The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-19

to.nlght ana tr9mple them under foot,
And yet you stand pledged to 1t; be-
cause you are to get rid OF all the meas
party of the country has resorted to bv
way OF providing securities against fu-
ture rebellion.
THE XVIII ARTICLE.
What is next to be got rid Off This
tourteenth Amendment to the Consti.
tuition. What Is that? That is another
one OIL the Unconstitutional, revolu-
tionary and void acts of this Repub-
iican party" Revolutionary" ''Un-
constttuuonal'-do not those words
sounds rather strangely in the ears OF
some OF you-especially the soldiers of
the Union. Did you think, my blue
coated friend, when you were drawing
bead upon a rebel, or he was trying a
chanceto returnthe compliment, that he
was defending the Constitution and you
were. the revolutionist against 1t. That
has come 10 be the modern doctrine.
They have made wonderful advances.
Do you remember how 1t was Just at
the close oil the war, after the surrender
at Appomattox Court House? No such
temper was shown then by these reb-
els; and l would always rather trust
one who had fought Us openly, boldly,
brRvely in the rebellion than one Of
your Northern Copperheads. LCheers.l
They showd no such temper. They
never would IL they had not been mis-
led, begpiled and encouraged by these
Northern Democrats, with whom they
had now entered into an alliance. No,
at the close of the war, just after the
surrender, your rebel was found with
bated breath, and in an humble, some
what subdued manner, inquiring
round "What terms are we likely to
get from the conquerers?" After little
h
these Northern Democrats, they grew
holder, and began TO ask what con-
dltions shall we accept7" And 1t has
advanced now to that point that 1t
seems they are strutiing about in the
most magnificent style, inquiring
What shall we all oW thed-d Yam
KEGS to have?n
AIVth amendment, with all Its mild
and generous terms, offered TO them as
the conditions on which they might
comeback and have n completelyrestor-
ed union. What are tho provisions of
that amendment which are now to be
got rid of by force IL necessary-by de-
tiance, by "tramplihg in the DUST" by
and revolutionary?
The first provision of the XVIII
Amendment, which is now a part of
the Constitution by the proclamation
of Andrew johnson himself, through
his Secretary OF State, Mr.. Seward, is
declaration that all citizens of the
United States, native and naturalized,
shall have the same rights and protec-
ton in every other part of the United
States as they have where they reside.
WHAT is your objection, Mr.. Democrat,
TO that? am one who believes IL
was hardly necessary to put that
into the Constitution, for 1 think
it was sufficiently there already
by inference, al least by plain intention;
about assdangerous TO go into one of the
Southern States and express openly and
freely ones opinions on the Institutions
of the country, ifthey happened to diff
er with the opinions OF the people there,
as to have gone among the wild Indi-
ans Of the plains, expecting to escape
without loss of scalp, II seemed to be
essential TO write down in the very Ian
guage of the Constitution, SO there
should be no mistake about 1t, that
every citizen should have like protec.
ton everywhere throughout all the
broad extent of this land. L do not
think any Democrat in private discus
sion or conversation will object to that.
Yet, as party, they have agreed that
is one OF the things TO be trampled
down.
The next provision is that those who
have held office under the United States
or under State Government and taken
an oath of allegiance to the United
States, and afterwards gone actively
into the rebellion, shall-what Be dis
franchised, SO far as the right of suf-
rage Is concerned7 o, no; but shall
not hold office under the United States
until their disability has been removed
by vote of two-thirds of Congress.
Now, this struck right home to all
Democrats. You do not hear them
saying that the rebels ought not
to have been hung, ought not to
have had some of their property
condscated, might not justly have
been bRnished, rs In all countries,
and even in our own during the Revo-
luton rebels were treated (tories); but
they cry, though you may hang, confis-
cate, Danish, do not let a Democrat I'M
der any circumstances lose his chance
for AN office. iLaughter.l And, there
fore, they are for trampling on that.
Now, was IL too much as one OF the Sc
curities to demand that those who Ind
been the leaders In this rebellion should
stand back for awhile until their disa-
bilities should be removed, before they
came forward and assumed to govern
the country. You see what has come
OF an attempt by Forrest, Wade Hamp-
ton, Preston and Beauregard, and men
OF that kind, to govern the Democratic
party through conventions or other
wise at the North.
What is the next provision of that
amendment that is to be trampled on,
defed, set aside, disregarded2 A pro-
vision that hereafter representation in
the Congress Of the United States
shall be in proportion to the num-
Der of voters that may be in any
State. Everybody knows what evil
that was intended to correct-how
under the constitution while slav-
cry existed three ffths of the slaves,
as the "all other persons" mentioned
therein, were TO be added to the free
population and representation allowed
on the sum of the whole. After slay-
cry ceased, then all were to be counted;
and the desire was that these men
should not profit by their rebellion /;
but that in proportion as men were
permitted to vote and take share In tho
government of the country, SO they
should have share In the councils ofthe
nation where that was to be governed
byiIa representatives. Is this unfair
You have bad trial of it here in West
Virginia. know very we'll that West
Virginia WAS prepared for separation
from East Virginia even In a good de.
gree before this war came on, and TINT
II was but the ripe apple that dropped
from the tree soon after IL began. Why?
Why you had felt that the control over
you by East Virginia was CALLING un-
equal, unfair, was because their slaves
were represented in the government of
the State while your property was not
and you were by the control thus given
to the East to be hewers of wood and
drawers OF water in the same man
ner the north was compelled to
have subordinate relation in
the Government with the South, as
comparing the States with each other.
What is proposed, then, is that each
State having determined who shall be
It's voters and how many 1t Will have,
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