The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-08

| to atone for their former short coming;
Mr.. Hinkle, of Pendleton, said til
Captain of the Dragon Guards, at til
commencement of the war, was one o
| the most violent rebels in his county
Mr.. Fl. favored the adoption of tn,
amendment, as he deemed it but due t,
his constituents.
Mr.. Carroll, of Wayne, Mr.. Bristor o
Taylor, and Mr.. Hornbrook, of Ohio, saii
they were legislating for the Union mer
of the State, and not the rebels. They
would oppose the proposed amendment
Mr. Kellar, of Barbour, saidh he did not
see what the radical members of the
House wanted; they had passed several
test oath bills, they had now PROPOSE
tlon to register voters, and now they
wished to amend the Constitution. He
had loyal constituents who were opposed
to this amendment to the Constitution
who had done more for the Union cause
had done more valiant service in the
feld-than any man on this floor who
favored the radical measure. We were
attempting to do too much if We were
not more careful, we, like Moses of old,
would overdo the thing, and never see
the promised land
Mr. Hinkle, of Pendleton, said all who
were acquainted with him knew his
record on the Union question. He had
been a Union man where it cost him
something to oppose secession; he was
not legislating for rebels particularly,
but for the good of the whole people of
the State The gentleman from Ohio,
Mr.. Hornbrook,) never spoke on this
floor without appealing to the passions
of men, he began with rebel and ended
with rebel; the Panhandle Union men
cried loyalty where it cost nothing
on the border it cost many sacrifices
Nj. Little, of Mercer, said he hadtome
here to represent the loyal men of his
county, and would vote for their inter
est.
Mr.. Riddle, of Richie, said he wished
to see the amendment passed at this ses-
sion in order to prevent rebel Legisla-
ture convening here next year. If we
did not pass it now, all our laws relating
to rebels would be repealed next winter.
Mr.. Kellar, Of Barbour, said it was
just as he expected the men who favor
ed these radical measures knew they
were unconstitutional, and now wished
to amend the Constitution to make them
constitutional,
Mr., Ballard, of Monroe, said he had
been elected to vote for the amendment.
and would do so.
Mr.. Johnson, of Tyler, said he was sor-
ry to hear such epithets used on this
floor he claimed to be as loyal man as
there was in the House, and If members
continued to apply such epithets he
would be obliged to resent them. By
the amendment he had proposed, it was
not asked to xempt rebels, but soldiers
who had fought in the service Of the
State; men who had met the enemy in
the front while some persons on this
floor fed the State when Jones came up
the mountains He could see no reason
for such haste; Let Justice be done,
though the Heavens fall was an old
maxim which seemed to be lost sight of
He appealed to the good sense and judg-
ment of the House, and asked that the
amendment be considered and voted up
on dispassionately
Mr. Trainer said he represented ten
loyal men Of Marshall. he believed the
passage of this amendment would bene
at the whole State, and he would vote
for it
Mr. Beeson, of Marion, said his people
were V armly in favor of the amendment,
and he would vote for it
The yeas and nays being demanded,
Mr. Johnson's amendment was rejected
by the following vote
YEAs.-Messrs Bennett. Camden, Cook,
Cooper, Daruol, Davis. given, Hinch
man, Hinkle, Johnson, Kellar. Kyle,
and MCurdy-l4
NAYs.-Messrs. Pinnell Speaker, Bal
lard, Bee, Beeson, Bell Bristor, Brown,
Carroll, Cassidy, Combs, Cunningham.
Curtis, Dolly, Dyche, Fleming, Gotfl Ha
gans, Higgins, Hooker, Hornbrook,
Little, Lockhart, Mairs, MCoy,
MWhorter, RAIDER, Riddle,
Smith (of Hancock), Smith (of Berke
ley), Spencer, Stidger Trainer, William
son, Witcher, Workman and Zinn-3S.
The resolution was then ordered to its
third reading.
On motion of Mr Fleming, Of Harri
son, the rules were suspended and the re
port Of the, committee on Elections was
taken up and adopted II declares va
cant the seats of John j Thompson. of
Putnam VIM, 7 Beard, OF Webster and
Pocahontas James Withrow and FL.
liot Vawter, of Greenbrier and Monroe,
and authorizes the Speaker to issue
writs of election to fill the vacancies
On motion Mr. Darnel, Of Mason, was
granted leave to withdraw from the bills
of the House the charter OF the town of
Point Pleasant, in order to enable him
to revise it
House took a recess.