The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-02
RennbIicnn state convention.

nh. ,,,o,.Ivpcd. the Republlcan State Genital
r,.-sr,i,,"o n discharge Of he dutles imposed
Soon ,ScT,. call upon tho yoterS Of thS Republl'
~ ra,ty in West Virginia TO Scndgdelegatcs to 4
sM,e Convention, to DO held In the city Of Par
krr,burg, on the R9d day June next at 10 oeiSek
IN. for The piFpOSe 81 nominating candidates
for .hs State .OFascS q pc altcd a tho ensuing
election.
Tho Committee Fecommend:,
THAT In each county, unlO8 Other arrange
mepts arc made by ItS Executive Committee The
County Convention assemble at tho Court House
ON Saturday, the 4Eh day Of June next TO choose
delegates to the State Convention. W..
That such delegates be authorized to meetln
tho proper district conventions fOr the nominA-
ton Of candidates for Congress And the vacant
State SenAtorshps. f.
That each County Convention ill any vacancies
that may exist in the Executive Committee Of The
county, 70 that . I'LL list Of tho committee NAY
be reported at tho State Convention, and take
such other action n. may eondues,t 10 thorough
and effective organization.
For the drst time the coIofed citizens Of INC
State ind themselves invested with political
rights, Itmay, not DO Inappropriate, therefore,
10 remind them that they now lavo the same
concern % other citizens In the deliberations Of
marty conventions, add In the results Of popular
elections. TO those Of thCm who hold to tho Re
publican faith this call Is therefore addressed as
well as 70 Other Republicans.
1t was tho Republican party that subduCd the
rebellion. II was the Democratic party that M
augurated and carried on the rebellion; and that
marty Is to-day but tho political Representatives.
tho dcIunct COnEedeFacy. The so-called Demo
cratic party processes no principles. It's only ap
peal for support 10 the declaration Of purpose
TO reverse at the decisions Of the war, which
could only be reversed by the same dread arbl'er'
The responsibility for the calamltlcs OF the rebel
lion can never be lifted from the Democratic
party. The very uamU Of that party savofs OIL
treason and crime. It IL impossible that any
party bearing that name, especially when led BY
the leaders and aVowing the objects OF that rebel
lion, can be again trusted by the people
Of this country. Only those who ADHERE
to the purposes OF tho defeated rebels CaT
longer follow tho fallen fortunes Of this beaten
remnant Of tho rebellion, called the Demo
cntIc party. All who aocept the results OF th'
war, and dcsIre 10 see the complete cstAh
lIshment Of political equality, must there
fore seek other political associations. TIT
Democratic party can never claim to bc I'M
representative and exponent Of the new idea
developed by the war The Republican part!
has been the instrument at once Of saving lh'
Union and Of inaugurating the now era In Its his
tory. Having made all tho people citizens, ant
all the citizens equal before the law, 1t now seek
only TO maintain and pcrpctuate the bCncacCnt 70
suits II has achieved.
Ina spirit OF charity, desiring to close the con
troVcrsles Of Tho past, our party has already 70
moved many disabilities imposed in time
public peril, as measures then Just and necessary
upon persons engaged In tho rebellion. In III
same ppirIt and to the same end It has, throuSl
Its majority In our Legislature, sgnlaCd iS pur
uosc TO relieve the same class from tho pOlitiea
disabilities yet resting on them, as rapidly az th
Consultation Of the Stats will permit,
1t cannot be doubted that many who have no
heretofore acted with the Republican party nov
acquIesco In the results Of It's policy, and Tealin
that the public welfare will not DO promoted b!
further attempts to reopen settled issues, as pro
pOScd ny the UcnOCIHcy' HuES ~ Nv AUN''',
why such persons should not be In practical an'
harmonious cooperation with tho Republican
party; and all such therefore as In good faiu
abide tho decisions Of tho war, desire to SEQ th,
complete cxtInguIshmcnto Of political incqualtlU'
and tho restoration Of an era Of charity and gOOt
feeling, and arc willing to cooperate with Tx
Republican party to effect these ends, arc cordial
Iy Invited to representation In the Convention tf
he held under this call.
GRANVILLE D. HALL
JouN II. HUBBARD.
SAMUEL D. MoCOLLoCu
HARMON SINsE14
Republican State CMtruI Committee
Wheeling, april %, 1870.