The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-07
MONROE COUNTY.
RoLLINSBURG, Aug. %

1kOILiNSBJ aug, -.
Editors Of the Register
1t was my good fortune to attend
here, today, one of those political mass
meetings, which Messrs. Hereford and
Tebbetts are holding in our county with
such good results. The building in
which the meeting was held was COM
pletely jammed and packed in every
part, and many we're compelled to turn
away unable to gain admission. One of
the most noticeable featHTes of these
meetings is the large number o. ladies,
young and old, that come out to hear
the political issues discussed.
The meeting was called to order by
A. G. Tebbetts, Democratic Elector for
the county, who addressed the assem-
blage in speech of about fifteen min.
utes, referring briefly to the changes
since last the people met here 10 sean
the political horizon, the position of
the political parties Of our day, that
the old Whig party had passed away,
though its Conservative spirit had fled
to the Democratic party and there lived
incarnate, and paid, in passing, an earn
est tribute to that patriotic party. He
closed by an urgent appeal to all to
come forward to the rescue Of the liber-
ties of the people.
Frank Hereford, ESD, Democratic
candidate for Elector for the State at
large, was then introduced. After an
eloquent reference to the magnifceuCc
and extent of our country, Mr.. Here
ford passed or to the main issues Of the
day. And first he disseCted the recon.
struction policy Of Congress and COM
pared it with that of President Johnson;
showed the main points of difference
between them; one would bring peace,
the other war; that one was Lincoln's,
the other not; that one was COnstitu-
tional, the other unconstitutional; that
all who endorsed the reconstruction
measures of Congress were unfaithful
to the preccpts and practices of Lincoln
and must ally themselves with the new
party now following the lead of Grant,
and appealed to all who heard him to
stand by the party that elected the
lamented Lincoln.
In the development of this argu-
msnt, Mr.. II. briefly alluded to the
success, so far, of the reconstruction
policy of Congress, citing passages from
the Constitutions of the so-called reOr.
ganized States, and showing that the
citizens Of one State were not entitled
to all the privileges and immunities of
citizens of all other States; that, in fact,
under this Rump Congress, black oil
garchies had been established in seven
States of the Union. He next paid his
respects to negro suffrage, and turning
| 10 his Radical listeners, of whom there
| were many in the audience, he admin
istered the blows thick and fast upon
this barbarous proposition. and at the
end of every assault our Radical friends
bowed assent. No report will do JUS
tice to the earnestness and force with
which this argument was pressed homo
upon the Radicals present, and IRE kRoT
that this argument produced its eff
feet.
After a few brief remarks on the
financial question, the audience exhib-
iting signs of uneasiness, Mr.. Hereford
closed. The audience was large and re-
spectacle, and considering that, for
three hours nearly, they had sat pre-
vious to the commencement of Mr..
Hereford'fspeech, your readers can well
understand the interest that people
hereabouts take in the political battle
now waging.
Mr.. Hereford is doing yeoman's ser
vice in the good cause, aud unless we
mistake the signs of the times, Old Mon
roe will give a good account of herself
ia October and November.
More anon,
TRAVELLER.