The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-06
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CHARLESTON LETTER.
From a "LookCr on in Venice"
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From a "LOOkCr on In Venice"
Correspondence Of the InteIllgencer.
PERMANENT SEAT, January 81, '72.
Having little to do | have been spend
inc GOOD deal of my time nj the badly
Itspi5ated Church where the Convention
il holding its sessions. On Friday last,
the good people Of Charleston were agooa
Jesi disturbed owing TO u rllmOr lnat Tue
resolution having for Its object Inc re-
naval Of the Convention to Wheeling was
10 be called up. Long before Tue Oonveh.
lion was called TO order the Church was
crowded with the most active anu lnllu'
on,iaI citizens Of CharlestOn-most con-
sn; tr was COL B. Smith, "thc noblest
Roman of them all"-using their inilu'
ance N ieieat the resolution. When the
resolution was taken from the table on the
mo,Ion Of Mr.. Campbell, everything was
thrown into confusion, and the old charge
"f broken promises and bad faith
charged on the people Of the First
md Second Congressional Districts.
General Wheat, in n clear and animated
speech, denied that the pledge was made,
as well as the right Of any man or set OF
men TO pledge, mortgage or sell the poo
ple of the first district, and called for the
prOOt and name Of the man that had as
sumed such authority. No public re-
Spouse WINS made to the call, but II was
whispered In the crowd, "a distinguished
Senator from the Panhandle" On Gen.
Wheat taking his seat, everybody seemed
to expect that some one would rise and
make a disclaimer for the second district.
Although Col. Wilson, ofHarriSon, made
some very sensible and pertinent remarks
III favor Of tue resolution, yet the charge
that the people Of the second district were
pledged last winter not 10 disturb the
capital question directly or indirectly, il
tho people Of the Third Congressional
District would go for calling Constitu.
tional Convention, went wholly uncontra.
dicted. At this stage II was whispered In
the crowd, "silenCe gives consent" The
vote was then taken and the resolution
lost
Before knew much of Virginia | heard
il said that the representative men and
leaders Of the State had almost unlimited
control over the uneducated masses Of her
people This has not been said Of West
Virginia, but il the charges made in the
Convention on Friday were true, il would
indicate tie same state of things in the
the new State
My strongest partialities arc for the
Panhandle and her people, but l must
confess that the department and Kindness
Of the people Of Charleston are well cal.
Cuated to win the good opinion OF n
stranger, and If the seat Of government
remains in the beautiful valley of the In.
nawha, Charleston in less than ten years
will be the largest city in the State.
1t is understood beyond her limits
that West Virginia is loyal State,
hut it looks here as though the
heroes Of tue "lOst cause" are on top.
It is said this morning that the Conven.
ton, on Saturday, changed the names Of
tue counties Of Lincoln and Grant TO
Lee and jeff. Davis. This is probably u
mistake, but such is the talk on the street.
But very amusing scene did occur on
Saturday. The Convention was adopting
rules for its future government, when u
rule was offered providing that, on the
motion OF a member-seVcn others con.
Curring-thc yeas and nays should be or.
dercl on any question TO he voted on by
the House, when gentleman by the name
Of DcvilpOrt moved to amend by requir.
ing the concurrence Of fifteen members in
the call This proposition seemed likely
10 pass without opposition, when tall,
good'lOoking man sprang TO his feet in q
remote corner of the hall-the Presi.
dent called him Willis, or some such
name, and amidst much confusion spoke
about the twelve apostles, and something
about Paul and Timothy; about this time
the noise became so great that it was i'm.
possible for an outsider TO hear what was
said, ANIL the vote being called for, the
once popular amendment was voted down
with but one dissenting voice. Many
regrets were expressed among the oulsid-
Crs that they could not hear and under.
stand what the twelve Apostles had 10 do
with the question, but one thing is certain
The speech killed the amendment.
You may not hear from me again from
this point, but II in my travels anything
should transpire worthy Of note, / will
drop you line. PANHANDLE.