The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-27
The Call for a Republican state
Convention

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u Convention ut Parkcrsburg on Wcdnes.
day, the 92d of June next, to nominate
candidates for the various State offices that
arc to be filled atthe 0ctober. election. ~
The time and place are perhaps as well
chosen as any that could have been select.
cd by the Committee, although there arc
generally some good reasons for holding a
Convention later in the season and Thus
making what is known as short, sharp
and decided campaign. Still, in a State
situated like ours, the matter Of travel
by the boats is always an important con.
sidCratiOn in connection with any general
gathering, and late day in the summer
exposes delegates 10 the delays and other
annoyances incidcnt.tO low water in the
rivers. All things considered, therefore,
the day named will, We presume, suit the
convenience Of most delegates better th@n
later period.
The call appears without the signature
Of Mr. CALDWELL, the fltth member oI
the Committee, the explanation Of which
Is that he is absent at this time at Charles
ton in the discharge Of his professional
duties us the Attorney General OF the
State
As to the call itseII, It win be seen TINT
the Committee deal ut some length with
the political situation as we find iLto-day
throughout the State and country. An
important feature Of their address is an
invitation to the newly enfranchised col.
ored citizens to avail themselves Of this
their first OppOrtunity.Of taking part in
our public affairs, as ior instanccin the
primary meetings that are to select dele.
gates TO the county conventions. A par
ticipAtiOn Of this character has now be.
come both their right and their duty, in.
nslnuch as the lawmaking power Of the
nation has invested them with all the
privileges and responsibilities ofclectors ut
the polls. They arc no longer mere ciphers
in the body polite, to be lcgislatcd for and
governed either as Clluttcls or aliens, but
cnual before the Iaws and 10 he oberntcd
upou bv the laws exactly the same us
other citizens in all respects whatsoever.
We may here note the iilct as one Of the
incidents orthe times and as showing how
readily our hitherto hostile and indignant
fellow citizens the Democrats accommo.
Ao,o ,hun,sp,ves tn Tho changed situation,
Tim, o,,ite n canvass il now roinC on in the
unrthwos, nort or,hc State looking To the
roloroi, votc Will n ,nost clnmelrm like
nc,litv fine Democracy arc already before
,hn nHhlic' 'asscrlinu ,licircloim tn This vote
nv tho urorrd of their well known friend.
din r,r tho colorcd racc The case re.
Minds rv mt - l,ttlc of SLakespearc's An.
,nv;o mn, shvlock "NTonv n time and Oft !"
snId thelatter tothe former, p" You called inc
"cn,.,hrou dop and spit upon nv Jewish
",n,rnarlinr Il now appears you need
"mv helm You TINT did void your rhellm
"unop nv heard and foot me, us YOU
"snurp n stranger cur over your tl,rcsll-
"old Shall | bend low, and in
"a hondsmnn's kcy, with batcd
uhro,t,, ,n1 whisnrring humblcncss sly
uu,;s. Fair s;r vou sDit on me on
"Wriucs,Iav Inst Won spurncd INC such u
"d,v mn o,ncr time YOU called me dog
"orI lor tbcsc courtcsies I'll lend Won thus
"n,cb monies"
II sccms IN us Tint this scene from the
immortal dramutistmOre nearly bcflts and
ch,r,c,ori,cs ,hc ottcn,ntctl and prcsump.
,uora advances or the DemOcracy toward
tho co,orcd rconle than cnuld INV words
or our own and If the Democracy Ind the
cor1or or tho ancient indiy;dunl to whom
III. S,rc,s,ic rcbukc Of ShvlOck was nd.
,,rcsocI ,vou,d they mt Say TO The
ooIor,I vo,ors no Ar,orio rcrlicl to his
v,h;,nn, v;c,;m ~ nm ,s III ~ 10 spit or
"thc. nrain ~ sn,rn thee too. II thou
"wiIt lend ,bis money lend II not rs to thy
"Cricnds Init lend IL rather to thine
"cnrmv"
Dut lin Democracy have not the candol
If thr n,nr who ipsuIted and abused III,
noor lew on thc OCCASION referred to. ant
who IN fcw days thereafter sought ait
nj nis hands notwithstanding the public
rccorl of their offences md contumclic,
toward tho colorcd race is us notorious u
onv far, IN their whole history Us n party
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