The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-11
HARRISON COUNTY.
Demoeraties Meeting nt shinnstol
UCol.,, walker anfI his 0pIaee, >,


DemOeraties Meeting at ShinnSton-
.'Col.'' walker and his s'PIeee."
huMBERPoRT, w. Va, Sept. 7th, /, 1865.
Editors InteniSeaeer 81
Having a,strong desire to witness a
learning that the editor of the Demo-
cratic Bible Wheeling Register expect
ed TO address the Democracy OF Sh1nns-
ton and vicinity to-day, accordingly
availed myself of this opportunity TO
hear the great expounder of the Demo-
cratic party in this State, on the occa-
sion aforesaid. The tolling OF the bell
from the NJ. E. Church announced the
fact that the time had arrived for the
commencement of services by the
would be Hon. Henry s. Walker. Pref
ty soon the town hall was partially
filled by radicals and democrats, among
the latter we noticed several men who
had been soldiers in the rebel army, or
buahYhackers and horse thieves, I'M
der the notorious Capt. John Fighter.
The audience was kept insuspenses some
moments, owing, I suppose to the non
appearance of the speaker, who, upon
arriving, was formally introduced by
David NJ. Shinn, who stated that the
gentleman whom he had the honor OF
Introducing, was candidate Tor Con-
gress from the First Congressional Dis
trict. Mr.. Walker then proceeded, af-
ter stating that he had come among us
to discuss fairly and calmly The great
questions which now ngitate the coun-
try. To quote several of tho edi-
torials of the Wheeling Register;
which required. should Judge, about
Register to the full extent OF his ability,
with an occasional quotation from
Brick Pomeroy, of the La Crosse Demo
Graf, he made one remark which may
never appear in either of those transla-
lions OF modern Democracy, and hence
deserves notice here. While in one OF
his loftiest strains about the superiority
OF his race, and the effects of negro
suffrage upon the country, one of his
democratic hearers having read just
such an appeal, perhaps in the last
Register, and becoming tired of repeti-
tions, said, "Mr. Stevenson says we
are going to have war, what about it?"
The speakers nerves were evidently
affected, but he managed to reply,
Mr.. Stevenson may want war, l don't
know; but he tells you II Grant md
Colfax are elected there will be no war,
SO say 1. The democratic party will
honestly submit to the decision of the
people at the ballot-box." One of our
radical friends thinking the gentleman
might be mistaken, asked him about
their submission when Abraham Lin
as though he would rather have been
at his desk preparing an article on the
financial policy of his party, or vent
ing his spleen on the race whom he
designated as smelling very much like
old cheese. He, however, resorted to
an old democratic subterfuge, and re-
piled, -"You can have the floor when l
am DONE" relying, of course, on the
ability OF his friends to quit The hall
speedily after he closed, In this he was
not disappointed. They skedaddled as
soon as their champion had gathered
up his "thunder," which consisted
as 1 have before said in Wheeling
Registers with the addition of a very
large saddlebag. Many Radicals were
enticed to the hall by the report that
the Democratic candidate for Congress
was spendid orator. None, / presume,
thought him capable of changing the
political status OF his party. He how
ever did succeed in fastening upon our
minds the opinion that he and his
party still have little gas left, and a
vast amount of sympathy for the men
who sought the nations life during
four years of war, and still seek
through other channels the destruction
OF the country. More anon.