The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-13
Address of an Old Republican.
James e. Wharton Leaves the
Radical Ranks.
THUS THEY COME.
J.H. Good Addresses the citing.
4 Glorious Demonstration.

crowd surpassed all expectation. Inc
Court House Hall was .jammed ant
packed from floor to ceiling. Demo
Gratis, Republicans, men of all parties
thronged the building and listened
with marked attention to the proceed
ings. Notwithstanding the fact that
Republican meeting for Governor
STEvENsoN's benefit was held at Wash
iLgton Hall there was not on that ac.
count any diRinuton in the throng.
The meeting was called in order to
enable the people of Wheeling to hear
an address from JAMES E. WHARTON,
Esq, for many years one of the most
prominent Republicans in this region.
Having renod1ced all further affiliatien
with the party to whose strength he
had contributed so much, he came to
this city, where for many years he con-
Quoted a Republican journal, and last
night, before one of the finest audi.
euces ever assembled here, gave in his
reasons for sundering his connec-
tion with Republicanism hence
forth and forever. The demon
stration was magnificent success
and put an effectual quietus upon the
Radical boasting of a diminished Demo
cratic majority in this city this fall.
The meeting was organized by the ap-
pointment of MICHAEL REILLY, Esq, as
President, and H. S. WALKER Secretary.
Mr.. REILLY, after returning thanks for
the honor assigned him, introduced
JAMES Z. WHARTON, Esq, Of Parkers-
burg, who then addressed the meeting
at length.
Mr.. Wharton said in order to do jus
tice to his audience and to himself it
might be necessary to call up facts
long since past. He had always been
Whig-he was opposed to the admin
istration of General Jackson. He had
been an advocate of a policy which
The present meeting was the largest
he had ever seen in this city but one,
and that was some twenty years ago,
when very large meeting was held to
denounce him as an agitator; and the
very men who presided at that meeting
were now the most ranting radicals to
be found.
They condemn him for abandoning
the path in which he had led them. He
said he did not tell them to go so far.
He would have led them to Heaven but
they had gone to He'll. He always took
a position that he thought would be
the most conducive to the public good.
He did so now. He did not think any
one conld charge him with acting
through Il selfish motive. He still de-
sired the good of the public. He con-
sidered the registration laws OF this
State an outrage. He had demonstrated
with Governor Boreman on the sabject.
He told him that to ostracise
| such men as was contemplated by this
law, would be unjust, aud he verify be.
lieved that it would be the means of
carrying Weet Virginia for the Democ-
racy. The people of the South would
not submit to such degradation as Coz
press wished to impose upon them. No
animal, except the dog, would lick the
hand of the one who kicked him. This
striking off the names of the best men
from the registration lists, was ruinous
it was like killing a hy-handreds
would come to bury him. He was told
that in Taylor county the registrars
had struck off the name of one Of the
most popular men in that county, and
some twenty Republicans had deter
mined to vote the Democratic ticket on
that account. Such ostracism was an
outrage. He paid well merited
tribute to Mr.. Camden, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, said he was o
man of honesty, capability and intcg-
rity. He said the Republican candi.
date for Governor, Mr.. Stevenson, was
good farmer, was truly loyal and was
q good Unieh man through the war,
and he believed that he grew more loyal
every day.
But, fellow citizens, there is another
question of great Importance. The of
| ice of President of the United States
He would not say anything disparag-
| lIG Oh lrtu. HidutSt bub OIO tbib6 hS
would mention, Gen. Grant had con-
troll of the army. Ten states were now
ruled by the military reconstruction
act. Gen. Grant could, as command
er of the army, control the
election in those States. He did
not say that Grant would so control the
election, but it was more power than
he would like to be trusted With, and
he believed that he would sooner trust
himself than anybody else. Mr.. w
said when he saw the platform of the
Chicago Convention, and read the sec
ton in reference to negro suffrage
which declares that it must be forced
upon the South, but the North can dc
as they please about it, be determined
to oppose it. He waited to see the
platform of the New York Convention
and when it came it was just the thing
he wanted, and he was satisfied.
i Mr.. w. then went into the financial
question. He said that confidence wa:
what the Government wanted. The
great trouble was that the Government
paid the interest to the bondholder II
gold, and had now extended the pay
ment of the bonds some forty years
Hence man holding $1,000 in bonds
claims $500 in gold every year; and a
the end of forty years at simple interest
he would get nearly three times th'
amount of his bonds, ard still have tht
original bonds. He illustrated this a
: length. He said make one curren
oy for all and restore conn
denco in the Government, and Legal
tender note would be as good in Austria
lia as in New York. Specific taxes hat
been levied on many articles, especially
on whisky, and the whisk y.ring did no
want it altered as they bad a chance o
making arrangements with the collect
ors and Of defrauding the Governmen
out of one-half of the taxes, by not re
turning more than one-hslf of thei
stock. 1t was an indictment to corrup
tion.
|, The way to make our taxes light ant
, lessen the expenses of the poor ia6ori.,
man was to vote for Seymour ana BLAIR
See that every man who can be regis
! tered has his name on the registrar.
book and he thought all would be well