The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-04

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very provision from which it professeC
to derive its authority, by giving eact
House power over membership in the
other. PassiI & to a consideration Of the
Constitutional Amendment, the speaker
exposed it's obnoxious character in offer
ing q brlbe on negro suffrage and i'm
posing a penalty for negro ranchise.
ment. The complaint of the radical,
that according to the present bssis o.
representation, the South would have
an unjust prepOnderance OF political
power, was proved 10 be unjust and
groundless. The representation of dis
franchised men was q feature of radical
policy in West Virginia. Ard to nnoh
gIester extent than could possibly occ II
in the case of the South. Inc tendency
of the amendment to force the southern
| people to enfranchIse their blacks was
pointed out, aud its inability to prompt
the southern people to acts of 10y atty and
obedience to law fully shown. It's Oh
| VioOs purpose was not TO make Southern
people loyal, but to reduce their political
power, and enable the Radicals to form
an alliauce with negro voters IN order
10 secure political success. The section
of the amendment providing for the dis
Reimbursement and disc ratification of all
Southern men who had aided the rebel
non, was shown TO be unjust and
impolitici especially was it iniudiciuus
in that ii made nc exception III favor OF
such as had served tAe Coufederacy
invOiuntariiy, but punished indiscrlm.
iuately and without reason, conviction
or law. Mr. Walker further declared
that the adoption of the amendment
would leave Congress free TO assume tho
same course of Southern exclusion that
had been adopted heretofore, aud would
give no assurance OF Southern represen-
tation or Governmental integrity. Pay.
lug bis respects briefly but pUiutedly 10
the Radical candle tes. Messrs. BOreman
and Hubbard, in conclusion, Mr. w.
Impressed upon his audience the neces.
sity of supporting, 1T the coming cleo
Lion, the candidates who represented
the party Of law aud order, and who
advocated the immediate restoration Of
the American Union TO It's original in.
tegrity and with all its parts.
wv. PARKER's SPEECH
A. the close of Mr.. Walkers remarks
J. W. Parker, Esq, of this city, being
loudly called for, appeared aud made a
short buG telling speech. He said he was
like tile Southern Confederacy, almost
played out" aud would speak but o
few moments. The glorious scene he had
witnessed Tonight reminded him Of old
times wffen the citizens of all the States
could commune together in peace, and
L., IN tiu.. oil IN n faa
.at in Congress together. He said the
Conservatives hoped and prayed for the
return Of those blessed days when
the whole people ut the land would
be settled and united. The Sovereign
Ruler had, by the result OF the recent
war, decided that the Union should not
be dissolved by Southern fanatics, and it
uow remained to be seen whether the
people would submit to the radical
scheme to keep ten States out OF the
Uuion, because they refused to give equal
SGate the Governor, 6nfUsa' BIaJcJ "o6hk
tors aud congressman were In favor of
uegro suffrage. and since the Pbilac ell
phla Convention, to all appearances,
Governor Borema1 was neither flesh,
ish nor fowl.
For his own part Mr.. Parker was vii.
Ing the negro should be free and have
the security of the law, but he was IN.
alterably opposed to negro suffrage and
negro equality. Tremendous applause
Ii the Ieople want white men TO marry
negro women, vote the radical ticket;
and If you want the negro kept 10 his
sop parGyace rGySace vote with the Andrew john
do his duty, aud if they 6lEay, voter would
inst. West Virginia would be redeemea
from the despots thralldom.