The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-12

claims shall be held illegal and Void"
SEC: 8, The Congress shall have power to
visions ofthls article. ~
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
This situation mIustrated, item by
item--.CondenSed Facts and Argu.
mentS.
When stripped of all verbiage, the
issue now before the American people
is simply this:
nShall the country be governed by;
themen who have preserved it, or by
those who have tried, and still wish to
iFreemen of West Virginia, what will
| be your decision? .nFzis Jli.st5l
Bear in mind, the fact that the insti
gators Of the rebellion were men WHO 4
held office under the United States, and
6ad taken solemn oath to support the
The Constitutional Amendment will
exclude them from office in the, future
If the people sustain it. Every copper
headopposes the eamendment,ia iandi con-
Sequently, favors the admission of
these treacherous and peEjured public
servants to their old places of influence
that they may again betray the country.
Andrew johnson says that Congress
is a body hanging on tile verge of the
Government. Let the people of West
Virginia convince him on the 25th inst,
that Congress is the law tmaking power
OF; this land. and that no Executive die
tation against the ,people els Representa-
tives will be tolerated. 5li . sai.t.t1r, ~
-.1tss~ htT,lti.C IL4. nsr.tfitg t.,uff ssitg L
The Dem ocratic party made war and
reduced thousands ofits friends to pow
eEty. and famine. The Union party
conquered the Democratic rebellion,
and then provided for feeding the inn,
poverished rebels, out of which the
Democratic party is trying to make
capital against the yictors wHo have
been SO humane and generous to, DEM
ocfattc rebelSl a1,i sTr, ~ -ti .isi ,, iis..i
As long as a ;'.nigget' shall be allowed
to own afoot ofland, or to get adliving
except as slave, the Democratic party
Will howl about It'll 49,. d rii j s.....s
These questions are of more import
ance than whether the Confederate
States shall be represented sooner or
later:
4: Shall the President control Con-
gress, and, mere Executive become
the governmental - .,s5sl ,il.;.y s!ss.i =. I
z. Shall the rebels be restored to
power, and the gray at last overcome
fAA9 lNA"e : Ai-t.s i5az, ~ .is.5ta- Assa !
IIsthe Congress which suppressed the
rebellion'any the less a Congress OF the
United States because the rebellion is
supp gessed ?iS'ss. 5.ist "a Il i,,.,s Z,
Shall we have two Congresses, two
Presidents, anarchy and civil strffef
Copperheads Con gressmen are elected TO
make majority of Congress by unit
ing. the lisq qualified men sent np
from the South. Check mate the game
by sending an overwhelming majority
Of -staunch Union men to Congress.
Let Copper rheads, take back seat, until
restoration is q fact accomplished! !
Then they can do less mischief Iif q
Shall loyal Southern men who en-
dpted poverty ] imprisonmeht and
chains rather than renounce their al
legfapce to, the Union, be protected bv
thelpOwerOf the Union, now that it, Is
victorious over its enemies3y IiAll. who
say aye, viii vote the Union ticket. " u
Is a citizen OF, West Virginia entitled
to the same measure Of political power
as ayeitizen OF Afississippi, or shall the
latter have three votes in the electi6niof
COngressmens and President when the
former has but one Z These questions
are to be answered by the West Vir.
gfhiRGSt ON the 25Eh; of October. Let him
gho deems himself but the third Of a
treemani vote the CoppeFhead ticket. :
zAF - --E24i-f{2 .3T
tReepi in view thsmain issues otgthis
eSnipaign. Every thing elsa issubofdIs
nate to them. The peace and good or
der of society. and the peFpetu0 tion -S1f