The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-22
KNOW-NOTHINGISM RE
VIVED.
General Harris, one Of Mrs. Snrrat's
Judges, Assnils the Catholic Irish
Negro Suffrage to "Ofset the Irisi,

Votc.o
From the Richie Press, Nov. l5thl
The Catholic Irish have been proverb-
ial for their uniform adherence to the
Democratic party, and the idea that the
new-fangled Conservative, or National
Union party is but prolongation of
the tail of that same old kite, has Sc
cured them, with about equal unanimi-
ty. to that party. Their party attnities
before the rebellion, secured their SYM
pathies very generally to the rebellion,
for it was the Democratic party that re-
belled.
The elections during the war, as well
as the recent elections, demonstrate the
fact that this portion of our population
was, as q rule, the enemies of our gov
ernment-constitutin in our cities the
most ignorant and degraded class of
their population; degraded, not only by
ignorance, but by Incorporate and vi
cious habits; their vote is always solid
against us. 1t is useless to attempt to
reason with this class of our population;
it is worse than useless to think of edu-
eating them up to correct views of our
institutions and of the principles
involved in loyalty to these insti-.
tutions; they are under the yoke OF
bondage; they are, intellectually, slaves
to the Catholic Hierarchy, and tools of
the priesthood. Their bishops and
their priests, own them, soul, body,
mind. and we had well nigh said estate !;
and they can only vote as these shall
dictate. 1t is easy therefore to see that
their votes will always be cast in the
direction that Jesuitical priests may
think best calculated to result to the
injury of free institutions, and to secure
their final overthrow. Believing that
the Pope is Christ's vicar on earth, and
that he mas rightful claim to all tenn
poral, as well as spiritual power, they
cannot but be the enemies of free instl-
tutions of government, which locate the
sovereign, temporal, or civil power, not
in Pope, but in the people; and what
ever they may profess to the contrary,
they cannot but desire the overthrow of
a form of government that more than
any other tends to release men from
bondage, of whatever character, and ed
ucates them to stand up in the dignity
of free, intelligent beings, responsible
only to their God.
This is the true secret of the nnanim-
ity of the Catholic vote, and it will,
Just as long as the Roman Catholic
nriests lord it over the consciences of
men, be cast against us. The question
then is as to how this vote may be best
counteracted. In our cities, in Wheel
ing or Parkersburg for instance, we
might rid ourselves of it to some extent,
by a combination of loyal men, who
own capital and employ labor, against
this class of our citizens. 1t would be
perfectly legitimate and proper to give
the preference to loyal men.
But there is q chartered company
holding control of our State, that EN-
ploys vast amount of labor, and that
being under rebel control, discriminates
against loyal laborers: we mean the
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. Company.
How is this influence to be counteract-
edi We know of no place except
Martinsburg, where that company has
Q gang of loyal employees, and the late