The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-21

the House, few days SINCE, oh resUlu.
Hon offered by General PAINE, OF WIS
I'm. calling onsthe States to organize, dlsv
cinline. equip their militia, and directing
fbat tWo.thirds of the arms, ordnance
and ammunition now under CUSTODY OF
the General Government, be d'stf1oaIea
amono the States-the distribution among
the ioval States to take place lmMe "iE
atelv. and that among the states iaIeiy
- rsbelI;on TO be postponed until Iurth-
- a nrSers The resolution came up from
a. Gommittee on Military Affairs ana
was pushed to vote, without aeDa'0 II IT,
dslay. under the previous question: osS
attracted as little attention IN CongttS1;; o
as il has in the country; and tne pniH;t ts
will doubtless receive Wild lhci9uunSy
the assurance that it was lntehoeu, gy
those who secured its passage, as ".
first sfep toward preparati0n Jor ano ta
J c;r;i ,par. Although no debate was naa
unon If members were urged to vote 1or
=; uph Nv direct conversational appeals on
tSo Aoor on the part of the few who
were privy to it's introduction. Some
we're told that lit was necessary 10
enable the Southern loyalists to protecs
themselves; others, that it was Simply
matter of detail in the War Department.
others that the arms must be taken OUT
~ tbe hands of the President; ana
others that it was proposed at the IN
stance of the Secretary of War. An
anneal was made by Mr.. KAssoN OF
Iowa TO allow debate upon 1T, as IL
seemed to be a matter of Importance,
but this was refused. a..
"Most of the leading and rejecting
Radicals in Congress take this view OF
che political future: If the tall eiections
result in the choice OF Northern Demo;
Gratis enough to constitute, when adueu
TO the members from the Southern STATES
a majority of the House, they assume
that this majority, thus constituted, Will
claim TO be the Congress, and will act
Accordingly, and that they will be recog-
| nized nv the President as the body TO
| which he will send his messages, and
whose sessions he will, if the necessity
should arise, protect by military force
They assert, on the other hand, that the
Union members from the loyal States
| if they constitute majority from those
| States-wil claim to be the only legal
| Con eress, and will, if necessary, invoke
| an Instruction of the people to maintain
them in that position. They do not in
| the least conceal their purpose, in the
event of such a collision, to appeal to
| force, and to drive the rival Congress,
| with the President and his Cabinet and
supporters, into the Potomac to use the
language of one of the ablest and most
sincere of their number. II you vii!
recall the remarks of Mr.. Boutwell,, OF
Massachusetts,, in last weeks first eau
ems. YOU will see this movement clearly
oreshadowed- indeed avowed He de-
clared his belief that an Issue OF force
was rapidly approaching, and that we
must be prepared to meet 1T. tie acts,
and all who cooperate with him In
| these measures profess to act, under the
apprehension that the President intends
| to resort to force - that he means TO
dispense the present Congress on Its reas'
sembling in December if it refuses TO
admit the Southern members; and Mr.
Farpsworth ascribed to Mr.. Seward the
declaration, that this Congress should
never reassemble unless the Southern
members were admitted-in support o.
this belief. need scarcely say that MIR
Seward never made any remark OF thu
\ KIM, nor tDdb thC plOJOSe ooSh ioSN' sSe'@'
President is purely an invention, or a
best the crazy dream of political night
mare But IN either case it serves TIT
same purpose. 1t covers, and is held tt
Justify, the determination to arouse TIT
| North, and prepare for resort to force
upon the assembling of the Forfeit
Congress in extra or in regular session
and this determination is aCo,ced. And tn
resolution to which have referred, TO
an organization of the militia and dis
tributiou of arms in the Northern States
is the initial step to its execution
Il do not propose to comment upoi
the result of such a movement. 1t Il
obvious that if any such contingenc!
Should arise, the war would not be sec
tioual us was the last; it would be a wal
of political parties, and OF nelghbor
hoods. Not only have the great body
of the Union party in Congress no SYN
patty with these views aud purposes
but they are i'll the main ignorant and
| incrednlous of their existence. Tha,
the extreme Radicals entertain them
however, there is not the slightest doubt
and we know, from the experience OF
secession in 1861, how few men it some
times requires to plunge a great party OF
| great nation into war.