The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-19
For the Wheeling Register.l
an Appeal TO the Union and Business
nen si Marion Comfy,

Are the administrators of the registra-
ton law to find countenance and encour-
agement from you in their Wanted dis.
play of favoritism and injustice in
robbing five hundred true and loyal
Union men of Marion county of their
citizenship Look but at three town
ships, and tell me if such things are to
be endured? In Grant township, sixty
one have been notified to appear before
the County Board of Registration in
Lincoln township, SEVENTY five have
been notified and in Pawpaw township,
seventy five more. Here in three town
ship, the tremendous enormity of two
hundred and ten Union men, old citi
zens and heavy tax payers are to be
dstranchised And for what And by
whom Let but an honest man, true
lover of his country, be present before
the Board during one of these examina.
tiOns and the ludiCrous, farcical, and
malignant nature of the whole affair is
made patent Look for moment
OH the infOrmers and witnesses, and
then let your eyes slide down upon the
Minq called n Board of Registration for
Marion county and if that man can re.
tire without deep drawn sigh and the
exclamation aloud, Oh my country
my country ~ it is more than any yet
have done Col Lininger, | call upon
You 10 publish the testimony taken, and
that which will be taken, to let our
people see the unspeakable meanness Of
this malignant farce. Business men
of Marion county Union men OF
Marion county Radicals Of Marion
county Where is this thing to end :
Here stands ont Marion county black
spot amid all her sister counties Tay-
lor has registered twenty-one hundred
voters, | learned on yesterday, and all
concede a majority of more than five
| hundred against the Constitutional
Amendment Wheeling, our capital,
the very heart of radiCalism, has regis.
tered her citizens, and her Board of Reg
istrars with all their closeness will
scarcely strike dozen from the list In
Harrison, Monongaiia, Preston, Taylor,
Barbour, Lewis, DOddridge, and all the
counties Immediately around us, moth
ing of what we witness here is being
| done. And what IS more, many OF the
honorable radicals affirm that such con
duct would not he tolerated. Our peo-
ple regret to see Joshua Layman held
his seat in the present Board. We high
ly respect and honor Layman, and would
| saw to him, come out from among the
crowd" We sympathize with him, be-
lieving his heart tc be right. Layman,
don't be nsed and abused as yOu must
be in such a body. And now, business
men You who are the bone and sinew
| 4 I
masses call upon you, to step forward
and check mate this wicked effort to ian
the flames of war right in our
midst. And to the voters OF our county,
the noble farmers of our soil, we say ;
Stand fast! Let not one man be fright
eped from his post Do your duty like
men: sneak out condemn without stint,
and live up to the constitution and laws,
and see TO it that as men knowing your
rights. Won will maintain them, and
note we'll the disturbers Of your peace,
and the peace of our country Don
fail to appear, if summoned, anu bring
with Won your witnesses, and demand
Justice, aud take nothing else.
See to il that the name OF your IN.
formant is obtained, and the names of
the witnesses against you, as also their
testimony, and the rulings and preyari,
cations of the Board are all taken down
or well remembered. and then handed
over to Colonel Lininger, weekly, fol
the National PAwPAw.
P. S.-If this war upon the rights ol
peaceable, law abiding and honest Union
men is to continue, beg to say to all
that steps must be taken to know o1I Jul
enemies from our friends, and then IN al
the relations of life to conduct ourselves
; accordingly.