The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-23

they wefe denied admission, and Mr..
Hubbard,yoted to refer their claims to
a 9commfttee on ReconstruetionW ~ This
COMMITTEES, after eight long months, re-
ported "A Plan for Reconstruction
This plna was to be submitted for ratifi-
cation TO the Legislatures of States
which we're denied representation. They
were to snjoy the rights in the Union SO
far as ratifyihg Constitutional amend
ments, hpt they could notexereise them
in, the way of electing United States
Senators} Is America the government
of our Hther's or the government of
men whq seek, only, to accomplish their
own basa designs, even to the spbver-
sion, of the Constitution. r.,
I President Johnsons policy of resto-
ration Wis the same as that pursued by
Mr. Li1tom.r COL j. had time and
again ASKED Mr.. Hubbard to show the
difference between the programmes
named, hut as yet Mr. ii. had failed to
show il, hnd explain his opposition to
Preside1,l johnson. There was some
Inferior design there was some object
to accomplish, and what was that de-
sign.or object, unless it was negro suf-
frags t1is e1.. .o'1sat $50 80. ~ 81.
Mr.. Hubbard had voted to lay bill
on the table which provided for the ad-
mission; ef the Southern States, when
the Constitutional Amendment was
adopted. That bill to-day lies on the
Speakers table; and what assurance
have ethat Congress will be satisfied
with the adoption of the Amendment
Mr.. Hubbard by his vote favored the
.tabling OF that bill, and by that vote
said he would not he willing to admit
these STATES, even when they did agree
to tho amendment. What do these
men wanti They pledge themselves to
nothing They will be satisfied with
nothing less than negro equality. How
long are we to await q restoration OF
the Union Mr.. Hubbard asks You to
return him to Congress in order that he
may aid the radicals in destroying the
country and forcing negro suffrage upon
the people. eE-.. . -..la..-.
Congress had Knocked tlfe soldiers by
passing fhe bill which purported to
eaualize bounties. Mr.. Hubbard had
voted to give one hundred dollars to the
soldiers niid two Thousand five hundred
dollars for members of Congress. But
Mr. Hubbard now says he has returned
his money; would it not have been more
honorable for him TO have kept that
much wealth in his State, after voting
for bill which gave all the other mem-
bers of Congress the sum of two thou
sand five hundred dollars.
Mr.. Hubbard said the pay of members
of Congress was too small; they were
receiving three thouaand dollars year.
1t would have been far better if that
body had adjourned months before it
did, They sat there month After month
plotting the overthrow of the govern
ment, and then pocketed the peoples
money to pay themselves. r.
We should be Republic in fact, not
merely in name Switzerland was a
Republic in name. The Constitution
was framed SO that representation and
taxation should go hand in hand. When
you exact one and deny the other you
undermine the foundation of the gov
ernment. The denial of that right was
the cause of the revolutionary war;
and, as was demonstrated in the days of
'76, Americans will never long submit
to despotism and tyranny.
The present state of feeling was in
by the suspension of the writ
of hdbeds corpus in States where all was
peace and harmony. We must uphold
the Constitution, we must rally again
as we did in 1861 and rescue our flag
from the lands of men who will trail it
in the dust.
l would earnestly urge upon my Dem
ocratic friends to maintain the law;
frown down mob violence; let the par
ty who inartgirated these outrageous
.have all the Odium that
must attach to them let all law-abi-
diug citizens reserve their strength for
Thursday, and then go to the polls iin1
their might. r.s.s