The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-09-03

ated BY The laws and the Constitution
for declaring chat result.
What do these gentlemen sAyH / had
. conversation yesterday with an in.
tslligeut gentleman, DemOcni and be
says this: that ii cOnSresV, in declaring
the result, rejects votes that ought
to be counted tho people will not submit
to the Congressional declaration Of the
result That is the theory upon which
the new rebellion iS to be raised. The
theory iS you know, that the States Of
Ts1es Mississippi and Virginia must be
eountediu determining the result Of the
election. ii suppose, that holding the
reconstruction laws 10 DO void, they
hold that the negro vote in oil the rebel
sIales shall bersjecisd and the white
vote alone counted; And II, taken their
e6ddi, counting the vOtss Of the unrS-
slOred'SAles and rejecting the negro vnte
Of those reStOred--theyi can assert the
election Of Seymour aud Blair then they
will rebel sgainsl the Congressional decla'
rstiOn Of the result,
Now, | have simply to say this: these
States not yet restored to the relations to
the general Government, had destroyed
their governments by this rObellion,-
No man questions II. Congress is The
only tribuual known to the Constitution
that has power TO determine when and
upon what terms those governments shall
be restored to the Union. Suppose you
differ with Congress on that subject, Sud
and have come 10 the conclusion they
ought to DO restoredi in terms altogether
different from those Congress has pres
cribed, Yet by tho Constitution the pow,
er Of determining tha, question is vested
in CongteSs; and you audI, differing in
opinion as we may, are bound as good
citizens 10 submi; to the dsciGiOn Of Con-
gress whensvef"it is declared.
CoDgroS'haa dOelsrOd what States, 10
having ooutomed 10 tho terms emitting
them 10 return to the Union, are sntiilsd
to vote for President aud Vice President
Of the United States.
You soy you differ Nilh Congress about
that difference you prOpOsstO get up =
rebellion. Then you suy. too, that Con.
roSef q Hlsserbs asgso
sutfnge 10 those rseOhHtructOd States.
That is . question that must agiin 30 do.
Cided BY the proper constituted uuthCri-
ties of the oouutry's-C Congress aud the
courts Of tho United States, And that
question being once settled It is the du.
ty ofall good ci,issnsto abide BY it.
Allow me TO say that IL any man is
deludiig hinsck viththo idea that the
decision Of the constituted tribunals Of
this country eau bO dt,rsgarded at the
close OF This presidential election end q
successful rebellion grow out Of Il, he is
Iaboring under 4 great delusiou and If be
sufFsfsnitlt0 carry him into open treason
he will run great peril Of ascertainiug
what the penalty Of treason is. [Tre-
mendOus cheers. And allow me 10 soy
further, that in my delibSnIe judgement
the great reason way we have 60 much
trouble with This question OfroeOn'lruc,
ton 10 that this gigantic and wicked re-
bollIon was brought to close without
any hanging. [G'eat cheering II
you bad hanged ten leading rebels at tho
close Of the rebellion, Wo should to-day
hsVs had proiound peace aud or
der ftom the Rio Grand to the PotOuSc.
Renewed ehesriOg.l And ifProVidens
in His wisdom, intends that this pl'ssOn
shall be taught and there shall DO fresh
oulbreak Of the rebellion, I tell you Il will
not be eaded without some hanging Ihst
will bo warning to fututo generation.
Enthusiastic cheers. 1ss'a