The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-27

Proof of these outrages is not wanting. !
Take, as q sample of many, the case of
Barbour county, OF which we spoke
yesterday morning. The Board Of
.Registrstiop originally appointed in that I,
county was composed of Republicans
of responsibility and fair standing in
the community. They permitted the
registration Of about fee hundred men
who had been Illegally stricken of for
a purpose known TO Senator FOREMAN
Governor STEVENSON, for a purpose
known to himself, recently removed
that Board and appointed another, the
name OF the chief member OF which
figures upon the criminal records of
the county The new Board, as was
expected, signifies its intention to strike
off the FIVE hundred without notice, and
has summoned for Acknowledgement
one hundred and, forty-eight " Union
men" whose names have always hereto
fore been permitted TO remain upon the
list. We have in our possession letter
from responsible gentleman in Bar
bour county certifying these facts, which
1--WE cannot ignore" 1t won't do to
say that these men are "disloyal or
that they are not legally entitled to vote
Their loyalty has never before been
questioned Amid all the scratching
off which was necessary in order to
make FOREMAN Senator of the United
States, the names of these men were
retained upon the list They have voted
at every election held since the forma-
| ton of the State until now, for some
purpose known TO Governor STEVENSON
they are to be stricken down.
! For further evidence Of the abuses
I which are permitted and encouraged by
Governor STEVENSON, we refer our read
ers and the editor Of the Mtelligenccr to
the letter OF Hon E f. CHAMBERS, Of
Jefferson county, which we re-publish
this morning
The truth is that shameful and ont
rageous violations of the ight of legal.
ly qualified voters are of yearly occur
renee They are committed in nearly
every county in the State, and when
ever the friends Of free government
rally together for reform and the peo-
pie of some of the counties are aroused
land determined to put an end TO these
violations OF law, their efforts are ren-
dered futile and their labors thwarted
By renewed and still more sweeping
disfranchisements.
In the Legislature last winter the
Democratic members labored earnestly
and faithfully to secure some moditica-
ton of the registration law, We want
ed to take the appointment Of registrars
out of the hands Of the Governor and
restore it to the people; we wanted to
make the registrars rcposible for viola
| tons OF the law; we wanted to make
the right Of legally qualified citizens
secure; but the Radicals persistently
stood in the way and prevented these
reforms. From the Legislature, ma
iority of whom were elected by means
Of the very outrages Of which we CON-
plain, we now appeal the tie people, and
ask that every man who values his oVn
right to vote, unite with lis in electing
such officers as will put an end to these
villainies forever
And to secure the rights Of legally
qualified voters at the ensuing election
the Congress of the United States, in
its zeal for the negro has enacted a law
which we propose to Use for the bene-
fiji Of the white men who, under its terms
as judicially interpreted, are equally
guaranteed protection. We therefore
warn the Boards of Registration that
they will be compelled to answer in the
United States Court for the disfranchise-
ment of every legally qualified voter
whom they strike from the list And
we also give due notice to the Supcrvi-
sors and Inspectors Of Election that they
too will he held TO answer if they refuse
to receive and count the votes Of those
who have been Illegally denied resistra-
ton. The men who can comply with
the constitutional tests of qualification
are going to vote this fall, and it will
not be well for the Boards of Registra-
ton or the officers Of election who stand
i'm their wav