The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-07
,,,wiura,iou nud Rmigratios.

bo, ahandonrd the position that ouI
,rn,rriptiye legislation repels immigra'
,io, In other words, the IEieliigeReer
ispuable to gainSay the force of that
,o.it,on aud it wishes the REGISTER
would abandon it. Those who have
rsad our articles upon the subject, will
hardly need even his reference to the
u.+ter. to prevent them from mistaking
the Ialeiligcncer's wish for our deed.
The or.an further cOnteuds that it is
the fact of lawlessnesS in this State, aud
NOT BoREMAN'S proclamation of the
fact. so.called, that frightens people
away from Wes; Virginia, if any have
bsen frightened away. Unfortunately
for the Governor and his champion, tbeil
assumed facts, are falsehoOds. There /:
not a county in tho State where the law:
cannot be enforced by tue civil authori'
Ties and no man knows this better than
the Governor himself. So conscious Is
he of il. that lie has deemed it prudent
to suppress all information given him OF
= contrary character to that upon which
he has acted, and has only made public
the statements of those whose personal
ends he forwarded when he ordered
troops into West Virginia.
II, saws. for example, that he sent
troops into Barbour county because
HowE> thought they were needed.
Howr> being candidate fer the Leg
i,la;urc. and having certain defeat be-
fnre him on fair vote, very naturally
and correctly supposed that the bayonet
Va- needed to secure his electiSn. As
soon ~ that was effected, the troops
wele Withdrawn, aud WE no longer hear
ul the Ich-llious condition of Barbour
county. It's Iuot likely that We will,
unit. the next election. Then another
rebellion will be extempOrized, troops
will be called in, loyalty" will tri-
umDh al the hallot-bOX, the military
viii he withdrawn, and we shall hear
uJ more of plots, cOnspiracies and vio-
lsure until another party necessity,
SIMILAR TO that of last Fall, shall arise,
The orgaY is especially pleased with
TN, action uf his Excellency' i'll foling
the designs Of ";he rebel democracy" a
name hy which it is pleased to desig
nate the people who oppose Radicalism
and ni.gerism in this State. 1t hap
pens, very siugularly, that some of
these Barbour county rebel democrats"
were in lSG6, warm supporters of his
Exc,ileucy. JOHN II. WooDFoRD, for
example, will be remembered by his
ExcelIeGcy as having been sufficiently
loyal" 20 vote the Radical ticket in
the last GuGeTnatorill campaign. In
l-j7. however. he was suddenly dis
covered to be 4 rebel democrat,
because he opposed HowES,
the Governors tool, for the
Legislature. The soldiers were brought
il, the once loyal" friend of the Gov
eruor was defeated by the 6ayOnet, and
Li> designs as "A rebel democrat were
triumphantly foiled. II was our i'm
preston thay his EXcelleUcy was Gov
rmar of the State, but from this il
would appear, that he is "most select
aud generous as party tool to work
out Radical successes, and that hi'
champion cXults in his subserv:ency
We would advise him TO select an advO
cate whose mouth may open with les!
.mpruient revelations.
After couceding to the REGISTER DC
small! degree Of merit for its exposure OF
Radical villainics, and admitting that
;he popular disgust with "loyaP rotten
Ness i due mainly to its efforts, the
organ awkwardly concludes that the
!Awlessness " Vest Virginia does moi
amOuut 10 murt. It's only small
shower after all, and has little to dc
with the dearlh Of Immigration which
th, State experiences" Other causes
repel incoming population and drive
ouy yonng ulrn from all quarters of th'
state 10 the far West" We are glsC
that our cotemporary feels that some
causes are operating for the depopula
ton of West Virginia. II he would
only open his eyes and see that Radi
cal rule is producing that result, hi
case would be- hopeful.
Ia the matter of emigration from thi
State, he might lind food for the mos
Profitable reflection. lie would tnC
that his party proscribes numbers TO
opinions sake, desriving them of tn,
election franchise; that il torbids many
10 follow their legitimate profession
IN or1er to obtain livelihood, and de
c!ares that certain class shall not b'
citizens. None but the "loyal" can vote
hold office, bring suits, sit uponjuries, set
tie estates, teach school or practice law
The Snitor's Test Oath legalizes rob
berry; the oaths for Lawyers ant
teachers deprive many of thei
means of sustenance. The oaths TO
voters. jurors and officers are designed
10 throw the entire control of civil
political and judicial matters into tn
hands of one set of men, 50 that il
almost every relation of life large NUN
oeTs of osr people are met by proserip
t'oa and compelled to entrnst the car
aud disposition of their freedom An,
their property to u class of men VIII
have shown their inability to do ju:
tiee, by their eagerness to proscrib
their opponents. Is il to be wondere
that our young meu, especially froI
the interior and Southern counties, al
leaving the State as rapidly as possible
Admit that these men were rebel
We hope that Radical journals wi
continue to say that they were rebel
and that "loyap men want them |