The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-18

There were many witty NOTICE
which we cannot remember, and hav,
net room to publish, if we did remem
Der, that were borne by the various
delegations in the streets. Ohle sent {
large number ofthe staunch Demccra-
cy of the district now misrepresentet
by Bingham, the woman murderer, ant
promised large majority for Estep.
About five hundred persons came
down on the Henp6eld train from
Washington county, Pa, and at least
thousand came in on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad from various counties o.
our own State. Several hundreds
came by boat. The crowd was alto
gether unprecedented in the history OF
the city and State, and augured well fol
the success of our national and State
tickets.
All along the route of the procession
the houses were gaily decorated. On
Main street profusiOn Of flags were
displayed and in Centre Wheeling our
German fellow citizens seemed to vie
with their neighbors in their express
sirns of interest in the common cause.
Flags hung from every window and
foated from every housetop and the
passage of the procession was greeted
with willing and hearty cheers, and the
waving of handkerchiefs and flags.
After passing through the principal
streets of the city, the vast procession
moved across the Suspension Bridge to
the grounds of the West Virginia Agri-
cultural Society, where stands had been
erected for the speakers.
At the Fair Grounds an immense
crowd had gathered, variously esti-
mated from fifteen to twenty thousand.
Here three stands had been prepared
for three speakers. The one at Floral
Hall was designated for Judge Thur
man, of Ohio, and Hon. Hester Clyner,
of Pennsylvania. The second was al
lotted to Gen. Cary, of Cincinnati, and
the third was designated for Judge
Lang, of Ohio.
After some soulstirriug music by the
bands the speakers addressed the lis.
tening multitudes.
At the Floral Hall stand Judge Thur
man lead off in one of his happy
strains and held the sea of upturned faces
in rapturous delight for an hour and a
half.
He commenced by calling their atten-
tion to the fact that they had a respon-
sible duty to perform. He informed
them that they have a President to
elect who would preside over the desti-
nics of thi, nation for four years. To
act intelligently in this matter it was
necessary that they became acquainted
with the great issues of the day now di-
vidirg the parties in this political con-
test.
As it regarded the candidates he
should say but little. He had nothing
to say against General Grants military
but in this crisis we want
more than military genius.
We waut man acquainted with the
science Of Government. To this General
Gram could lay no claim. He had had
no experience in governmental affairs.
Therefore, he was not iit to administer
the Government.
He referred to the declaration of the
patriot, HeLry Clay, who said that it
mattered not what might be the militia
~ fame of candidate, if he did not
possess the knowledge Of the principles
of the Government, he could not get his
support. Nj. Clay wanted the candi
date possessed of something that would
fit him for the station. He then cited
the career of Napoleon the first-the
conQueror of an hundred battles. He
could neither save France norihimself,
and died prisoner on rocky island.
What we want is government ad-
on con stitutional principles.
The party in power had been expert
menting; they had piled up experiment
on experiment. They were running the
country. 1t is time that such kiad of
legislation was checked. The only way
to check it and put stop to such protli-
gate legislation, was for the people to
elect Seymour. [Cries of "We will."l
He was a man of intellect; man who
understood the principles of our Govern
meat. He is the man we want.
He told them that the party in power
were continually drawing money from
the pockets of the honest laboring men
to keep up their iniquitous legislation.
He then touched on the tax question.
Who is it that pays the taxesi The
Radicals say the poor man pays no tax
the rich men, or those whose
incomes are over one thousand dollars,
pay the taxes. What fallacy. Now,
said he, labor pays all the taxes. He
Gefied any one to cOntrovert the propo
sition. Labor fells the mighty forests
"Opens up and tills the soil, and scat
tiers the seeds, from the fruits of which
the nation is sustained.
He said Fulton invented the use of
steam, but the invention did not enrich
the country or benefit himself, till labor
built the boat and converted the great
invention into practical use. Take the
case of rich bondholder, who lives in
splendor, from the money drawn from
the pockets of the hard-working labor
ing man. The bondholder does not
contribute to the wealth of the country
as much as the few nails that were made
in the procession to-day. His bonds are
not taxed. He takes his ease, while
the sweat and toll of the laboring mau
was taxed to support him in this idle
ness. He then took the case of the
manufacturer. Showed how labor was
employed to convert the raw material
into those articles needed and purchas-
ed by the poor laboring man. Here he
illustrated how Uncle Sam hunts every
thing that can be taxed. 1t is useless
to say that unless mans income was
. thousand dollars or more, he paid no