The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-04
Public Meeting.


Pursuant to the call issued for meet
ing of Catholics and other citizens OPP
pos ed to class legislation and religious
prescription, % large and respectable
meeting was held at the Court House
last evening. General ii. +. Feeny was
called to the chair and John A. White,
Esq, appointed Secretary. The object
of the meeting was explained to be the
preparation of respectful remonstrance
against the passage, by the Legislature,
of Senate Bill No. l." bill which is
designed to enable a few private parties
to prevent the cemetery grounds now
used 10y the Catholics of Ohio county
from being devoted to burial purposes.
The follwing gentlemen were APP
pointed committee to draft resolutions
expressive of the sentiments of the
meeting: Caleb BSggers, n. Reister,
NJ. Reilly, George busch, and n. Craw-
ley.
dresses were delivered by MeSsrs. Dan
iel Lamb aud j. c. Chandler, protesting
against the injustice to 10 done by the
passage of said "Senate Bill No. l."
The following resolutions were reported
bv the committee and unanimously
adopted:
Rcsolrcd, That in our opinion, the bill
now before the Legislature of West
Virginia, to incorporate the village of
Leatherwood, wear the city of Wheel
ing, and known as Senate Bill Ne. !"
has no merit or just claim to the favor
able consideration of the Legislature,
and should not pass into Law for the
following reasons, viz:
Flrst-Tbere is not now, nor is there
apv good reason to believe there soon
will be, such number of persons with
in the proposed corpora limits, as to
render the usual corporate powers neceS-
sary for the preservation of good order
and protection of the persons and prop
erty of the people thereof
Srcond-Bscause these citizens, Meth
ar by reason of their persons or proper
ty have any higher claims 20 the grant
of corporate powers, than the same
number of citizens elsewhere, with
equal quantity of land. And no reason
has been given or attempted, which
can Justly entitle them, to the appoint
ment or election of a number OF oflcers
or suffragans. and the exercise OF otheI |,
powers usually conferred on cities ana
towns containing large number OF IN
Infants, such as taxation, condemha-
tion of property, &c, &c.
Third-Because there are only eleVeh
persons in all who own the land Wltnln
the proposed corporate limits, amount
ing to about fifty acres, and OF THIS
number six, whs own about forty acres
of said land, are seeking this grant
of power from the Legislature
against the known wishes of the other
five of the land holders, who own about
nine acres, the residue of the land, and
| which can be easily excluded from the
proposed corporation without destroy
! ing the contiguity of the Others.
| Fourth-Because the grant of corpo'
rate powers in this instance is not ask
ed for because it is required and neces'
sary for the common good. but for the
ayowed purpose of securing to q por'
ton of the landholders the power to de-
/ feat the lawful use which the others
propose to make of their land.
Fifth-Because, by the Fundamental
principles of natural law and justice,
every Que is permitted to use his owl
property as he may choose, So he does
not iniure another thereby; and whether
he is iniuring. or about TO injure anoth
er bv such use, is question OF fact, tc
he determined by the courts OF the
conntry. in accordance with the rules o.
evidence, regulated by law; and this
hill. in violation of the right, trassfer:
the trial of such fact from the impair
tial courts of the country To the village
conncil-a special court To be selected
with reference to, and because of theil
interest in the result.
sixth-Becauss the question OF FACT
"a to " neither the use OF said nine acres
n, a graveyard will injure the other par
ties who are united in securing tht
massage of said bill, is now IN issue be
tween them, before the courts OF thu
country having competent authority t1