The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-05-23

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Eoosnseatios; s. BIZ sdsffsed, MI destroyed.
eBut / do want security for the future. Now
suffrage Is not an inherent right, but priv.
lese t.: be granted or withheld as the Interest,
Welfare and pssqriy Of ~ State may rSgSirs'
Our .i,fssnsd L,kL.eif and (9or chill lren
ara citizens, entftlcI 10 oil civil fishts-tJ oil
security, ~ tho cnjOyn'er, q life, liberty
and she' rqrsutror hA rF:,icss:H Bdrxs dodd
allow them TO vote. Every community mus,
3reGAs,yttc rghf ,of snqrsge.fy ri's'f y
ouaA, u9t 70 loko }rbir4rily, of SioRlipy
or1He ?<iscir,e. oHjnslice Oh hdsc HSps,h.
ency; yet It may, nnd"it ough, 10 exclude
whomsocrrr j.. lns just cause to >fear will
sn'lnngcr' nc pence; PROSPERITY, and'integrity
kof thu, State The pubie!!Nclfars. h:,'he
Eerilerion. On this priuciple. ,oyr, ,nhsuraii'
1a.ion lnxs are preIoatcd;' nud Dur State
constitution requires the voter to be a citizen
Of the United states: And< therefora be mtist
have been in the United States five years
before he can vote ia West Virginia. w MISC
excllda dudpefs IPc rinni ipa- tonpa s5N stia,
| and persons onYic,ed Of nn infHm, Us ohcnse.
Why? Because it WIS supposed that the
public welfare require il. Now the question,
anG with M thoYuiy, qussSos ishcAn tIoss
lstel ylcnE aYep I'd !iSJeil!o& bct&t tlis LING
safely entrusted with tho right Of suffrage
: Doubtless some OF them might be; 80 might
some OF uur sons under twenty. ohe~ years Of
age But We mus, have general rules. And
Assreeotr4l,rea, World II 81 witissfiiiEs!s
turned rebels 10 vote? Again revert to OK.
perichcc. wbut Isl che. cpndition tof n'snirs
where the rebels have been restored to political
power md authority? Ask Gov, pierpoint
NJ -luchrhoh,l3 t.Gcy Ecrd"prorlse IN p,ortG.
sions Of loyalty to him. lie coniidsL In their
Pro,esinsrons. .TlHLis thu; rvsult. a. so'n
NM he restored them to power, they forthwith
eon,uuncious!y hurled every one OF his loyal
appointrrs from office, md filed tbuir placcs
with .ncn remarkable only for their raucoi GUS
support Of ,herchvtliou..1 A Reh,ls.pSn from
h;rxnnlria tho otlIer "tlHy informed .me that
as SOON rs the municipal authority Of thai city
rc.l into the hands o: the rebels, they instant
Is removed from Office every loyal incumbent
even down TO the night scarcusrr. SO it is
throughout The Sou,a, where those who were
in rebellion hive secured the power. Every
where, without .Gxctptioc. lhcnvoTal is hold;y
made llIsf unionism shall be nude oii"'ls,
and rebellion shall be made honorable. So II
will be'in West Virginia, III We suffer lae' pn'
liiicnl power to pass into the hands Of those
who were lately urrayed against ns dn7 our
airugglc for national existence nnd are IN
sympathy against it. l can pledge yon m!
word OF honor. TINT have yet TO hear the irst
one OF them acknowledge that. his. caqsr was
wrong. They uniformly arnw lliat II wna I"
good cIu.r, u righteous cause, cause that
ought to have succeeded, nnl tltnt they regret
il did not succeed. They BAY thai they FAC
crpl the situation, no, because they love the
situation. but because they tare MOI. the power
to resist il. | 10 not prc,rad to deny that
they a.. sincere. Bat il 40. anil thry are
honest meu, will they not, il Opportunity &C
eur, revolt again, To establish cause which
they believe 10 he right, and for which they
have :nurh; so brlveiy! .lf,a"yarr in.incere
mud dishonest; would 'it,Lr wise 10. trl'st them
again? They rebylel. once, without cause.
May lhoy not do ~ again il they get, chanc"
To do 50? Is not their hatre'l OF Tie h1vrrh'
mrni more hi,:rr and imtra>c Than u ever
was? Is not their submission Of c1m2uls!on,
rather thnn oil cni.SGmr' Or Affection!
Furthermore. can we AnGr!y trust thcm Oh
the qrrsri ion Q: the integrity OF nm nrm State?
lli,aar:o this his been the object q: their r"st
rs.,rcia hostility. What s0ii ui commission.
rr, would they .rirct to treat with th"sr ap.
p.in,.h ,y East firsnia:sur reunlonSntilhs
S,aics2 Aud low nbvut lh" rerudI"tiop oil
the national debt, 20 much talked Of through.
ont the Spn;h? Or, il not bold enough Tor
thar, il there TO .Lt1gcr Of The assumption OF
the Cuair't"rntc debt Z Can n he Tiso To en-
t.uS, srrh men with such trcin'ndOns issues
Are ,ha Cniun mcm ut Vest Virginia, after
the history oil the iaSt four years. re"dy to
surrcmlrr th--r qu'A,ioas To the dccIsIoh." oil
~. b meu! In Hno-c hands ara ths Interests
,u.l iuunur oil West Virginia more Hrcnrc--In
the han,ls III the Ivy" cil!.snS VINO have
u,,.iu,ein:d both with lue.and irohsnr!t;or 10
,Ar hand, o.: he mrn who did all they con!d
80 Irstrnv both our State md the Union! La
% I,,i AZ these mcn nre clothed NTH the POM.
icxl pnw.r of the State, to ;l": extent "ie MI
,he., grca, interests imi.crilied.
1t IL said, however, ny sonsp vhoms am
SURPRISED 10 hear say 80, that this, proposed
constitutional amendment is ria'licuyc--that
it is rr I.oyi (drio IN u, operation, and, There
torr, unrnnsti, itionnl: This ism ,nrisnpprc.
hrn.:ou Of the grounds upon which the
amendment is placed It. hot designed ~ I"
punishment. II Ia. no reference in i's p''r-
nose to llc;pnst. III louks only 10 tbs FUTURE.
/, IL trsSn2d'tu ieedrc1he fb;hrcpsace vel
fare, and integrity OF the State. II ~ cxclu-
siveIya measure Of srl:.hcIthse. II is aot to
punish men lor the rebellion they have already
rsged; hut il is 70 prevent ,tAsm from wag'uT
nuo,ler rehellio.; ind it il nre'Iicatrj, as
understand il, on the belief that the men who
hcrr,c!or. rcyvRt,l,aE6i6st y benign govern.
neu, without tho shaIow Of II prstei', ARE not
snk .IyposubrFs ot hepoIjtiSrl $6Her Orthe
S,Y,G. IN tlIi gf13ad,:jf sHe httief iori VOL
founded, the measure i, no:~6n'y l"St'liaol",
hu, the people would be dcre.ict OF dI'y II
they raiisf to'nt6p, N"E.1'I ~" DE-" :
hut whit surprises inc mos. Is, that the re-
monssrsu,s against the sfranc!'srmrni con,
,rmp,atM by tho. proposed const''nE''olnnI
Sn,cnImSnt, SHOULD invoke 70 their slrpor'
tic name OF President loFusjn. Some''iI mes
desperate men succeed by the adoption OF
Ia .a,is no tl.ring TINT their nhversarIes 9o'
au,icipa,:us such recklessa"s*, nnl taken by
SURPRISE, arc overcome. Wa. there ever u
more anincious assumption ihaa this probes
, sion of.friendship for The policyand principles
Of Mr.. Johuson hy men who hGxt shccn en-
gagged in the rebellion? whnt.areiPrcsi
Johuson.s opinions in this rcsPccE There
need be 10 Notwithstanding. hehas ut'ertd
| them 'bdsdly, rrprntcllSraand smPanllenlIy;
Here ,hcy,arr tT his oHnswords. spoHen2SG "d
pnIltshH BY HIM. Nashville When no Ma, -
! engaged Ia INSTRUMENTATION OF the S'"'e o.
! Tennessee in 1854: -,
Du, IN csllingjn con vention,to restore thS
NJ 4 Il NnsIn