The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-02
John Davis Pricks the Bubble
Old WaldO's Money bag
Can't Buy Gilmer.
Nate Says he is Proud to Say
.That this IL Not q White
Mans Government"
100 White Votes Clear Gain.
READ. THINK AND VOTE.
CHENILLE. Aug. Is, 1870,

Today was a day of considerable il
terest to the people of this county, an
doubtless will be to the people OF tn
First Congressional district, since upo
II has been fought the first battle Of thi
political campaign. Here for the nrs
time came together the Hon. John )
Davis, Democratic nominee for Congress
from this district, and the pet repre-
sentative Of Radcalism, Waldo Gof'
boy Nate. The meeting, as might har
been expected, resulted in grand vic
tory for the Democratic party, and tn
utter demolition Of the aforesaid boy
An unusually large number of person
were in town, and ut the ringing OF tn
bell, Immediately after dinner, tn
Court House, which had been selecte'
as the place for the discussion, was sool
completely flle'A and great many no
being able to obtain positions on the in
side, climbed up and crowded arounc
the open windows.
The discussion vas opened by Mr.
Davis in a calm, temperate and states
manlike review Of thu past history o
the Radical party-ePtOmlzlng 1t az 6
living lie, and claiming that since iol
the last decade it had held the reins o
government, it must be held responsible
for such wrongs as had been committed
during that time. He showed that il
had been false to every pledge it had
ever made-that at the beginning Of
the war, claiming to be the Union
party, it had declared by resolution in
Congress that the war was Lot wages
for the purpose of conquest orsubjuga'
lion, nor in any spirit OF oppression,
but to defend and maintain the stprema,
cv of the Constitution, and to preserve
the Union with all the dignity, equality
and rights OF the several States ,nim-
paired-that none Of these pledges had
been iulflled-that it has DESTROYED the
institutions of orr country, swept away
the governments Of ten States, lark
rupted the nation and deluged it with
blood-and that for these and othe'
crimes the Republican party should bt
held up to the eXecraton Of mankind
He proceeded to show that after thu
war closed, Congress undertook TO re
construct the South after their owl
manner, and after declaring that there
never had been any legal government
in the seeded States, demanded as
condition precedent to their admission
into the Union, the adoption of tn
Thirteenth Amendment to the CoRstltu
ton abolishing slavery Thus in til,
face of their repeated declarations tina
these States were never out OF the Union
they forced them TO accept this amend
ment before being admitted to what wa
then theirs by right. Upon its adop
ton all such believed they would be al
United to representation in Congress
but net SO. No sooner was this dom
than there was presented to them an
other condition precedent, the -Four
tenth Amendment, which was nj
sooner adopted than Congress, re
yarIing them as mere CONQUERED
territories" still refused then
admission until the Fifteenth
amendment should be adopted. An'
this was the elimination Of all thel
Infamous legislation-an humiliation
10 us as well as to the people of tn
South. Proposed after five years o
peace, this monstrosity has been force'
upon an unwilling people at the poln
of the bayonet, and was but anothe
violation of pledges; for the platform
| of the convention which nominate,
Grant declared that the question of sui
frace in the loil States belonged t
those States alone. The speaker stoo
before the people as the advocate Q
the white mans party; and believed, L
the language of stephen A. Dougla;
that this was white mans govern
ment, instituted 10y white men for tn
benefit of white men. He claimed tina
the Fifteenth amendment was sui
version of our form of government
that the right to regulate suffrage bt
longs 10 the Sta.es-is the essence {
sovereignty-was never granted to tn
general government either by expires
words or bv implication-and coul
not to be taken from any State saw
by revolutionary means. lie called a
iention TO the fact that intelligent ap
educated foreigners had to reside in tn
country for five years before bein
deemed competent to be intrusted wit
il oIoct;ve franchise. while an igno
ant, wooly-headed, thick-lipped negr'
can vote without question. This amend
ment not only makes voters of the nj
groes, but as far as legislation can a.
complish it, forces. negro equality ie
the right 10 vote carries with It IN
right to hold office, act as judges, Jul
ors, constables, attorneys, and, IN shor
to hold any office in the gift OF til
people. Now who believes, continue
The speaker, that the negro race is
: fit repository Of political power? The
have no history save as connected wit
: the Caucasian race, and have nev'
taken a single step leading to civiliz
ton, and will it now be said, when a
history has demonstrated that Il
white race can scarcely sustain Sc
E government, that we should call to o,
/, assistance this ignorant, degraded al
: uncivilized race.
> The Fifteenth Amendment is the fiji
!, step towards monarchy, and monarch
I is despotism. By it the Radical par
has degraded suffrage, usurped the po
ers of the States, and added to I
already overgrown power centralized
, the hands OF the Federal Governme'
Unless the tenor of the public mind
changed, unless the people rise in
p majesty of their power, and restore
Constitution in all its pristine puri