The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-28
FROM DODDRIDGE.
The Campaign Regularly Opened
First Discussion Between Colonel
Wilson and General Golf.
WEST UNION, DoDDRIDGE Co., |
September 25th, 1874.


! filled their appointments to-day, making
! their first joint discussion of the cam
paign. Colonel Wilson arrived here last
evening and spent the night here, and de-
voted the forenoon to calling upon anC
| talkin. with his friends. Cot did not ar.
rive, owing to the detention ofthc train
until after twelve o'clock, and rs soon It,
he had dincd. the Court House bell wa,
rung and the meeting came to order. II
was not very large, some hundred and
! fifty. This was owing to the fact that
the notices had not been generally dis.
! tributed
Judge Stewart was called for before
either of the other gentlemen spoke. The
judge is a candidate for the Legislature
| and he devoted about thirty minutes III
/ defining his position before the people.
Colonel Wilson then came forward and
with but word of preface opened his
. battery. He referred to Judge Stewart ;
remarks on State politics by saying that
/ none of the questions preached by Judge
| Stewart were pertinent to the issue IN Il
| Congressional discussion. But, he said,
! he would say this much about Mr.
! Walkcr-"If Walker is thief, send him
to the penitcntiary. A Democratic leg
i,lature had appropriated money to see II
there was fraud, and if there was. the
Democratic party wanted them punish
cd" 81 have been asked the Colonel
said. my position on the County
court question. In Convention fought
against them, not liking the system, but
there is IL way Of escape provided, and
any county can, without expense, rid it
self of the county court ut any time and
have Judge who can act for one county
or several.
But the Colonel said, the impending
canvass raises gravcr qucstions-qu">-
tons of vital Importance to the country,
questions that your next Congressman
will have to grapple with and vote upon.
These questions are as essential to our
welfare. or more So, than any that have
arisen for twenty-five wears. Then the
Colonel went on to show that the great
idea of the founders of the government
was to give to each Slate Il republican
form of government. 1t was unlike any
other government ever formed. Our
fathers had before them the history of
the rise, progress and downfall of other
governments OF Il republican form. be-
cau,c the power had been concentrated
in the hands OF Il few. 50 they cndcavored
10 avoid Capitalization and make this Il
government of the people, and when
a government runs toward Capitalization
the people are in danger. This is the
! policy Of the Republican party, while, on
the other hand, the Democratic party has
ALWAYS lsbored to preserve the republic
from running i'm channel not dreamed
of nv the founders. This is federal
government. each State being Separat,
government, and yet delcgating to the
federal government certain rights and
privileges. such Us 10 regulate
the marine business, make treaties
declare and wage war, &C. But each
State has the right retained by them un-
der the Constitution to regulate It's OWN
internal affairs in such manner a. IT.
people saw fit. The Democratic party
he speaker said, gave to the country the
Z ainrrs of the Constitution to the coun-
try all its territory except Alaska. where
they live on oil and whisky. | ask Gen
rrai Golf. the speaker said, if ever, i'll any
manner the Democratic party has vln-
lated any of the provisions of the |"n$tl-
tutirny And then the Colonel said he
would put the Republican party on trial,
but would only hold the leaders and pol
i,icianS and not the people responsible"
Has the Colonel asked, the Republican
l4artv given to each State n Republican
form o.. government? Look III Lolisi-
ana. The election in 1872 was the most
pcaccablc since the war. There was NJ
hghtiny. no riots, no trouble, and th'
people thought the reign of peace had
AGAIN dawnrd- McEucry WAS elected
bv 10000 majority, and all the other
tickle, bv a large majority. But, the Col,
onrl said. the Republicans were not sat
i,frd, and they hurled him from ofiic,
hv an order issued in the dead hour oi
. NIGHT hv the infamous Durcll. Five 81
the seven senatorial men who We're not
elected were seated. In the first Con
grcsSional district Etlingham Wallac,
was elected to Congress by large ma
iority. But Cyphcr, the Republican
/ who ran against Wallace must have
/ his sent, and so they sent ont for
yo,cs-l 400 was ali they asked
Durcll and man named Jacques Were
sent on a Federal boat up into tn,
! ,wamp> to make tLosr votes. But they
could only find one negro who would SAY
he had been refused the privilege of vo
ting. They took his name and Swor,