The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-02


wunst hung three niggers to trees, run
Off two Northnefs, an met an resolved
that thew never wood pay cent NV 9
debt injured in "A attempt TO subIugatE
'em.
we are solid for Chase at the Corners
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, p. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster.
THETAYLOR COUNTY DEMOCRACY
IN COUNCIL.
They Declare for RepudiatiOn-SibiI'
atoms of the serpent.
| PRuNTYrowN, TAYLOR Co., w. VA.
June q, 1865.
Editors I'lteLLigencer:
The Democracy held their County
| Convention here to-day, tor the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to their
State Convention and to enlighten the
poor soldiers and their widows and Or
phans as to their true friends. The
Convention was organized by making
L. s. johnson, son OF Ex-Governor
johnson, President. There were about
one hundred delegates in attendance,
representing respectable portion
of the wealth of the party
and at least hve.sixths of them we're In
sympathy with the rebellion during
the late war. One significant fact was
L1hL LQH SOu6eENhAlNGNA wiz Va LAC EAA - .
If it has any here at this time, was
wholly unrepresented. The first bust-
ness that called my attention was the
selection of delegates. 1t was amusing
to see the devices resorted to to secure
to each one his own appointment. Ihe
plan adopted was that the President
should appoint one from each town
shin as a committee, whose duty it
should be to select five from his town
ship, including himself as one OF the
number, 1t would seem from
the next BUSINESS in order
that they had heretofore
levied a tax on each township for the
purpose OF erecting wigwam to hoio
their State Convention In, and for other
PURPOSES The committee from zach
township was called upon to report the
amount collected, and from their report
1 learned the amount assessed ranged
from $50 to 500 to the township, some
thought pretty heavy tax. One gem
tlenRn who never does anything, I'M
less he can see himsel or dollar at the
end, insisted that the State at large
should detray the expenses of erecting
the Wigwam, but after u little discus
sion, the liberal sentiment prevailed,
and it was decided that the county
should pay the expense. The next
thing 10 determine was to whom they
should pay the money. Mr.. A. Arm
strong insisted, as he was their County
Treasurer, 1T should be paid to him.
He was met with the argument that he
was Treasurer for another purpose, and
therefore he had no right TO have the
use of this fund. 1t was decided 10
pay it to the building committed. The
delegates having been appointed, the
President was called upon to make a
speech, and believing he was master OF
the situation, he responded with all the
confidence of Cicero or Demos
themes, and after pouring out
his '.seyen walls of wrath" upon
the Radicals for their enslave.
ment of the white race and freeing the
negro; for their disfranchisement of
the Rebels snd permitting the negroes
of the South to vote; for their paying
the bondholders in coin, and the poor
soldiers, widows and orphans in green
backs; for their not permitting the
South representation, and then passing
the bills which did admit them
over the Presidents veto. He then
made the bold assertion that unless
this order of things was removed that
he was in favor of repudiatinR the
whole debt, which assertion brought
forth hearty cheer from the Conven-
ton. When Mr.. johnson took his
seat. Mr.. b, F. Martin arose and said
in substance, as Mr.. johnson had
showed himself in his remarks, i'll full
sympathy with the party, he moved
that Mr.. johnson be made delegate
to the convention, which was done.
Mr.. B. F. Martin was then called out,
and followed in the wake of Mr.. john
son but more cautiously on reputation
but In substance the same. He COM
menced by saying the stakeholder and
the Democratic party were the true
friends and benefactors of the negro,
that he had tested the generosity of the
radicals here in proposing to build a
church and school house for the blacks,
and they refused to assist. BE was
careful not to give their reasons.
| The facts are these: There are but
| few blacks here and our church accom-
modatious are ample for all, whites and
| blacks, and there is not loyal man or
| woman that ever objected to the blacks
attending church with them, or that
objected to a back preacher of their
own persuasion, using their house on
separate days. Not so with the rebelsi
they close their doors on the blacks oil
their own denomination, simply be-
cause they were black, drove them out
of their house and then asked us to
help build them q house. II that Is
friendship, I would pray "God save me
from such friends" Our law makes
ample provision for educating the
blacks, and II IL has not been done
here, IL is simply because these special
friends" of the blacks are the school
officers. was astonished at his deer
sympathy for the soldiers and their
widows and orphans. It reminded me
very much of the fable of the fox and
hen, when she was out of his reach, he
exclaimed, "Good morning, cousin,
how do you do, &c, come down and lei
me feel your pulse, 6Sc.n Now, Mr..
Soldier, you and the widows and or
phans of the soldiers, would be nc
safer In the hands of the especial
friends" than the hen would have been
In the Jaws of the fox. His object was
to destroy the hen; theirs are TO de-
priye you of the small pittance the
Government Is giving you in the shape
of bounty or pension.
Mr.. Martin next showed himself the
special friend and supporter of the
Constitution. Thought, Consistency
thou art a jewel;" for not long since he
was ralIyiDg around the Rattle Snake
Flag, and exerting all of his moral, II
not physical, forcs to destroy the Con-
stituti0n. To give you a more com.
plete character of his speech, will
/ quote n remark of his which he repeat
ed with emphasis. He said, nThe day
was not far distant when the Republic
cans would spit on the grave of Wash,
lington, and decorate with flowers the
grave OF John Brown" The leaders
the character of the speeches, and the
whole remind me very much of the
scenes of 1851. have always been in
favor of liberal interpretation of oul