The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-24

with force, and seek redress in an lille
gal and -disorderly manner. The polls
on iThurspay, would afford them an Op-
portunity for honorable satisfaction,
and the triumps upon that day would
4 be more glorious If unnamed by
violence ON the part of the victors.
Mr.. Walker concluded his remarks by
impressing upon his hearers the duty of
maintaining their principles at the
coming election, and of vindicating, at
all times, their righrs and immunities
as citizens of a free Republic.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Walkers ad-
dress, the chairman introduced to the
audience Mr.. Louis Stifel, who said he
had few words to address to his Ger
man fellow citizens in their own Ian
guage. He then spoke in substance as
follows:a ysA1r.tsss .fsreass
LOUIS sTIFEL's srEECH.
Mr.. Stifel referred to an article pub
lished in the Freiheits Ereand, of Pitts
burg, and widely distributed By the rad
icals in this city. He alluded to the
impropriety of the Pittsburg editors
who must necessarily be, to great ex-
tent, Ignorant of our State politics, at
tempting to instruct our people in rela-
tion to matters of local interest and i'm
portance. He then took up the article
referred to and replied to each of its
falsehoods in detail. 1t accuses Presi-
dent johnson of being rebel, traitor,
and all the charges usually brought
against him by the radical journals.
Mr.. S. said that, if these things were
! true, the radicals alone were responsible
for placing such man in the Presiden-
/ tial chair. They elected him, and de-
cent regard for consistency should keep
them from den0uncing, him as traitor.
Mr.. Stifel then referred TO the false
statements of the Freiheits Freund i'll re-
gard to our State and county ticket. The
paper denounced the Conservative can
didates as former Know, Nothings. This
charge he replied to by showing that
the present radical party is the
! legitimate descendant of the old
Know Nothing party; is composed
mainly of the same men, and is actuated
by the same motives. Upon the Con-
servative county ticket there is not one
man who was connected with the Know
Nothing organization, while the majO
Lity, if not all, of the candidates on the
radical side were members of the dark
lantern fraternity. Governor Boreman
was, himself, the head and front Of the
Know Nothing party in this section of
the State.
Mr.. Stifel then referred to the denial
of the radicals that they are in favor of
negro suffrage. He showed that the
tendency of their party was entirely in
that direction; that the leaders of the
party in Congress, and in other States,
have distinctly declared themselves in
favor not only of negro suffrage, but also
of negro equality; andthat the sole aim
and object of the party was the accom-
plishment of these ends.
The article in the Freiheits Frenud
asserts that no German has been re-
warded with any office by the Demo-
cratic party. In reply to this, Mr.
Stifcl showed. that upon the present
Democratic ticket i'll Ohio county is the
name of a prominent German, while
upon the Radical ticket there is none,
Mr.. Burke, the Radical candidate for
Sheriff, not being considered a German
Mt all, except when he is candidate
for office. He exhorted his hearers not
to he deceived by the falsehoOds of the
Radicals who are really the enemies OF
all persons of for eign birth. He eau
toned them to be very careful in the in
spsction of their ballots on Thursday,
and to see that no fraud was committed.
There are tickets in circulation with
the names of some Of the Radical candi-
dates and SONIC Uf tho Conservatives.
Avoid all such cheats. Vote the whole
ticket without scratching name. He
urged them to be very careful to refrain
from any disturbance of the procession
on Wednesday night, and to rally to
the polls on Thursday TO put down mob
law, and vote for peace and order and
the restoration Of the Union and con-
stitutional liberty.
Mr.. stifel's speech was listened to
throughout with the closest attention
and was frequently applauded in the
most enthusiastic manner.
COL. D. d. JoHNsONs SPEECH.