The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-25
TAXLOR COUNTY.
TAHOE COUNTY.
Haas a1eetInE at PruntytOWn.
DIsenssfon Between GOV. PeIrpOInl
Hon. ". g. Brown and
Col Ben. wilson.
Santanohar 81 1898

September 81, 1858.
Editors Irtetlioeneer:
To-day has been glorious day for
the Republicans Of old Taylor. THons
w. G. Brown and Col Ben. Wilson Son
the part of our Democratic friends, held
q discussion with Gov. Peirpotnt on the
political issues of the day.
nUnele Billy Brown" led of on his
same old Icut and .dried speech, inter-
spersinR IL with long argument about
the money wasted by the Radical Con-
greasmen in purchasing pen-knives for
themselves. bis speech was decloeqiy
lame and elected no responses from his
'tcountrymen" he was, laborinR soihard
to enlIghten. Gov. oPeirpoint followed
in aspeech of one hour and hall, in
which he gave his friends, Brown and
Wilson, the benefit of his memory. he
had known his friend Brown when he
was in Congress-remembered that he
had voted for the bills creating
great portion OF that DEBT
which he now condemned-thath he had
while in Congress, voted all the Radi-
cal measures which he now denounced
except what he lodged. He also said
that while his friend Brown was de-
nouncing the bondholder, that he for
got that he and johnson Camden were
the greatest bondholders in the State.
He had also lately learned that his
friend Brown was sharp enough to pur-
chase that particular kind of bonds
which he had asserted here to day 4UeTe
payable IN gold. It was no difference to
Mr., Brown, who suffered so he was
safe. he had remembered Mr.. Brown
in the Virginia Convention, when he
voted to exempt all negroes under
twelve years of age, from taxation, and
valuing all over that age at three hun
dred dollars each. Now, Mr.. Brown
was in favor of "equal- taxation on eve
~ species of properly
He remembered his friend Wilson In
tho Virginia Convention, which passed
the ordinance of secession. Mr.. Wilson
had been elected from the great county
of Harrison, by an overwhelming ma
jority. He had gone down to Richmond
as a Union man backed by that great
loyal majority. When the time came
that tried mems souls-when the ordi-
nance was being voted on, Mr.. Wilson
got up in his seat and said, with a great
deal of bowling, ~ " Now, gentlemen,
please excuse me :; this question is SO
mixed up Ican't tell on which side to
Yote.n .-.-zs..s5 .--..f-.
Mr.. Wilson came back home In the
same condition. He remained In the
same condition all the time of the war:
"Fot the soul OF him he could not tell
which side he was onP But as soon
as the war was over he knew which
side heSwas on. He came out then un-
der his true colors. Gov Peirpoint
then answered the argument of his
friend Brown in regard to the Freed
mems Bureau. BE knew something
about that from personal observation.
When great part OF the city of Rich
mond was heap ofsmokingr ruins, made
so by the rebel torch-when thousands
of her people, white as we'll as black,
were crying for bread, this great, mag
unanimous Government had come for
ward and saved them from starvation,
and that, too, in sight ofBelle 1sle, Cas-
tie Thunder and Libby Prison, ere the
smoke of the conflict had passed away.
He conld not say from personal observ-
alton how 1t was In other localities, but
he could say that in the city OF Rich
mond there were as many white men
fed by the Ereedmen's Bureau as black
men. He said that when he used TO
see that long procession OF starving
men, women and children, vending
their way to the Oommissary TO be
fed, he thanked GOd-he had govern
ment to protect and defend the poor,
weak and starving, which these trail
tors had famished. And now we had
a class OF men running about the
country crying FTeedmen's Bureaus I!
FTeedmeTl'S bureaus ~ Ereedmen's Blu
TedtLs m as though the Froedmen's Blu
reau was some hideous monster. He
would feel ashamed to possess no more
made no higher estimate of his man
hood. a-
After the close OF Gov. Peirpofnps
speech he was followed by Col. Ben.
Wilson in aspeech of one hour upon
that exhaustless subject the "nigger"
with a few Interpretations on the ques-
lions of high taxes and the Registra-
ton law. BE was again overhauled by
Gov. Peirpoint in a speech of one half
an hour. Col Ben again endeavored to
relieve himself from his uncomfortable
situation in which his friend Gov. PeIr-
point had left him but without avail.
He and his friend Brown left the field
sadder and it is to be hoped better men.
Thus ended one of the finest days of
the campaign in Taylor County.
Everything works well and the contest
goes bravely on. You can expect ma
jority for Gen. Grant in Taylor. n.