The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-19
Legislative Matters.

Some portions of yesterdays legiSla-
tive business were quite interesting.
In the Ilouse Mr.. CHASE of Putnam,
offered resolution looking to the in
yy,tigation oi the process 10y which the
salaries of State officers have been
increased under the prItext of paying
their rent" La the haSty indignation
Of their innocence the Radicals prompt
lytaGl>d this resolution. The public now
understand that NO interference with
pet pluuder schemes will be tolerated.
The Governor signalized his not eX-
actiy voluntary report upon the Civil
Contingent Fund by u lengthy argu-
mrnt in defence of his course as EXecu-
tive. We are glad to know that his
Exccllcncy sees the necessity of per
soual viudicatiou, but confess. to an in-
ability to understand why Il person,
conscious of perfect rectitude, should
thrust that defence into public notice
under tire prctence of making report.
The entire document has been order
ed to lie printed, and as we desire to do
him aud the subject the fullest justice,
VIC forboar further comment until We
obtain copy.
The discussion upon the repeal of the
Test Oath for suitors and lawyers indi-
Gated u wholesome condition of the
"ioyal" memory. 1t retains with re-
freshiug vividness the lessons in decla-
nation il learned during the war. But
like an organ with one tune, it grinds
out nothing else, however the crank be
turned aud the machine manipulated.
The same old raLble-rousing sound
and fury about the griefs OF loyalty"
aud the atrocities of ''rcbels," meaning
by the latter all who don't vote the Rad
icai ticket, came forth with precisely the
same rant and foam that attended its de-
livery five years ago. Aud we suppose
that when the last peal of GABRIEL's
trumpet shall call loyal" and "rebel !
alike from these low-groundS of sorrow
To their final abiding places, we shall
hUd one of yesterdays ranters prefer
inG the warmest of quarters to amOd-
crate roast ny the side of q traitor"
while another will doubtless repro
dnce his earthly whine about the love-
illness of loyalty" in that country
where something hotter than the sun
Will shine upon the mouthing mOunte-
banks who prate about 1.-The best Gov
ernmen. the world ever saw"
We hear much Of vlndictiveEess, ma
Zee, and latent treason on the part OF
the participants in the late rebellion,
bnt If there is anywhere more feroci-
ons feeling than was exhibited yes
terday by two or three of the
representatives of ''loyalty," it
Is not manifested in human
form. We will do large majority of
Tie House the justice to say that they
do not partake of this fiendish spirit.
But the commendable moderation of the
many only intensified the fierceness of
the few.
They raved, like madmen, over topics
That have no legitimate place in delib-
eratlve assembly. The arguments in
dulged in we're only calculated to de-
throne reason, and to show that, on one
Nahd, men may grow grey in years with
ont outliying the most wicked of pas
SouS, and on the other, that
men may have little age,
less experience and no brains,
ana yet possess the most maturS bru-
Iahty of character and display the
lPest lnhumauity in act, always pro-
Nided that the manifestation be likely to
produce no unpleasant consequences.