The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-15
The Humors Of the Convention.


Our friend DAvBEPoRT, who got of a
little joke in ihe Convention at the OK,
pcnsc of the ConIeierates, Is likely never
to hear tho last Of Il. He catches Il all
rounds while the little Jest unexplained
gave oiIcnsc to the Union element, the OK.
PLANTATION has exasperated the Conieder.
atcs. We have not copied oil the unlavora-
bic comments coming to hand In our cx-
ges, but feeling Il our duty 10 hold up
this youthful transgressOr rs an awful
example to other aspiring sons Of this
young and vigorous commonwealth who
may some day find themselves In a posi-,
ton whcc single hlunder might damn
them to everlasting fame, We feel con
strained to give the following from direct
ly opposite points oil views;
From the N. Y. Times. 'T'
"Western Virginia Is not altogether
hOnOFed by the proceedings In her Con.
stipltionaI Convention. Mr. George o.
DaVenport's motion to change tho names
of Lincoln and Grant counties 10 Davis
and Lee Is not tho kind 0i thing 10 gain
esteem even among tho staunChost Of the
former uphOllcrs Of the stars and bars.
Mr.. Davenport himself appears TO have
come to the same COnCluSion--aler hear.
Ing from tho press In his own and neigh.
boring disthcts-ior Il Is now given out
by his friends that his motion was ain.
tended 10 bnrlesque the exclusively Con.
iederatc disposition apparent in the Con.
Vention." This jocose legislator pro-
posed, he would have It believed, TO follow
up his motion with another providing
that no person who has not held q com.
mission as high as that Of. Colonel In the
Confederate army should DO qualified To
serve US CHAIRMAN Of any committee.
Meprint this explanation for what It Is
worth--which Is very little. Whether
tho funny Davenport Is veracious or not,
It Is clear, on either horn Of the dilemma,
that he Is unfit TO DO delegate to q Con-
stitutional Convention" I.
From the MGrtinsburg Statesman. Conied.
efate
A scalawag Democrat from Ohio county
by the name of Davenport, who is del.
egate TO the Constitutional Convention,
offered a resolution in the Convention to
change the names Of Grant and Lincoln
counties to Lee and Davis. It seems that
he intended the resolution as q burlesque
because Of the fact that several chairman.
ships had been given to gentlemen who
had sympathized with the South during
Its struggle for independence. 1t Is added
that he "also intended enlarging the
scope Of the resolution, so that nothing
should be considered passed unless voted
for by Is ex:rebel Majors, and that no
member Of the Convention should DO eli.
gible to the Craftsmanship OF a committee
unless he had been honorably discharged
from the Confederate army" iF
We do not know what may DO consid.
cred "burlesque" by the constituents oil
Mr.. Davenport; perhaps his making q
contemplate ass Of himself,is so regarded
by them, but without knowing anything
about him or caring to know, we venture
the assertion that he never faced rebel
during the civil war, except perhaps Ia
insult him as o. prisoner, or else TO beg q
favor at his hands. So far as the change
Of Grant and Lincoln counties to that o.
the names Of any person connected with
the Confederate army is concerned, nc
true Confederate soldier would stoop to
such littlencss and vindictiveness.