The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-04
rse Questions at Issue.

The Questions at Issue.
Governor ANDREW, of Massachusetts,,
the Prince of radicals, recently stated
the political situation in New York in
substance as follows:
eft the Republicans win in this election
% New York, though Weed and Raymond
may claim tho honor, we, the radicals,
will reap its result; these affected con-
who did not dare to indorse
Mr.. Johnson's plan at Syracuse, we shall
drive to the wall If they try to support
it 1T Washington. Bnt our success mere
will make Mr. Johnson's plan hopelesS
there. Whereas, if the Democrats WIN
Congress must and will interpret tnelr
success as the country's approDatlon Oh
Mr.. Johnson's plan for the lmmeaiate
restoration of the Union, our opposltion
i'm Congress will be enfeebled from the
start. The weak-kneed will yield to pat
ronage and to power, the southern MEM
hers will be admitted, negro-suffage will
not be exacted from the returning states,
the alliance of the northern Democrats
with the united South will be complete,
aud the Republican party perishes igno-
miniously."
Whatever may be the Puritan Cover
nor's faults, he IL not deficient in politl-
cal sagacitY, and we believe the above
statement to be strictly correct If the
Republican party triumphs this fall in
either Pennsylvania, Ohio or New York,
the result will be looked upon as a con
domination Of President JoHNsoN's re-
construction policy, and will encourage
the radicals in Congress to oppose the
admission of the southern delegates,
and insist upon negro suffrage. Upon
the other hand q Democratic victory in
those States, or either of them, will be
an endorsement of the reconstruction
policy inaugurated by the President and a
demand for the immediate restoration of
the southern States to the rights aud
privileges of the Federal Union.
The same is also true Of the cont. 8!
this fall in West Virginia. The test oath
and constitutional amendment questions
are not of purely local Importance. They
bear q direct relation to the issues which
are before the people of New York, Penn
sylvsnia and Ohio. and involve in their
decision the endorsement or cendemna-
tiou of the policy of the general govern,
ment. In this State. as well as else
where, every vote cast in favor of the
Republican candidates is a vote against
the immediate restoration of the Unio,
and against the clearly declared policy
Of President JOHNSON. Every vote csst
for the Democratic candidates is a vote
In favor of the course and the policy
pursued by the President of the United
States. In New York aud Pennsylvania
aud Ohio the people vote only in refer
sncs to che eonrse pursued by the Prcsi-
dent towards other States; here, however,
we are called upon to say for ourselves
whether or not the liberal policy of the
Federal executive shall be applied to
on osca State. Shall all the citizens Of
South Carolina and Mississippi, whether
they have borne arms against the gov
eminent of the United States OF not, be
invested with complete civil and polit-
ieal rights. while large portion of the
citizens of West Virginia. not whit
more guilty of rebellion than their breth-
Zen of Eastern Virginia or South Caro-
lima, are disiranchised and oppressed ?
President JOHNSON restores the Eastern
Virginisns and the citizens of every
southern State to all their former rights
and privileges; but the radicals in West
Virginia insist that those who differ with
them in this section shall be disfran-
chised forever. The policy of the radi-
cal party in this State is directly at vari-
apce with that of the Federal govern
ment towards even the bitterest and
most unyielding State of the South.
In what solitary instance has con-
vention of the Republican party in this
State endorsed the reconstruction poll
cy of President JOHNSON Here in
Wheeling, which, being the seat of
the State government, may justly
be considered the centre of po-
litical influence, the Republican party
has not uttered one word of approval of
the administration of the President
whom it aided to elect less than one year
ago. In other counties, the party has
followed the example set here The
chief newspaper organ of the party, aud
its fuglemen in ether portions of the
State, have not ventured one word of
comment upon the noble and
manly speech delivered by President
JOHNSON to the representatives of nine
southern States few weeks ago. All
the measures that the Federal admins.
tration has adopted for the restoration
of harmony aud friendly feeling between
the North and the South are passed by
the Republican party 10 this State, with
ont shadow of qualification OF endorse
ment The return of the southern PEG
pie to their allegiance is viewed by tie
party here with illv coucaaL