The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-16
TAYLOR COUNTY.
Mass Meeting at Pruntytown-
Speech by Hon. B. F. Martfn-No-
body for Jacob.

Mass Meeting at Pruntytown-
Speech by Hon. b. f. Martin-No.
body for Jacob.
TAYLOR COUNTY, July Is, 1872.
Editors OF the Register:
The Democrats OF Taylor county held
meeting at Pruntytown on Saturday,
the 18th Of July for the purpose Of
appointing delegates to the Senatorial
Convention to be held at Phillippi on
the 18th inst, and alec to appoint dele
gates to the Congressional Convention
whenever held. In consequence of it
having been announced that there would
be speeches made in favor of the pro-
posed Constitution, there was a large
turn out not only OF Democrats but
many leading Republicans of the
county. After the meeting was called
to order, the Hon. Benjamin F. Martin
addressed the meeting in a speech OF
about two hours length in support OF
the proposed Constitution and in favor
the State ticket as nominated by the
Parkersburg Convention. Mr.. Martin,
after his usual dignified style, discussed
the various changes and features of the
Constitution in a clear and forclble
manner and was listened to with pro-
found respect and marked attention and
many of the Republican friends ad-
mitted afterward that it's features were
good, vastly superior to the one we now
have. Some OF them will support it.
and many more would, if they were
permitted to exercise their unbiased
Judgment, free from party preJudlces.
AT the close of Mr.. Martins remarks,
be stated that he regarded Mr. Jacob
as being brought forward by the Re-
publicans for Governor, urged by them
to become a candidate, for the purpose
of defeating the Constitution, distract-
ing and disorganizing the Democratic
element in the State, SO that at the
election in October they might be able
to elect a Republican Governor, and
again place the State under Radical
rule, and that this was their prime mo-
tive in supporting him, as had already
been announced by some OF their lead
ers. Mr.. Martin stated that he had
gone to the Convention at Parkersburg
as the friend of Governor Jacob, and
intended to use all honorable means IN
his power to have him nominated; but
Mr.. Jacob having refused to allow his
name to 90 before that Convention, he
could do nothing for him, and that he
now felt aggrieved that he should turn
his back upon mis- friends who labored
earnestly to honor him with the posi-
ton he now holds, and that while he
liked Governor Jacob as man, he
loved his party and its principles more,
and therefore would give his hearty
support to Mr.. Camden and the entire
State ticket.
At our meeting there was present
about the Jacob Influence OF the county,
among all the Democratic party consist
ing of perhaps a dozen men, some OF
whom are good, honest Democrats who
have been mislead and deceived by the
Radical texts that the Convention was
DaCkeu, IDdL hE. SdtuuCu 10 a NoN
man, ETC., etc. Some others among
them are Democrats only when they
are certain that the Democrats are in a
majority. The Democratic party
would do we'll to get rid Of them alto
gether, but there seems to be no chance
of doing so unless they go where they
are not known, because they are so
we'll known here that the Radicals won't
take them in. After Mr.. Martin con-
cluded his remarks one Of them rose
to say something in behalf OF Governor
Jacob, "said that he had been a Demo
crat all his life and longer that he had
been conceiveda Democrat, and now was
unwilling to be read a Radical because
he was for Jacob. Well, he was a
very small Democrat then, but he was
lust about as large a one then as he is
now, and did as much for the party.
TAYLOR.