The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-22

Inravent the State from being thrown
INTO anarchy. and to protect the loyal
neonle thereof from being subjected to
proscrintion, violence and murder, OF
eTiIe. On this account, and with this
/ view ], have supported that measure.
lff bad the power, / would disfranchise
for iife. the active leaders who brought
an and upheld the rebellion. These bear
about the proportion to the other num-
hers Who were drawn into rebellion
saw as one to ten. The question arises,
then. in view of the recent decision OF
the Supreme Court, aud to which /
shall soon more particularly refer, how
can Won discriminate to make the disa-
bility fall upon them alone Would it
be right OF wise to keep thousand men
under disabilities, nine hundred OF
whom do not longer require it, for the
sake of the one hundred who do y
The Republican party in Tennessee
have secured the entire judiciary in the
State for eight. years to come, and
should the Governor recommend TO the
Legislature an alteration of the Consti-
tntion admitting the disfranchised to
the ballot, it will require two years to
accomplish it. The rebel population Of
| the State will then have been distran-
cbised at least six years. Should they
then come into power by welding
majority of the votes, 1t will be lmpOs'
sible for them, even then, to fill the Of
fees of the State with rebels, to its In
iury, because of the fourteenth amend
ment to the United States Constitution.
There is still another view of this sub
| iect wish to present. The Supreme
Court of Tennessee, court OF our own
choosing, has recently restored to the
ballot, by it's late decision, about TWEEN
ty thousand rebels, among whom we're
some of the active leaders OF the rebel
lion, who had been excluded theretrom
by the franchise law.
We elected Grant upon the platform
of universal suffrage, East Tennessee
alone giving him about twenty-slx
thousand majority. In his inaugural
address, Grant comes out fair and square
for universal suffrage; the reconstruc-
tion measures of Congress all proceed
upon the principle of universal suffrage;
the entire Republican party of the ma
tion and the entire Republican press OF
the North are out unequivocally in favor
of universal suffrage. Should the Re-
publicans of Tennessee Obstinately stand
out any longer against the great Re-
publican party of the nation and its en-
tire press, and also against the Presi-
dent and both Houses of Congress, they
will simply render themselves ridicu-
lous in the estimation of all besides
themselves.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that, in my judgment, the safety of the
State, the welfare of its people, and the
protection of loyal citizens do not de-
mand the perpetuation of existing dis
abilities longer than the time when
they can be constitutiOnally removed.
In conclusion, have no confidence in
that organization known as the Demo.
cratic party, either North or South, |
can never act with that organization,
nor support any man for office who, |
have reason to believe, will be control |
ed by its partisans. Indeed, ifI desired |
to bring the devil out of his lair, and
secure his active cooperation with me
in politics, | would proclaim myself
Democrat of the rebel Conservative
school. The organization is choke full |
of hatred of the United States Govern
ment, and having the fsh-like smell
of Estates Rights" it is unsav- !
ory to the nostrils of modern pro- |
gress. There are but two parties left in |
this country-the diminishing party of
Democracy, that brought about the re-
bellion, and the rapidly growing party |
Of National Republicans, who advocate
universal suffrage, and the equal rights
of all, irrespective of birthplace or color.
To this party belong, and with it and !
my country propose to sink or swim,
live or die, survive or perish
w. G.. BROwNLow.
June -. 1869.