The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-02
THE CAlIPAIGN OPENED.

THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Republican Ratification
Meeting Last Night.
Sneecl,es nv Caldwell. 1IOlllster,
Hubbard and Others.
Pursuant 10 an invitation extended by
he HsyeS and Wheeler Guards Of the
Seyenth Ward, the Republican clubs Of
he First. Third and Fourth Wards last
.yening marched to the Fair Grounds on
he Island and participated in rousing
,at;6cstion meeting. The procession was
much larger than was expected upon such
| abort notice, over Eve hundred voters
Deing in line as it passed over the sus-
nension bridge. The procession was headed
by Kramer's brass band and committee
from the Seventh Ward club, followed by |
he First Ward club, then the Third
Ward club with a martial band, the
Fourth Ward club with q martial band,
and the colored club with the Sumner
brass band. Along the streets dense
crowds Of people had collected, who greet
ed the procession with ringing cheers: At
the entrance to the Fair Grounds dele
CATION from Bridgeport and Etnayille,
about one hundred and Atty in number,
with martial band at their head, formed
into two lines and allowed the Wheeling
clubs to pass through. The entire process
sion then entered the Fair Grounds, where
an inmense crowd Of pebple had assem-
bled and formed in hollow square around
a platform that had been erected as .
speakers stand. The platform, around
which we're gathered fully 1000 people,
was very Hastily decorated with Chinese
lanterns, banners, etc.
Mr.. W. J. W. Cowden, President Of the
HAYES and Wheeler Guards OF the
Seventh Ward, called the meeting
10 order and nominated Mr.. James
A. Dunuing, Of the Fourth Ward, as
chairman. Mr.. Dunning was unmi-
mously elected, and Immediately intro
duced, s thefrst speaker,
@. p. CALDWELL, ESQ.
Mr.. Caldwell said that it moved the
heart Of every honest Republican 10 see
such an outpCuring Of young men TO pay
a lust tribute TO the nominees OF the Re
publican party for President and Vice
President, and to ratify the nomination
Of the gallant young soldier, Gen. Nathan
GOT, for Governor Of the State Of West
Virginia. Such an outpouripg was IN.
precedented. He then referred TO the
record Of the Democratic party, calling II
a record Of traitors, and asserting that
there was nothing in il TO which they
couId point with pride. That party is
still persevering in the same course they
pursued during the war. When e
Republican reverts 10 the issues OF the
war, the Democrats call il waving the
bloody shirt, and it angers them when
ever that term is used. This party is
mainly made up. as in former times, Of
rebels in the South and sympathizers in
the North. and Democratic control means
rebel, control, as it always did. They
have only two arguments: in the North
it is fraud at the ballot box, and the
shotgun in the South. Referring tie the
Hamburg massacre, the speaker remark
ed that il didn't look much as il the
Democrats had acquiesced In the ne
suits OF the war. II they had, he would
be sorry TO revert to such scenes. But they
tell different thing in organizing a
Confederate Congress, in sanctioning the
utterances OF such men ns Ben. Hill, and
in nominating for President notorious
sympalhizer with the South during the
war. And yet they pretend TO be patri-
otto party! They have the most damna-
bic record Of any party of modern times.
Az long "a they act this way they let the
cat out Of the bag, and it's black cat.
They can't be trusted. When the people
became discouraged and held conven-
ton in Chicago during the war,
this man Tilden originated aud
signed u report declaring the war a
failure and calling for peace at any
terms. lie wanted US to surrender-to
cringe to rebels and lick their boots as
the Democratic party have always done.
This ia his patriotism. Speaking Of Til.
den's reform record, Mr.. Caldwell said
that the Republicans had started the
PROSECUTION Of the ring thiews in New
York, and Tilden had helped them as a
LAWYER; but everybody knows that law
yers will DO anything il they are paid Tor
it. The personal character Of Til
den was then alluded 10, and the
manner in which he received his NOM
ination described, after which the
speaker asked il such actions denoted
greatness Of mind. Mr.. Caldwell said
that nothing he had said in the course OF
his remarks concerning Tilden was az
black or a. bitter as what had been said
by the Cincinnati Enquirer, a prominent
Democratic newspaper. He then read
an extract from that paper in relation to
Tilden's record, 10 the effect that il he
was elected he would take to Washington
the greatest set OF thieves ever known,
and that his administration would be
the most corrupt the country has ever
produced. Taking OF State poll
| tics, he said that the Democrats were
making a great noise about the Repub'
Iicans putting their foot 10 il" on
the Capital question. lie didn't think il
much OF scare.crow after all, and il it il
we are not crows TO be scared. The Dem
ocrats are getting up over this question u
big boohfor a very Iitte horse. THE mat.
ter Is Of verylittle Importance, and ofnoi
enough importance 10 be the means oil
giving the country away TO the Democra'
cy. Henry N. Matthews; their candidate
for Governor, is an ex, Confederatesoldier
defender OF Bennett and Burdett, who
gave il a. his opinion as Attorney General
that it was right for them To keep all
they could get and get as much more as
they could. The Democratic State ticket
ia composed OF ex.Confederates all
through, and the ex.Confederates will
supportit. It looked just as dark to US
before when We beat them, and we may
do il sgain. Gen. Golf was a gallant
soldier, and laid in prison at Libby foE
three weeks under sentence Of death. He
Is man entitled to all honor, and every
ono Of US will do all we car
to honor him. He is without
doubt the most popular candidate thai
could have been nominated, and will lead
us ON to victory. Two Of the Democratic
candidates for Judges Of the Supreme
Court we're Confederate soldiers, and the
other was Confederate sympathizer