The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-02
The ECgEsIniuEC.

| Editors ni the Register:
10 any one who has examined the
proceedings of The West Virginia Legs
lature- that is. to any one not blinded
by isnaticism--it is appare"t that their
principal object !, to maintain them
sci, e. in power b., Whatever means 10
matter hos di~ailrefui io themselves. oi
od,,u- 10 the people They well
know that il the people. The genuine
leoal voters ufthe state. ever get u fair
chance they will EurI them from the
| pnwcrthcy have 50 outiagenU,ly abused
| Hence the enactment al their test oaths
and gag laws And these laws they pass
Ill Tie name OF loyalty fit was not SO
| senous amatter 1flectin" The vital IN
| terrrt4 and personal liberty of the peO-
pie, IL would be laughlblc and TidiCu-
| ious 10 see these men, who have used
| the name Of loyalty merely aa a lever
tn huiat thrmsrlyc, intopOWcr, who were
Iowa more by IuIcr OF circumstances
than from principle, the majority Of
whom have scarcely vii enough 10 know
that they are ignorant and illtoratc aud
Il ScOh aud by-word aud reproaCh to the
state, II - ridiculous 10 see these men
trying to stide the voice OF the people
that thea may lie retained in oilice.-
One of them gets up IN ms place, and IN
supplementary whining, pttiiul voice in
forms his fellow members that If these
rebels" are allowed to vote they will
all be turned out Of Office, at least lie
will Another, ut their mass meeting
the other night, actu2tcd By the same
tenaciiy for Office aud thinking hr di8
cerned ~ hich way the wind blows, re-
marked that the Democrats were Shining
over Andrew Johnson preparatory 10
swallowing HIM, and. in order to check
mate the Democrats. moved that they
swallow him themselves Now, If can
moi commend the consistency of this
fellow, | give him credit for being able.
to see farther than the majority OF that
body. He evidently hears the swelling
murmur of discomfort coming from the
people; he feels the mighty groundswell
of indignation which will surely sweep
fanaticiSm and intolerance from The
land
Argument and reason with these men
are of no avail II gentleman brings
compla int against a man occupying
high aud responsible office charging
him with crimes black enough. if suS-
famed not only to hurl him from hisex-
Allied position hut to damn him 10 ever.
lasting infamy III the eyes Of all hOnora.
bile fair dealing men bis petition IS not
only not received and fairly investigated
but lie IS bIutally assaulted and driven
from the halls where Justice ought to
reign II the constitution stands in the
way III their Odious legislation they
coollT set it aside: if the courts decide
against them they pay 10 attention to
such decisioni III fact, they arrogate to
themselves ali power constitutional iu-
dlclal aud legislative Is there no limit
to his Have the people no remedy
They bad the ballot boz. but that i now
taken from them The Legislature has
already disfranchissd the majority et
the voters of the State and we exnsct
the next move will be t. place the
rights taken from the white man in the
hands Of the negro. We say to these
MEL, beware, there is Il limit 20 the
ferhearaoce u the people; theto Is a
point at which forboaTanCe ceases to be
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