The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-01

I0NIueuCe uhfo VI bnlS ulBclO9uTC rest
on the confidence l have In tho truth O
my friends supplimental, by the ACT tha
the replyt 10 Ames was given into M
hands for mail today. My countryhen
Ames Is here, q candidate Tor governor
following out his purpose. Should he bt
chosen, q war Of races begins In the State
This means destruction to all hopes. The
purpose OF Ames and his followers Is tc
rob the people. When / was Governor
was approached With q proposition tC
pay. Union Bank bonds. A corrupt gov
ernor could make large sum. l was
told the bill could pass the Legislature.
l replied, that II the law was passed
should make an effort 10 transfer the cor
rupt portion Of the Legislature TO the
penItenliary. I have been In the past a
bond payer. | am not now. The war
stripped the South Of her property. The
slaves were set free. Thank God the in
stltution Of slavery has lound It's
grave. 1t would be unjust 10 you,
colored men to tax your muscle and
sweat TO pay O debt contracted forty
years ago by our masters, and by them
repudiated. Shall the bondholder be per.
mitted TO return you once more to sla-
VeryP Shall you, in your poverty, be
taxed TO return the money with interest
which brought your father slave TO
Mississippi No, my cOun,rymen, this
must not be. Yet danger is before Us.
What guarantee have you that these
bonds are not the objective point OF the
advCnturer who now heads your ticket?
What interest has he in Mississippi other
than 10 debase Mississippi 10 his own
use? What weight is to be given the
pledges ola political adventurer, who lives
more than u thousand miles beyond your
barrlersY viii you risk thirty millions
OF dollars on this mans word VIII
YOU risk so much on tho resolutions Of
This cOnyentiong Oh, my countrymGn,
elect this man, and to you / lear all hope
Is lost. Lot him remodel your courts, let
him appoint this man Hill, ,FOl NicRsburg,
TO the supreme bench OF your Statc-a
man who hNR brought disgrace upon thL
name Of Chancellor. man who, willis
holding the office of Chancellor, that he
might serve Amcs, pcrpetratcd fraud
on the people Of the South by having
himself certified as a delegateto this On.
vention from II county which lies q hun
drel miles from his home. Shame on this
dishonOrcd mani lie is too exalted, am
told, TOO supreme to Judge G. Wiley
Wells, beaten Tor delegate in his own
county, who holds tho office Of United
States District Attorney for tho Northern
district Of Mississippi. This man Wells,
who dlsgfaces the name OF lawyer, after
being beaten in his own county as can
didate Tor delegate, by some means, rep
resented here in Convention the county
OF Alcorn. .. G. French, who is now
the candidate Tor Representative in
Adams county was an officer In the
Freedman's Bureau and agent for your
colored men,. Is deiaulter to tho govern.
ment and is now RuGd for $l2 600 or $15,'
900, and has been cndeavoring to COM
promise by paying 81 900. This public
deiaulter comes here o delegate from
Smith county. Thus i might go on for
an hour IN, exposure oil tho fraud which
rests on the iace 1.-THE Convention, which
came here to nominate Ames and bring
ruin upon the Mississippi Colored men.
What has Ames done for your Did you
see him incur danger for your sake. He
tells you no fought for you. Oh, tho lit
tie mani Had there not been d
larger one than 'hei You would yet be In
your mRnacleg did: he when here, ever
riAlr Iimselt beyond tie reach Of. the
government bayonetE Is he capable Ol
rendering you service in theioFm Of col
ored menF Did Inot bear your banner
In 1863? Did you see me in the fierce con.
flictY Did I assume danger for your sake?
you toIhiWed me then, then stand by me
now, and you will lstand for your countrys
Rood. Honest men are here IN the midst
Who are from the north. They have lost
their fortunes with US, they have not come
hero to rob but to enrich the State, aud
to better their fortunes. We honor these
men, while We denounce the adventurer
and th;oC, be they white OF blaek,Vrom north
or south, and, God helping US, VIC will
drive them from all places OF public trust
To the whites OF Mississippi we will
appeal for support, come with us,
you Democrats Of the past, why
hesitate now2 come join, with these north.
ern Republicans, WHO arc with us, and
with the colored people arc for their
countrymen. Come, you men OF Missis.
sippi strike one blow for the peace and
safety of your State. Ames Is the enemy
Of your race. In Congress he has traduc-
cd and slandered them. He said I was
protecting the Democrats In the murder
Of colored people by the hundreds, to
stir up the col0red mans blood against
the vhite race. He knew the charge
was false; that his letter was lie. But
his purpose he was following up. Elect
him. nv countrymen, let him remodel
your courts. AThe LegislatuFe will pass
the law Z corrupt courts will expound 1t,
and Ames with tho bayonet will en-
torceit. What has Ames done for you in
Congress? Find ono measure in Congress
looking TO tho relief OF the South which
had the support oi Ames. IdeClare him
10 be, In my Judgment, the most vindic-
tive man in Congress against the South
ern whites. God grant we may be deliV.
cred from his grasp-irom the ruin which
he has in store Tor Us all. To avert this
l announce myself q candidate for Gov.
ernor of your State. l intend 10 come
before you and ask your su6fages, wheth.
er get the consent Of the French and
Others or not 4 ask no convention to
nominate me, .Iwsnt no other endorse
uient than that received four years ago.
l was then received into the church, have
observed all the ordinances, and kept the
faith. For four years more l have q seat
in the United States Senate, but am Wiling
TO Law down that for the good Of the peo'
Die 81 the State in peril ehe would not
undertake 8 buFthen 90 distasteiul, 8 labor
so great. The Vultures OF prey are
gathering about the capital and will 60
about among the people and warn them
of their danger.
ETunEPRE1RRT ckNDlbArE PoR IT. aov'
T. q i - ER6pR, 80
On the conclusion Of this speech, II. G
Carter the defeated candidate iOr Lieut.
Governor, took the stand and recited hi
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