The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-17
WHEEIJNG w. VA THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY IL, 1867.

&C., is a nullity. The records OF the
Courts, all deeds &C., are worthless
This ruling causes great uneasiness, and
feeling Of insecurity among the peo-
pie; now would not prudence and wis
dom suggest that law be passed ratl'
fying the acts of an officer during the
warf If their acts are void, then
Won open up a wide field for litigation
and strife, only to END in total ruin.
Again, you have been taught by un.
scrupulous and unprincipled Editors and
politicians, and by some whose only
hope of promotion and preferment con-
sists in test oaths and registration laws,
that the people in this 9Th Circuit are
too disloyal, and the consequence is,
you treat them as enemies; they know
the State Government only by its bit
terness and its severity. They are un-
represented among you, for to say that
Caldwell, Mann and Thatcher repro
sented the people of Greenbrier is q
farce, and their presence among you
is another proof of the fact,
that they know the laws by
by their expressions only. The lawyers
are excluded from the bar. Who is
benefited by thisi Is it right, even ad-
mitting that the power to do so is un.
questionable Who, again, is protected
by the suitor's oathi Only the vicious
and unprincipled. This is truly o law
to protect roguery. 1t aims to raise the
thief to the respectability of gentle
man, but the failure will be signal one.
There are mean and unprincipled men
in every community, and many such
were cOnfederates. Now some of the
most active, most decided, most intense
Southern meu, during the war, are the
first to take the suitOr's oath, and thus
defeat the collection of an honest debt.
Is this right What great State interest
is subserved by such lawi Is "loy-
atty" protectedi No, never! but a pre-
MUM is held out to perjury and dishon-
esty. Many more instances might be
given of the folly of fast legislation, but
the above will suffice. Let me in the
spirit of fairness and candor, appeal to
Won to take q more Just view of the sit
uation. Be guided more by reason than
by passion. Make something more than
a mere party caucus, let your acts be
characterized by moderation, justice and
wisdom, and aim to build up for your
selves, and for your State, at home and
abroad, reputation worthy of an ell
lightened Legislature, and great and
growing State.
You have it in your power to do so
much for the good of the people, you
can alleviate their burdens, and relieve
their necessities, you can aid greatly in
strengthening the bonds of the Union,
and repairing the ravages of war. You
have it in your power to unite and har-
monize the citizens, to restore quiet and
order, and to generate in the breasts of
all, feelings of respect and love for their
law-givers, and of devotion to their
State.
Manifest by your acts, an enlightened
liberty, o patriotic devotion to the good
of all, a magnanimity worthy of your
ancestry, and generosity and kindness
that will. win the respect and confidence
of the most obdurate Rebel" The
constant assertion in the public prints,
and elsewhere, that the people in the
9th Circuit are still disloyal, seditiOus,
and refractory, is made for party pur-
poses, and the author of such assertions
at the time he makes them, knows,
or might know, that they are un-
true, and wickedly false. 1t is hoped
that you will not act upon news
paper editorials, OF the unsus-
tained assertions of anonymous news
paper correspondents, or the evidence
of those who seek Office, or can only OBJ
tain them by the aid of test oaths, thus
excir1;no from the polls nina-tepth@s @ @9f
the best men vs the country folio"
the example of Congress and send out
a committee of observation, and let
them report the facts, and your preju-
dices (if any you have) will be removed.
Do us Justice, it is all we ask. Farors
we do not expect, justice we have right
to demand. FAIR PLAY.