The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-01
Prascripfion-No. 3.

should be development, ex-
pansion of the State, in all her resources.
regarding continually the Proteqt'o" oil
its citizens in their proper, honest
ayocations. and their e8ectnal sfc1nt~
IN the endowment of individual and AZ
gregate right. For purposes like .hese
such Governments as are esteeAieo ''0'
eral are designed, and in those OF pOp"-
liar, representative charact'h 'hey are
snnuosed always TO be III view oil the
Representatives. Now H. ips'eao u
this the Legislators are diverted by mo,
80; 80, Of a nersopal and selfish KIND, 10
800 thar work. such as the enactment
sG 80 80 obstructive and proscriptlve IN
VI IA" ,~octes, the result OF their
S In1m ;S i;1ely to operate unfavoraply
"a 49, tha n1olic welfare Some results that
w. W fillow this sort of legislation IN
Wi Virginia have been before CONSUL
cred. o,,ead IA the
fnII eanse of her calamity, when men OF
sense, intelligence and integrity may
have been already, by the force oil pro-
scriptire, penal, unconstitutional law, actu'
ally driven from their native land, to
seek new homes under more literally
disposed State Governments ! Again
may not ,dhe very means adopted TO
obtain their determination only operate
in case of the conscientious, the honorable
the best, while those Others may remain
at the price of virtue and OF honor, 70
prove bad citizens, aye. the ao'St o.
whom no State should be particularly
proud And does the temper INDICATED
By such legislation incline any TO sup
pose that the places OF those pro'cIl0ea
are probably to be supplied by other;
| comparable with them in virtue or IN
| telligeHceE
But apart. from such and ali othel
4 considerations, it is certain that tht
Legislature in every free commonwealth
is presumptively the guardian OF its Con
| stitution, that main charter OF persona
and political rights, Are we we'll as
| sured that this proscriptive class legls
lation does not infringe upon that yer.
Constitution which the Legislature ha
solemnly sworn to observe and to defend
Did the people intend the Legislature
so cheaply to trample the Constitution
under foot2 Nersr, never, Werer
Take Of thy shoes the ground thou troades
en- Is holy"
Legislators. consider, consider, con
| slider
Our acts our angels are, OF good o. III,
Or fatal shadows that walk by Us still
But this is not the time, and these dis
cursive observations certainly do mo-
constitute the appropriate place for the
discussion of nice and important constl
tutional questions. The Legislature vii
no doubt make Up abundant issues o
tAot sort for the common entertainment
of Courts @u1 che country. The topics
treated of (although IN -A.nnar littl,
satisfactory to the writer ii this ana II
preceding numbers, are of vital import
auce to the people of West Virginia
Extremes In legislation are to be avoide'
while she is recording her earliest page
in history as an intelligent, patriotic
honorable commonwealth. The impres
sion of a States legislation extends ia
tevond her 0Wa limit, Violence, lntem
perance, injustice in this, if they do no
recoii upon their authors, will react tt
her prejudice and lasting injury And
We must remember that the interests, thu
honor, the integrity of every free State
concern its people, its entire people, tina
'pocer behind the throne, greater than tt
| III, one itouIC a legislation tnat results
rather from passion than deliberate judg
ment, may rest stain upon the Statei