The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-18

State Convention, held AT farkerS""rS
last Saturday night, -zs- -..s..-....
T. y, Camden, Esq said ;afas
All true Democrats went to the Con-
vention with the purpose Of sacrificing
all selfish considerations for the good OF
the party, and 10 promote lie harmony
and success You arepresented with a
good ticket, one that deserves your con-
tidence and support. The nominee for
Governor is n native of our own State,
a lawyer of high standing in his protes-
sion, man Of pure and unblemished
character, courteous, frank and kindly
in his bearing, and what cannot be too
highly appreciated, he is honest in all
his purposes. Asa Democrat he is I'M
waverins in his convictions, but liberal
in his views, and charitable to those
who differ with him i'll opinion, and If
elected will seek to promote the good OF
the whole people and the advancement
OF the hest interests ofsthe State. The
nominee for the Court Of Appeal, q. Z.
T. Moor, of'Mason county, Is gen
tleman of distinguished legal ahility-a
man of high character and great per-
sonal popularity He was the Demo,
cratic nominee tor Congress i'll the third
district two wears ago, and will he an
ornament 10 the bench. The other
gentlemen on the ticket are equally de-
serving of your support and confidence,
and suited to the position for which
they were selected. In regard 10 the
platform, he had but a word TO say,
I the committee on, resolutions made
majority and minority report on
! the resolutions touching the disfran-
chised i'm the State The majority re-
port favored in express terms the con
stitutional amendment proposed by the
/ last legislature known as the Flick
Amendment. The minority report
which was adopted, pledges the party in
general terms 70 favor the most speedy
means of entranchising the disfran-
chised Upon the question OF eniran-
/ chiseincnt, there j. no difference Of
/ opinion amongst Democrats. All favor
/ il, and aim at the same result, and
. only differ as 10 the best and most
/ speedy means Of accomplishing II. lie
and the rest of the Wood county dele
gates favored endorsing the Flick
| Amendment a> Il means already lnau-
guratcd and well advanced towards IT.
consummation, but the resolution as
adopted, commits the party 10 the most
speedy method, and as consequence,
( if the Flick Amendment is the most
speedy method, we stand committed to
| il, and on the other hand, if there Is
anv other means more speedy, that was
practicable, he would embrace il with
all his heart. 50 that after all, ii was
only the best manner OF getting at the
same result
Okev johnson, Esq. made most
eloquent and telling speech. He said
he had attended the Charleston Con-
ventiOn, which was one OF the largest
and most respectable ever convened IN
the State, and was composed Of some
, 800 delegates from every county in the
State except two. They all wanted TO
harmonic the Conservative elements Of
! the State and enlranchise the dlstran-
chiscd That two years ago the Radi-
Gals told us that negro suffrage should
not be enforced upon the State without
the consent of the people but hat il
had been done blythe Fifteenth APPEND
ment. That the negroes were voting,
while our best and oldest citizens were
DISTINGUISHED, (Col B. II. Foley said,
II am one, and DR.. Clark is another }
That negroes had been appointed dele
gates to the Radical State Convention,
and had been put upon the Executive
committee OF Wood county, and he was
glad to hear that many Republicans
had declared their intention to support
that party no longer-he had already
heard Of eleven in Williams township
alone. That the Convention had sought
to harmonic all the Conservative elc-
ment-it had done 30 and now asked to
he endorsed.
Col. j. NJ Jackson paid high com
pliment to the candidates nominated. He
didn't stop To inquire about their poIlti-
cal antecedentS, il they were right now
would take old line Wings and old
line Democrats, and unite them all.
That Mr.. Jacob was an old line Dem
ocrat while others on the ticket were
old line Wings lie paid glowing
tribute to the legal abilities and person
al character OF Mr.. Moore, the candi-
date for Judge Of the, Supreme Court
The ticket embraced all the Conserva-
tive elements Of the State, and was
tower of strength 10 the Democratic
party. That we wanted to promote the
prosperity of the State and encourage
emigration, but that it could not be
done while the, emancipa slave was
controlling the ballot-box aud the lair
AnglO-SaXon was made to take back
seats. lie reminded the audience that
Gov. Stevenson and Gov. Foreman had
told them in that very Court House that
when ANYBODY said the Republican
party was in favor OF negro suffrage To
set Il down as II Democratic lie and To
cram the lie down their throats.
Where's the lie now He did not
mean TO interfere with the negroes
voting but did intend that the white
man should vote.
Walter s. Sands, Esq, being called
for, made a short speech. lie spoke in
high commentator OF the action of the
Convention and the character Of the
ticket nominated, urging all Conserva-
tives to earnestly labor in its behalf.
He said the laws DISTINGUISHING 50
many white men would only be repealed
by the Democratic party; that the Radi-
Gals would not repeal them and did not
intend to. They passed them, and
could have repealed them at any time
since, but have steadfastly refused to do
So That last winter, when they were
pressed to the wall, they voted for the
Flick Amendment which merely prom
ised repeal at some future day, and