The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-16
The Governors Message.

We publish this morning as much OF
the Governors message as our limited
space will permit. The omitted por-
tions comprise mainly synopsis Of the
REPORTS of the various officers of State,
and present matter of less general in
trrr>t than the passages We have trans
irrrcd TO our columns. The message is
unusually long and suggests "MACK's"
idea that possibly our Governor may
have been 'named a purpose"
The majority of the recommendations
contancd in the message are well-timed
and should receive attention at the
hands of the Legislature. Everything
in the message which tends to the de-
,rlopment of the resources of the State
and to the prosperity of our whole peo-
Me should and will meet tho approval
of our citizens, without regard to party
affiliations or political belief. We all
have 4 common interest in building up
the fortunes of West Virginia, and the
best way to advance the interests of n
State is to deal Justly with all the peo-
pie anI avoid cndcavoring to promote
the Interests of one class 10y detractlng
from the rights and privileges of an
other.
The statements contained in the Gov
crnor's message in relation to the con-
duet and disposition sf the people re-
siding in the Ninth Judicial Circuit; we
are forced to believe, have been made
npom insufficient information. In plain
language, We do not believe they are
true In still palmer language, we
lror they are false. The Governor has
been imposed upon by some of the po-
litical advcnturers and uncOnsciOnable
scoundrels " no eudcavOr to screen their
ylIainy by the cloak of loyalty"
and think that the sclf-assumed and
unworthily worn title of "Cnion man.
gives them an indeieasible right to lie,
steal and murder with impunity. There
is no man who is cognizant of the facts
aud who has no personal interest to
promote by slandcring the people of
the counties referred to by the Cover
uor, who will not testify that the citi-
zens of Grcenbrier, Monroe, Mercer,
Mcdowell and Pocahontas counties,
in West Virginia, are as peaceable,
upright, honest, law-abiding people as
can he found within the limitsiof any
State in the Union. The sending of
United States troops into Monroe coun-
ty under pretence, that tho, presence of
soldiers was necessary for the preserva-
ton of the peace was II exhibition of
weakness and folly into which the Gov
ernor was betrayed by .'ProconsuP
Judge" NAT. HARRISON. In all prob
ability, HARRISON chuckles with malic-
ious glce over the success of the decep'
tion he planned and induced the Cover
nor 70 endorse. -. r...,f - ..sf4
The concluding portion Of the mes
sage is devoted to re-hash of the radi-
ea!"hslmp speeches made during the re-
cci,, political campaign in relation to
the proposed constitutional amendment.
The Governor presents nothing new
pertinent to the subject, and adduces
no argument in support Of the amend
ment which has not been exploded again
and again. We are q little surprised,
however, to find that so earnest and i'm
practicable a radical as Governor BORE
NAN should, now that the elections are
over aud nothing can be gained by du-
plicity, profess to regard the constitu-
ilonal amendment as q basis for the
restoration of the Southern States to
their rights in the general govern
ment. The adoption of the amendment
has nothing to do with restoration; it
Will not hasten the reunion of the
States and the admission of Southern
delegates to their seats in Congress o
single day. 1t never was intended by
The radicals i'll Congress to be "basis
Of rostoration," aud, on the Goth of
last July, when a proposition was made
10 the House of Representatives pro-
Nding for the admission of the repre-
Sentatives of Southern States upon con-
u''on that those States would ratify
these amendments, itwas Hvsted down
" the radical majority, (see Con-
sfessional Globe, page a9sl.) Certainly
Cosefpor Co BoFrNAy knows tbs, fpi the
governor of West Virginia should
Ue presumed to know Something, but in
'p''s 81 this this aud in contradiction Of the