The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-16


hereinbefors reeited,b 1Ir. Lamb OPP
! posed IL, not he declared, because he
was opposed to its object, but because
( he Cisapprovedthe mode Of aeeompltsh-
/ ing that object. BE thought il should
I be done by amendment 10 the eonS1-
tuition and not by legislative act
Ina speech delivered in the House,
on the 4fh day Of February, 1865. he
I said, concerning the general night OF =
1 community 10 protect itself:
The gentleman from CabelI CsIr- Fergu-
| iE1n,l iSys down The t1oad pgfnepie that eN-
= ~ $500 I EsssSe On tlis door had ooeA-
/ s{ou 20 fIIEo.eafe lost The saGoe pE1nelE pc
Every STATE hasA I1ght Y 81 lx-siy,i ne
= FSfate Of Wet EIrEinfaf 4 t6eEe no i<7Stl.e
/ below rs on whom our goEeL1LLle[..tt = - :
- ~ - = f1,e Tfsry efTIlF OF the argument Of
=. ftse Sssr,iIernan Ion Caben- We have 2 r1Shi
80 ssifpreServaTfoa, and have adtlltl -
! y[o-aId - 10 exGcde those men VINO naSe
been EorkinE TO destroy ne sac o. l 80
/ = fr1r1 offies= bat Gom yOltnE. a. A2sj tte
| - 49, a. ihen- Bat dos u toiloSs the[e-
! = fo-p fitaf thai authoEity nenesznly Ees4d'S
IN these Two Houss? DoS y 1o41oS
! = thai The psopls have 10 night 70 50 q =
Z fIoW far We shall go-th2t Ue S1aA % L1Sls
y Ear and no aEthers Admit the EiEht o. setI-
I :. p-eserVaiIon-aDd Il undeEiies al goyeEn-
! = menf unqne ttonably IL rsS1ceS n ne
: SAT- IN an The = ,lsS1 Is'L
2 =
Mr.. Lamb then proceeded to define
the right OF the STATE to protect ITSELF ny
regulating suffrage We quote.
.The sentieEnan also hid down the prtnd-
= rEe-afld Il + part Of tie sane pElnS7 Pc
tllat the SIate had unqqezsSoila1S - ~ -
Z - ne r1gi1f o. voting : e0pce-nedT tha1 the
night o. eitt1ensEliP Ias not neeesaS1ly e 951
= nsTfsli with the night Of voting Tue tsse
-eenfie1-an7s pT1Edp1e = eoETeet- NE Elsnt
o. citizenship Is ~ neesHy ,iils -,
:. ,Tn1T,ssfio 1alIlT tie rfEhf TO pCeseT1be WHO
EflaIi Be clItne1s within the meaning O -
= nFsf zctto1 o. ths third aEt1ess On tA'e SO1-
s1itutioD-
Having quoted Mr. Lambs explicit
declaration of the right and power of
the people Of the State TO protect them
selves, and that they may do SO by dis
franchtsing persons whose exercise OF
political power would be intmieal 10
their welfare, without violating any
constitutional guarantees of citizenship
10 such persons, We now quote air.
Lambs declaration of his willingness
and wish to disfranehise persons who
participated in the rebellion.
II have always contemplated that It would
=. be Necessary Tor us here in MeAi NlEglnl1P as
q Scson a we could see certainly the end OF
q thee troubles, TO hold a Constitutional con-
= Venti0n for the purpose Of amending many
- always contemplated that when such con-
- yentfou WIS he'd, or OleTlctse " u shottid y
= ecHed uf a c1gfFeIltiOli aitOata Iiot . het0s y
troulf D. neceaUB % adopt q ooIlStitlfoTlat re
- sErefioa fDT he paIpote Of PTeps7itfng Tes,ezs
.. from coming herr dnlo0 u % eneIe,e NE rtgi
'-of StgT1ge m dfteIlPtb'g % eo7ltTot ogr oUgus
-Gfier beia1 eTiguoeol for yedTs m e1ldedr0tn0
a.rTffs 4 tg,e course which have long con-
. emplsted In reference 70 this subject
SO strong appears 70 have been Mr..
Lambs wish to impress upon the Leg
islature his conviction that an amend
ment 10 the constitution was not only
the proper, but an indispensable RENE
dy, that wefind the same idea repeatedly IN
still stronger terms IN the same speech:
II have always supposed that At no distant
! day II would IS; Necessary TO assemble con-
yeutIun 10 nsvtse our state Constitution; not
merely in this resFeet but In many otheLs-
1 ply the appTopTtate remedy; the LeRtslatute
cannot. lam willing to tTlst this matter 70
there are many rho hare conc from dIllog9a y
LlsIf 4 Lfefire herET 20 Aee dty1i0l4de u lgHeg
our Government For years they have stEiHen
Tor our destruction. They are our enemies
and we are theirs We eouil0t come LSgeLheL
IOdfa n ne adBle community. For 0gae Id Ilot
t6lEJt LheEI-fae ie00Le5a at LeGtf-eteT 10 eo17c
6-1eE 01d,H 0HsoEga ~, eilter to pofe or 70 hold
o.gLee Thy Vtighf not 10 BE- hare at M for any
1urDose. but / would accom- lish this object
in some Other way than swearing them MY
plan would ee revision OF OUT eo1stit ution
by aeonYeftion. As soon IS matters are settled
and we can see precisely where We are; or "
a contention cIHHOf Be oDIIre1ied, THE ADOPTION
FUSDA1ISIAB LAW, OF PRoEER AMEND
HENns-"
Now II there is any meaning in The
! English language, and any sinceTity, IN IN
1 the use OF IL Mr.. Lamp - mere on Lhe
/ record as declaring,
1 First. The right Of our people to pro-
| tect themselves against the returned
rebels by denying them the privilege OF
| the franchise.
second. His wish that these persons
may be denied the franchise.
4 Third. His opinion that they ought
to be disfranchised by an amendment
TO the Constitution made in the manner
/ prescribed by that instrument
The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn, whose history we have recited
and which is to be submitted on the
fourth Thursday of May, will If adopt
ed accomplish precisely the object Mr..
Lamb says he seeks; IL Is proposed for
adoption precisely sin the mode pre-
as a guaranty of these facts Mr.. Lamb
4 has the assurance afforded by the
knowledge that IL was prepared by his
own most accurate hand in obedience
solely to the dictates OF his deliberate
Judgment, andiprOPosed to a committee
/ of which he was not chairman, and
whose direction he could not therefore
have been subject to. II was for all
these reasons, which still seem TO US
i wise and well considered, that Mr. Lamb
recommended, over his proper sigma
| that this proposed amendment receive
the sanction Of the two Houses Of the
Legislature Why does he turn upon
it and disown and denounee it nOw3
THE star of the;evenfng at the recent