The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-08-03
THE DEMOCRACY OF CaBELL
I'll ZrT To- ~
ON the state and National
Tickets.
LITTLE COMFORT FOR BoLrkRs.

ssmbled at the Court Honee to hear the
speeches OF Hon. B. W. Byrne and II. :
Walker. About o'clock the meeting was
organized, and T.. =. kicksits, Esq, intro
duced Col byrne, who made one Of his
characteristic speeches. It was plain.
straightforward and sensible, and was
a thorough and exhaustive discussion OF
the merits OF the proposed new Consttu-
ton. DE started Out BY saying that ours
lshould be government og the people and
that it was the business of the people to
see that they had a good government: aud
/ II they tailed TO do so it would be their
own fault. The speaker next referred to
the history OF the present Constitution and
government showing how the State was
organized how many of her citizens took
part III the organization, and the circum.
stances surrounding them at the time
lie showed by facts and figures that the
present Constitution was adopted by about
one third OF the citizens of the State. and
that many who voted Tor it did so under
I
the bayonet at their backs; aud that i, was
no Constitution OF the people or Tor the
/ people. He next showed what strenuous
Fffioris the radicals had made to defeat
the call OF Convention to revise the pres
! ent Constitution, and what efforts the, are
/ making TO prevent the adoption Of the
new one; how Stevenson had said that II
would cost over $500, 900 to frame n new
/ Constitution, when the actual cost vas
less than $4,000; and how the proposed
Constitution was so bitterly denounced hy
the radicals, when they were unable or
unwilling to point out a single defect in ii
The speaker reviewed the present Const tn.
ton, and in eloquent language PORTRAYED
the iniamy that it's partisans have hrou.ht
Upon 1t and themselves, and the iniauites
they have perpetrated under ic the crimes
& Of their boards oil registration and Of th cir
county boards OF supervision; aud how
persons opposed to the party in power were
I stricken from the list of Ie2istrar,d voters
because. they would not "bow the pregnant
hinges OF the knee that thrift might follow
iawnng" The present and PROPOSED
Constitutions were compared, and their
SEPARATE merits ablyRpd fully discussed
the expenses Of each were compared; the
respective school systems OF both we've
I Analysed, and the merits OF the one pro.
VIded under the proposed Constitution
shown to be infinitely better than the one
prov ided Tor in tie present Constitution
RNex, the proposed settlement Of land titles
under the new Constitution was examined
aud the vast importance Of the question to
the peopleloi this State fully discussed
Then the roli Y of the radical party and
! their tactics were handled in u manner
that showed that Col Byrne knew where.
of he WAS speaking, and ho had the rapcr,
too Taken all in all, the Col. made an
excellent speech that will have good effect
in our county
II. $. MAKER
/ Ailer Col. Byrne bad concluded calls
were made Tor Walker aud a small man
with limp in his gait, but large proved
and cagle-cyei, came to the front OF the
stand, and began addressing the people
/ Hardly had dozen words been spoken by
/ the LITTLE stranger, before the audience
recognized that they lad one before them
who, by lis intellect and genius. could
charm T. EN-. Hume the already bright IA.
ses Of Democratic history, and tell with a
bitter, brilliant tongue. tae crimes and ll
lies, the treason and tr,achcry OF our an
clcnt enemies aud ihcir ncw-found allie.
And they were NOT disappointed. From
the very fest, he held his audience on.
chained by his brilliant defamation. sha-p
= points and hard hi,, rpnl hc.ws- com.
PEELED to quit and lease .n OBJ, train ,r
home
Nr Walker drs reviewed the li tory of
radical rule in thc State and It's GnaI over
b throw by the Dcmocaic party Hrth.n
: p.acci before his audience the b..tory of
+ The naturalization OF tue Democratic pn-
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