The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-21
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LIE teieBrapn thls morning brings
us brief tidings of more bIoodshed in
the South. the inevitable concomitant,
It appears, of the rule OF Andrew John
son. The elections in louisiana were
held Friday and Saturday. and we
learn that in addition to violent thr, ats
and frauds, there were assassinatlons
OF prominent Republicans in different
parts of the State. One colored candi>
date Tor the Legislature was killed In
ouiachita parish. Nevertheless, it is
believed the Constitution will carry by
20. 900 majority. rgu 70 T
Surely II anything were needed to
strengthen the hands OF law and justice
at Washington, against the bloody
usurper on whose conscience all these
deeds of violence will rest in the day of
Judgment, it must be, the accounts that
come up from'all parts OF the South
detailing the fruits of that "policy"
which has yielded such harvest of
blood from Georgia to Texas and from
Memphis to New Orleans. How long
is this Cataline to abuse the country?
Not more than week longer If the
Senate does It's duty rls wy
THE Point Pleasant Register says
Hon. VIM. z. Stevenson is spoken Of as
a suitable person for the Union candf-
date for Governor and Col. Thayer
Melyins the present Attorney General,
for reelection as Attorney General.
We suppose that If Col. Melvin is will
ing to accept a denomination he will re-
ceive it by unanimous consent. We
have heard no one else spoken of in
that connection. The Colonel has won
golden opinions during his short term
as the law officer of the State. Mr..
Stevenson already has opposition in
the direction of the Governorship. The
editor of the Parkersburg Times has had
free talk with Mr.. Stevenson as to his
being a candidate for Congress- etc..
and feels at liberty to make the follow
ing statements:
While he feels grateful for the unso-
licited and spontaneous expression of
preference Of him for this and other po.
sitious spoken of by his personal and
political friends, he authorizes us to
say that heis not now nor will he be in
the way ofany candidate who can unite
the party, bring harmony into the
ranks and secure success for our ticket,
both State and NATIONAL. he regards
the present state of the country as
demanding from every one
willingness to sacrifice person.
al aims to the greater interests of the
State and of the Union; and for himself
he will not use nor permit his friends
to use any means by which an honest
expression of the views and prefer
ences of Union men cannot be had. To
this end he would prefer to see the peo-
pie send their own delegates to the sew
eral conventions -untrammeled by
pledges, preferences or the influences
OF cIiques. Any man who can re-
ceIve the unbiased support of
the people in Convention or other
wise, he will support with his
whole heart and seek to promote his
election by all honorable and upright
means. II he can receive the nominal
ton for Congress or for any other Office
with which his name has been connect
ed, under these conditions, he will nc
ceDt and do all he can to insure the sue
cess of our ticket in the coming
election. If others are more fortu-
nate than himself he will gladly
support the nominees of the sew
eral Conventions. In a word, he
does not want it understood that he
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than the success of the party with
which he is in heart and soul identi-
fed. If his own nomination for either
of the positions spoken ofby his friends
will secure this result he will run; If
other gentlemen, his personal and po-
lidcal friends, can command the conti-
dence of the party and secure its sue
cess, he does not wish these friends to
understand that he is in their way to
honorable promotion.
The Times devotes considerable space
to the hesnbject of candidates. Itremarks
OF Gen. Karns as a candidate for Con-
gress, that he is Youched for as an orig
inal Republican during the Fremont
campaign before he became a resident
of West Virginia, by the Berks and
Sohuylkill (Pa.) JouTnGL-which is At
least going good ways from home for
an endorsement. Judge Brown, of the
Supreme Bench, is spoken of, in con-
nection with other candidates already
known, as candidate for Congress in
the Third District. Hon. ]. B. Blair, as
a candidate in this District, is said to be
"about among his friends" and mot
without hopes of nomination"
Hon. @. ID. Hubbard ts said to be
"active through his many friends in the
District"
The Point Pleasant Register also mem
tIons Judge Brown as a candidate for
Congress, and names Frank w. Sis
son of Mason county, as a candidate
for Auditor. 1t also refers to Mr.. Hub
bard as among the gentlemen spoken of
for Governor.
THE Ritchie press formally an
nounces Gen. Harris as candidate for
Congress from this district.
"A call appears in the Press for a
County Convention on the 9th of May
to appoint delegates to the State Con-
vsntion- at Clarksburg. tstiS a
THE Parkersburg North American
learns "that Governor Peirpoint has
returned from Virginia ITO Fairmont
we presumed and will be a candidate