The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-14

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~ ming before the country upon the
merit. Of this trial.
uui,nry Government and iis COnse.
qucuces.
Tse following paragraph from the
v.v York Commercial .IdrertiSer (Rep.)
e.. well worthy OF consideration:
Tbe announcement of the fact that
,bs War Department has drawn over
Tii,,eu Millions from the Treasury to
i.lray Army expenses fora single month,
j.. startling 20 Tax Payers, and will,
yrrn the intoXicatio.. of Impeachment
.oyer, occasioa sober reflection. This
,maHiag erpcass, IN time Of Peace, is 10
T,touD Tie trtedmea's BareGU and TO sus.
l,;g MILITARY Government ia ten States
xLirh. during the Rebellion, the
E~mhlican Party insisted were
The Union, but which
gt,u rhc Rebellion was over,
rL,, Party treated and now treat, as out
os the Unlon! The People thereof are
yariHg through the Var Department, MANY
MILLIONS \ YEAR, FOR PoIITICs. They
will do this rs long as the excitement
I.,t,. hnt after President johnson is de-
p1,,d, and The pressure of hatred and
iuLl,iua withdrawn, reaction will
romrrnce, aud then let those who are
roHiug up the National Debt ''STAND
lEUM UNDER.
At the above g.Ite, thirteen mill ions
per III month, the annual cost of our mill
flry establishment foOts up one hun
d.ea and Gtty.six millions of dollars.
This sun, the cost of q single branch of
the Government, is double the annual
public expenditure for all purposes,
prior ts the war. Is All outlay So ex-
trayagaut either necessary or prudent J
We think not.
Ii is incurred in supporting bayonet
rule in tue south. That rule is necessa-
~ for one purpose and no other, viz: to
reconstruct the South upon negro
basis. Upon such basis she is expect
ed to support the party now in power.
Upon any other basis, her choice OF po-
ltical opinions will be unrestricted; her
people as q mass will not support Rad
icalism, and without that support Rad
icalism must perish. Whether, even
with the aid Of bayonets, the South can
lee Compelled to vote the Radical ticket
at tine next Presidential election, is a
doubtful question. Bot wheth she
tau or not, the end is not OF sufficient
Importance TO the country TO counter
balance the many other deleteriOus ro-
suits produced 10y the Brigadier plan of
reconstruction.
In the first place, the industrial sys-
ten .: the South is thereby destroyed.
Negroes won't work under bayOnet law;
they violate their contracts, abandon
their employment aud the Freedmen's
Bureau furnishes, gratis, the living
which their hands should earn. White
Hen who would work, are indispOsed to
labor because of the hopelessnesS of their
toll. Whatever they may attempt to
p:duce is rendered of NO value to
them. Their growing crops are de-
;:royed, their stock stolen, and their
supplies pilfered from them by the
,angs Of lazy aud vicious blacks, who
nrowl rouud their homes and plunder
without fear of punishment. The ab-
,cace of civil law discourages the in
instEious, and the presence of military
Government encourages the indolent.
Between the two tho productive ener-
ses of the country are paralyzed.
In the next place, this military rule,
II it effects anything, will introduce a
fatal element into the Government of
'he country. The blacks are thoroughly
unit for suffrage, and that is a power
that cannot be entrusted to incapable
hands. We care not for the argument
that they need it fer protection. II the
White race can care for its own women
and children, it can care for the blacks.
Make the negro the sovereign
OF the South in order to protect him
self, and you must make him sovereign
%! the nation in order to perfect that pro-
lection. Furthermore, the ballot in the
hands of negro who is uutit to nse it,
: no protection, just as a dagger or
pistol in the hands of q child or a lu-
aatie would be no weapon of defence.
naiie the blacks cannot be benefited
0! The franchise, the entire country
would be harmed. The effects of negro
'SnoFance and passion in our legislation
would be eo-extensive with our laws.
admit them to the Government, and
you exchange prosperity in business,
"uer IN society, wisdom in law, and all
'la' Is fixed and perfect in our institu-
,'ohs' fora Purposeless, useless, hope,
'7S anarchy OF warning interests and
uusoVernable passions.
Another consideration not to be over
looked is, that to place one portion of
,ne country under the domination of the
"'AcSs Is to double the burdens of tax
A,'0h upon the other. We presume that
"aea the Radicals in Congress deter
mined to Africanize the South, they
o determined to make a waste place
4a desolation of that country. Hasti
"'Oo close an illustration of negro su-
p'Smaey tS have escaped their atten-
.. Sn' Give the negro the most fer-
ni0 soiL the finest climate,
'us best resources, the most
rfleet Improvements and the
Os. governmental institutions on the
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