The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-08
The Congregational Debate on the Sup
pIrnesIui REORGANIZATION Bill


The most remarkable thing in the de-
hate is that the dominant party Is all
the time on the defensive. The speeches
of Morton, HO.r, TIumbull aud the rest
of rha ab!est X tdIc.Ii Senators, as well
a. of the dcclaimigG politicians OF ihe
Wilson stamp, ale Of the same drien-
sive character. II Is so, too, with tHe
surechcs uf the Il ,iic4l Leaders IN the
House Of Representatives They have
mn Ground 10 stand upon: they have
uotbIug on which To make a square,
direct aud upright fIhi; they have no
priueipleS. aud nuIhIUg tut the negro
theories, which aIe condemned lay the
r."uie every whrIr, for am issue. \ parry,
like an army, that has mu priue,pir,
r.ui.e or ground Ia stand upon Inual
brrnmIr drn"rsIIzrd and defeated.
IL II clear that tie radical leaders
feel their Srakur>s, for tAry arc oNcrs-
rivrly sensitive. Such "a speech Il, that
OF Mr. DDuii tie, though temperate ia
tome and aigumrUtaIiSc, makes ih-uI
fIrlnuS. Thry lose their temper aud
I,.pl\ with ahusivc defamation. They
ure rrying hard to draw "ut = platform
for Inc Approaching elections; hut they
brrin Ia sre that they have preiIY well
usrd up al the old material aud have
nothing left. la auall zing then
speeches in Congress we sro that there
il no pri.t IN Them, aud that they are
utterly negative. They are made up #
abuse Of the President, OF clap-lrap
phrases .buut chclion, when the rc-
brll:0n WAS Killed aud buried, never To
rise again, several years ago; Ola great
deal ot seuselcss Trash about disloyal
white people, aud OF great amount of
humbug abOut Loyal ucGr"cs. All this,
together with an ,tlUrt 10 explain away
their wicked measures and 10 cover up
their atrOciOUis object in giving tue bar
barous negroes the balance of power III
the republic, constitute the burden OF
their speeches la tact, there is moth
ing else in them. On the radical side
we hear nothing Of the constitution, eX-
cent from some bold, Ouispoken mem
Der like Thad. Stevens, VITO speaks of
it only to rspudIate II. We hear moth
ing Of the whIte people except To de-
nonuce them. IL Is the negro first, the
negro last and the negro all the
time. The South may be tprned into Il
wilderness, i war of races may be in
. auguratvd, the business Of the whole
country may be paralyzed and the North
alone ma" have TO pay the national
debt, maintain the government and
support the negroes III idleness, IT
the Radicals can keep themselves in
power. To secure tits object they
would sacrifice the Sonth, tue white
people and the republic itself.
But will tae people OF the North bc
deludod by the false pretences Of these
reckless partisansi Will they he hum.
plugged by the clap.trap speeches in
Congress about rebels, rebeliOrs States,
d.slOyal whites, loyal Negroes aud all
such PLAYED out tTash' Will they not
see the cloven foot Of the jacob II
ruvoluuonists who would dcstr V the
Constitution aud Government under the
cloak of reconstruction and negro fra
ternity and equalityf We think they
will We think, too, oar Radical mem
beers of Congress perceive the coming
storm of popular indignatio', which
threatened 10 sweep them from power.
IL is the apprehension uf this, doubtless,
that makes them so sensitive, Yinlen
and anxious to defend themselves. They
NAV I'LL volumes of the Congressional
Globe with speeches and spread them
broadcast over the land, but these viii
not save their party from defeat At their
present policy he pursued, and II they
cannot tnd anything else but "A mega
tive, fraudulent and worn out platform
to stand upon.