The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-19


the faces Of the brave scalawag-nigger-
carpet bag defeated hat-the-devil-are-
you deins -here-legislature, yesterday,
when tn, following dispatch was pro-
daced AMI exhibited:
WASHINGTON, August 6, 1868.
Hon. W. II. SMITH, GovERNoR: The
Legislature must, by all means. cast the
electoral vote of Alabama. The effect
North will he good.
[signedl WARNER,
SPENCER,
STow,
An unsophisticatcd cid creature, in
the so-called hsuse of Representatives,
whom the Governor had allowed to re-
tain the dispatch, thought he would
show off"big," and, consequently, sent
the dispatch up to the clerks desk,
with a mandatory order that it be read
for the information of the House. Some
body tickled the old fellow with quill,
and Whispered that the Governor did
not want the dispatch read in public,
and he must get it back. He begged
and pleaded to get it back, but Gregory,
Carraway, Hart, Springfield and the
other socalled people thought it was
something about Ku-Klux and rebels,
aud insisted that the clerk read the dis
patch. Neville, Reeves, Hubbard and
the other white men begged that the
dispatch be returned to the indiscreet
old chap,
This convinced the creatures that it
was Ku-KluX concern, and they posi-
lively refused to let the dispatch depart
until they knew the contents of it. The
old fellow agreed to let all hands see the
great "What-in-the-m mischief-is-it," if
they would not insist upon it being
read in public. His proposition was
accepted, when almost the entire body
rose to their feet, fear, hatred, thunder,
Ku-Klux, loyalty, dirt and every other
brave quality, depicted on their loyal
faces. They "made for" the old fellow,
(whose name is Jennings rammed him
against the wall, knocked down every
desk, upset all the chairs, spilled all the
ink, mashed the breath out of several
"loip constituents and raised the wind
generally. Smiling Carraway and Boo
by Hart were the first to snatch the pa
per, upon the contents of which the
destinies of this disloyal country de-
pended. The latter blockhead then
mounted the Hon. Tom Diggs: and read
aloud in L brave, tremulous voice, thA
dispatch quoted above. a tremendous
shout was then set up, which brought
in Coon, Farden, S:bley, Applegate and
other X. X. spirits from the Senate, who
had been watching the proceedings
from the outside, and were afraid 20 VEN
ture in. Smiling Carraway then mount-
ed beautiful Shaw's big back, and made
the following patriotic speech:
"Mr. Speaker node all dc time what
dat dar spatch kertained, but l wanted
tor to SO what de gemmens wood do, an
if it wood hav good confectionery on
der continents. 1se reioiced to kno dat
its having good etfek on de gemmens; l
move do dispatch DO adopted, and |
thousands copys be printed for de hotel
keepers of dis city to furnish dare gestS
wild"
The Speaker ruled that the gentleman
was out of order. Blockhead Hart ap-
pealcd from the Chairs decision, and the
decision was not sustained. S0apeyed
Stewart moved that the motion be
adopted. Carraway's motion was then
read and adopted, amid Il gigantic out
burst of loyalty. Nearly all the Sena.
tors then marched, and while the loil
body was singing the beautiful song,
ooh lah darkies, amt yOu happy
this deponcnt walked out.
Alabama is safe; Warner, Spencer,
Stow-the "loyal" LcSislature--the col
ored girls-let us all pray-lct us have
peace.