The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-05

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ri tsve not approved of the policy Of
those who have stood aloof. from elections
in West Virgins, and are unwilling now
to take part in contest for the Presidency,
because of the time when and the way in
which Virginia was divided. How are any
|objections thst may be entertained agsinst
the new State to justify such ascourse .
Suppose it is conceded that the division OF
Virginia was wrong that in making it,
the time was III chosen that rit was not
done in the mode and manner prescribed by
the Constitution of the United States and
that the whole work is null and void. Yet
who can deny that West Virginia is, de
facto, q Government, and that il furnishes
Us with the only local law We have-al-
ways excepting the omnipotent martial
law. If we must take the government,
whether it be temporarily or permanently,
had we better not try to render it as good
Is we can while it lasts Tho act of going
to the polls and making choice of officers
| need not commit man to the division OF
Virginia if he thinks it wrong. If the
question ever comes up for him to decide,
| Is West Virginia q State de jure he will
be as free to give his voice in the negative
as though he had stood by and quietly and
silently submitted. to the Massachusetts,
radicals in all their folly and fendishness.
Let all go, to the polls and vote. There
must and will be rulers and lawmakers,
and if We cannot have the best men in the
community, let US try to keep out the
worst. 5TTT 2H.dlT
By the same rule, let those who are not
satisfied with either of the two candidat ties
for President make their choice between
them. Let them contrast Mr.. Lincoln with
General Mcclellan, as they appear before
us by profession and practice. Mr.. Lincoln,
who has cast aside all the safeguards which
our fathers threw around the persons and
property of the citizens, and has usurped
pow which are not only not conferred
upon him as the executive head Of the Gov
[ eminent, but which are not conferred upon
all three of the departments together Mr..
Lincoln, who has abolished State sovereign
ty, virtually erased State lines, centralized
all power relieued the Governors Of States,
and substituted for thom military satrap
Of provinces, who are subject to his be-
hests Mr.. Lincoln, who has loaded every
citizen with the feeling ola nightmare, SO
that if he is permitted to breathe the free
air Of heaven and walk the earth unchain
ed, he is conscious oil the while that it is
not because he has committed no crime, and
is protected in his Innocence by the @gis OF
tho law, bat simply because q Secretary at
Washington city has not rung right hand
or left hand bell, and ordered him to be
thrown into dungeon, there to remain and
languish, without remedy, until released
by an act of sovereign grace Mr.. Lincoln,
who has carried on and is still carrying on
the most stupendous civil war which the
world has ever seen, which has desolated
the fairest portion of our country, carried
mourning into every house, from the St
Lawrence to the Rio Grande Except in
Massachusetts), for no other end than to
free the negro, keep bad men in office, and
enrich the woret men in the community
Mr.. Lincoln, who has set aside written
constitution, and substituted in its stead
az unwritten one, to consist for the future
of presidents established by his own acts
which, unless they are repudiated by the
people now, may stand as our rule and
guide in the practical administration d
the Government, thus efecting complete
revolution in our entire political fabric
Mr. Lincoln, who, has suspended the wri,
of habsas corpus who has placed the mill.
tary above the civil law, and who claims to
do everything that pertains to the office Of
President in virtue of bis military position
as commander-in-chief of the army and
navy of the United States. The Constitu
ton under his rule is abrogated, the Presi-
as an irresponsible military autocrat, rem
dering unnecessary and effete the legisla-
ture and the judiciary. Ist
Contrast such q ruler with Gen. McClel-
Ian rs we know him from his speeches, bis
letters, his military Iroclamations his or
ders and his acts. Gen. Mcclellan, if cleo.
| ted, will administer the Government accor.
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peace: he will leave the institution of sla-
very where it belongs, with the States he
will throw the doors of political prisons
open, and permit no more arbitrary arrests
Of private citizens, and if they are charged
with crime, be will leave them to be tried
by the civil laws he will con6ne military
law to the army, and the operations of the
army to the armed enemies of the country;
he will respect the privilege of the writ OF
habeas corpus: he will fight the battles Of
the coantry with white men and conduct
the war in accordance with the rules Of
civilized wa, fare, and will not disgrace our
annals with the atrocities Of q savage he
will veto all barbsrous and unconstitutional
laws of rump congress. The news that
he is elected will make every honest citizen
feel once more free, and none will tremble
but rogues and tyrsnts: he will terminate
bissavaee and ruinous war by negotiation
and restore among contending factions the
old relate Of amity, peace and conf