The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-19
Legislative History,

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: its progress through the Legislature ior
the purpose, as he expresses it, OF show
ing the relation which Mr. LANE s''S-
tanned 10 the measure. If this was the
purpose. he has taken singular inethou
toaceonplishit; for with the evidence
before his ewes, in the Journal which he
has searched so thoroughly, he has sup
pressed precisely those parts OF the ms
tory" which most clearly show Mr Ls
= position Ii, on the other hand, II was
the purpose to bolster up a charge,
known TO be false by plausible misrep'
reservations. the citations and the sup
pressions hayr heeu artfnlly and skill
fully made
To supply the suppressed portions of
this Legislative history, We append 10
this article certain extracts from the
4 iuanals, to which we ask the careful at
tentiion of our readers They contain
the YEAS aud NAYS in the House of
q. which Mr.. l. was a member, npon every
question relating to the constitutional
amendment oil which the YEAS and
NAYS were taken during the session of
iSG1 aud they show that Mr. l. opposed
the treasure from first IL last, voting not
oils against It's passage. but against
.rer, melton which Was designed 10
facilitate IT, passage. These votes "ere
.ty,n ~ open session IN the presence 1T
the vi hole House. and were recorded
upon the jonrnal III order L" preserve
the history OF the proceeding. There
cannot therefore, he any mist ale "r
misTepTesenta.io ion respecting them -
And we've these not material fac, II the
purpose vas to show the relation which
Mr. l.. sustained t. this measure And
why, with ia, very pages open befole
him, ON which these facts appeal, did
the Editor, in his history suppress
them Was it, ~ We have anpposcd,
Uecause this personal attack vas to he
followed mp without regard IL trnth al
Justice, in order, if possible. to avert pub
measures witch are to be fastened, by "a
constitutional provision, upon the peo-
pile OF West Virginia.
The.charge which was at FIRST SO pos
lively made that Mr. l. was the anthor
Of the constitutional amendment, is at
last abandoned 1t is now sand, that hs
SuuU, Stp1 an .,uauInant nf a fUhiu.
has never been denied aud is hardly
worth disputing about. Ii the amended
torn suggested by Mr. l. about the 10Th
ot February, long after the measure was
,utroduCed into the Legislature be com
pared with the resolution in its original
form cand both have been published IN
the htelligCaC1, as well as in this pa
per it will be seen at once that the
modification proposed By Mr.. L was as
lie had said, mere change in style. de
wished to make it shorter In sub
stance it was left exactly as it stood be
fore
The quotations which have been made |
III the fRteltgcHcer from Mr.. LIS speech
e.. (fur he made several against the test
oath bill, y though the correctness OF the
report in one particular, at least is dis.
puted, show nothing more than what
Mr.. L. has already authorized us to say
respecting his position at the time
That he was then disposed to favor amy
l. a -, -
excluding leading rebels--the actual
conspirators-whO had left their homes
IN this State TO Join the Confederate
cause, from returning To control our Al.
fairs, kut he wished To distinguish be
tween the Leaders and those whom they
had misled-hrtWeen the c0nsplrItOrs
and then victims and would have lin
tied any measure OF exclusion al dis
reimbursement strictly to what " oaid
oe required lay the necessity fol self
prCscry alton But he soon became sat
isied, that it was impossible to devise
any feasible OF iust plan of discrim-
mating between the leader ani their
~ictims and thai any measure of inlis-
crlmnate diSfranchisement would 0per.
atr most iniustiy, ana at the same time
most disastrOusly ia the State
In the history which fellows, We
. have inserted two OF three remarks Of
of our Own. hut have distinguished |
Them by brackets,-[ ] These. of
course are no part of the record
lS65. February 4.-haaso Journal. |
page $50:
The joint icsGlatiou to a0.end the con
stitutiou of the State was read the third |
time and passed.
The IFA> Tcle:-Messrs kramer. |
4Speakerl Alexander, Barns Roggs
Bonar, Caste Gather ChapliEe CO..
Crooks, Dyche. Ferguson. Fleming, Cal,
loway, Gilmore, Gof. Gorrel Gfec orr
-HiucLman, Holman. King. Keonca + !
tie, Lough, Mairs Michael. McGrnT
McWkorter, Parks, Pinusll. Riddlo
a Scott. Smith, Of Hancock, Smith IF
Berkeley. Trainer Van Wjuile and