The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-06

collar or put under the whip 1t is for
inmate for the republic that there are
such representatives i'm the national conn
ell. who are among the foremost support
ers of liberty and Union, yet who reject
the partisan drill of mere party men 1t
is an honor to a mansto think for him
self i'm every niatterpresented to his at
tention, and never toibe driven. or eoaxed
into positions where neither his judg--
ment nor his conscience can sustain him.
Such Legislators. inspired by proud
sense of personal liberty and uninf1u-.
enced action, can but strengthen the
Union cause.n ia y. s"- -S1'.Sa 4" i-.til
All right minded men must feel thank
full to General Garfield, or Others who
have been instrumental in relieving one
sufferer from unjust imprisonment, and
all imprisonment no matter at whose m
stance is unjust, which is without war
rant and the offer of speedy trial "A |
But the question recurs, how came this
anjast Imprisonment! 1t will not do
merely to lay it to the chargeof "a sub
ordinate officer of the government"
This is miserable apology The GOV.
ern meDt at Washington has and has
had for several years, control OF every
department and form or shadow of gov
ernment at Washington, United States
territorial and municipal! This Old Capt.
toll Prison, is in the heart of the city, and
SO near the mansions and residences and
daily walks OF the cabinet aud other
great officers of the government, that 1T
was hardly possible for them not to hear
with their own ears, the groanings of the
prisoners. The government aud every
officer of any sort of prominence, mrst
have known, and die know of this abom
ination long and long ago, and all the
time The newspapers OF New York
and our other cities, great and small. by
their Washington correspondents and
otherwise, have kept this thing daily
before the people There is not q man,
woman or hoy who reads thenewspapcrs,;
or hears people talk, who has not heard
of this abOninatiOn for the thOusandth
time. The very praises here piled on
General Garfield and other republicans,
| prove that do not call this thing, conf
mitted by tho Republican party, by too
harsh % name, when L call it an ''abanl-
nation" BIT these praises OF our editor
prove more-they prOve.thc guilt and
completely of the Federal Government
and its officers in this iniIuity. These
compliments bestowed upon Garfield and
| his associates in the good work, are TiM-
Ouf point and scnselcss, and worse than
| scnsclcss, unless there has been oppose
! lion on the part Of the government OF its
high officers, to this interference IN favor
| of the prisoners by these gentlemen in
Congress Mr. Campbells praises noces-
sarily imply there was resistance i'll high
quarters to the conduct of these gentle
men, or that they thereby incurred the haa-
ard of bringing dOwnupon theniselvesthc
| hostility of the Government or the odium
of the war party. 1t is their snbjecting
| themselves to danger of loss or injury 10
| themselves, which gives them title to
praise No man is entitled TO any par
ticular merit, praise, ornoticc, who merely
does his duty and subjects himself to no
censure, injury, or loss thereby. rejoice
| in this confession, by Mr.. C., of iniquity
on the part Of the President and his par
| ty, whether intended or not. 1t is posi-
bio ii was the editors purpose simply TO
praise his party on some Of its worthless,
not observing whom he thereby most Sc
riously eliminated. Had Democrat 80
eliminated the Government, he might
have been in prison before this, because
for less cause or pretense, such have
been immured in prison by those whom
| our editor supported.
An honor, say again, to General Gar
field and co-laborers But where was the
residue of the Republican party i'll Con,
nress on this occasionl Surely they were
opposing the good work of the General
and his friends, OF else Mr.. c. talk about
refusing to wear collar, is without sense
and a fiction. Have you changed, Mr..
editor! Ifso, say so. Or has your recent
faU produced Il conclusion and confusion
of the Enthusiastically blending Liu-
comism, negroism, collarism and liberty
ism into one undistnguiShable mass!
But if your Republican friend, the
General and coadintOrs, we're entitled to
so much praise (andl conccde they were)
where We're my butternut friends in Con
urcss Oh this occasion of doing good!
| venture to assert that they were
voting with Your friend General Gar
ficld-though | do not know, that
they were-i0r since my thvoritc
editor was put i'll limbo, for saying
black was not white nor a negro white
man or citizen, have been shy of the
newspapers as proper or good medium
of truth. ..H
But repeat, why did yon not glorify
n,ybuttenut or coPperhead friend if yan
or the members of the Legislature think
the word copperhea,lis amore polite and
pious word than butterant) for their vote
ON this distinguished occasion. l stick
to it, they voted with your General, but
il they did not, then 4 Icheeriully turn
them over To the tender mercy of any
preacher you can ind-this viii surely be
punishment enongh for any moor erriuS