The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-18
WHEELING WEST VA THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY l8 1859

dust of his feet against Wheeling once
more and took his seat amid great
! perspiratfon.
Mr.. Smith of Kanawha followed in
i brief speech ridiculing the idea that the
Legislature was to be bought by glass
of peanuts and denying that the mem
bers were influenced in their votes on
other questions by this question or
locating the capital. He aYerred tor
himseIfthat no vote ofhis had ever been
influenced by any such considerations.
AS to wheeling being q smoky city, he
only wished there was more smoke In
other towns in West Virginia. he re-
joiced with Wheeling in her prosperity
as a manufacturing city and only
wished that other candidates for the
Capital had equal merits in that way.
1t was true there were some rebels
here. So there were everywhere. Lo-
cate the Capital where they would they
would find some; but he disclaimed the
idea that all Democrats were rebels. A
Democrat might be as good Union
man as YbOdy and still be Demo-
crat. For himself, he avowed he was
not the creature of any party, and
would as soon be the slave of a South
Carolina planter as to be the mere slave
OF party without the manhood to re-
fuse to obey its behests II 1t asked him
to do wrong.
Mr.. Flick followed in a speech in
which he rather went beyond the mem.
Der of Morgan, in denunciation of
Wheeling. He declared that In making
this proposition the citizens of Wheel
ing were wholly mercenary: They ex-
pected in some way to get back from
the Legislature every cent thus eXpend-
ed for the State. He referred to the
fact that some members had been
robbed of money ands valuables during
the session, and said if the citizens OF
Wheeling could not get back the money
which they proposed to donate the State
in any other way, they would steal 1t
from the members of the Legislature
while they were asleep. Referring to
this robbery as having taken place
now while the State is paying Its
he said that he supposed after
the citizens of Wheeling assumed
that expense they would rob the
members of the Legislature even OF
their boots. He complained that men,
bers were not invited to the houses OF
citizens of Wheeling, who would not
allow their wives and daughters to as
soclate with them. He didn't know
whether they were afraid of their wives
and daughters or afraid fthe members.
| The people of this town without regard
to party had made the Legislature a
| sort of scape.goat and laughing stock
tor several years. The exponent of the
dominant party here had referred to the
assembling of the Legislature as a
Ecalamity." This proposition was
wholly selfish and the persons who had
signed it would do all they conld to get
ont of the members of the Legis lature
bv some means, enough TO make them
selves whole. The gentleman proceed
| ed in this strain at considerable length
and with great vehemence: lie con-
cluded his remarks by reading a pro
position signed by the citizens OF Par
| accommodate
the State free, until the erection of
public buildings, and donating $5O, 600
cash to be expended on the capitol
building.
Mr.. Pinnell said he had listened with
a good deal of modification and pain TO
tho repeated attacks hero on the citizens
of Wheeling. He did not know that he
was any favorite of Wheeling, nor that
they occupied n position in his a1ec-
tiOns beyond what they are legitimate
| ly entitled to. But from his knowledge
Of the citizens of Wheeling, he knew
that the attacks made here were wholly
uniustitiable, unkind and void OF graf
| itude. He happened to know some
thing about the citizens of wheeling At
the time this State was graphing with
the enemy for her existence IN me
| Union, He was q member of the Con-
vention that first met here under tho
| restored Government, and he recollect-
| ed with pleasure the open arms with
which the citizens of Wheeling received
them from the interior and border coun-
ties of the State. ! know OF my own
| knowledge, he said, that gentlemen
whose names are appended to that pro-
| position, when we had not dollar TO
| nav our eXpenSeS-nOt dollar 10 pros
| ecute the restoration of the State
threw open the vaults of the banks TO
us, furnished us money an material
by which we were enaOled 10 make The
Slate fast to her moorings on the banks
| of the Ohio, l know That some OF the
gentlemen who acted with us then have
seen fl since to disagree with us po'
litically, but I know that oven
these gentlemen then afforded the
most material and efficient aid
that conld not have been had from any
other quarter" And now because at
the hour OF midnight-as there are In
all cities-some stragglers found their
way into private boarding house
where members had taken up their
board, and robbed them of their
watches and money, it was unbecom-
ing a Virginian to brand this commu-
nifty with dishonesty and theft. There
was within the corporate limits OF
| Wheeling, as loyal and hOspitnble a
snirit as he had found in the bosoms of
Virginians anywhere. Why this ap-
peal to passion, to party and to preju-
dice, to carry into execution plan
which, if consummated, must blight
the prospects OF the state Tor years 10
come, 1t was unbeooming Legisla-
ture, and gentlemen would find when
the vote was taken that they were mis-
taken in the material they were appeal
ing to. He appealed to members to di-
vest themselves of personal, sectional
or political feeling, and deal with the
question as statesmen-not degrade
themselves so much as to come down to
an attempt to malign and slander and
ipiure the fair fame of a class of persons
who stand equal to any before the coun-
try for their loyalty, hospitality and
moral honesty.
Mr.. Carroll moved the previous ques-
ton, and it was ordered.
The House refused to indefinitely
postpone by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Bowyer, Carpenter,
of Greenbrier, Carpenter, of Monroe,
Carroll, Core, Dlls. Flick, French, Gar
rison, Gold, Harrison, OF Jefferson,
Keever, Mahon. Manion, McClaskey,
of Morgan, Snider, Snodgrass, Tabler,
Tyson and Wright-25.
NAYS-Messrs. Fleming, (Speaker,)
Allison, Cunningham, DavissOn, Duff
fey, Edwards, Gibson, of Preston, Glib
} son, of Pocahontas, Harrison, OF Lewis,
Raymond, Hervey, HOwes, Hutton,
Jacob, of Ohio, Jacob, of Hampshire,
Kincaid, Lamb, Martin, PInnell, Put
} nam, Reynolds, Smith, of Kauawha,
Stifel, Thomas, Vance and Williams
2G.
Mr.. Martin then moved to lay the
resolution on the table, and 1t was
agreed to by rising vote-yeas 30i
OOaa OOt c00nt00.