The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-31
FROM MARION COUNTY.
Grand Rally Of Democrats
and Conservatives at Fair
mont.
1000 People i'm Attendance.
Speeches by Hon. Montgomery
Blair, j. w. Parker, ESQ,
Hon. j. w. Kennedy, Con-
EreSsiOnai Eiector,
and Capt. John
Rurdeu.
FAIRNoNT August -, 1868

Editors Of the Register;
In accordance with previous announce
ment, there assembled at this place on
Friday, over two thousand Of the Dem-
ocrats and Conservatives of this county,
TO hear the great issues of the canvass
expounded.
The exercises were opened at 10 A.
NJ. with procession Of over four hun.
dred persons on horseback, besides
large numbers in wagons, on foot, &C.,
headed by the pole to be raised, drawn
by thirty.two yoke Of oxen and thirty
seven span of horses. Immediately mp
on arriving in town preparations for
hosting the poie-a neat hickory, ono
hundred and thirty feet long-were
commenced. aud by IL o'clock il was
on end in its place. A smart shower
of rain came on during this time, but
il did not delay the work, the people
being enthusiastic and anxious to hear
| the speaking.
Judge Kennedy, Congressional Elec-
tor for the District, was then introduced
and addressed the multitude in q very
! foIcible speech of about one hour.
Hon. Montgomery Blair. having just
arrived from Morgantown, then enter
tanned us with a most excellent expose
of radicalism and the designs of the
Radicals. lie showed that the design
of that party was TO change the form
of our Federal Government; TO create
privileged class, exempt from taxation;
TO degrade labor and the laboring man;
To elevate the negro race to q position
Of political, and rs n eonseq ueuce, social
equality. with the white race. lie ex-
posed the unfaithfulncss of the party
in power to their pledges To tho
people; the rotteness OF some Of tho
| leading aud influential members of that
marty demonstrated the fact that the
p Ian for restoring the Southern States
TO their normal relations with the gen
eral Government, as laid down by Mr.
Lincoln and his Cabinet and attempted
TO be carried out by his successor, was
in substance what the Democratic party
proposes, and that reconstruction" AS
attempted by Radicalism is entirely IN.
tagonistic thereto and uuwarranted by
the Constitution. lie was listened to for
|
tention, and closed amid storm OF ap.
plause.
Captain Burdctt and Mr.. Parker
each, in turn, made most excellent
speech aud were greeted with many
manifestations Of appreciation. A short
SYNOPSIS of those gcntlcmsn's remarks
would he given, but this letter Is al.
ready long enough. A very beautiful
laq twenty feet long, bearing tho motto
Seymour and Blair was run mp amid
loud cheering from the people.
Py the way, our Radical friends, had
a mole raising, and speeches by Dir. Ste
yensou, Gov Piespont aud Senator Will
lev. ON the day before yesterday. Tho
nsnal stereotype phrases, and willfnl
: peryersions Of fact, wcro gOno through
with 10 an audience numbering about
three hundred persons. Ending, as such
things generally do, in a magnificent
failure, as far as eject and enthusiasm
was concerned. The miserable affair Of
theirs, and the large and enthusiastic
turn out of our people, had tho effect TO
arouse all the bitter feeling OF the RAIDS,
and during the evening after our people
had mostly dispersed, attempts wore
Systematically made by them to get up
a disturbance, and Que Of their party
, was actually induced TO throw stone
into the crowd, after dark, on "hs
street corner, which missed its intended
mark aud struck one Of their own
people. The intended victim was m
mediately arrested and carried before
the Mayor, Republican, who' aitei
: hearing tho case, could bnd no fault
attaching TO him, and dismissed tho
case. The evidence clearly showed the
, Radical to be the agressor. This being
the case Of course he will not be aT'
rested.
The conservative people here dePrs-
cate such things as this and labor to
keep down ho,tilitics, but this seems to
be the popular Interpretation OF their
/; candidates. motto, Let US have peace.
Forbearance may cease 10 be virtue,
however, and we advise our radical
brethren to beware.