The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-25

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and put together the fragments Of o
Union that Rad been well nigh destroyed
"A work itself that should give immor.
tally TO any political party. It has given
lands 10 the landless. It has given homes
to the homeless. In the midst Of strife
aye, in the midst OF anarchy-it has pre-.
served the credit OF the nation; and
while It continued to rapidly dimin-
ished It's debt, 1t has also diminished
its taxation. Applause. Need say
anything more about the Republican
partyH It has given freedom TO our do.
main; It has said the great principle Of
this country and Of this government Is
liberty and not slayery;it has lifted up the
white man and 1t has stricken the letters
from the limbs Of the slave. Applause
The brightest record Of any political par.
ty that has existed upon the stage Of hu.
man action since the angels sung their
song Of peace to the shepherds Of
Judea. Applause, And, gentlemen,
II say to-day, when l look upon
these upturned faces-when I look
at the class Of men who arc here
when | sec the men who have stood
through evil as well as through good re.
port; who have been flushed with victory
and who have suffered under defeat and
disaster-when ! see such u body Of rep.
resentative men here to-day, to represent
the Republican party oil West Virginia.
l think Imay prophesy that the Republi.
can party in West Virginia Is not quite
dead yet [Applause.]
nou Nbnn nn0i1nHnnn that nUnn n MIR
State, by cultivating proper feeling OF
friendship amongst ourselves, unity
amongst ono another, devotion
to principle, and proper re-
spect and candid and honorable
treatment Of our political opponents, the
time Is not for distant when even in this
little State oil West Virginia the Republl,
can party will again assume the reins Of
power. Applause And VIC see the indi.
cations Of that already. And while do
not wish to say anything disrespectiul Of
our political opponents here to-day, do
hope and pray that the time is not far
distant when they will make such mis-.
takes-happily they are making them
already-as will disorganize and divide
them and unite the party that made
the State Of West Virginia and gave
1t all that has become up to the present
time. [Applause.l
l do not wish, gentlemen, to indicate
what policy you should pursue here. l
ask you to consider every proposition made
calmly, patiently and in a proper spirit
Let there be good temper, good order and
system, and On honest determination to
arrive at that conclusion which is best
for the State and best for the party, and
then let all hands unite In carrying that
policy to successful termination. Wher-
ever we have the power in the State my
policy would be 10 hold it and to over.
come, il possible, overwhelm, the common
enemy; and where we arc weak, would
be willing to adopt the ancient policy Of
divide and conquer" Keep up your
organization, gentlemen; adhere to the
principles Of your party, rendering what
it has already done and whatit is TO do in
the future; and am willing to predict
that even in the near future we
will not only have triumph
in the State Of West Virginia, but
under the lead OF the man who conquered
conspiracy against the Republic at APP
pomatax and led us safely through Zap
plause], we will be led in 1879 to another
Republican victory. Again, say, the
policy Of the Republican party has been
10 save the Union, to guarantee human
! rights, to preserve the integrity Of the
nation. It's policy in the future is to save
and to protect and to preserve these
rights, and to continue in its upward and
in its onward course OF policy until the
restoration policy Of the country is finally
consummatGd, and until its greatest pros.
perity and permanent peace shall dwell
everywhere throughout the length and
breadth Of this nation.
Thanking you again, gentlemen, for
your kindness, l propose at once to pro.
coed TO the business of the Convention.
Applause,
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
| Mr.. ALEXANDER, from the Committee
on Basis of Representation, reported that
the Committee had agreed to recommend
that the apportionment of the House Of
Delegates be adopted as the basis of vot-
ing in this Convention, each county cast.
; ing twelve votes here for each delegate to
which it Is entitled in the House under
the present Constitution.
Gen. G. W. Brown, Of Taylor, moved
the adoption OF the report.
Gov. PElRPoINT said he he was opposed
TO it. This, said he, is not Republican,
nor is there anything fair in that repre-.
sentation. You will find under it
counties that have fifteen hundred
to two thousand Republican votes to
back the action that may be taken
in this Convention set off by other
counties that perhaps have not SIX hun.
dred. Now, sir, l have no idea of adopt
ing any such principle. The proper mode
of representation is on the Republican
vote, say for the presidency in 1868 or the
congressional vote Of 1870. Either of
those will afford q fair basis, under which
Monongalia will not be set of by 400 Re-
publican voters in Tucker and Randolph,
or Of 800 somewhere else, and so on
through the list. There is nothing fair,
sir, in such representation. There is
not solitary argument Of reason that can
be used showing why 800 Republicans in
Taylor County shall be set oil by 300 in
some other county. That is the objection
I have to it; and with view Of ascer-
tanning the sense Of this Convention, l
move us o substitute that tho presidential
Republican vote of 1868 be adopted as
the basis of representation in this Con.
vention.
The proposition was received with
slight applause. John r. Hubbard, OF
Ohio, seconded it.
Mr., WALLACE, of Ohio, said the com.
mittee had tried 10 secure copy Of the
vote of 1868 or Of 1870, and failing 10 do
so were forced to make their report in
: some definite shape, that the Convention
could act on without having to send out
committee to find the basis. No such
thing as the vote OF the State for 1868 or
1870 could be had. If Gov. Peirpoint
proposed TO substitute tho voto of 1893