The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-22
The Legislature

Editors OF the Register;
AS citizen of the State OF West NIr'
ginia, we can but regard with interest
every subject which directly concerns
its success and prosperity whatever has
a tendency to prevent the one, or destroy
the other, should inset the decided op'
position of every true patriot.
We therefore cannot refrain from eY'
pressing our surprise and astouishment
at the deleterious laws which are being
enacted by the radical members of our
present legislature which must from
their very iucipiont nature meet the
disapproDatiOu Of a large majority OF the
people oil West Virginia
We looked forward TO the present ses
sion Of our Legislature with feeling Of
interest in common with our fellow Citi
zens, az to the future welfare and pros.
perity Of our new State, and entertained
the hope at least that we had selected
wise and able statesmen, to WHOSE keep.
ing we could safely confde the interest
of West Virginia: men in whom we
could place implicit confidence a. to
their ability and willingness to guide
Alright our ship Of State, regardless of
their own selfish, sinister interest; men
whom we hoped all knew the impor
tanoo of pruhant lneislNS:""T ~--d. the
true meaning Of "pSy dtCm' men whom we
hoped would act from pure and lofty
motives, whose legislation would be as
oil upon the troubled waters, that it
would still the tempest and quiet the
turbulent waves Of sectional strife and
party discord
But alas how vain are all things here
below. Inst cad Of wisdom, justice, pru-
dence and patriotism governing our leg
IslatOrs. we see the nnmistakable eVi-
deuces Of party preiudiccs supcrseding
wisdom, Justice and prudence. The rad
ical members seem bound together as
were SIMPSONS foxes, We presume not
for the purpose of burning up he shocks
aud standing corn, with the vineyards
and olives of the Philistines, but TO Ell
act such laws (hOweyer odious,) as are
best calculated to keep the present party
in power to rule the new State, or to sink
# ten Thousand lathoms beneath the
oceans depth They turn deaf ear to
the pleadings aud eutreates OF our Dem.
ocralic members, of the importance of on
acting none other than good and whole
some laws that would make West Yir.
oinia shine brighter in the constellation
OF States than the gilded chandeliers of
an Aladdin's palace Then would gener
atious unborn Iise up aud call them bless
ed Hence, the Importance Of wise and.
prudent legislation that will actuate and
induce others than Negroes to emigrate
hither, to deyelOpe the great natural
wealth and resources of West Virginia,
whereby she could proudly take her
stand among the great States Of the ma
tions Of the earth. Towns and cities
would spring up IN her valleys and on
her hills as thick as the stars in an eve,
ming sky Her fame would be engrayen
upOn the tablets Of enduring memory
Then our chiidTens children to the third
and fourth generations would not call
ont fUr hills aud mountains to fall upon
them, and hide them forever from the
odious laws OF West Virginia.
Our radical legislators cOncede that
they are at least two thousand in the
minority IN the State at large, and there
fore anticipate change IN the next leg
islature, to which We all exclaim with a
Ioud voice-AmH. We think they
would do well, and render a great and
valuable service TO their constituents
and tax payers to resign at once and
return to their homes with their lau,
rels. aud be III readiness TO drOD corr
when tie proper time shall have arrived
We will then supply the vacancies thus
occasioned by the selection of a few old
women, armed and equipped with
scrub. brooms, bCckets and wash.tubs
| Then the constitution would bc good
enough without amendments: then
Quiet aud peaceable citizens would not be
ANNOYED with test oaths; then the ne
GRO witness bills and registration act:
would not be conceived nor brought
forth. Who theu will raise bis v6ic,
againsts petticvat legislation
But should a conviction OF duty actu
ate them to remain, we hope the fln
which obscures their patriotic eyes may
fall from them as did those from tht
ewes of Saul, of Iarsus, in the city o
Damascus. OBSERVER.
Germantown Settlement, West Va.
February l6, ls56.