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

In the past; but these radicals and the
trump Congress" now say.it must be
patched. For myself, / am opposed to
patchwork; want solid structure
(Cheers) But if we are to have patch.
work done; let us have a mechanic to do
it. / would not exp pect blacksmith to
mend my watch, neither would have a
| matchmaker to shoe my horse. If the
| Constitution is to be amended, let US
have statesmen to do it, and let the peo-
/ pie of the whole Union be represented in
| the Congress that proposes amendments
But the truth is that the men who now
propose to patch up the constitution
never did care much about the old III
strument itself even when it was new.
Cheers We are told that one amend
ment has already been adopted, that
slavery has been formally abolished by
amendment of the constitution. That
4 is true. And let me tell you, my fellow
citizens, it was not the emancipation
proclamation that abolished slavery it
was the "True Boys in Blue" who went
to the front, who accomplished that
work. But after the work bad b.en
done and the fighting was over, the,
amendment was ratified by the States
and the work Of the soldiers was estab
| lished and confirmed, s--
But,not satisfied with the work already
dones the last immortal Congress-im-
| moral not by statesmanship, but by in
| famy-has proposed what Is really five
amendments, all embraced in one. BY
| the constitution of the United States,
each House of Congress is made the judge
of the election and qualifications of It's
own members. But az the beginning of
the last session of Congress the radical
majority demonstrated its hatred of con-
stitutional restraint by the organization
of committee called the "reconstruc-
| ton committee" to whom was referred
| the determination of the qualihca-
tion. Of the members Of either
House. Ipstead of the Senate deter
mining for itself, as the constitution
provided, who were duly elected and
qualified to represent their State IN the
senate, this reconstruction committee
pretended to decide this question and
voted To exclude eleven States from rep
resentation entirely. Such proceeding
was unneard of beforei and is altogether
without an example n the history of our
government. THIS committee did not
presume toeXamine the credentials Of the
claimants for seats from the Southern
States, bat it sent down South q sort of
committee of inspection. One Of the
members Of that committee was Carl
Sohurz, of whom you have all heard.
Schurz is q countryman Of mine, and l
respect him for his talents, but Re hasn't
heart as big as ganders. [Cheers
l., l Ha h..n
OF the radical Germans in this country,
The election of Mr.. Lincoln, he was sent
w minister to Spain. He was SO notori-
Gus In Europe that he found the atmos'
phere OF Spain rather unhealthy for him
and, after very brief sojourn abroad,
came back to America. He never was O
s8i6sshIRg IGhss 'Bs' 'tdone for h1m 1and,s
President Lincoln gave him long
sword, 80 long that when he walked IL
dang lied on the ground, and made him q
Major General. Well, Schurz went
down South. with his long sword trail
ourted that IL wouldn't do to les the
south In. Laughter, Aud Butler too
opposes the admission VI the SCUM. but.
ler Is one of the great lights and CHIEF
priests of the radical party. Weil' all
= have to say Is, that If Botier comes TO
West Virginia, the best thing you can
do will be to lock up your silver spoons.
Laughter and applause
(The speaker was here interrupted by
The entrance of delegation Of the True
Bows in Blue" followed by procession
of citizens numbering at least three nun
dred, preceded by brass band and bear
ing the Gag. When they had taken
their places ia the audience, three cheers
aud q tiger were given by the vast
ooncourse for the brave men VINO had
fuu 1t for the Union and would now vote
as they fought" Order being restored
the speaker proceeded,)
What was the object for which these
men periled their ives2 What was the
object for which the people of the Uuited
States put forth such heroic efforts !
What was the object for which all en-.
dared sacrifices and privations Was II
NOT s,nply THAT the rebellion might be
,nppressed and the Union restored ?
lYolces-Yes! yesD the Congress
vsssed a resolution declaring that the
war was waged simply for the suppress
sion of the rebellion and the restoration
| of Tho Union with the rights, equality
| and dignity of the several States uRiul
| paired, and upon this platform the peo-
| plo of the North rallied around tue gov-
ernment. They poured into Washington
| CITY SO fast that they could not be UNI
formed nor fed, and the Secretary of War
was compelled TO order the stoppage OF
enlistments. (Voices-"That's So" "a
voico-"The soldiers Of West Virginia
give three cheers for Judge Lang, of
Ohio" The cheers were given with
hearty good will, and the speaker re-
sumedl l see that the soldiers who are
here assembled are determined to vote
for the Union. Cheers These cheers
do my heart good am laboring for
The restoration of the Union aud am glad
to see that you are with me, heart and
soul. There are some seven by nine
generals Of the Federal army who stand
Oy Congress IN It's exclusion of eleven
states, but the true heroes of the war,
the men who fought effectively aud we'll
for the suppression of tho rebellion,
will stand by the President in his efforts
10 restore the UniOa. But, in return for
all our sacrifices, what have we nowS-
! What has become of the Union for which
! our armies fought} TIE Congress has
declared that the South IS out CT the
UuioG, and has made restoration almost
az impossibility.