The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-06
Fine Rigurinz.

! In order TO make 10 appear tuat tne
Republican party was not defeated at
the late election, the Intelligencer classes
with the successful nominees of the
Republicau party for the House, thir-
teen independeDt members who were
elected over the regular Radical nomi-
nees, chiefly by Democratic votes. Thus
figuring Il makes out three more than
majority of the whole House for the
Republicans.
Now it is certain that these thirteen
were chosen upon platforms directly
opposed to the principles upon which
the nineteen prOscriptives were elected.
To class them all together then, is sim
ply to affirm that the independents in
tend to violate the pledges upon which
they were elected. The IateHigencer
may be so informed and upon such in
formation may base its estimate. But
until we have fuller proof of the prOpo-
sition than now, we will not be-
lieve that THOMAS and WEIGH and
TETER and LAMoN and the rest of that
class, men whose integrity their people
have emphatically vouched tor, intend
to be led back into the proscriptive
camp merely because the hteliigencer
has retreated thither and calls upon
them to follow.
Probably our neighbor merely wants
to cover up the glaring fact of dread
ful defeat. He knows that in the cases
of ifty-six candidates for the House of
Delegates the straight Republicans have
been beaten i'll thirty seven; that the
Radicals have saved but nineteen of
their nominees for the House in the
whole State, and that where they were
not beaten by regular Democratic can
didates, they were beaten by men whom
the Democrats supported on State is
sues. If il be the InteIligencer'S purpose
merely to disguise the defeat its party
has lately met in the State, then the
attempted deception may be excusable.
But if the object be to notify the inde-
pendent members that they are expect
ed still to drin under Test Oath disci-
pline and stand by the proscriptive pol
icy in opposition to which they Save been
elected, we beg to say that We don't
believe the demands of the organ will
be respected. There is not one Of
these independents who has not been
vilihed by the proseriptiyes, bounded as
rebel and read out as a traitor to his
party. Having endured all this for the
sake OF principle we are not prepared
, to accept the Intelligencer's proposition
, that they are coming straight back into
the proscriptive household from which
they have been driven, in order to be
, caucussed and lashed into doing the
: bidding of the "Bitter-enders" whose
malice and blsckguardism against
them disgraced the late campaign.
. The public may now see how much
! reliance was to be placed in the Idtelli
. gsucer's fair professions, made to in
fluence the campaign in Ohio county
2 1t appealed to the Democrats to "sink
n partyp and vote for Republican nomi
y nees out of pure generosity. Had the
e Democrats been gulled into that line o.
action, the election of Messrs. HUBBART
d and CAMPBELL would have been fol
}, lowed by predigious whoop over The
great Republican victory in Ohio coun
. ty, and the redemption of the county
b from Copperhead rule. The Democrat:
s declined to enter the trap, and they car
: now see that their course was a proper
, one.