The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-02
TIE STATUS OF v1Ra1N1A.
A rALK Win GEN. CASBY.

@-N AN"N AAo AAN4AGgE IN AAA'
Hands OF the Attorney Generate
Tho Fifteenth Amendments.
Tho Late EIectiOn..The
Now Party and tho
Crops.
The New York Sun, which has latter
ly rather monopolIzed the Interviewing
business, sent one Of lts reporters Il
Richmond, few days since, 10 "Inter
view" Gen. Candy. The General dlt
not object, and the following is tho re
suit:
Reporter-uas anything ImporLan
transplred recently with respect to tn
test oath?
Gen. Candy, (puGing, somewhat aiIe
the style OF Gen. Grant -Nolhlng new
sir; nothing new.
THH TEST OATH.
Reporter-I understand that you Dill
not Intimate to the people that you In.
tended to exact the test oath until |
few days before the electIonP
Gen. Canby-Oh, yes did, I printed
5000 copies Of all the Reconstruction
laws OF Congress, and circulated them
Reporter-But did you In your cleo
ton order, or In any other specific man
ner, publicly inform the people thai
you would enforce the oath2
Gen, Canby-No; always said
would exact It whenever l was asked
Reporter-Are you OF the opIuIor
General, that The spirit Of the Recon,
struotton laws require the exactlon OF
the test oath?
Gen. Canby-The law Is very plain
Reporter-The reason that l assume
that they do not ID, that the last Recon.
strucIiOn acts were passed at the lnstI,
CATION and suggestion OF Gen. Grant,
and that he was believed 10 be opposed
to the enforcement OF the test oathP
Gen. Canby-That might all be 90,
but l Rm guided by the laws OF Con.
gress.
Reporter-Have you received any In.
BtruCtlons from the Government about
this matter?
Gen. Canby-Yes. The Conserva.
lives have taken an appeal 10 the Pres.
ident from my decision to enforce the
oath, and he has referred the case 10
the Attorney General. MeantIme l
have been commanded 10 take no fur.
Their action In the premises until l hear
from the General Government.
Reporter-When did you receive this
ordef2
Gen. CANDY docking over some pa.
pers)-On the S0th Of July.
Reporter-Have you received intlma.
ton as TO what the decision OF the At
torney General will be?
Gen. Canby-No, sir. l have my
private opinion upon that subject,
though.
Reporter-And what Is It, General?
Gen. Canby-He can only decide one
way, the law Is 80 plain, l think he
will have 10 agree with me.
Reporter-And In case the lest outh Is
enforced, don't you think that the
Legislature will be without quorum,
and new election will be necessary?
Gen. Canby-Yes, 1 think 90.
Reporter-1t has been asserted In
some OF the Northern papers that
yeu had not only decided to exact
the oath OF the members elect OF the
next Legislature, but that you had also
determined 10 Ill the places OF those
who were unable to take 1t by the per-
sons having the next largest number OF
votes, who could take II?
Gen. Canby-That Is not 80,
Reporler-And don't you think that
the test oath ought to be abolished, or
at least modified, as tending to EN- bar
rass the reconstruction OF the State?
Gen. Canby-I think 1t ought to be
modified?
Reporter-How many OF the members
elect to the next Legislature are unable
TO take tho oath?
Con. Canby-I really can't tell, l
take particular pains not to know how
the political parties stand.
Reporter-Are there any officers on
the general ticket who Will not DO abio
to take the oath?
Gen. Canby-Only the Attorney. G on
eral, and know that he can't for the
reason that an oIllce was offered him
lately which he could not accept by
reason OF the test oath.
RCpOrter-If I remember rightly won
did not enforce the test oath In North
Carolina, Notwithstanding the fact that
Governor Holden urged III
Gen. Canby-Isllld not exact Il there
because the Constitution adopted by
the people had been submitted to and
approved by Congress. only thought
II my duty in that case 10 enforce the
oath required 10 be taken by the new
Constitution.
Reporter-Aud did not Gen, Grant
instruct Gen. Meade not 10 enforce 1t In
Georgia
Gen. Canby-Gen. Grant approved
my action and dlsapproyed that OF
Gen. Meade, who wanted to enforce the
test oath after the new Constitution OF
Georgia had been ratified by Congress,
Gen. Grant agreed with me, and said
that the oath prescribed by the Recon.
struction laws did not apply when a
State Constitution had been duly ap-
proved by Congress. In that case tie
State oath was all that was required,
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Reporter-Is there any danger OF the
Conservatives deserving the principles
they laid down upon their platform
when they obtained control OF affairs Z?
Gen. Ca1by-None at all.
Reporter-Any fears that tho fifteenth
will fall through
Gen. Can5y-No. think that there
Will not BIO a dozen votes against 1t.
THE LATE STATE ELECrIoN.
Reporter-DId you anticipate the lrI.
lmph OF the Conservatives at the last
elections
Gen. Canby-Well, I don't know. I
was surprised at seeing so many votes
In favor OF the adoption OF the pro-
sGrlptive and dlsfranchIslng clauses,
There would not have been half that
number ifsome Of those die .in- the last
hitch rabid FIRE eaters had not made the
speeches they did. II made some of
he people indignant.
Reporter-Party spirit ran pretty
high at the last elections
Gen. Canby-Yes; but the peonle
we're very orderly and well behaved.
Reporter-Did you anticipate any
.rou6leS
Gen. Canby-No.
Reporter-Wero any troops stationed
near the polls?
Gen, Canby-They wero placed handy
10 them, and held In readiness In case
ot a rlotous demonstration. But there
was no necessity for them, as the
greatest order and good feeling pre-
vailed.
THE FREEDMEN-THE NEW PARTY.
Rnnorter-JTop hnvo Iha 1onroox, h,