The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-30

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Icsntinasd nom Page one,
|appoin,ed on State and Federal rela-
tlons. consisting Of one member nom
each Of TIE tgeniy-elght counties rep
resented Tie real work Of the Con:
gentlcn nov began. i very excited
Icontroyersy sprang up on, the plan to
be adopted for immediate action.
There were those many Of them
who came 70 the Conyentio det ermils
ia to vote iof m iIihediate ana nns
6ualided division OF the State. how
syer violent Of evolutionary .it might
Appear. Some delegations, indeed.
came 70 Wheeling with q banner ny.
Ing at their he'd endorsed. ew Viz:
ginia, now or never" Their plan was
% Immediately adopt . Constitution
ind form OF government for tie eoun.s
lies Represented. and proceed to fll
IN offees BY tempo agy appolpt
But there was another party, Fespec:
fable both as members and ihtellt,.
lgence, who felt and saw the irrepara:
BILE mischief that would follow in the
true point Of distinction between spas
modlc disruption and authorized REL
distance. Foremost among these was
Francis II. Plefpont, one Of the Dele
gates from Marion county. He and,
those who acted with him argued that
the delegates had not been appointed
with this end IN view. nor empowered
TO act with such. extreme vigor. that,
the Convention had not been legally
convened and is, ACTION could not,
therefore, bind the people to. acquiss:
1encs either Ia law, Or. reason, or By,
any known rule Of precedent; that no
vote had yet been taken in the .ordl..
nance .of. Secession. and hence the.
State Of Virginia, stu had q govern.
nent under the Constitution Of the.
puited States, At Richmond; and that;
the Federal Government would not
recognize State created !. thus be-
cause Il was not ZIP. conplagce with
the mode prescribed by the copstltn.l
ton OF the United States. Thus the
first and second days were consumed
I'm acrimonious debates. The parti.
sans OF both views maintained their
ground with unrelentinE hostility;
and great dissatisfaction prevailed on
all sides. Debate was renewed on the
morning Of the third day. but in a
milder spirit; the voice Of better conn-
sells Yas. beginning to prevail, and all
felt, the imperative necessity. Of some
action and that sheul hs, Is. taEs pos
EsIRIs, harmonious; IN III; character,
Late at night the discussions fRsrss, titna; In
telpuptsd by The Commit tee on STATE
and Federal sllatiopa PsgglRg !lsaHes]
|to. report through its Chg tF Ea Camp:
bell TAR. + The TeReEt .consissIed Of ias
series of thirteen elutiense and i'll
Vas q skilltul blending of slltqRlp ioqqlsl,
The recent action Of the Richmond
Convention was. reviewed tAadd 9TH the
curse to- be, pursued BY the people Of
Northwestern Virginia outlined IN the
event Of the ratfiaatie2 Of the, oFai::
nance q, :secssst9n by thet people of
.XlRgipiaG on the ensuing s22sd ddasgzef
May Teisht days hence rGEhis report
elected but little discussion, and yN q
adopted with but, tHo,s diSsspttepta
voices. Then . single voice was heard /
amid the silent multitude; 1t was that
Iof earnest prayer beseeching the bless.
Iings of Heaven upon the work pre-
pared. This ended. thousand voices
united in singing the ''star spangledI
Banner" and the First Convention Of
the people thSrepreseR may demand
THAT usnally'rsferred to as the, First
Wheeling Convention adjourned sine
die. t'.
The Second Convention 81 the PeePteS3
,.,,se .etsHerthwesterp, syigsinlS 49, \
Z, The report Of the, Committee on
State and Federal Relations, adopted
lby the First Convention, provided for
(, second) Convention should the peo:s,
pie ratity the Ordinance Of Secession,
TAts was doge,ipi the eighth reso!l!u:;
ton assfoloEsS4 4-teg ia /;
s., .Be It RESOLVED, That in the,
event Of the ordinance Of Secession:
being ratified BY 2 vote; @s. recon-;
mend to the psonle Of the Counties
here Represented, and al others. dis;
posed to cooperate with us, to Up;
point on the 18th day Of June, 1851, J,
delegates to :. General Convention, to
meet on the ilth Of that month, at
such place az may be designated BY
the Committee hereinafter provided,
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