The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-20

0rlel, tnc registration reIorm hin'eu q
by the Address, while protesting to take
power from the Governor, means simply
that he shall manage the next State
and Senatorial election and while pre-.
tending to provide for the election o.
registrars by the people, it means that
/ SrEvENsoN's creatures shall have power
to say what men shall be elected tC
those offices. The failure to provide
for taking the appointing power away
from the Governor, at once, neutralizes
the shadowy reform indicated by the
Address, and the authors know it.
Meaningless and purposeless as this
Address was, the Republican Conven.
sion substituted for it platform which
had less meaning and less purpose. And
as the former was brought forth by a
number of gentlemen acting as individ.
uals and the latter by the Con vsntion act.
ing for the party, we are bound to receive
the platform as the exponent of the
party. The Intelligencer tries to inter
pref the platform by the Address; this
is all humbug, for the Convention never
adopted the Address, and the platform
coming last, supersedes and overrides
all other Republican deliverances that
are inconsistent with it.
Here is the fourth resolution:
That in accordance with the spirit
and intent of the Chicago Platform at
understood and defined by it's author
and in conformity to the national policy
of our party as interpreted by the Pres.
ident and illustrated by his official acts
and those of the majority in Congress-
the Legislature, at it's next session
should remove such inequalities among
citizens as are imposed by legislative
act, and should take the preliminary
steps towards proposing TO the voters
of the State an Amendment to the Con
stitution whereby the right of suffrage
would be conferred. impartially on all
the citizens of the State.
The action here proposed is to be in
accordance with Republican policy as
interpreted by the official acts of the
President. The official acts of Presi-
dent GRANT have constantly favored
prescription. His Administration sup.
ported WELLS for Governor of Virginia,
and made vote for STOKES of Tennes
see test Of party fealty; it turns out
office holders for supporting HAMILTON
of Texas demands the defeat of DENT
in Mississippi, and gives material aid to
the proscriptives of every Southern
State. If this is an illustration
of "let up" liberality here, we
see no reason to desire it. But
take them at their best; "the Legisla-
ture should remove such inequalities as
are imposed by legislative act" These
were explained by Mr.. HUBBARD to
mean the Oaths for Lawyers, Teachers
and Suitors. The registration act he
did not include among the enactments
producing inequalities. The editor of the
htelligencer altered his language so as
to render possible tie inference that the
registration law was also referred to
but has evidently become ashamed of
the Justification, as he never makes the
point for which he provided. In his
enumeration of the Inequalities" to be
removed next winter, Mr.. HUBBARD dis
tinctly excluded those produced by the
registry law. The fourth resolution
was adopted just as he interpreted it,
and under his Interpretation the regis
tration law is to stand without modifi-
cation.
Finally, the right of suffrage is to be
conferred "impartially on all the citizens
Of the State" This reaches the negroes
and the dsfranchised Union men. The
rebels, not being citizens under our
State Constitution, are not included in
the proposed Amendment, and Mr.,
HUBBARD's platform fails to say at
what time they may expect the ballot
The Mtelligencer wants to know
whether we believe "if Messrs CAMP
BELL and HUBBARD, were chosed to the
House of Delegates, they would carry
out these public declarations" AT
these "public declarations" have nc
practical Eeaning, as they contemplate
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see no carrying out to be done. But as
our opinion is desired, we may say we be,
lieve that Messrs. CAMPBELL and HUB
BARD contemplate no prompt or substan
tial reform in the registration system
We think they are ready to sacrifice
the Oaths for Teachers, Lawyers apd
Suitors for the sake of retaining the
registry law, and that whatever they d,
or forbear will have strict reference Il
partisan and personal interest. Ii
short we take them at their word; whel
they say they favor "let up" "ds mat
ter Of erpediency among Themselves" vi
believe them. So believing, We declar
our solemn conviction that no men VIII,
would determine questions involving
the liberties of their fellow-citizens anC
the welfare of their State by considera
tiens of private or partisan "expedien
cy," ought to be intrusted with officia
power. Desiring to deal fairly ant
frankly by the Intelligencer's candidate
we print these views. We have no wisl
to interfere with the private schemes o
MessIs. CAMPBELL and HUBBARD, bu
We will not see the public interests sub
ordinated to individual advancement
OF partisan aggrandizement if We cal
help it.
Wall from the lntelligeneer.
Having persuaded itself that tn
Democrats of Ohio county could be de
luded by Republican platform mean