Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-08
THE BALL MOVING,


Non only the 'Pan- Handle" but an the
western parts of the State, seem to be alive 10
the importance of the Convention Question.
Meetings are being hela IN that portion Of
tho State every day in the week, aud tire
greatest enthuiasm manifested. The friends
of Convention are bouyant of success.
An immense Mass Meeting was held II
Wheeling on Tuesday night of last week,
which the Register represents rs the largest
aud most enthusiastic held since the war
Tie Hon. Cd. Faulkner delivered an able
and elaborate speech, as aiso thu Hon. Ukey
johnson, of Wood. The Hon. VIM. Il.
Travers of this town being present, was called
upon to respond, which he did viii brcvity,
but of which the Register thus kindly re,
marks:
Hon. w. II. Travers of Jefferson county,
was introduced. We regret that our Space
will not permit the publication of rerJatin.
report OF his remarks. He is u gentleman Of
elOqucnce and the following brief synopsis
conveys no idea of the smOOt4iHess aud ele>
gauce Of his style Of speaking :"
MIR. TRAVERS' SPEECH.
am, fellow citizens, in the condition of the
alderman who was appointed to make speech
after Edmund Burke, who had just finished
one OF those great oratOrical fights that placed
him among the great orators Of the world
Burke had just concluded, and with the brill
liant sentences still ringing in his ears, the
alderman arose and said, ..Gentlemen. YOU
have heard what Mr.. Burke has said 1 saw
ditto, gentlemen" Thai, said Mr. Trayers.
is my case. YOG have heard the clouueat
gentlemen vino have preceded me- 10 all
they have said say ditto" They had GOV.
cred 1he entire ground, he said, aud there was
but little for him to do but 20 reite.a,c the ar
currents Of those gentlemen.
lie came from the Shenandoah Valley awl
although separated from the Ohio By the mag.
niiccut Allegtauies, our Interests are ideuii-
cal.
FEAR that our history IS not known to you.
Would you believe it, that in the county of
Jefferson, with POO voters, there have been
occasions when we had but 800 persons per-
mitted to voteZ Will it be believed that in
Grant township, in that county, with 600 free.
men VINO were entitled 20 ali the PRIVILEGES
of such, but eight voters held twelve uffices-
not enough to 30 round In that county were
men who had borne arms bot only in oar ear
lier wars with foreign foes bat who also in
tie late terrible struggle bore the Gag Of the
country and were marked with honorable
scars, who were DISTINGUISHED becaEse thew
would not vote the Radical ticket, and to
whom the question was put, Will you vote the
Republican ticket, or will you take your place
among the disiranchised
In Jefferson county We arc mixing no cam
vaSs. There is no one to argue the question
with. When the 24;h day Of August comes
that county viii give minority Of 1000 to
f2U0En ElCOr OEtho Constitutional Conveatfon
Ihere are msny things in the present Consti>
tuttoW that sttHu!d be ch1uged By our Con,
sutuIon US now amended large number of
cOiOTcd Citizens III my county arc not rcpre.
seated, aud Jefferson c"Enty will therefore
lose adelegate, aud will the Republicans who
have taken the cplOIed men undcr special nro
lection, and made them citizens, DENY then,
the right Of representation Aud no, only
does this effect our local representation. bT,
under the F"Urier|;h Amendment it affects
the representation in Congress fer that amend
men:. 1t viii he remembered, looks to this
very matter Of non represented citizens.
There are nisny ihImGS in the Consultation
that neod rcturr"ins. The present township
system should be changed. II is costly Without
producing adequate results for the Urea, out.
lay. "m not prepared To say would favor
change i'll the ballot. tor though am more
accustomed TO the v:ea rare plan, am satis.
fed that the redenPri"m ni the people Of NV
county s due - tlIcSe silent missivcs that fell
SO heavily upon those in power then.
fTou the feeling in my part of the State.
said Mr.. Travcrs. am Satisfied that the people
Will, on the 9th day of August order a Con-
s'itutional Convention TO be held, by alaiori-
ty SO decided that there shalt be no ces;I about
it. When the Constitution is formed when
tn" greatly needed changes shall be made,
when the abuses under which some of our citi.
zens have gT"anrd are so far removed out of
the way that there can be no chance of their
ever bein. repeated under the shadow Of
constitutional enactment, then will West Vir-
GINA start forward on career of prosperity.
GuATS The Richmond CORRESPONDENT of
the Petersburg Courier says:-.'A Northern
firm has recently leased large grazing farm
in Powhatnn county, about twelve or fifteen
miles from Richmond aud has stocked it with
goats, and understand tina, they intend rails.
ing them altogether They have already sent
up between one aud two hundred, and pros
pose to put between $1,000 sud IS 900 on
their farm soon a. they tan get them.
The main profit III this business is the kid skin
which sells very high in northern markets
and am told that one cannot tell the differ
en:e between lamb and the meat Of the kid :"
DEATH OF Hon. JouN SLIDELL.-.A recent
cable dispatch from London announces tn.
death of Hon. John Slidell, at the age Of
seventy-eight years 1t has been Just three
months since the death Of Hon. James NJ
Mason, with whose namc that Of Nj CI;joII