The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-20
Read over the acts b ,yiipdiciiye ~ legislation,

passed in the last three years; acts Of con>
fscation, acts Of punishment, ,acts Of exps
>triation, Acts sanctiouing the violation of
your most sacred rights and liberties, and
say whether the history Of the past 81 ves
yoa a right to hope for wisdom and mag
nanimity in the future? These acts must
be repealed before the country can be uni
ted and tranquilised. The administration
must say tothe people OF the South: 'Come
back again and enjoy with us constitution
al liberty;Isr if IL is denied TO you, in tho
end it will be denied to US Let US forget
the immediate past and 60 back to the sto
~ OF the Revolution. Our dag would not be
crmplete, tie glorious category of the
States Of tlis Unpn would be imperfect If
We were to strike ont the homes OF Marion
or Sumpter, tie grave Of jackson, and the
birthplace Of so many men associated with
our history Ii they tell you they will
repeal these acts, they tell you the intend
to do what they should have done year
ago. GPl4SEr rs
But they can not and will not rapeal
these laws | would not say one unkind
word of the President OF these United
States. would speak Of him respectfully
as the head Of the Government But Meth
er Mr.. Lincoln nor his cabinet have nov
coutrol over national affairs. behave most
sincerely that if it was in the power Of
Abraham Lincoln and the members his
cabinet to undo the past, they would cheet>
fully wipe il out Il eeieve il they were
able to resume again their private stations
and felt themselves safe from an Injured,
outraged, and deceived community; if they
felt that the laws they had violate d would
not be used against them, they would with
Joy leave the places Of power, and give the
Government into other hands. Why was
Mr.. Lincoln nominated at Baltimore,
against the Judgment Of three-fourths OF
his own party; agains. the judgment OF al
most all the Republican members OF the
Senate They were oppo ed TO the noml-
nation of any man who had identified him
self with illegal arrests, an with violations
of constitutional law ask You this ques-
tion, my Republican friends, and ask IL
with all respect and sincerity. God knows
my heart, that in this sad moment cherish
no reseutments l wish for nothing but
the good Of my country, and the salvation
of its liberties. Tremendous outbursts OF
applause. The chairman proposed three
cheers for Governor Seymour, and the au"
dience rose en- masss and gave them, with
waving handkerchiefs, and with the wild
est enthusiasm. ftaEa
In their private conversations they tree
ly acknowledged that they preferred some
other man than Mr. LincvIn. 1t was nat.
ural, Of course, that those who held place
under him should desire his nomination.
But the one great operating cause that
produced his nomination was this, that
there we're men in the army and Others sur
rounding him who did not dare TO let him
go into private life, who did not dare to be
brought back under the jurisdiction of the
laws Of the land, the Judgment oi their peers.
(Cheers) The nomination was made be,
cause men who had enriched themselves by
unworthy means from the treasury OF the
count feared to be brought to that ac-
count to which they will be brought when
our government is restored and our Union
reinstated. Cheers Mr. Lincoln and
his administration will not repeal the law
that denies you any remedy against wrong
done by them TO your person or property,
because they know that to do this is 20
bring themselves to judgment They will
not pursue a course that will give rs re-
stored Union, because restored Union re
instates the authority OF law, and there
would be an inyestig igation Of the frauds and
failures that, in an unusual degree, have
marked the conduct Of affairs during the las,
three and o half years 'aaf
do not mean to say that the admins,
tration is to De condemned, because under
circumstances so unusual as those which
have existed during this war, bad men hayc
taken advantage in the confusien of affairs
to do acts of wrong, but do complain that
when these wrongs are done, the govern
ment deliberately passes laws that protect
the doer. and thus making wrong. doing its
own act. Moreover, in an election like
this, when the government is spending such
an enormous amount Of money, aud the
liability to speculation Is SO great, tn ad-
ministrstion that will say to contractors, as
has been openly said in circulars, "You
have had good contract, out OF Which you
have made money, and We expect you to
use part of that money 10 assist TO re-
place us to power" renders itself a partner
in fraud and corruption. The contractor
will say to this q vernment, "You' shall
not make peace that will put an end to all
my profits. You called upon me. 10 give
my money, in Violation Of the laws Of the
land, to put you in power; you called upon
me to do that which every great man has
said is subversive Of constitutional liberty
and good order, and now when you have
gained your share Of the triumph, you
shall not turn round and cheat me out of
my share of the spoils." Laughter aud
applause. iA1
i Ha, the Administration under these cir.
cumstances the power 10 stop this plpnder
and this drain upon the people OF the coun
tryl They can not do il; they have placed
themselves in the power Of men who eau
bring them before grand jury and punish
them as criminals for their acts. They can
not retrace their steps. IL Is impossible
for them 20 restore the Union and briLg
back the South to her former fraternsl rela,
tionsbip without saying that oil they have
done for the last three years has been