The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-21
RADICALISM.
A SHAMEFUL RECORD.
Negro Suffrage and Negro
Equality.
The Voice Of the Late Mongrel
Convention.
The Members Endorse the
Doctrine of Impartial
Suffrage and Oppose
s.l a White Mans
-s. Government.
Keep the Record Before the People

in West Virginia to the following record
of the opinions upon negro suffrage and
negro equality expressed by the dele
gates to the socalled Southern, Loyal
lists f" Convention, held recently in Phil
adelphia. These extracts are all taken
literally from reports furnished by the
radical press, and are, therefore, confes-
sedly correct. But, before reading the
record, look at the following list of dele
gates from West Virginia, most of whom
attended that Convention and partici'
pated in it's proceedings:
Governor A. Boreman, w. T. Wiley,
p. G. Van Winkle, B. F. Kelley, l. Har-
din Duval T. NJ. Harris, j. A. j. Light
burn, D. Ii. Strother, B. NJ. Kitchen,
James Burlsy, John Atkinson, w. +.
Maxwell, George w. Norton, Jacob
Hornbrook, j. c McGrew, Nathan Goff,
and ID. S. Piunel.-
1st District-Thopas HornbrOok, Gen.
r. S. Northcott, Col. s. M. Peterson,
VIM. B. Caswell, A. w. Campbell, Col
]. H. Lock wood, A. Werninger, Captain
S. f. Shaw, Gen N. Golf, Jr.
I'd District-John E. Sly, Hon. d. ID.
L. Farnsworth, John N. Boyd, Lieut..
Frank Peterson, j. N. Winser, Abijah
Dolly, Hon. f. b. Hall, Hon. James
Carskadon, Hon. Benjamin Stanton.
Sd District-E NJ. Fitz-Gerald, Gen.
w. II. Enochs, Col. John S. Witcher
Hon. N: Harrison, Hon. Daniel Polsley,
Major John Slack, Hon. John NJ. Phelps,
Hon. w. l.. Hindman, Capt. III. G..
McWhorter
Read and reflect upon the following
utterances:
LORENZO SHERWOOD, OF TEXAS.
There are eight. millions out of the
twelve millions a. the South who are
to be loyal who Fave everything that
they hold dear as an incentive to be
loyal, that they shall not be shackled by
pref adines aE.sSfs'ekelor and caste.
C. YARMOUTH, OF LoUILANA.
He expressed the belief that the object
of the melton TO adjourn sine die was to
cut off the report of the Committee on
ou-recOnstructed States, because the
Border State men were afraid of the in.
PRODUCTION of measures looking to I'M
partial suffrage. He declared that the
delegates from the non reconstructed
States would hear that report, if they
heard it alone; and he was authorized to
say that iuna'tial suffrage weuldl be a
part OF it,
ANNA DICKINSON, OF PENNSYLVANIA
What was to be gained by deferring
action upon negro suffrage Nothing
while everything was to be lost by a
vaCillating, conciliatory course The
people even of Maryland and Kentucky
would say that the Union Republican
party was devoted to negro suffrage
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, OF NEW YORK.
A stranger would believe that you in
tended to give equal and exact justice to
men of my complexion. If you mean
anything by equal justice or equal pro
lection, you mean that Frederick Doug
lass shall have an equal right with every
other citzou to protect his liberty,
[Applause You do mean it ! Zap.
plauso ! Why, then, in Gods name, do
You not come ont and express your con-
victons! Great applause | have
talked to men from the Sonth, and they
have said, 1T will come; don't hasten it,
let us get ont of the well, and we will at
tend to you' Laughter and great ap-
plause.
CALVIN l. ROBINSON, OF FLORIDA,
ResoTred, that the Union men of the
State of Florida are to day in condition
of complete subsection to rebels, and our
situation deplorable indeed; that negro
suffrage would give us a controlling in
fuence, &c.
CHARLES L. MOSS, OF MISSOURI.
ResoIred, That the Committee on Res.
olutions be instructed to prepare a re-
port and resolution favoring the confer
ring of the right of suffrage upon all cit.
izens, without regard to race or color.
The speaker reviewed the policy of Mr.
Johnson, as contrasted with that of Con.
gress, and advocated a bold, ont spoken
course of action. Some of his friends
who were earnestly i'll favor of the sue
cess of the great principle of universal
suffrage, had recommended that nothing
should be said about it, bat was that the
way to forward the cause of freedom
What friends were to be made by silence
and reserve on that vital questions
JOHN MINOR BeTTs, OF VIRGINIA
| have less desire and less right ia
trammel any State in establishing the
suffrage it wants to establish. In the
name of God, if Texas wants universal
suffrage for the white man and the black
let them have it. Applause If Lou
isiana wants equal suffrage, let them
have it and establish it for themselves
BENJAMIN +. BUTLER, OF MASSACHUSETTS
Had the negro not been armed, the
result would have been far different
We armed him with the masket when be
was fit to use it; shall we not arm him
with the ballot There is o prejudice
against the negro on the question of Ia
Dor. When the labor-saving machinery
was introduced into England, the labor
ing classes rose and destroyed it, because
they thought it would take away thC
work that brought them bread. Sup
pose we were only looking for expedi
ency. The States must come back. W.
want loyal consistency in those States
Where will they come from2 AS mat
ter of self-protection, as matter Of econ
omy, the negro must have vote.