The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-09


tUpon taking the Chair, Mr.. Bdrdett, af
ter thanking the Convention for tbs
honor conferred, said that for ovel
three long years the Conservative
party of West Virginia had beer
disorganized and working badly il
the traces. What we wanted il
stthis State was an effective organization
for the destruction of the party which
had well-nigh destroyed the Govern
ment. Think of oDe-third of the States
of our Union, lying under tyranny and
despotism; think Of the commercial and
financial interests of the land being
prostrated; think Of ten States being
under the heel of negroes, and any can
did man can realize the Importance oi
the issues we meet to deliberate upon
Messrs. John J. Brown, of Mononga,
liza, and j. F. Campbell, Of Brooke, were
chosen temporary Secretaries.
Mr.. John Davis, of Harrison, moved
the appointment Of one from each Sen.
atorial District, on Permanent Organ.
ization. The President appointed the
following named gentlemen on said
Committee
MOssrs. John J. Davis, of Harrison;
W. w. Miller, of Ohio; Capt. John Fish
or, of Marion; WIN. A. Hanway, of Mon
Iongalia; J. N. Camden, of Wood; VIM.
C. Carper, of Upshur; o. G. Chase, OF
Putnam; w. w. Webb, of Wayne; Capt.
Sperry, of Greenbrier; Owen d. Downey,
Mineral, Chas. H. MCurdy, of Jefer-
son. .........
The committee retired. General John
J. Jackson, of Wood, being called upon
said we had come up to this Convention
to cork, not talk.
The President said that for long
time Democrats could not talk in this
State, and now when an opportunity
was afforded he trusted it would be en-
braced.
General Jackson said that but few
years ago he attended a similar Conven-
tion in this State. He was met by q
regiment of soldiers who threatened
his life if he spoke. He was now glad
to see the dawn of a new era in the po-
litical history of the State; he hoped
every opponent of Radical despotism
would be up and doing.
Col. B. Fl. Smith, of Kanawha, being
called upon, said he had come to work,
but as it was the desire of the Conven-
ton, he would say few words. There
was no people on the face of the gle be
under such tyranny and despotism as
were the white people of the South to-
day. The Radical party was the most
INSCRIPTIONS that had ever gained
the sscendancy in this country,
and unless the Conservative party
of West Virginia swoke to true sense
of the condition of affairs the negro
ascendancy party would here subjugate
the people ard place them under negro
dominion. He knew he was subject to
Indictment for speaking here to-day,
but he defied the radicals; he had spo-
ken all over the State, and as yet no
radical had dared to enforce or try to
enforce their tyrannical edict. He would
suggest that few rotten eggs be given
to these dirty fellows appointed Regis
trars by Governor Boreman, to strike
off names of Democrats in order to per-
petuate Radicals in office; he was Op-
posed to anything like mob law or law
lessness, but it was time this outrage
Gus usurpation was stopped; he was
sure it would be stepped, as Democrats
would not submit to it. The Supreme
Court ofthe United States had decided
against the lawyers test oath. but the
Supreme Court of West Virginia.
wise and intelligent "man We" body
had reversed said decision rs far as our
State is concerned; and the super loyal
Legislature of West Virginia had order
ed thousands of copies of this nefarious
document to be printed and circulated
at the expense of the people
Col. Ben. Wilson, of Harrison, said
that where there was will there was a
way. There uas b will here to-day, and
if we but performed our duty the way
soon would be clear.
Messrs. Monroe Jackson, aud Okey,
Johson, of Woed. A. G. Davis, of Monon-
gala, and Charles Lewis, of Harrison
made brief addresses, fully endorsing all
that has been said.
Mr.. John A. Thompson, of Jefferson,
said in his county the people were
all disfranchised; his precinct,
where six hundred people for
merly voted, there werc now but
thirteen; such was the tyranny practis-
ed in his county, and so it was in all
the interior of the State; let us act har-
moniously and together to overthrow
the Radicals who now misrule our State
and nation.
The Committee on Permanent Organi-
zation reported the following as the
permanent officers of the Convention a:
The Committee on Permanent Orgsni-
cation beg leave to submit the follow
ing named gentlemen for the different
positions:
For Permanent President, Colonel b.
II. SMITH.
For Permanent Vice Presidents-First
Senatorial District, Lewis Applegate, of
Brooke county; I'd, Fontain Smith, of
Marion; Sd, r. Davidson, of Taylor; 4th,
Cyrus Vance, of Harrison; 5th, j. V.
Rathburn, of Wood; 9th, NJ. Edmiston,
of Lewis: 9TH, John Hall, of Mason; eth,
II. 8. Sarnuels, Of Cabell; 9Th, A. S.
Sperry, of Greenbrier; 10th, Jonn Ja-
cobs, Of Hampshire; llth, John w. Ken
nedy, of Jefferson.
For Permanent Secretaries-J. s.
Campbell, of Brooke county; Okey
Johnston, of Wood; Lewis Shaffer, OF
Berkeley.
The concurrence of the Convention is