The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-08

the Radical party aha IKE Dill Will pun
forth all his energies to have the Union
Immediately restored.
foreman goes back on his friends"
Governor FOREMAN seems to have be-
come considerably frightened by the rccE
iessness ofhis political associates at Phil
adelphia They have no constituents 10
dread aud not even the most prominent OF
them can ever become, at home, Il can
didate for any Office within the gut OF
the people But FOREMAN (uniucky
man) is a candidate for the Office of
Governor of West Virginia, and he
knows full we'll that his party viii need
every vote it can muster to secure
his election. The local record OF his
| administration is of itself q heavy load
| to carry and he cannot afford 10 bur-
den himself farther by shouldering the
odium of the mean white convention"
! He therefore grows quite nervous and
: fairly shakes in his boots whenever
the subject of negro suffrage is present
ed. In fact whenever he thinks of the
election to be held IN this State on the
25th of October, lie mGuifests " very
decided INCLINATION to go back on his
! frieuds." AT the evening session Of the
convention last Thursday, the G -patch-
es say:
Mr.. Foreman, OF West Virginia, said
that it was understood in his State, that
no other issue than that between Con
gress and tie President was TO he made
in the Convention, He felt thai # this
Convention adopted the dogma oi negr"
suffrage, the Republican party WIS gone
and gone forever. Cries Of mo NJ ]
He knew the temper of his people. He
hoped the Convention would adjourn,
and if the nonreconstrUctedS tatcs Gcsir
ed to have Convention afterwards,
they could do so
Governor Hamilton, of Texas. mIGc 4
strong appeal against adjournmcu', re-
| minding the delegates from III" binder
| States that their admission WA ",lS Il
matter Of courtesy which was he" beng
| bad Y regarded lie charged al" ~! ihe
l,r;, " hicn the Mar lander, had va,s the
dcsrro To avoid responsibility Zoe The
| prlucl,r Of impartial suffrage which ho
| Gulf States desired 10 incorporate III
their address.
L was certainly highly "dislo!al" ior
Coz ernor FOREMAN to refuse t. toi.uY
where such distinguished Southern
loyaiist" as JACK HAMILTON vas ready
! TO lad the way Oar radical Governor
viii be denounced 10 4 'coppsILe1I' yet,
il ho dorS not mrud hts ways &Gt 80 the
who'r liEure nf radical iau&Ucisu His
association with FRED. DOUGLASS and
Miss ANNA DICKINSON may be somewhat
in bis favor, but thea JACK HAMILTON
aud BRowNLow will never forgive L.m
for the diScourtesy' of wIsRiug e. skirk
the public ayowa. of lis fifth ga the
negro.
1t is appaieIt, however, that the Gov,
| errors objection to a declaration IL favor
of negro suffrage is based simply uuou
the effecJ such declaration wouid have
upon the fall elections III this STATE He
does Lot oppose IT, upon the Srourd that
the uegTo race is u-uii1 for the franchise
| or that the Interests aud Instincts ut the
whites forbid stitch prostitution 1T the
dearest night of the American { tizeu
His presence Ia the Convention ard bis
hob-nobbing with the negroes and
frantic philanthropiStS cougregated
| there leads us to infer tblt, in
politicsl sentiment, as an indi
Nidual, lie is thoroughly il accoIC
| with them. But, for the sake of the sue
cess Of his party and to add to the rap
idly diminishing chances OF his own re-
election, he refuses to commit himself Il
a declaration which his heart prompt:
him TO endorse, but which would he de-
structive of his political hopes
4 Where ''our own HoRNBRooK," the
distip gmshed gentleman who claimed to
represent Ohio county in the State Leg.
islature last winter, was, while Mr..
FOREMAN" as the dispatch calls him,
was protesting against suicide" and