The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-13
The signs Of the Times.

long rush for tue uooi'
them was CHARLES SUMNER, who, with
his pockets crsmmed with spiteful reso-
lutions about what he calls manhood
suffrage" and "equal rights" seized the
first moment to empty those pockets
and deluge the Senate with cataract
of Radicalism. He was like new wine
that lscketh vent He had been damned
up ever since the adjournment OF Con-
gress, and his whole person was distend'
ed with accumulated afflatus. he mus'
get relief or bust. He resembled a To-
volving gun with load in every chani
Der. Scarcely was one fred before an
othar and still another, followed in rap
id succession After these rapid and iu-
rions discharges, the miserable Senator
from Massachusetts, sat down relieved
and satisfied man. He was soon follow
ed by Mr. WADE, of Ohio, who used
q single barrel piece. bat fred the same
sort of ammunition,
There was the same headlong hurry
among the Radical leaders in the House
of Representatives. Mr. SrEvEN5. OF
Pennsylvania, as if afraid of moment 5
DELAY, proceeded at once to get his resolu
ton for the appointment of committee
Of fifteen, looking to the exclusion OF
the Southern members, passed.
The object, both in the Senate and IN
the House, appeared to be to iorestali
the reading of the Presidents Message
They appeared to act upon the idea that
until the Message should be read, they
would be supposed to have no knowl-
edge OF its points and recommendations,
and could not, therefore, be accused OF
flying in its face All this was but a
pleasant fiction They did not know, or
have reason to know, from the Presi-
dents past policy, and from his character
for frmness and consistency, what the
character of the Message would be. They
artfully took advantage of the unsettled
condition of the two Houses, ana Of the
moments preceding the delivery of the
Message, to offer resolutions which, had
they followed the reading of that admi-
rable paper, could have been regarded in
no other light than as deliberate and
intentional declaration of opposition to
tue President, and plain and palpnble
reputation of his policy of restoration,
The points takenlip Mr., STEVENS res
olution will either have to be maintain
ed or surrendered. There can be'I,o mid
die ground r. If maintained, then the
whole Republican organization will be
sttStar with the President, unless he
shall renounce his restoration policy--a
presumption too violent and unreasona-
blesto be entertained for moment. The
conservative Republicans, of whom we
have heard so much for the past two
months, cannot, in one moment, and I'M
der the magic influence of TdAD1EUs
STEVENS glance, have been transformed
into ultras and enemies of the President.
Thus far the Republicans in Congress
have exhibited no conservative indica-
tions All indications have been of
radical character. This IS all sufficient
ly discouraging, yet we do not give up
all hope of rupture between the ultras
and the moderates We are inclined to
regard the preliminary action of the Re-
publican party in Congress in the light
ofA forced effort in the beginning to
Suppress the outward evidences OF IN
ward differences, as decent attempt to
appear we'll before the country and to
impress the President by an imposing
show of solid unanimity We ratherin-
cline to hope that this is one of those cases
that doctors tell US of, in which the
patient, conscious of impending disso.
luton, makes a superhuman effort to
rally oil his faculties, and cheat himself
and those around him into the pleasant
delusion that he is about to recover,
when, in tact, he is almost IN aticala
norris. We shall at least so interpret
these untoward indications until all
grounds for such an Interpretation shall
be taken from u.s. This is but the be-
ginning of the session. Political changes
are sometimes as sudden and as complete
as those witnessed in the kaleidoscope
Many such changes will doubtless occur
during the present session of Congress
In the Presidents wisdom, trmness aud
devotion to the Constitution, we place
our reliance 1t is more manly and more
pleasant to hope than despair We choose
to hope for better thugs than the ugly
omens now portend. We cannot believe
that, after bloody and dessolating war
of four years duration, the American
people will be so wanting in common
sense and the plaiDest duties Of patri-
otism as to reject the fruits of peace
vouchsafed them by Providence We
cannot believe that, having fought to Sc
cure the Union and the Constitution.
they will refuse to acknowledge their
restoration.