The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-11
Tennessee.

Congress, radical and reVoiutlohary as ~
was, was the passage Of an act prescribing
the manner of readmitting the seeded
q States to the Union. 1t conficted, in many
80 important respects, with the one.tenth ann
nesty scheme which had been originated
= and proclaimed by the President some time
before 1t paid Hats, more Difference to
the will Of the people and conformed q lit
tie more closely to the fundamental princi-
plies Of a republican form of government
than did the executive plan. 1t refused to
recognize the sham governments which had
been set up by soldiers, camp followers and
contractors, in Louisiana aud Arkansas, and
Fl the Congress, by q formal and solemn vote,
Il set its seal of disapprobation upon Mr. LIN
COINS plan by refusing to admit to seats in
that body the Senators and Representa-
b tives which had been sent by the "reorgan-
81 lied" States. However, not to be disap'
pointed in his scheme for obtaining the cleo.
toral vote of the Southern States, and des'
pairing of re election without them, Mr..
8 LINCOLN vetoed the act of Congress and
ayowed his determination to adhere to his
original ono tenth plan, The veto message
was delayed until it was too late for Con-
gress to frame another bill meeting the ex>
igencies Of the case.
This action of the President called forth
the famous nWApE,DAyrs manifesto" 1t
( was written and signed, By Senator BEN.
WADE, Of Ohio, one of the bitterest parti-
sans If the Administration, and oy HENRY
WINTER DAVIS, Representative from
Maryland, also one of the most Jealous, sup
f, porters of the President. 1t reviewed the
a whole subject Of the re admission of States,
'isqsnd bitterly and forcihiy denounced MIR.
+, LINCOLN, as guilty OF gross executive
8 occupations" Commenting on Mr. LIN
COWS aavowed unwillingness to hold for
p" nsught the bastard governments Of Louis
lana and Arkansas, these Republican lead
ers ay.the italics being their own ,
.l4 dThatis to say, the President persists 10
recognizing those SHADOWS of governments
a., in Arkansas and Louisiana, which Congress
q formally declared should not be recognized
a,i--whose Representatives and Senators were
q c repealed by formal votes of both houses OF
e Congress it was declared formally
should have no electoral vote for President
and Vice President. r s;-,-e, .sls.
Z Is They are the mere creatures of his will.
d. 4 - I,ua a do =
sport. They ace mere oligarchies, imposed
ysn the people by military orders, under the
forms of election, at which generals, pro
-sxost marshals, soldiers and camp followers
E were the chief actors, assisted by handful
of resident citizens, and urged on to pre-
mature action by private letters from the
President. a.r,-..- .......
4 In neither Louisiana nor Arkansas, be-
fore Banks defeat, did the United States
iJe control half the territory or half the popu
lstion. la Louisiana General Banks pro
clamstion csndidly declares "lhe .fnda>
, mental Law Of the State IS martial tato'
On that foundation Of freedom he eract>
ed what ihe President calls = the free Con
}. .stitutiou and Government Of Louisiana"
sa Bat of this State, whose fundamental
law was martial law, only sixteen parishes
81. out OF forty eight parishes, Were held by
the United States; and in tive Of the six
Ii tean VIC held only our camps.
20 The eleven parishes we substantially
held had 233, lSj inhabitants-the residue
nf the State, not held 10y US, 575,6l7.
At the farce called an election, the officers
of Gen. Banks returned that ii ,346 ballots
were cast; hut whether any or by whom
the people of the United States have 10 lie
al assurance; but it is probable that 1000
we're cast by soldiers or employees of tue
100 United States, military or municipal, but
,a nons according to any law, State or ma
tional, and Z 900 ballots represent the State
of louisiana
Such Is the free constitution and govern,
ment Of Louisiana; and like it is that of Ar
kansas, Nothing put the failure Of mills
lary expedition deprived Us Of like one in
the swamps OF Florida; and before the
Presidential election, like ones may he or
I;anizsd in every rebel State where the Uni
ted States has camp.
fhe President, by preventing the hill
from becoming a,law, holds the electoral
90 votes Of the rebel States ut the dictaiiou of
u MIS- personal ambition. ..-.
II those rotes fufa Ne balance IN ms ia,
cor, IS % to be Supposed that his competitor,
Gsfeoted by sach msaRS ac,B atYasssce?
II the rebel majority assert their suprem>
81 aHy 10 those States, and sead yntes which
elect an anemy OF the government, will we
-s not repel his claims? b,f,qe
And i, not that civil war for the Presi--
deney inaugurated by the votes of rebel
States2 ,..- s..t ...-. .s.E
s u electors for President be allowed to be
chosen IN either of those States, a sinister
right will he cast on the motives which in
~ iaeed the President 70 hold for naueht''
the will OF Congress rather than his GOV
81 nment in Louisiana and Arkansas,
What these Republicans say of the cons
dition Of affairs in Louisiana and Arkansas