The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-28
FfeO7EFEARDY COUNTY.
PHblic Meeting.
MoOREFIELD, WEST Va,
February ~, 1858. !

AIOOREFlELD, " EST ' a.,
/ February %, le6@.
Editor of the Register
Pursuant to call issued by several
of our leading citizens for meeting to
organize q county club, in accordance
with the plan adopted by the Sth of
January Convention, one of the larg-
( est and most respectable meetings con-
vened here to-day that | have ever
known in this county. The people; TIE
solid men of the county, both the old
and the Young came TO the meeting.
There were men here eighty years ofage
who cane forty miles to the meeting.
These old gentlemen said they had been
born and raised in the county; had al
ways been law a0iding, peace low
ing citizens, and had always paid
promptly their just proportion of.
the taxes, and had ncyer before the
Radical party come into power, been
deprived of their legal rights, but since
that unfortunate event they have been
forced to pay ter times rs much tax as
they formerly did, and were denied all
the rights of freemen. They had, in the
language of one of the resolutions
adopted by the meeting, waited pa
tiently for more than two years for this
party to return to reason and good gov
ernment," but as they did not seem dis
posed to do so of their own accord, they
proposed to make them do so, therefore
they came to this meeting and brought
all the boys along TO join heart and
hand in the organization of a party for
such purpose. The town was literally
full of the solid substantial men, the
taxpayers of the county. The meeting
was called to order at about one o'clock
by Mr. r. B. Sherrard, who proposed
that Felix B. WeltUn, Esq, act as tenn
poraTy chairman. Mr.. Welton took the
chair, and in 4 few well timed and APP
propriate remarks stated the object of
the meeting:
On motion OF Joseph Sprigg, Esq, the
chair appointed Il committee Of five to
draft a constitution for the club, nom
mate per mancnt officers, and draft res
OlutiOnS eXpres siye Ui the sense of the
meeting. The chair appointed as such
committee: Joseph SpIigg, chairman:
X. Is. Sherrard, Garrett Cunningham,
Thomas Maslin and A. NJ. Woods, Esqrs. !
The committee, after Il brief absence, re-
ported Il constitution, a list of pcTm&- /
nent officers Of the club, and a series OF
bold and manly resolutions i have been
unable to procure you copy OF the res
olutions, but you will see them IN the
.idrcrtisCr Of next week. The report of
the committee was adopted by the meet
ing without objection. The committee
nominated Felix B. WeltOu, Esq,
t&rismRann~ Rn~-'dGnta Snta afrS afSomnS S''oRM Maslin A;
for Vice President, Joseph Sprigg for
Secretary, and an Executive Commit !
tee consisting Of two members from
each township in the county, viz: For
Lost River township, i. +. Baker and
II. Y. Miller; for CacapOn township, |
George Cline, Jr., and Peter Bean, aud
for Moorciield township, Samuel 4. lc-
Mechcn and William Fisher.
The President then extended a general
invitation to all who opposed Radical |
ism aud favored the Union of the States
under the Constitution to come forward
and sign the Constitution. This OCcu
pied some time, after which loud calls
were made for Mr.. SprigG, who came
| forward and made one of his usual bold
and manly speeches, which was tre
qucntly interrupted by applause from
the large and intelligent audience.
! Mr. s. took up the question OF the in
| famous legislation of Radicals in our
own State, and demonstrated its injus-
/ tice and its bad effect upon the interest
and progress of the State. He then re-
ferred to the registration law, and
showed that, bad as it j.. VIC have hum
bers of men who are entitled even un-
| der il to be voters. but who for
private spite or party aggrandizemcnt
! are disfrauchiscd. He advised all who
| could honestly take the oath to 90 aud
demand of the Registrar to be placed
/ upon the list OF voters, aud II they were
refused to sue him. lie contendcd that
/ if a party offered 10 take the oath the
| Registrar was bound, under the law as
/ well as the instructions OF the Governor,
/ to place him on the list, and when once
on the list by reason OF having taken
the oath, the only mode by which he
could be gotten of would be by trial
and conviction for perjury in a compc-
tent tribunal. Mr.. S. then referred
to Congressional legigiSlation, showed
that the end and aim of the
| RAIDS was to hold on to pO@ er regardless
of the Constitution and the interests of
the country. Mr.. 5. is a bold, manly
sneaker, one who knows what is light
and dares to maintain il under any and
all proper circumstances. He is one OF
the leading young lawyers in this cir
cuit, and we feel proud of him,
and as soon as Congress be-
comes fit place for gentleman
to 90 to we intend to send him there.
The men engaged in this movement
are the very best men in this section OF
the State. The President of the Club
is an accomplished, educated gentle
man, who in the good old times had
the honor of representing this county
in the Legislature. Mr.. Maslin, one of
the Vice Presidents, has long been one OF
the leading and most influential men In
the county, having gained his high po-
sition among his fellow citizens by his
we'll known honesty and high charac-
ter. as a man of worth and intelligence.
The sheriff and clerk of the cOusty,
both men of large influence, were in
the meeting and took an active part in
lit.
Those who have lived in this county
all their lives say that since the days OF
hard cider and log cabins, no such meet
! ing has been seen in this county. This
was formerly large Wing county, but
we are now all Democratic or any thing
else in opposition to the Radicals. We
are the most quiet law-abiding people
| in the State, pay our taxes up promptly,
want our rights and mean TO have them.
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