The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-10
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ussday Is one Of the most important
pablio utterances he has made since the
transmission of his message to Congress:
It will be read very attenIively by the
people, and will inspire fresh hope In
the minds of all who desire to see our
national government administered in
its original purity, and will be heartily
commended by all conservative men. 1t
furnishes key to his'whole policy, and
shows that he has not forgotten the
principles for which he used to contend
so eloquently upon the stump or IN
either House of Congress. He am
nounces as the fundamental text Of his
creed" the old Democratic doctrine that
the will of the people must be obeyed
when fairly expressed" In these days
OF Acknowledgement and the arbitrary
rule Of a minority, and after the years
re have seen of the abrogation of cleo
tions and the forcible overriding and
trampling down of the popular will, 1T
is refreshing to hear from President OF
the United States so honest and manly
declaration as that we have quoted. 1t
reminds us of old times, when elections
we've free, when the people were permit
ted to fairly express their will and bids
us hope that something OF popular
rights may yet survive the rude shocs
which fanaticism has given.
The allusion which the President
makes to the District CT Columbia gives
. assurance that, should the opportunity
occur, he will not hesitate to veto the
bill Shich the Radical majority in the
House of Representative has passed,
comforting suffrage upon the negroes in
that District, contrary to the fairly ex-
pressed and almost unanimous vish Of
the people That he will exercise his
power to shield the people Of the Dis
tcict from the consumation Of so inilui-
rous a scheme as that contemplated by
the negro sutfrage BILLS earnestly desired
by Ill those who love their country's
honor aud revere the great underlying
principles of our republican goy cTnment.
Aud get, Ws are sorry to record the fact,
that in the legislature of West Virginia
a resolution approving the course OF
those y ho voted against the negro sur
trage It'll was summGg.iy Gad igno@rjU.cNsiy
tGd!.d This action was the Consistent
vote Of men who have laborcd ana arc
still laboring to thNaIt the con5tit0-
tionsl policy of the Federal admimstra-
ton and, III their Inst OF p0-72. - sti,ie
the popular voice.
The appeal which the Prc9idanr MAKES
to the people, III the conclusion u his
speech, will be well sustained dni The
faith he has expressed il tier ability t.
solve Alright the political problems Oft the
day will not be misplaced The people
will stand by the President Will, he
takes the constitution for his guide aud
opposes the madness Of the meu dom
inant Ill Congress III Congress a. III
our State Legislature the radical party
is conscious that ii misrepresent5 the
popular wish and il anxious 10 do ali
the wrong il can before rho sCeptrc is
wrenched from its hand by the consttiu-
snts whom it has betrayed Let hut the
people vote. freely as Old, without in
timidatiOn, without test oaths ar dis
aiding acts. and the ra'ical party in
both State and nation will he rhiriel
iats obscurty and contempt. summariIy
and forever
Then let all conservative 0..h satlJ u |
the support of the President rot With |
blind confidence, not echoing the motto !
the President, right or -rong, bur SIM |
ply assuring him that 50 long as he is
governed by the constitution Of the I'M
ted States and cOnsults the wishes and
obeys the will ofthe people. ana guar
antees to the people the right Of .Jiajrjy
expressing their will, so long will the cor
servative masses of the nation endorse
and sustain his course. The sympathy
and support of the radical faction be need |
not look to have, aud caueasily dispense I
With. Between him and them there is |
great gulf fixed. Because ne refuses
to bow to their ebon- IDOL and frowns
upon their vindictive and proscriptive |
schemes, he has already incurred their |,
hate-the hate which they are swift 20 !
bestow upon all who revere the consti-
tuition aud plead for white mems rights. |
We observe that in a speech made ~
the President to delegation of gentle !
men from Montana, on the same day in
which he replied to the negroes. he
avowed that he is not candidate for or
SEEKING reelection to the Presidency -
He declared that his political life would
end with his present term Of Office and
that should he be able TO proclaim that
we are united people, she measure of
lis ambition would oe iull He also
said u feel that l can afford to do /
right, and, so far rs in ME lies. intend
TO administer this government upon the
principles that lie at the foundation OF
SI,o,,Il bl -, l. |