The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-18

eign to the Constitution, and fraugh
with evil consequences in the presen
and future.
Resolred, That the Democratic is tn,
only party that resists the extortionat,
demands of the bondholders, and insists
upon the burthen of taxation beinl
borne by the rich as well as the poor.
Resolred, That we heartily endors,
the principles enunciated in the addres!
Of the Democratic State Convention tt
the voters of West Virginia.
ResOlred, That we are opposed tc
standing armies, shoddy aristocrats
test oaths and partial registration laws
Resoired, That We hail with pleasure
the nomination of Horatio Seymour fol
the office Of President and General
Francis p. Blair for the office of Vice
President, and We pledge to them ouI
cordial support and will use all honest
and legitimate means for their cleo.
tien.
Resolced, That the delegates Of this
county to the Congressional COnven.
tion be and are hereby instructed 10
vote for c. P. T. Moore, ESQ, first and
last and all the time, for Congress, and
for Captain Peter Darnell for the SEN
ate, and to use all honorable means to
secure their nomination.
On motion, the above resolutions
were unanimously adopted as whole
On motion, the Convention went into
the election of delegates to the State
Convention to be held at Grafton on the
10th inst, and also delegates to the
Congressional Convention to be held at
Charleston on the 22d inst. 1t was
Resolred, That the delegates to the
Congressional Convention he made del
egates to the Senatorial and Judicial
Convention for this District.
The Convention having concluded its
business, at2 o'clock p. NJ. adjourned
to the grove in the Court House yard.
C. p +. Moore, Esq, was introduced
and delivered an eloquent, highly patri-
otic and telling speech. Mr.. Moore was
listened to with the greatest attention,
rs, in fact, he always is by the peo-
pie, and we are certain that his remarks
made 4 deep, and we trust lasting, i'm
preston upon the hearts Of his hearers.
We noticed in the audience several
of our most prominent Radical brethren
(O and from the solemn expression of
their countenances, while the speaker
was showing up the corruption which
exists in their party, we imagined that
we could almost hear them exclaim, as
King Agrippa did unto Paul, Utmost
hOn persuddest me TO become Christian"
At the conclusion of Mr.. MOore's
speech, Judge Simpson was loudly call
ed for, who, in response to the invita-
tion, came forward, and in his happy
style addressed the assembly to some
length, Ienouncing all affiliation with
the Radical party, and proclaiming
himself upon the side of tire Constitu-
tion and laws, and opposed to the negro
equality, tyrannous, unjust and uncon-
stitutional cnactments of the party in
power.
1t will be remembered that the Judge
was the Radical opponent of VIM. II.
TomlinsOn, Esq, for seat in the Legis-
lature of the State last year, and we
hail with pleasure his conversion to the
true faith, and trust that he may be in
strumental in doing much good. 1t is,
perhaps, due to Judge Simpson to say
that he never was an extremist, and
when the leaders of the Radical party
threw off their disguise and proclaimed
themselves in favor of measures which
they had hitherto denied advocating,
that his sense of right and justice COM
PEELED him to sever his connection with
them.
Although tao NEE ing was one of the
largest ever held in the county, yet cv-
erything passed off harmOniously, and
the people returned to their homes with
cheerful hearts, feeling that all that
was necessary for them to do, to free
themselves from the despotic rule of
the Radical party, was but to stand firm
to their principles and use proper exer-
tions during the campaign. VAN.