The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09
The Dem oeratIe and Conservative
state Convention

] tue stale ExECut i've committee, Capt
I John S. Burdett, of Taylor county, wal
nominated as temporary President
and John j. Brown, Of MonongalIa
aud J. +. Campbell, Of Brooke county
7 appointed temporary Secretaries
Capt. Burdett on tax ing ihe chair ex
7 pressed ms thanks and at the samG
/ time his Te2TetE-ihauka lor the. honor
regrets tnat he was mot more fully
I equal 10 the occasion. Bat he knew he
should have the assistance aud for,
I DearaDcs Of the CouvenIion-he knew
7 " from their intelligent and Tespecta
I bic appearance. He could only say &c
them tnat like themselves he had come
I To the Convention TO promote the pub.
. lie good, and ne hoped that harmony
and not strife or controversy, wouIC
chHrGcteTiZe their proceedings. His
Z ann was to restore the Union, to restore
the States, aud TO restore the rights o.
citizens. The war hAu been ended fol
nearly three years and yet the ques
tiOns left on our hands by its close arI
unsettled. The reason was, in his
judgment. BECAUSE partisan politics
stood in the way-because certain men
were moi willing TO recognize that this
was n white name Government-and
bcCHuse il suited their sCheInes of party
ascendHncy TO slave oil "a full and
complete restoration OF the States q
their places in the Union until after the
coming elections.
4 Committee on Permanent OTRAni-
cation. consisting oil one member from
each Senatorial District, WAS appointed,
VINO forthwith retired tor consultation.
While out the Chairman of the Con-
ventiUn suggested that the "intsEEe-
gnum" might be employed In speechs
ruHsiug, II any geniIv[Ion present felt
disposed TO let the Convention hear
from them. Upon this suggestion calls
were made both for General Jackson,
OF PaTkersburg, and Colonel Il. II.
Smith, of Kunawhu. The General
coming forward said that he had not
come 10 the Convention to talk, but to
work, and more than that the state oil
his health would not admit of his
speaking even iIhs telt disposed. Col,
Smith was next called upon and re-
spoDded by coming forward to the
stand and delivering himself at some
length in regard to the SHORTCOMINGS Oi
the Radicals, "a viler party than whom
God hnd never afflicted any country
with" He said that Iney were disuniOn.
lists and II possible worse tnan the seCes-
sinnists, in that they pretended TO be
loyal 10 the Union. lie prOClsimed
that ne was 'tshHrp sOt" after that par
ty, and although III his 7Oth year felt
the vigor OF youth AS hs warmed TO the
work OF redceming the State from the
Radicals
lIo WAS particularly savage in regard
to the Registration luws--spuke of some
Of the Registrars as dirty, low fellows,
who were themselves candidates for
Office, and struck oil voters al HbittfiH,
in order Ia insure their own success.
Although peaceful inun, he felt like.
telling the victims OF such registrars to
rotten egg them. He advised dose of
eggs for hem when they cIms round.
Ai{er the Colonel got through deiiv-
Il t.ftll l. la 10 n
NJ. Edging on, John J. Davis, Col. Dan.
Johnson and Oakley Johnson, none of
whom responded. Col. Ben. Wilson,
seeing that tho "InterregnIum" was not
being employed rs suggested by the
chairman, got up and called upon the
I Hon. Char. ii. Lewis OF Harrison for a
speech. Mr.. Lewis arising expressed
himself after the manner Of General
jackson mS TO his III health. but gradu-
ally talked on until he hid spun out A
speech of several minutes, the most
prominent teItuT" of which was that
he hnd, when in politics, belonged to
ID" old Democratic party, Ohe Of whose
cardinal tenets WAS strict constitute
ton Of the constitution, and that the
general COVER nmeut could exercise
only such powers Hs were vested in IL
in express terms by the constitution or
necessary to carry those powers into
effect. Anything more than this, he
thought, came OF evil, and could only
lead TO evil, and therefore nc was on
posed to much OF the Congressional
legislation OF the present day.
Next succeeding Mr.. Lewis, a MIR.
Thompson, OF Jefferson county, de
hY"rcd himself IN speech upon the
subject oil State Rights. UHfik. the
former gentleman be had belonged TO
the Wing party in days gone by, hut
nevertheless had believed ia States
ia I4i I.f i.
standing OF the differences between the
two old parties, that they had simply
differed rs TO the means of maintaining
or redressing those rights. But the an
cient differences, whatever they were.
had passed away, and Wing and Demo-
crat could now unite against Il common
foe. He at least did not intend 10 resur-
rect whatwas gone. LAiterly, in read
ing PTeSCot's history OF Mexico, he
had noticed II remark made by that au-
thor, to the effect that more expressions
aud wrongs had been perpetrated under
the name OF "Tcbellion" (uuder the
pretcnce OF furnishing rebeliinn) than
any other name, except religion" He
thought the remark applied to the stute
Of things in our day, when so much of
our Legislation was directed under one
preteNt Or another against the rebellion,
While the gentleman was speaking
the Committee on Permanent Orgaui-
cation signined their readiness to re-
port, ana accordingly lac gave way. Mr..
john j. Davis, Chairman of the Com
mtttee, reported AS P"rmRuyu. Chair
man Col. Smith, of kanawha, and as
Vice Presidents Messrs. Lewis Apple
gate, FOntHiu Smith, Reuben DaVisson,
Cyrus Vance, j. V. Rnthhone, Judge
Edmiston, john Hall, IL. S. Samueis,
e. \. Sperry, John Jacobs, and
j. w. kenuedy; and ns Secre-
"a 1,..lH
Shaller, of Berkeley. Colonel Smith,
ON taking the Chair, made an
other speech, TenilirminE, like Mrs.
MtCaw Der, his Undying attachment to
the cause in which they We're engaged.
Come what would
This rock shall ny
From It's firm base, ns soon n l."
After two or three motions providing
FOR reports upon state organization
and AN address tothe people, the Con.
ventiou took recess tor dinner, or, Hs
General jackson more claSsicAlly ex-
pressed II, to refresh the inner man"
AFTERNOON SESSION.
THE Convention re-Hssombled at .
O'Clock. When we arrived mt the scene
OF action Mr.. Lamb WAS rendin., ar
making some remarks inside the bar in
a low tone OF voice that We're not intel.
liEihieH at our range from the forum. A
DOGGY guard OF the conservative element
were on their feet around him MS II
some rather solemn and affecting csre-
mony WAS III process. Soon, however.
Nc dhscoSn"d that the spell, " hntsver IL
was, hhd been broken, and shortly fol :
lowing the conclusion came the clear.
.hiIihHous tones OF Col. Ben. Wilson,
in regard to IA memorial to the I,eyi.ln'
ture, which should petition for repes |
I OF the Attorney . Test Oath, the Sui OF ,
odth, and such modification of the
/ Repatriation law AS would conform IN
| to the Constitution of the State. The
CoIoneI,s proposition, IL We understood
Z for memorial to ba sigurd NV "A com.
/ mittee OF ave on behalf OF the Cunveu-
] ton. This proposition was apparcutIy