, what would be the
result? II Is said there are forty cOuu-
ties, and four of the principal corpora
lions OF the State, in which the coiored
vote will predominant. Here would be
the frat step towards arraying one race
against the other, which must retard
the Improvement of the State. Good,
quiet men would leave it at once;ths EN-
igrant would shun it, and it is hard TO
tell who would stay TO zee the final
fight Now, as before remarked, il is
white people of the State who do not
sympathiZe with the men who are stir
ring up Il vindictive feeling against
those who were known as Union
men during the war; few of the
coIored men entertain that feeling.
The object OF this call is TO
give to all such an opport nifty to COM
biDe in one great party, without dis
tinction OF race or color, and unite in
placing the Old Commonwealth on a
living basis, extending the hand of
charity and good fellowship 10 all, that
both white and cOlored may have an
opportunity TO select the best men for
members ofthe convention, and for fu-
ture officers OF the State, that our Gov
eminent may be stable, administering
I impartial Justice 10 the rich and the
/ hum BILE alike. / say IL TO the credit OF
the colored men, that have never met
one who has expressed any other than
a desire for honest and capable men for
office, be they white or black. They
| want justice. liberty and peace, that
they may enjoy the fruits of their la
Dor and lay foundation for their fu-
ture fortunes. They want TO get homes
of their own, that thay may educate
their children to honest industry and
qualify them for future usefulness. Il
has been sought 10 make great capital
against the call OF the Convention be-
cause IL was addressed to unconditional
Union men; 1t Is alleged that all
who were implicated In the late
war are ruled out. L do not SO under
stand II, nor does any friend of the call
Constitutional Union men voted the
State out of the Union in 1861. Many.
/ OF them have seen the folly of the act.
/ Now, as / understand IL, il is not the
wish OF any that those should affiliate
with the organization who desire to
| break up the Union. Every man is in