Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-26

.Ho. Del. ". Va" "Govetuor," "Treas.
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rs the fact may be. 1.-THE signature Of a
soldier upon such envelope or cover, be by
mark, 1t must be attested by the person
at the time the regiment,
company or detachment in which such
soldier ls employed. The envelope or
cover shall be addressed tothe supervisor
and inspectorsof the township Of which
the voter is resident, or any one OF the
said. officers, either by their names or OH
ciaI designations, and be transmitted by
mail OF otherwise. Audit such envelope
and enclosure be received by the super.
visor and inspectors or any one of them,
on or before the day Of election, 1t shall be
produced at the polls held ID the said
township, and if.the inspectors, or when
they differ, the supervisor and one of The
inspectors, be satisfied that the signature
on the outside of the envelope or cover Is
genuine, and that the person whose stgna'
tnre 1t is would, if present, be entitled to
vote at the said polls, they shall open the
envelope or cover, aud If the ballot found
therein be single, shall deposit the same
In the box without unfolding or unrolling
it 90 as 70 disclose it's contents, to have the
same effect as If theperson 50 transmitting
his vote were personally present giving the
vote.
It is to be observed by the reader that
the only section of the ordinance passed on
the 18th that was afterwards stricken out
by tne repeaIers, was Section 9th, the one
which adopted the laws Of the State In ref
erence to voting, and which allowed the
soldiers, as In the above quoted law, to
send home their votes. The repealers did
not strike out Section LIST, prescribing that
the voting should be by ballot, and on
white paper, &C., as directed by the laws of
the State, nor any other section save and
except Section 9th, the section, which, as
we have said, let in the votes Of the sol-
diers who were absent in the camps.
This brings Us to the actual repeal itself.
The ordinance adopting the laws of the
State, and making them applicable at ell
city elections, was passed on Monday night
in full council. The repeal was passed at
the Saturday night following by a compAr.
adyely small vote. Here is the repeating
ordinance, and also the vote by which it
was carried. We ask q careful scrutiny of
both:
AN oRDIsASoB
To amend an Ordnance TO regulate the mode
ofUotiHS at Guy Elections, pdssed January
lsh 1864.
Sec. L. Be it ordained by the Council OF
the City of Wheeling, That It shall not be
lawful for the superin;endents OF any
elections held within this city for city OH
GERS, TO receive the ballot Of any person,
unless he be personally present on the day
of election, and present the same to be
deposited by said Superintend ents in the
ballot box, and to answer such questions
% may be put 20 him touching his qualit-
cations as an eloctor at said election.
IISec. 2. That the 5th Section of the Ofdi-
nance TO which this is an amendment, be
aud the same is hereby repealed. Passed
January %, l764.
The vote by which the foregoing repeal
was passed was as fOllowsi
,FtRsF BRANCH flor the Tepeal) Nessrs.
Aeheson, Brown, Forbes, Jacob, Thomas
Sveeny, Scarborough, Wickham, Andrew
Wilson's.
AeA1Ssr REPEAL-Msssrs. Blair and IT.
VIM.
sEoOsD BRAsou Cfor Ms rspeal) Messrs.
Bsyha, BicKEL, Buchanou, Cots. Downs,
Hughes, Houston, Miller. Rum
bel, Shall cross, A. J. SwEESY, Stoneman,
Waterhonse-l4.
AGAINST REPEAL-Messrs. ClAtor, Della
plain, Goudy-3.
The reader will notice by the above or
dinsuce that the repealers were intent simp-
ly upon one thing aud one only, aud that
was the exclusion Of the soldiers VOTE
Not only were they careful TO fret recite
what they intended to effect, for fear
that under the 9th Section some dispute
might arise, but they distinctly say
in almost SO many words that the lava
of the State shall not be held applicable in
this city, and despite those laws we will
throw out the votes of those who have the
same rights at the polls that we ourselves
have.
Now having as briefly as possible recited
the outline facts connected with the repeal,
we have a few plain comments to make
thereon: The Council on the 18th of jan
uary 1868, assembled together and passed
an ordinance, the sole purpose, and the only
svowed purpose, of which was to conform
the laws of the city to the legislation of the
State. 1t was not matter ofchoice on the
part of the city authorities whether they
would conform TO the claws ofthe State, but a
matter of obligation and Ofcompulsoty duty.
They were obliged to conform whether they
desired to or not. The lava of the State
were supreme over any regulation ofthe city.
The Council kueW that, hence they passed
the ordinance OF the 18Th of January making
the election laws of the city correspondent
to and congenial with the enactments of
superior power. Having done this on
Monday night why did the repealers.
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