The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-30
RI. t,pera House Meeting sa'uF'
IneO dnY Night.

,i,at. the Opera House was i.s,. tL'sd 70 ntH' ="
". WILEY. lie addressed the large au
1'.,,. W, on the issues Of the canTA" iSl 10
,S,g. two hours, and made one ot 'u'
NV, ryy.' effective speeches We have near, a'
,5i 5t,' campaign. At times he IVA, was very very
.Iaooen, .IS and impressive, seeming to nave W.
',.s ,o., noDo Of his old fire or TisoT, d h'
,o'.SsJ 'o'I %s to some extent upon all sh'
n,o@psnt 'eosdfr point, Of DISCUSSION such "a as
+. FINANCES, the Tariff Reform, South
ne ne [I.as cI.im., State, Rights, g.. The rec
VI "a d the Democracy as Rsformer' was
~ ~, in view all through his remarks
"" I VA. occasionally the recip'
,.., ~, If .2me very scathing com
s s,,,, He read from their National
sI,,Iorp Of 1865, in which they denounc'
Il III. Constitutional Amendments a,
s,rcon,,i,u,ionaI, reTolutionary,nuIl and
,,iJr and then rontrasted their position
,t,t ,e.r With their position at ST. Loui.
- Inn. last. Finding that they could
-, yin on the Unconstitutional, revolu
,i,o,,v, null and void tack, and being
,.,.,nined il possible to win on some
ns, 0, other, III made no difference
rb,,l thew came together atSt. LouiI
md .r.lloved all that they had said a,
Nv York-ieclared lin effect that they
b.I been only joking when they pro-
s,ruced the Constitutional Amendments
null and void" and proclaimed to th'
,,,ld ,ha. I'VE do here rc'atEirm ouI
lu,5 in the permanence OF the Federal
roion. our devotion to the Constitution
If the United Ssa.e., With its amend.
u.n,s universally accepted AZ u final set
,leuen, Of the controversies that ensen
ierel civil war
Nov suppose we huI elected the Dem
oera,ic R.lormers OF 1868 to office. They
wanted to be elected tina! yeas just AZ
much a. they do now. They were a.
sure then a. now that the Radicals ough
to be turned out. They alone had the
balm Of Gilead in their keeping for the
wounds Of the war. Suppose we hat
elected them! Then what? Why thC
Democracy would no: have been reformed
in n,heir ideas about the binding obligation
Of the Constitution Of the United State'
aaliss amendments. BY keeping them ou
Of pOEer, on Il hungry stomach, we have
converted them. Ii they had got into
poEer lby means OF their great ballo
boz .tutIing operations in New York il
1868 We should have had a new fight OF
ouf h4uL, as to the binding nature OF thu
Constitutional Amendments. The coun
Try has been great gamer by defeating
th, Democracy in 1868, and ever since.
But have the Democracy been convert
sl' Have they dropped their secession
ACTIONS? Mr.. Wiley referred to til,
.icts. which they had just elected thi'
telr in West Virginia. No war Demo
c;l4 on it. Not a single one. Full o
secession from end to end. These mel
GOV had full sway over the people o
wat Virginia, and their success wa
called 4 great Democratic victory.
To show how the Democracy of Wes
Virginia stand on the question Of seces
sion notwithstanding their St. LOui
Pl,tiorm) Mr.. Wiley produced copy o
The Journal Of the West Virginia Consti
Iaiional Convention that sat at Charles
ton in 1872, Of which be was a member
and read from page lG7 the following res
outiou offered by the Hon. Charles Jamei
Faulkner:
THE people Of this State, In recognizing the su
PieaIsy Of the Federal Government within IL
FrsE6rl sphere Of action, hlld that 1t Is a 'iUv
tfanenI VI enumerated powers, and that all pow
ii oOI delegated TO Ii, nor inhibited 10 the States
E' rssrTed - the states, or the people thereof
Aalng the P0Wers 30 reserved by the States Is thl
exclusive regulation OF their own internal govern
adnt And police aud It Is the high aud solemn dutl
u The HTeFal departments Of GoVerunlant cTeateL
Sy this Constitution to guard and project the peo
pc Of this State from all encrO1rhRsnts upon tneil
Ihii - reserved
After hearing this resolution, Mr.. Viii
eY remarked that he did not like the
ing oiit. There was too much Of the old
sound in it. He therefore de,
.ermined to putthe Democratic party OF
West Virginia, as represented a, Charles
Ion, on the record, either for or agains,
Secession. Accordingly he prepared
from washingtonS Farewell Address the
following resolution:
The Government Of the UuiteI States, the oH;
'TiaE Of the peoples own choice, uuIndueneed ant
4aisei adopted upon full investigation and ma
,a'r deIl6sraiou, c0apet4y FREQ In itS principles
70 Ihe diairibIton Of IL powers unitinl
eeut1! with energy, aud containing withil
liSf provision for in own amendment
IA Just cIIiu to the confidence and sup
pail Of The people Of this State. Respect for ~
lataofiy oonPtanes with It's law, s,acluieScence II
!. mealTe' lFe daIIea enjoned BY the iundAmentn
ah'n'oi trls liberty. Tue basis Of our political
,ya1a'b the night Of the people to make and Altel
,aai eluItiiutlJu' Of goVeinnsnt. But theCOnItl
Hta'lSa Eaica At any tins exists TIL changed b.
a. explicit and authentic act Of the whole people
~ ~ iEieily obligatory upon all. The very Idea ol
tae PosT All the right VI the people 10 establish
t',uanent pfeuppOses the duty ol every Indl'
flaA 70 obey the established government. TAere
sthH Siis hEj no FkJhf or authority 10 triLAdr1u
~ ~, " GgterEHVN q the United SiGttI: and q
- pasadsiTi5 or authority q stesJTtON u hfreb
Ay SHd irUT dIIeLaiH'Ni BY ne people u We
Upon this resolution Mr.. Wiley de
minded the ayes and noes in the conven
''on' There was squirming over hi
'eaAnd, but on a call OF the roll not
Mas'e Democrat voted for the resolution
E'e'y Iat one Of them voted against it
o'' Governor elect (Mathews) was there
''d he voted against it. Col. Ben vii
%a Was there, and-how did he vote
A'RichmOnd, in 1861, he could not max,
Up bis mind how to vote, and so asket
lie convention that passed the ordinanc,
o' Secession to excuse him. And he wa
'''u'ed-the only man in that body VIII,
made such a request, and the only on,
'ao did not vote on one sid
OF the other. And now he wa
called on once again to vote on the ques