The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-03

| even, Is Ine SIN against the hcpuDll(
which this day excludes one vote from
the ballot box in the Republic of Amer
lea; but the faith of Washington, o.
Jefferson, of Adams, of Franklin, that
intelligence and virtue, and these alone
are the corner stone of our institutions
This is the objectionable sin; this j:
the sin against the Holy Ghost of Radi.
caliJm; this is the sin that cannot be
forgiven.
Do you say there was one man in the
land who went into the war with his
eyes open; not the innocent victim OF
designing demagogues, and, therefore.
ought to be disfranchised. That man
is Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, and he
is enfranchised by the Congress of the
United States. Do you say that there
is one man in the land who possessed
influence and so far from being led was
himself the leader and demagogue of
thousands and hundreds of thousands,
and therefore ought to be disfranchised
That man is Joseph E. Brown, of Geor-
gia, and he is enfranchised by the Con-
gress of the United States. Do you say
there was one man in the land who oc-
cupied public positions of high honor
and trust, and who had registered q
second oath in heaven to support, pro-
tect and defend the Constitution of the
United States, and therefore ought to
be DISTINGUISHED That man is Joseph
E. Brown, for he was Governor of the
State of Georgia, and he is enfranchised
by special enactment of the Congress
of the United States. ..r.
Who is Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia,
in the year of our Lord 1867 A ram
pant secessionist and Governor of Geor-
gia, then State in the Union. Who is
Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia. in the
year of our Lord 1867 A rampant So
cessionist, oaptor of Fort Pulaski and
Governor of Georgia. Then one of the
States, by placing faith in \ man like
him, believed that it had seeded from
the Union. Who is Joseph E. Brown in
the year of our Lord 1852 A delegate
to the Chicago Convention of the Radi-
cal party. Who disfranchised ex-Gov-
ernor Brown' The Congress of the
United States. Who enfranchised ex-
Governor Browni The Congress of
the United States. Why was Gov
ernor Brown disfranchisedg Because
he was % rebel; his hands were
reeking with loyal blood. Why
was he enfranchisedi Because he
believed in negro equality and suprem-
acy; because he believed that four mil
lions of negroes that are not able to
make their own contracts; that do not
know the value of their own labor; that
are not able to take care of the depend
ent, the aged, the intirm; that are not
able to take care of their own eduea-
tiOn; that these four millions of Ameri-
can negroes, part of whom he has treat.
ed all the days of his life as his own
chattels, are perfectly capable Of self
government, and therefore to be trusted
with the elective franchise. Because
hc believed that he himself ought not
to vote, but that his field hands ought
to vote. This is the virtue that washes
his hands, that wipes out the last stain
of loyal blood. This is the faith that
purges from sin. This the sacrifice that
atones for guilt.
Ab, my friends, how foolish were onr
fears, when wo looked with dread into
the future. When our hearts were
troubled lest the Republic had lost the
affection of the intelligence of one-third
OF its entire population. Behold tho
cOnsoling assurance contained in two.
thirds vote of the Congress of the United
States, which declares that our fears
are unfounded; which declares that
these people will make good citizens in
the future; that all that is necessary
for them to do is to pledge fealty to the
Radical party by believing, or pretend
ing to believe, that they themselves
ought to be disfranchised and their
negroes enfranchised. All that is neces-
sary to prove themselves worthy of the
elective franchise is to make % public
confession that they believe themselves
unworthy of the elective franchise by
indor.ing their own disfranchisement,
and then to 60 one step further in in
fanny, if that be possible, and declare
that while they themselves are un.
worthy, their former chattels are
worthy. With this self-stultification,
the most stupendous ever committed,
the guarantee for the future permanence
of our institutions is complete. : t
And yet, my friends, was it not natu.
raj that we should entertain some fears
| value Of such guarantee If VIC had
our Doubts and fears when Congress
proclaimed the "disiranchisement OF
rebels and the cnfrauchisement of the
loyal negroes" as the guarantee of fu-
turo safety, what shall we say when in
q few short months afterwards that
same Congress destroys this guarantee
and in its stead proclaims the cnfran-
chisement of the negroes and Of such
of the disfranchised rebels as are pre-
pared to declare themselves unworthy of
enfranchisement. unworthy of the
name of freemen, unworthy of the
citizenship of the Republic. If we
feared the enfranchisement Of ignor.
ance and the disfranchisement of
intelligence, what shall we say
when this ignorance is to be led by
those who by their own confession are
the basest OF the basel The Fathers
said, "No taxation without representa-
tion." This was the principle of their
justification, the rock of their faith, for
the vindication of which they pledged,
before God and all men, their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honors. To-
day eight millions of our fellow-citi-
zens are taxed without representation.
Their substance is taken from them
without their consent, appropriated to
paupers unauthorized by their votes
and used in the end for their own OPP
preston. And this is done in order to
establish the great Congressional guar
antec 1or the perpetuity, of Repub-
lican institutions. The Fathers said,
THE Government derives its powers
from the consent of the governed. The
people govern" To-day the Govern
ment uses its power to procure the con-
sent of the white people to be governed
by negroes. And this is done in order
to establish the great Congressional
guarantee for the perpetuity of Repub-
lican institutions. The Fathers said,
every man has right to worship God
according to the dictates of his own
conscience" To-day every man has a
right to worship God, in one-third
of the Republic, according to the
dictates Of State Convention.
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