The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-08
An Example worthy of Imitn'ion

Oul ldulIdl ulObhiSh
have been fond of quoting the example
of Maryland in defense of the reGiS'i"
ton act and test oath An effort was
made last winter to model the reSlsuS
law of this State upon that of Maryland
and the effect of the Maryland statute
was landed as the very thing for the
Union men of West Virginia. So much
partiality having been manifested by
the radicals here for the political
measures of their party in Maryland,
we hope it may not be considered I'M
nertinent in us to call the attention OF
the friends of the registration act and
constitutional amendment to the recent
action of the Republican party in that
State which has been so often referred
10 as an example worthy Of imitation
in West Virginia.
At recent meeting of the Union
Executive Committee of the State of
Maryland" the following resolutions
were considered:
"ReSolred, That the Union party of
Maryland, recognizing that it is essen
TALLY necessary for the protection of the
Union men of this State that the pres
ent registry law be maintained in its in
territy, and as passed by the Legisla-
tuTe of Maryland, that we will resist and
oppose either its repeal or any mOdifica-
ton thereof.
Pesolred, That this committee do en-
dorse the plan Of reconstruction as sub
mitted by the committee of Fifteen to
the Congress of the United States
These resolutions wae rOted dOwn by "A
two-thirds vote of the committee. The
Union Executive Committee, of the
State of Maryland, therefore repuGiate
aud oppose the registry act in that
State, while the men styling themselves
the Union Central Committee of West
Virginia" arc defending and striving TO
excuse in its application here an act
which embodies the worst features OF
the Maryland law. Our West Virginia
radicals have picked Un the cast off Col.
lies of their party in other States, and
are rolling as a sweet moIsel under
their tongues" the political system that
has been discarded ny their ueighborn
But the Union Executive Committee
of the State Of Maryland" went still
farther, and, not content with simply
repudiatiug the registry law and the
committee of fifteen" vcrged upon what
the excessively loyal" people OF West
Virginia would call frank copperhead
ISM" by adopting the following sensible
resolutions:
BE it Re8olred, That we earnestly
vote for no candidate in tho approaching
fall elections who shall, under any cir
cumstances, advocate negro suffrage and
negro equality within the limits Of the
State of Maryland. or fraternize with
those who do.
RegOlred, That the unconditional Union
men in the different wards Of the city
(BaltimOre) he earnestly requested TO
cooperate in forming organizations with
view to protect the safety and integ-
rity of the Union party against the eff
forts that are now being made to place
the white man upon footing of equality |
with and subject him to the control of |
the negro lace, which in the event Of n |
preponderance of negro votes within our
hmlts-a contingency not unlikely tn
orcur-will he certain to follow
The committee also adopted rs sort
Of political Platform, series of rcsolu.
tions declaring their adherence to- scv-
eral doctrines that are denounced ~
highly disloyal on West Virginia The
following resolutions were passed:
ResoIred. As the sense of this commit
zee, that now, rs heretofore, ardently AT
tached to the Union of these States
under the constitution of the United
States, we deny the right Of any State
TO secede, and hold that all attempts at
accession are null and void, that all the
States are now States OF this Union rs
before the rebellion. and we deny the
power of the General Government. under
the Constitution to exclude State
from the Union OF to govern 1t as a Ter
ri OTy.
ResOIred, That under the Constitution
"t the United States IS reserved TO the
several States The right TO prescribe the
qualifications collectors therein. aud that
il would be subvcrsive of the PRINCIPLES
OF our Government To force universal
suffrage upon any portion of the coun-
try in opposition to the known wishes
of the citizens thereof
Resotred, As a consequence of these
principles that we cordially endorse the !
restoration policy of President Johnson
a. wise, patriotic. constitutional and I'm |
harmony with the loyal Sentimens and /
purpose of the people IN the suppression |
of the rebellion, with the platform upou
which he was elected with the declared
policy of the late President Lincoln.
aud the action of Congress in its pledges
given during tie war.
These resolutions are in substance
very similar to those adopted by the
conservative convention at Clarksburg
IN TINS state, which have been viqor-
ousiy denounced Ivy those c,l;,o tbor,
selves "the Union party" Of wet VI
ginia. They afford additional rr,of
that the radicals here have coma fanh
yond the positions assumed nv +,,.:.
party in other States and are. every dou
and heapiug abuse upon tbos.
who claim to be and are recognized -,
members of their own party If the
Union Executive Committee of the