The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-24

OF disappointed laetiohio''
sembled at the State Caplt0l
reading Washington's Farewell Adj
dress and celebrating as to the
best means for the suppression OF
popular rights and their own perpetuity
IN place and power. The reading OF
such document by such men is sacrl'
lege in the highest degree, and the wrath
full ghost of the Father of his Country
should rise to scar the eyeballs OF men
who had so persistently disregarded all
the warnings and teachings he gave.
These men arrogate to themselves the
name of Union men" while they are
connecting and approving schemes to
foster disunion and render reunion i'm
possible. They "have stolen the livery
of Heaven to serve the Devil in" They
are the disunien party to-day contending
that eleven States are out OF the mon,
and not entitled to representation in the
national congress. We have passed
through many trials, endured many SUI
| ferings, borne mapy burdens Tor lne res,
toration of the Union, anu now these
men calling themselves "unionlsts" step
forth and say that the Union shall not
be restored "LRiOnistS" forsooth they
disgrace the name. The partisan legis,
lat1re of this State has been fulmina
ting its edicts abroad. 1t is mere eau
Gus of the Republican party, met here, at
State expense, to devise means OF keep
| ing themselves in power, and
| they call themselves loyal and
| Union men Is it Unionism to
| contend that eleven States have Sc
| ceded and gone out from the Union!
/ A portion of thes6 were of the original
thirteen represented by the stripes on the
| national flag, and it is contended that
these States are out of the Union and
| possessed of no constitutional rights Is
| that Unionism No These States
never were out-the Union never has
been dissolved The Southern States
have a constitutional right to represen-
tation in the National Congress Each
State IS entitled to two Senators and at
least one Representative, and they can
not be deprived OF this right without
their own consent The Presidents po-
sition upon this question is our position
it is the position OF the people The
| President speech to the Virginia dele
CATION found response in the popular
heart One extreme having been crush
ed by the strong arm of physical power,
| the other extreme must be made to get
out Of the way He had hope for the
future, and believed that in one way or
| the other the constitution would be en-
| forced and liberty preserved.
In thisSt the Legislature has pas
sed 4 registration act Tor the disfran-
chisement Of the people. 1t provides for
the appointment of three men in each
county who shall appoint one man in
each township TO act rs registrar and
record the names Of those who are to be
permitted 20 vot The registrar would
exact from the citizen certain odious,
unconstitutional and retrospective oaths
and even after ali these had been taken,
after the citizen had complied with all
the requirements OF the law, the regis
trar was TO 90 ont into the streets and
enquire If the citizen was loyal man
and after having heard the story, OF your
enemy perhaps he can exclude you
from Voting if he so desires With
full knowledge OF the fact that
the legislature had passed another law
forbidding men from questioning or crit
| icising the acts OF tho legislature, be de-
clared that this registration act ~ould
not he patiently submitted 10 b. the
people >ApplaCse). It you'd end il the
abolition of elections When the OF
| GERS Of election sat OIL 10 receive the
votes ofth0so who cast their ballots for
a particular man, the people Tould gath
| er around the polls and say there eball
be no election held here to-day, you
won't let .s vote, aud by the Eternal
vou sban'f rote. Tremendous and Ions
continued applausel This i oar gov,
ernment We the people made II ana
made the constitution and sc will sus-
tain it ,Applause) Tie President is the
champion Unpopular rights-the devotee
N free iGStituti0ns-aGd the people viii
stand By him il tie great struggle for
popular liberty snd constitutional sGv
eminent
Immense cheers i0llOTe The c0nciu-
sion of Mr. Richardson address and were
enthusiastically renewed when Hon
Sherrard Clemens came forward to make
the final speech Of the evening
He commenced by referring to the
siege of Lucknow aud the Scottish maid
eli who, when tie Leleagurei garrison
was about to surrender themselves to
death, placed her ear upon the ground
aud heard the tramp of the legions
marching to their relief, heard the slo
gan of the HighlaudeTs, bringing Joy and
deiverauce Put your ear to the ground
tonight aud hear the march of the mil
lions who are coming to the defense of
popular rights. The day is dawniDg;
the hour is coming when those who are
beleagurng the citadel of freedom and
baItering its walls will be scattered in