The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-02
BY uoan..l J. r.. DooLITTLE.
"a TConcluded. !

BY Hon. J. r. DOOLITTLE.
Concluded.
Sir, we claim to have fought for hber-
ty and against slavery. The issue oi
1860 was the extension of slavery into
the Territories. BY the election of Mr..
Lincoln the people of the United States
decided againsG that. The radicals OF
the South, another name for the seces-
I sionistS, reGelled against that decision
aud underworld to reverse iG by ARM.
That rebellion raised anotherand great
er issue-the existence of the Govern
meut itself. 1t also placed at stake
slavery in all the States. BY the re-
Eeeytion ofaMr. Lincoln in 1854 the peo-
| Pile decided in favor of 4 vigorous pros
ecutiou Of the war until every rebel
slIould lay down his arms, and also IN
favor of an amendment to the ConsIltu
ton to abolish slavery in all the States
and Territories forever. .5.
At present, what do we behold Now
| that the war is over, now that every
rebel has laid down his arms, now that
The people of the South have unanimous
ly agreed to abolish slavery forever, to
obey the Consultation and discharge
every duty as citizens OF the United
States, the radicals of the North have
| morally begun new rebellion against
tue Union and the Constitution; for,
raising anew the old cry of the radicals
of the South, they nov declare thai the
States OF the South are outside the Con-
stitution, and that Congress acting out.
side the Constitution, has unlimited
power over them as over conquered ter
ritoIirs. In their blind zeal for the adj
vancemcnt of the negro they propose to
overthrow the Constitution i'll order To
practically subject the white race TO the
domination of the negro.
| As men who claim to be the friends OF
liberty, we have no right to do that.
| AS Christians who claim to have
learned something offorgivenessfrom the
teachings of our Saviour, we have no
right to do that. .a--..s
AS members of that great Caucasian
race which has given the world its CIV
iiizatioD, we have no right to do that.
AS statesmen who desire to restore
the blessings of peace, we have no right
to do that which would inevitably make
eight millions of our own race and KIN
dred in our own land eternal enemies OF
the Government.
As statesmen who, with ordinary .sa-
gacity should look to the future and TO
/ possib BILE wars with foreign Powers, we
| ought to make haste to restore Sentl-
mentS of affection and patriotism in all
that vast region, larger aud richer by
far in natural resources than England,
France. and Prussia all combined.
And / ask, Mr.. President, with all the
earnestness OF which the soul is capable,
can any human being conceive ola meas
ure so we'll calculated to make the
whole white people of the South, men,
Somen, and children, hate and lOathe
our Government, to hate it with n per-
feet hatred, TO gather around the family
altar upon their bended knees TO curse
it, and in the agony Of prayer 20 call
upou God to curse it, as this radical re-
| construction which seeks to disiTancbiSe
the heart and brain of the South, and
to subject at the point of the bayonet
the white race to the dominion of their
late half.civilizcd African slavesi Iu-
stead of peace it gives them sword;
instead of hope it fills them with de-
spair; instead of civil liberty it gives
them military despotism. White dis
franchisement and negro domination
was the idea which inspired and provok
cd the riot at New Orleans. 1t has ar
rayed everywhere the BLACKS and whites
Lin hostility to each other, often result
| ing in bloodshed all over the South. Ii
tends directly to bring on that war OF
races which in the West Indirs enacted
scenes of horror to sicken and appal the
world.
That war is now impending over all
the SOuth--it is only the presence OF the
Federal Army which prevents its out.
break upon a gigantic scale-a war
which, once begun, will end, | fear, in
tue exile or eXterminatiOn OF the blacks
from the Potomac to the Rio Grandc.
know the Senator from Ohio, MIR.
! Wade, IL u speech in the late canvass,
had no fears of such war or of its re-
suits. He is reported to have said, "let
that war come; let them fight 1t out
God giant that war may never come
But, if it does come, 10 amount OF mill
tary discipline can compel the white
men of tie North to take part in the
massacre of their own lace and kin.
dred.
Mr.. President, having considered at
some length the second answer to my
question, and finding that it Is not sus-
tanned by the facts, that it is bad prIn-
ciple and worse in policy, | repeat tie
question third time-why press this
negro supremacy over the whites of the
| L. tfty
The leader of the Radical forces that
IineXOrable MolOch OF this new rebellion
against the Constitution,
"The strongest and the fercest spirit
That fought in Heaven, now Hercer by despair,
answers with bOldness, and in plain
English gives the true reason, namely,
TO secure party asc' r'iancy. This is the
! third and last answer which fprOpo,e
to consider on this occasion. On the Sd
of January, 1867, Mr.. Stevens, in the
House of Representatives, used this
language, which l find reported in the
Globe:
Another good reason is, it would insure the
L ascendancy Of the Union party. Do you av"w
the party purpose, .xcialms some horroI.s'flcA
en- dem igoguei do
! The party purpose is here avowed in
the House. Iu his speeches and let.
ters elsewher Mt. Stevens again aud
again, in stronger language, avows the
real purpose of this legislation, to them
i I mainly refer. The negroes, under the
I tutelage of the Freednen's Bureau
led by Radical emissaries, or pushed 10y
4 Federal bayOnets, must take the Poiiti'
cal control of these States in order T.
ob, ain their votes in the Electoral Col
Ilege or in the House of Representatives
in the election of the next President
Here is reason, and just sneh reason
as the bold Radical would give. lti in
keeping with his revolutionary meas
ure-, and in keeping with his own reyo
lutionary history.
The letter of General Pope, when in
command of one of the districts. recent.
Ill .publisbed,s draws aside the vail and
d scloses the fact that the same party
u purpose seeks TO control the bayonel
! also. .ssE-. .g.-..
This argument, fer party ascendaDcy
all can understand. II is bod, clear
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