From the Northwest.
The bogus Pierpoint Government is being openly denounced in the Northwest by the leading men of influence, who have not heretofore co-operated with the South. An election was to have been held on the 12th ult, for delegates to a Convention of the new State, and quite a number of anti-new State candidates were announced. A few days previous to the election, a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Wheeling, which was addressed by Hon. Sherrard Clemens and Mr. Richardson. In alluding to Mr. Clemen's speech, the Intelligencer, the Black Republican paper in Wheeling says:‘ "He was greeted with applause. He belched forth such a vindictive tirade of abuse against the restored Government and the proposed new State as we have never heard equalled. He said he had a padlock on his mouth, and manacles on his wrists, and shackles on his legs, and he tore them off and stood up like a defiant freeman. He gave a detailed account of the manner in which the usurped Government and the new State movement were inaugurated, and the temptations which he had encountered in his efforts to keep his hands clear of the business. He pitched into Gov. Pierpont, Auditor Crane, Senator Wiley, Gen. Wheat, A. B. Caldwell, and all their principles and practices.
"Mr. Clemens announced himself as a Butternut, and said that, although he had been under a cloud somewhat for a long period, he had always been unalterably opposed to the division of Virginia"
’ Speaking of the speech of Mr. Richardson at the same meeting the same paper says:
‘ "He spoke of the unauthorized suspension of the habeas corpus. the worthlessness of the green backs, and the black tide of tyranny that was sweeping over the country. All this was very ingeniously interspersed with frequent allusions to Abolition, which were received by the audience with demonstrations of great joy. He concluded by urging upon the people the great importance of their at once asserting their manhood."
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