The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-22

contrary rule should be pursued in this
election.
Our Representative and Negro Suffrage
1t affords us pleasure to record the
tact that on last Thursday, upon the pas
sage By the House of Representatives Of
the bill comforting the privilege of voting
upon the negroes in the District of Co
lumbia, Hon c. D HUBBARD, tie repre-,
sentative from this congressional district,
voted no. His action in this respect will
doubtless be severely criticised by some
of his party friends in this locality, many
of whom are known to be in favor of ne
gro suffrage, negro equality and every
other fanatical scheme in which the ne
GRO is concerned We regret, however,
that m1ch of the credit which Mr.. HUB
BARD might have earned 10y an independ-
ent, bold and manly opposition to the
negro suffrage scheme, cannot now be
accorded him because of the timidity
which seemed to characterize his action
and the explanations he felt called
upon to make Just previous to the
voting upon the passage of the bill, Mr.,
HUBBARD addressed the House as follows:
Mr. Speaker without instituting any
inquiry or comparison between the black
and white races, l wish simply to iudi-
cate my reasons for the vote which | eX
pect to give on the bill now pending.
l believe that all history will sustain
the position that only homogeneous
people can make united nation.
| further believe that the effort to in
troduce into the sovereignty of this coun-
try race which cannot in the nature of
things become homogencous-which fact
every instinct of our humanity and the
whole legislation of the country attest
can only be productive of contention and
confict-a conflict which must ultimate
II result in the domination of one or the
other of these races and the ultimate de-
struction of the weaker race.
And this rule would apply not only
to the negro, but to the Indian, or to the
Chinsman; and if there be any people of
our own race of whom it could not fairly
be predicated that in few generations
they would become homogeneous, or. in
other words, Americanized, l would if
had the power, deny to that people the
right of suffrage.
On the other hand, / would by the
fullest legislation secure not only To the
negro, bat to every inhabitant Of this
country, of whatever race or lineage, all
the protection that the law gives to my
wife or minor son, and would do this
not only in the District of Columbia, but
in every State of the Union"
SO far, 50 good Mr., HUBBARD bases
his opposition to negro suffrage upon the
right ground, and his position is impreg-
nabls. The interests of the white and
black races are autagonis!ie, and thatau-
tagonism never can be removed By legis-
lation. Mr.. HUBBARD is right in declar-
ing that the admission oftlis antagon-
istic race into the sovereignty of the
country must ultimately result in the
domination of one or the other of these
races, and the ultimate destruction Of the
weaker race" But it is pity he did not
conclude his remarks with the sentences
vo have quoted above. He continued
his statement by throwing tho follow
ing tub to the radical whale:
Il would N the present circumstances
Of our country so further. and departing
somewhat from the rule laid down. |
would as special recognition of his ser
vices to the Commonwealth in its hour
Of trial, extend the right of suffrage to
every man Of whatever race who has III
the war for the Union faithfully served
in and been honorably discharged
from the naval or military service of
the United States. But ip no case would
I extend this right so far rs TO give TO
the excluded race the control OF the gov
eminent in any community, and thus
provoke the conflict seek to avoid
With this brief statement / indicate
my intention of voting against the bill
under consideration, and also against the
amendment of the gentleman from New
York"
: There is a great deal of bosh about the
eulogiums pronounced upon the bravery
Of the negro soldiers during the late war
We have yet to find the first white officer
~ t''e army VINO SAID LIE lad seen the ne
groes tight as we'll as even the poorest
class OF white troops, unless be had some
axe to grind in the shape of a promotion
or an appointment in the Freedman's
Bureau or something of that kind They
received far more credit THAN they de-
served, and we all remember how, after
nearly every battle where the white SOL
diers had won the day and the wounded
and dying were lying around UNDECIDED,
some radical officer would hasten to the
nearest telegraph. station and fash to
Washington city and the country at
large an announcement that The
eolored troops fought brayely," But
even supposing that they. did all that