The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-13

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thoroughly committed. Mr. Hubbard
who is a candidate for reelection u
Congress and who is exceedingly
noisy in his denuuciation of the
conservative party as enemies Oi
the new State, is himself al
adherent of Stevens who denounced
West Virginia as bogus aud unconstitu
tional organization, and devotee OF the
theory that destroys the constitution
atty Of the act creating the new State
He then appealed, in eloquent terms, ia
all true friends of the new State to rally
to its defense in this hour of peril and re-
buke the men who not only misgovern
and oppress its people, but who also deny
the legality of its organization.
He then alluded to the proposed con
stitutional amendment and the charge
that if the conservatives obtained con.
troll of the general government they
would assume the payment of the rebel
debt. He showed that the people of each
of the Southern States had amended
their constitutions expressly re-
pudiating that debt, and that
they are so far impoverished that
they could not pay the debt if they
would. He then showed that if the
radical theory be true and these States
are to be regarded as conquered prov.
inces, according to sound legal principle
and precedents, the victOrs are response
BILE for the debts of the vanquished.
There is therefore much moro likelihood
of the rebel debt being paid il the
Stevens theory be made successful than
il we affirm the Presidents doctrine to
the effect that the Southern States are
still in the Union and never have been
out. If the Southern States are con.
quered provinces, the English holders OF
rebel bonds may demand their payment
by the United States government, and,
according to the principles OF inter
national law, we would be bound to pay.
He appealed to the holders of the
bonds of the Federal government to
supp ort and assist the President in his
patriotic efforts to restore the Union
and peace. If the radicals prevail, peace
will not be restored to the country tor
thirty years our finances will be Grip
pied and the bonds will be unpaid.
Peace is the father of prosperity and
prosperity is the foundation of credit.
Mr.. Richardson's speech was listened
to with attention and frequently in
terrupted by enthusiastic demonstra-
tions of applause. At the close of Mr..
RS. remarks, the Chairman introduced
to the audience Robert Chambers, Esq,
of st, Clairsville, Ohio.
MR.. CHAMBERS SPEECH
Mr. Chambers said that, owing to the
lateness of the hour, he would be unable
to discuss satisfactorily the political is.
sues of the day. He also felt some EN-.
barrassment in view of the fact that the
legislature of West Virginia had made
it penal offense to indulge in political
discussion, but consoled himself with
the reflection that he was not strictly
amenable to such law, being clti
zen of Ohio, in which State, radical as
it is, any man may talk freely upon po'
litical subjects without making himself
GHasblA Hasb nt92. nt9 indictment by q grand jury
doings of the radical Legislature
of West Virginia, and believed that that
body would go down to history clothed
with infamy similar to that which at,
taches to Cromwell's Parliament and the
National Assembly of revolutionary
France The whole object of this inioui
tous legislation, both in West Virgins
and in the national Congress, is simply
to keep radicals in power. The reason
that Bingham gives for the continued
exclusion of the Southern States, is, that,
if the representives from these States be
admitted to Congress, they, together
with the Democrats and Conservatives
Of the North, would put it out of the
power of the radicals to pass whatever
bills they chose over the veto of the
President The President was invested
with the veto power by the Constitution
in order that he might use it as a check
upon hasty and unconstitutional legis
lation; and he owes it to himself and to
the people Of the nation to use that pow
er to defeat the enormities of radicalism.
He Ithen spoke of the Freedmen's
Bureau Bill passed by the Con-
gress at its last session showed its
glaring wrongs and approved its veto
by the President He also alluded to
the veto Of the civil rights bill and
other odious and unconstitutional bills
passed by the Congress, and showed that
By ferbidding these things the President
wss fulfilling the requirements of his
official oath, aud endeavoring to pre-.
serve the liberties OF the people In-
stead of the question, how shall We rs.
store the Union7 the great question
with the radicals ID, how shall We im.
peach the President :
Mr. Chambers alluded to the radical
theory that the Southern States are out
of the Union and showed its fallacy,
upon the principle that the violation OF
law doss not annul the law. The
Southern States could not annul the law
by which they were held in Union with
their sister States He also argued that,
from motives of public policy, the South
ern States should be Immediately admit.
ted If their admission to the Union be
postponed until it will suit the radicals
to let them come in, the people Of the
South will become like the Ishmaelites
OF old, their hand being against every.
body and eysrybOdy's hand against
them.
Mr.. C. concluded his speech, which
lasted about three quarters of an hour,
at half past ten O'Clock, the audience
remaining patiently until the close He
was frequently cheered by the crowd
and, at the close of his address, three
rousing cheers were given for President
johnson and for Colonel Benz Smith
when the meeting adjourned.
THE New Bedford (Mass.) Standard
learns that the town OF Ashford in that
State is in the nands of few families