The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-21

ever keen our sense of wrong may be,
carry us beyond the bounds of wisdom
and of self-respect. The things we
have to accomplish are so great that
whatever the provocatiOn may be, we
certainly can't afford to let personal re-
sentiments seduce us into compremis-
ing our high dignity. Whoever may
be our friend, whoever may become our
enemy, let US steadily march on with
an unflinchiug determination to fulfil
all the dnties that rest upon US, to Sc
cure justice to the soldiers who fought
our battles, justice to the Southern
Union man, who for tbs Union
cause lApplause] imporllled his
life and fortune; justice to
the colored race, to whom we have
promised trde and eternal justice. JUS
tice to the national creditor, who has
staked his credit. [Applause, great
and prolonged.l Let us faithfully
strive to restore the honor of the gov
Grnment, to crush corruption whenever
we find it, [applause and cries OF
good inside of the party Just as wei
as outside of the party, Applause ana
to place the public service OF the coun,
try in the hands eff honest, true aud
capable men. [Applause.] Let us with
one unSbaken purpose work out the
manifest logic of the results already
gained for liberty and equal right. Let
us fearlessly acknowledge that the mis-
sion of the Republican party will not be
ended until the great truths proclaim
ed in the Declaration of Independence,
in the fullest meaning Of the term, have
become living reality. Applause. ]
Yes, let us be true to our history, be
true to ourselves, and fear nothing; no
step back ward-onward is the watch
word. Let us see again the
banner of progress, of liberty, of equal
rights and national faith nailed to the
very top of the mast, and l say to you
| ! spurn the idea that the American peo-
pie could ever so far forget themselves
as to throw their destinies into the
bands of men who but yesterday sought
to destroy the repnblic and who to-day
stand ready to dishonOr it. Loud and
continued applause
Mr.. Smithers, of Delaware, to com
plete the preliminary organization,
moved the following gentleman be elect
ed temporary Secretarys: John Il.
Cowan, of Ohio; Luther Caldwell, OF
New York, and Frank S. Richards, OF
Tennessee. Agreed to.
On motion il was ordered that the
Secretary call the roll of the States and
that each delegation respectively shall
name one gentleman, and that those
thus named constitute a committee on
| Credentials.
Mr. Smithers: As l understand there
are two States, Maryland and CalifOr-
mia, in which the delegations are con-
tested, suggest that these States be
admitted and their claims be decided by
the committee on Credentials.
When the Secretary called California
and the delegation named General Z. +.
Conner, Mr.. Smithers said: There
seems to be some misunderstanding; l
understood that the States i'll which
the delegation were contested were to
be omitted.
Mr.. Sears, of California, said: AS
the gentleman has mentioned the State
4 which | in part represent, / wish to de-
ny that there is any contest whatever
in regard TO the State of California. 1t
is true, sir, that there is a man here
who has been before the Executive
committee claiming to contest our seat;
but, sir, there is one man only.
General Van Zandt, of Rhode Island,
rose to point of order. This matter
should be referred to the committee on
Credentials.
Mr.. Sears, of California. asked for two
minutes, to make an explanation. We
do not desire TO bring this contest up
here, but the gentleman has forced il
|upon us. The man who here contests
: our seats voted Copperhead ticket at
the last election in California. ["Hear
hcarwl He and one or two others met
: in a pack room and selected dele
! rates to at end this Convention. They
= have no party; they have had no pri
e mary election; they had no Convention
they had nothing, and | believe, IN m!
:, humble Judgment, that he comes her
), and that his passage Is paid by Dem
c ocratc money to keep up this division
d in our State. We are here rep
0 rescntiug the Union Republican
party Of California. We polled fort!
c thousand votes in that State at the las
: election, [applausel and the sinking
+ crawling split which this man repre-
10 senrs Only polled two thousand, and on
: of that two thousand, in onr last Con
; ycnlion, they could not find in all the
I State of California ten men who wouId
l accept this position which he occupies
: They selected men who had formerly
5 lived in California. Two of them
are in Your city and came into our
rooms last night and repudiated the
entire proceeding, and said they were
for US. We ask this Convention 10 give
us our seats, as they of right belong TO
us, and not cast stain on us and raise
this man to the dignity of a contestant.
IGLaughter and applause. cannot un-
derstand why the Committee has recog-
nized him in the slightest degree unless
he be a crawling copperhead. Like the
serpent did he has deceived them with
his oily tongue. Laughter and APP
plause I Now, sir, there is no contest
i in California and have done. lsimpl y
ask this Convention not to dignity hun
or the little squad to which he belongs
: and cast stain upon us by cumpellin.
, MS 10 go before this committee on
Credentials with u contest when there
Is none.
Mr.. b. Il. NickGrsOn, of California
couteStagt-l wish to ask whether this
, Convention is prepared TO hoar in open
Convention the question which we are
prepared to submit where We suppose ii
belongs; namely, to the committee on
Credentials.
Several delegates urged that this de.
bate was out OF place, and that the case
should 90 to the committee on Creden-
tials. and il was so referred.
The Secretary proceeded with the call
of States, but omitted TO call either OF
the States unrepresented in Congress.
A delegate made the point of order
that the States were to be called alpha,
betically.
The President-That is just what we
are doing.
The observation-disclosures, Alabama
and Georgia have not been called.
: Why are they not called when harmon
: ling the wishes of the Convention.
5 The President-The call of the Ma
tiOual Committee did not include these
States. These were not invited 10 be
: represented here. 1t WAS to be left to
the Convention whea assembled to de.
! eide upon what their standing is.
| Tho Dale ruta-vhp uniut of order