The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-20
7TEs ys.rs Suffrage Parry.

AAe AVE-
la there a man in this city, or else.
where throughout the land, whoiknow
ing the action taken by the House of
representatives last Thursday. will have
the hardihood again to declare that the
Republican party is not in favor of ne
gro suffrage2 In this State it was open.
II charged upon that party last fall, and
while some who at that time acted and
voted with the Republican party denied
the charge and declared their bitter per
sonal opposition to the extension OF the
snfffa re, others, as in Ohio county, main
tanned silence. neither openly admitting
nor denying the accusation. Hereafter
there can be no room for doubt as to the
position of that party upon this question.
The representatives of the Republican
party in Congress have fixed that matter
beyond dispute, and he who now asserts
that the Republican party is not in
favor OF negro voting must be either
q reckless falsifer or very ignor'
ant man The scheme for extend
ing the right of suffrage in the
District of Columbia had not in its favor
even the worthless arguments which
have been advanced to procure the en-
REIMBURSEMENT of TIE blacks in thu
southern States The District of Column
biaynsyer seeded from the United
States; its people never bore arms against
the Federal government it needs no re
construction and certainly among the
more, than six thousand inhabitants Of
Washington city who, few weeks ago,
voted against negro suffrage, enough
loyal white men may be found who are
competent to administer the affairs of
their municipal government The negro
suffrage bill has passed the House of
Representatives without any other cause
than the love the Republican members
entertain for the negro race and their ha
tred for their own and if the bill passes
the Senate and becomes law, it will be
forced upon the people of the District i'll
defiance of their unanimous. wish and IA
suhTersion of that fundamental princi- |
pie Of all republics, that Governments /
derive their just powers from the con
sent of the governed
We are we'll aware that there are ma.
ny men who have heretofore voted with
the Republican part " no are not in IA
vor Of negro suffrage. There are many
whoagree with US in the belief that the
black race is inferior to the white and
that /" this is a white mans government
framed by and for white men They
think that freedom from slavery having
been secured for the negroes no more can
reasonably be asked, and that they have
far less claims to acknowledgements than
the minors who bore arms in The service
ofthsir country or the women who tod
cd at home But ifthey would not do
violence to their own consciences, they
can support the candidates eff that party
no longer They must cut loose at once
aAu IOIcNSi thcp pNAiNiNAa -AoSSSiN
tion which has manifested its willing.
ness to force SO odious measure as negro
suffrage upon an unwilling people They
must give no conntenance or encourage
msnt to the party all Qf whose present
teachings lead to the degradation ofthe
whites and the elevation of the blacks
In every State ana community III the
Union, Already i'll Our State the first
step has been taken il Governor BORE
MANS Recommendation that negroes be
admitted to testify in the courts OF JUS
tics, but, in the light Of past events, he
must be fool who fatters himself that,
this being conceded, the demands Of the
radicals will stop there Another and
another recommendation will be made
and conc ession obtained, until, even III
West Virginia, the negroes are clothed |
with political power. All those who /
would arrest such q calamity shopid see
to it that the progress in that direction
10 stopped Eo;c, and the party that IS Ia !
boring for these things deprived Of pow
or to carry out its design.