The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-07
From the Rochester Union.l
Rudical Rebellion Commenced.

The radical rebellion foreshadowed by
the revelations of the Hon. Henry j.
Raymond has taken its initial step in
Louisiana. We yesterday gave a brief
history Of the causes which produced
the scene of violence at New Orleans on
Monday. To-day we have the fact
----~A :" the Nav Orleans correspond
ence of the New York Times that the
revolutionary proceedings of the men,
bers of the fractional and defunct Con-
vention of 1864 were in pursuance of an
understanding had with Banks, Stevens,
Sumner and the other Radical leaders of
Congress-
The Louisiana Convention of 1864,
representing only that portion of the
State then within the federal military
lines, was elected under the order of
General Banks, who was then in CON-
mand there, and many of the members
certificates were signed on board of gun
boats and in the camps of the federal
army. 1t met and performed the spe-
cific duty for which it was called into
being; and having done SO, and the Con-
stitution of its framing having been
accepted and recognized by the govern
ment at Washington and put into opera
tion, its powers were exhausted and it
became extinct. Its members, however,
assumed to adjourn subject to the call of
the President, Judge Durell. That gen
tleman when recently urged to call the
Convention together refused to do so
upon the ground that the body had no
existence. A caucus of the radical
members was then held, and they elected
r. X. Howell President pro tem.," aDdit
was under his call that the Convention
sought to assemble on Monday. The
correspondence of the Times TO which we
have referred says: They passed res
olution censuring Durell for his refusal
to reconvoke them, and elected Judge
Howell President pro tem., ordering him
to issue call, which he did, and immedi-
ately thereafter left for Washington for The
purpose of cOnteTing tcith Banks, SteUenS
and Sumner, or Others Of The Radical stripe.
1t is well known that the object
of the Convention is to disfranchise ex-
rebels and eufranchise the freedmen.
The radicals have a majority in the Con-
vention, in which they propose to follow
the illustrious example of Congress in
not admitting members who are opposed
to their political connections. They
claim to be the only true representatives
Of loyal inhabitants of the State, and
intended to arrogate to themselves to
decide who shall come in under new
election and who shall out"
Here we have established the compile
ity of the radical leaders in Congress
with these radical revolutionists of
Louisiana. These leaders have never
recognized the validity of the State gov
ernment of Louisiana, which was organ
| lied under the plan and direction of
President Lincoln and which was upheld
by him and has been upheld by his
successor. And what shows their utter
recklessness in the effort to overthrow
that government, is the fact that they
now propose to use as an instrument in
their revolutionary work the very Con-
| vention of 1864 which they have repudi-
ated all along as Of no force or authority
whatever The famous Wade-Davis
manifesto of July of that year, signed by
! Senator Wade Chairman OF the Senate
Committe on the Rebellious States, and
tho late Henry Winter Davis, Chairman
| OF the House COluulttco ou IHc Sdluc suu-
iect, was based principally upon the
Louisiana Convention and State govern.
ment of 1864. 1t will be remembered
that this radical manifesto arraigned
and denounced President Lincoln for
exercising dictatorial usurpation in
Louisiana" and "striding headlong to-
ward anarchy" Said Wade and Davis:
"The President Uincoln) persists in
recognizing those shadows Of govern
ments in Arkansas and Louisiana which
Congress formally declared should not
beIrecognized. They are mere creatures
of his (Iincoln's) will. They are mere
oligarchies imposed on the people by mil
itary order under the form of elections
at which generals, provost marshals, sol.
diers and camp followers were the chief
actors, assisted by handful of resident
citizens and urged on to premature
action by private letters from the Presi.
dent (Lincoln.C
While the Wade-Davis manifesto IL
lustrates the inconsistency of the radi
calls in employing the means to the end
lit indicates steadtsst purpose to reach