The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-01
The Union not 10 be Restored.

In the House Iof Representatives, on
the goth Of July, Mr.. STEVENS reported
from the committee on Reconstruction,
"a Bill 10 provide for restoring to the
States lately in instruction their full
political rights" The preamble to the
bill recited at length the proposed
| amendment to the constitution and the
enactment contemplated by the bill was
/ in these words:
BE 1t enacted By the Senate and House of
| Repre-, RtatiUe8 of the United States of
america in Congress assembled, That when
| ever the above recited amendment shall
have become part of the Constitution
of the United States, and any State late
ly in Instruction shall have ratified the
same, and shall have modified its COW
stitution and laws in conformity there.
with, the Senators and Representatives,
from such State, if found duly elected
nd qualified, may, after having taken
the required oaths of Office, be admitted
into CO.. gress as such.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That
when any State lately III instruction
S. al have ratified the foregoing Amend.
ment TO the Constitution, any part of
the direct tax under the act of August
9Th, -S6l, which may remain due and
unpaid in such State, may be assumed
and paid by such State; and the payment
thereof, upon proper assurances from
such State to be given to the SserstarS
| Ut the Treasury of the United States,
may be postponed for period not ex-
| ceediDg ten years from and after the
passage of this Act
The first section of this bill contains
the only promise ever proposed by Con-
gress that the Southern States should be
admitted to the Union, 1t proposes the
only terms upon which the radicals ever
talked Of allowing the South to be rep
resented in Congress. But eUen this plan
wa8 rejected a motion to lay upon the
table was made by KELLY, of Penosyl-
vdnia, and the motion prevailed, there
being l0i ayes and 50 nays, CHESTER D.
HUBBARD r0hing aye!
Congress has therefore deliberately re-
fused TO propose any terms Of restoration
whatever 1t has no policy of restoIa-
structiou, as Is sometimes said IL has
made no provision whatever for tie rep
resentation Of the Southern States and
does not promise to restore the Union in
any possible event. Ii proposes 80 he
Southern States certain amendments for
their ratification but il does not pledge
itself 10 admit representatives oi the
South ev on after these amendment Eave
been 10 tilted. 1t leaves the way 0prp for
propo sine new terms, new CouG .1Us,
ever more calling than t-ose 90 'lE
announced. Then what is the nth,
W bat is the nation at large, to gsin by
r4t.fy.ug this amsn&uynt? In what
better condition viii the Union he after
this rr.}lnont has become pArl Of the
constitution of The United States? What
is liz use Of asking the South lo eat
dirt fox nothing They gain nothing by
rasjfy us the amendment and can lose
no, mag they now have 10y withholding
then ratification
l,nu,t re- apparent to every thinking
man that the Radical party iii Congress
b...,1a.e .tiou If restoring the Uaion.
! l. La, tu L,>lt, for tae restoration of
peace add t,aternal feeling aud common
Interest between the different sections
OF oar country. The proposed copstitu'
tiunal amsndment is a chear The | ion
VIII lot be restored while the Radicals
can itrry,ut II eyeo thcggh the amend.
meut should il, ratified by eSeIy S1uth.
eru State tw.ce over Toe RIdIca do
not - pect The amendmeLt ~ be I,nued,
thry do MOI desire II 10 De ratified aud
they have 30 Iuteutluu Of admitting the
! Southern representatives. # 1t Is rat tied.
Il Is tiIue the people were awakIng 10
the fact that these ,adicals hare resolved
aDJa dis,mi0a II Is. time the people of
this District knew that CEEsIER D HUB.
BARD. re ra' ical candidate for re-e,ec-
tion 20 Congress, voted against the res
tor~tiou Of the Union upon the only
terus Proposed, against admitting the
gyp resentatiyss Of the Sou ern States
aotv outstanding they might ratity the
proposed constitutional amend ent
We have heard enough of this cant
about the radicals being Union luen "
aud t2eir party he " Union party"
They have shown by their votes il Con.
gres hat they are t only disunio0ists
II tne lar ! md they have accom- plished
By party trickery and fraud what the
South was unable to do by force of ems.
They not only declare the Union dis
solved, but they propose 40 plan by
which 1t may be restored, they make no