The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-09
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holding forth to the Senate OF The
United States. The topic of his dis
cosrse was the somewhat familiar ont
ofnegro suffrage. He is an advocate Of
that measure. In the name of the State
of West Virginia, he has represented
possibly One-tenth of ber legal voters
iu demanding the enfranchisement OF
all the men ip this country who are
lucky enough to be black. Weighty
reasons impel him 20 testify in their be-
half. Read this summing up OF the
grounds Oh which he supports the
pending constitutional amendment:
| believe the political enfranchise-
ment Of the colored race in this country
is required not only by considerations
of policy and expedfency, but also by
the demands of Justice to the negro, by
tue principles of huma% liberty, and by
the spirit of Christian civilization.
"JuS:icr 10 the negro is a poten
phrase with our worthy WILEY. ii
has studied its bearings; he has mas
tered it, meaning; he has made 1t TN
law of his life. Concentrating his energ!
upon this one relation of Justice" h
has had no tim" 10 consider the Slgnlh'
canoe of that unfashionable but not al
together senselesS expression-iustlce u
the whit rnau. The existence o
this last named individual is undenia'
Bile. Without much exaggeration, he
may be deemed to deserve an occasional
remembrance in the legislation of the
couutry. His fOrefathers were not en-
tirely idle when the Republic was form
ing. A later generation OF his Kin art
known to have participated In It's de
vcluprneht, and although that highly
yerucious authority, the Muse of His
tory, has vohemently protested at divers
times that "the colored troops fought
noLly" III the late national dlspItation,
it will hardly Le questioned that the
sons and brothers Of this white man,
well nigh half million in number
went down to their graves ut the call OF
datY To save this same Republic from
dismrmh horment
Considering these things and remem'
bering that the fair-skinned race in
cludes the whole population ot the
country, minus the fraction of blessed
blacks-that its constituents furnish
the nation its strength. the Government
it's security and the world its incentives
10 liJ.rty-does it not appear that here
are some other people in the cSustry
worthy OF political care besides
those dun dummies OF the dema
gogue, the irreproSsiGle negroes While
Nr. WILEY aud his cOadjutOrs are dis
CHARGING their sacred obligations to
those interesting wards of the nation
while they make a privileged class of
those whose freedom has been bought
with untold toll and treasure and tears
aud agony-cau they not spare the brief
leisure to do one deed of Justice to the
white man."
Nearly four years ago, the war ended
How much of the intervening period
has been devoted to legislating for the
good OF people of the same blood will
our sapient SENATOR During all tha
time. a universal cry for reform in oul
public affairs has been going up through
out the land. The honorable humbug
at Washington have had but one answe
Justice To the negro" First tn
black mans freedom was made perpetu
al. Now said the people. "turn tn
thieves outof the temple" But "justic
to the negro" was not yet done; Will
patriot office holders were plunderini
the treasury, patriot statesmen wer
iegislatiug away all civil distinctions
leyellng the white race down to th
black with their Civil Rights Bill,
This completed, the impatient masse
renewed their clamor fer reform. "JuS
tice to the negro" silences their demand
and the Freedmeu's Bureau, with all il
incidental abOmindtionS, is established
TO feed aud clothe and support that II,
gro in idleneSs. The demand for hoI
Gsty and economy in the Government
renewed. Justice to the negro aSai
oVerrideS all other considerations. Nj
itaTy reconstruction, with its mlllloT
OF cost, and its uumeaSured masses {
Villainy, takes charge of the Soutt
kills of the trade, the industry and th
thrift of the country, and organizes
Government on the basis of black bal
bariSm.
All this while the cost is being INT
from the pockets of white tax payer
Congress, with its great ideas, " its "hr
manities," its progress" and its 'etel
nal Justice is impoverishing the cour
try and Fastening the coming of thd
popular terrOr-hard times. 1t has lii
tie leisure for any legislation that doe
not aim at Justice to the negro" Th
monOtony is only varied BY diversion
'u the way of land grants and railroa
aubsidies, that hand over the domain o
Che people to the grasp of mOnopolies
or tariffs that plunder the pockets O
all consumers to enrich the Golfers O
New England capitalists and manufaC
turers.
Aud now after the great politics
struggle is closed, when the calm jusg G
ments of the people have resumed thei
sway and everybody is asking for bet
ter times and better rule-wisdom il