The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-12

secure to the negroes the right to vote,
and thereby give them the absolute
control of those States. And the in.
ducement for this is the belief that the
negroes will vote with the Republican
party. If it were certain that the ne
groes would vote with the Democratic
party, these gentlemen would not be in
favor of negre suffrage. l 90 further.
If they could be assured of controlling
those States by means of the white vote
alone, they wOnld prohibit negro sut-
frage. New England believes that,
wi n these States she can afford TO lose
as she sees she soon will lOse-some
OF the Northern States. Despairing OF
using the white man, she turns to the
black man. She sees in him the means
of power. She sees reflected in his face
the perpetuation of tariffs, one hundred
per cent. dividends, exemption of bonds
from taxation, the enjoyment OF profit
and power in office, the harvest of cap
ital, the heyday of New England Pnri-
tanism.
Mr.. Pendleton then reviewed the va
rions errors and inconsistencies of the
Republican party. He traced its his
tory from the date of its organization
and showed it to be full of contradic-
tions and absurdities. He arraigned it
for having always pursued its own will,
i'll defiance of law or even of its own
most solemn promises, and closed his
speech as follows:
They have been true to their passions;
true TO their desires; true to their par
tisan interests; but never true to the.
Constitution. They do not understand
what it is to ''stand by the COnstitn-
iion." They proclaim loudly that the
Constitution does not exist, either IN
theory or practice, in ten States OF the
Union; and their most trusted and able
leader, in the fullness of his contempt
for that instrument, and for the few
Republicans who are willing to obey 1t,
declares in his own choice language
"that ssme fragments of the old and
broken Constitution stick in their giz-
yards, and trouble them of nights.
Gentlemen, this is the charge we
have always made. They do not under
stand what it is to stand by the Constl
tuition. And it is for this very reason,
as we assert. that they have clothed
onr land in the mourning ofcivil war,de-
s.royed our form Of government, broken
down the guarantees of liberty, and
loaded us with this enormous burden OF
debt and taxation.
And yet, 1 repeat the advice, "stand
by the Constitution" That is the safe,
and speedy, and certain remedy. We
may not Immediately be able TO restore
its authority, but let us, at least, never
abandon or degrade it. Its principles
of government are the ark Of our safety
amid this food. 1t contains the hope OF
the world. In it is preserved all thatis
valuable in the experience ofthe past
all that is susceptible of improvement
in the future. 1t may be tossed on
wrathful waves, amid the blackness OF
darkness, but the sun will shine ut last.
The dove will go forth never to return
-emblcm of purity and liberty and
peace, she will seek to rebuild her hab-
itation among the scenes Of her former
life.
do not despair. / will not surren-
der hope. "Sorrow endureth for a time,
but Joy cOmcth with the morning" |
have hope in the aspirations of man;
have faith in the providences of God.
Progress is the law of humanity
And from the sky, serene and Iar,
voice falls, like falling star,
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