Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-07
The Ball Still Rolling i'm Old
neutrality-suspicious. Large and
Enthusiastic Meeting of the
DemOcracy-Sturgiss' Speech,
and Hon. f. Boyd Faulkner's
Reply to 1t, &c, &c.
MNRTINsBURG, wv. NA,, !

and believe this is the true reason he
did not come.
Their meeting was announced to take
place at , O'Clock i'll the afternoon, but
no crowd being present they postponed
it until night, and at the appointed time,
after ringing the court house bell half
dozen times, they got together crowd
oi about three hundred persons, two
thirds OF whom were Democrats
and Greenbackers-the balance be-
ing Republicans and bows.
MIR. |. Nelson Wisner called the meet
ing to order and introduced Mr.. Stur-
giSs, who commenced his speech by
saving he was glad to see so many Dem
ocratS and GreenbaCkers present, and
that he wanted to give them plain
talk, and hoped to be able to convince
them OF the error OF their ways, etc ,etc.
He spoke over an hour. most OF the
time reading from what he called sta
tistics, taking as his basis the census OF
1870, and comparing the progress ol the
South with the North in those times,
both as regards population, wealth,
manufactures, etc. and ii Mr.. Sturgiss
had been as fair as he wanted to appear,
he would have stated that the Southern
States had Just come out OF one oil the
most terrible and devastating wars the
world ever saw, where they had lost
everything; besides, that ut the time re-
ierred TO by him, they were under car
pet bag and Radical rule; and that with
all these ills upon them, they had pro.
crossed more rapidly than the Northern
States, and greater than any people
history gives an example OF. But 1t
was not MI. Stur-iss purpose 10 be fair,
anu his speech was received with any
thing but appreciation. After making
these comparisons, he went oil on the
hate business, and traduCed the South
ern people because OF slavery, etc,
charging that it was the slow ariSlOcraCy
that retarded the growth of the
Southern States, and was re-
tlrding it there now, and in
West Virginia, and that the panacea for
all their imaginary ills, was TO make
Mr.. Geo. W. Sturgiss, Governor, and
put the Radical party in power again,
in this State, he winding up his speech
with an appeal to our people, regardless
OF party, 10 do this, but our people
have not forgotten the Radical rule in
this county, when they Were prevented
from collecting honest debts, by the
Radical suitOr's oath, when lawyers and
teachers were prevented from making
their living by their profession,
on account OF test oaths, and
had TO leave the State TO earn
their meat and bread, when
the people were sued for thousands 0t
dollars, in iniquituous damage suits,
which radical courts and juries award
ell TO radicals for property they never
possessed, and last, but not least, when
two-thirds of the tax payers and best
people of this county were diSiranchlsed
and were not permitted to vote. This
was the dish the Hon. George W. Stur.
giss appealed to our people to take
again by his appeal to put The radical
party in power, but as said, our peo'
pie have not forgotten radical rule, but
have had their till to OyerflOwing and
want nc more OF it. 'in theirs and
don't Intend to have any.
Mr.. Sturgiss' speech was the
same, suppose, he has been
making over the State, and
ii the Republicans will only send him,
and your Mr.. George B. Caldwell here
again, with their speeches OF hate and
slander OF our people, old Berkeley will
not recover herself by going Democratic
in October, but she will do so by five
hundred majority, as these two speeches
here have done the Democracy more
good than anything that has been done
during this canvass.
Thursday evening the Hancock and
English club had another r-using meet
ing, and having invited the Hon. f.
Boyd Faulkner to address them, he
made one of the best speeches delivered
here during the canvass. Mr. Faulkner
paid his respects to Mr.. SturIlss
calmly, logically, and fairly, replying
TO each and every position taken by Mr..
Sturgiss, and in that fOrcible, elegant,
and gifted manner, peculiar to Boyd
Faulkner, showed its Inconsistencies,
and how unfair Mr.. Sturglss had been
TO the people OF our own, and the
Southern States, and what would be
our sad tate il we needed Mr.. SturgisS's
appeal, and make him Governor, and
put the Radical party in power again IN
West Virginia.
II.
his speech was received with frequent
and enthusiastic applause, and when he
Quit every one was convinced and salts
tied that the prosperity and happiness
of the people OF West Virginia would
be better aud more secure by remain
ing under Democratic rule, and giving
Hancock and English and the State and
county tickets, rousing majoritles at the
coming elections.
Bovd, as we all iamiliarly call him
here, has just returned from trip in
the West, and brings Us the
most encouraging reports from
Ohio and Indiana, with the assurance
that the latter State is all right and GER
tain for the Democracy in October. Dur
ing Mr.. Faulknel's absence our County
Executive Committee made Boyd chair.
man and gave him the management oil
our campaign in this county. and as he
is one OF the best organizers IN the state
and most indefatigable worker ana
knows no such word "a fail, under his
management old Berkeley will 20 Dem
ocratic in October for the whole ticket,
State and county, land don't you forget
IL" for BOYD is the man to make her DO
this, and will do it.
We are organizing Hancock and Eng
lish clubs in every district in the county
and tonight they have a meeting at
Darkesyile for this purpose. BOYD
FauIkner has gone TO address them and
will keep the ball in motion until the
canvass closes in November with VIC
tory on all our banners. u.
Grant and Son.
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