The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-15
HOW FoK WEST VIRGINIA.

Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and Penn
sylvania have spoken. Their verdict is
Grant and Peace. Next comes West
Virginia and upon her all eyes are
turned. In the brief five years of her
existence she has always been true to
the principles and party that created
and the Government that protected her.
The has everything to lose and nothing
to win if she abandons them now. The
returned rebels and their home confed-
crates during the war hate her very
name, they hate the party, the princi-
pies and the men who control
her, they hate her liberal and en-
lightened laws, and if they could
get the power they would rend
her from the national galaxy and
remand US to the old-time rule OF ig-
norance and pernicious and unequal
laws that ground US to the earth under
the heel of the old Virginia Aristoc-
racy.
Friends of equal laws, Of education,
of progress, of honorable labor and
material Improvement, you will not
you must not-permit all your work
to be undone and all your prospects,
blasted by re-enthroniDg the old ideas
that so cursed you in days gone by.
Yet we tell you, your enemies are
making most desperate exertions.
While the inspiring news from the
great States that spoke yesterday ought
TO stimulate you to redouhled effort, 1t
will not cause them to relax the pros
ecution of the schemes by which they
hope to gain this State.
The Democrats in New York city ex-
pect TO win West Virginia. They
have contributed heavy sums OF
money to buy it. They want to
draw line of rebel territory
through the centre of the Republic by
uniting Maryland and Kentucky with
West Virginia, and despite their disap
pointments elsewhere, they will fight
for this till shutdown on the ODD.
Special efforts are being made to beat
your candidates for Congress. Will you
not make a like exertion 10 ensure their
election7
Your enemies are also straining every
nerve to increase their strength in the
Legislature. II they could secure a
majority there, the first work would be
to repeal the registry law and the free
school law, and to call Convention to
upset the Constitution.
II they could elect their Governor
alone, he could make the registry law a
nullity and give the State completely
over to the rebels in a year.
Your State ticket Is good from bottom
to top. At the head of 1t you have a
plain, unassuming, honest, earnest and
capable man. You have on it four
brave and deserving Union soldiers,
two of whom gave each an arm 10 his
country.
Two Of your candidates for Congress
were gallant soldiers and the third is as
true as steel to you and all your in
terests.
Stand by them all, for they represent
all that you hold dear.
Will you not, we appeal to each, give
some of your time from now to next
Thursday in aid of the great work that
must be done. You will find 1t pay in
the end, be assured.
Your first duty Is TO cast your own
vote, the next to make sure your Union
nelghbor votes; and 10 insure the latter
devote the few remaining days to visit
ing your friends and impressing upon
them the supreme necessity that every
man shall do his duty. See your friends
in person. Talk with them. Solve
their doubts, refute the enemy's lies,
arm them with facts and arguments and
make every one, n missionary among
others.
Disregard all threats of violence.
Rufians are always towards. Go pre-
pared to defend yourselves at the pole If
necessary; but do this and there will
be no such necessity.
Friends, the time is short, and there
is much yet to be done. 1t will not be
done II you hold back and leave It to
others. 1t will be done il YOU do 1t;
and being done, your victory will be
as magnificent as your cause is just.
THE loyal part of the Democrats in
Wetzel county are running an indie.
pendent candidate, Mr.. Elijah Morgan.
for House Of Delegates. The marty
nominee is SO bad rebel that thew de.
cline to support him. This msLes .,
not improbable the Union candidats
will be elected. The Wetzel RepnbII.
cans expect to reduce the standing
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