The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-02

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remove all these disabilities by mean
Of the Flick amendment, which Nj
Davis had voted against, and he wishe,
Mr.. Davis to explain his position o.
that subject He may claim that
was trick, and cannot be operative be
cause not published, but that is a mat
ter for the people. If they elect to tn
Legislature a majority who favor it, i
will be passed, and all will be we'll
This is "a Republican measure, and no
a Democratic one, and as to enfran
chisement by repeating the test oaths
it could not be done, because the con
stitutional provision would still remain
in force, and a prominent disfranchiseC
citizen living not many miles from
Chenille had recently assured him thai
he would never stultify himself by vot
ing under such circumstances.
Nate by this time having spoken him
self out, and finding that he had about
forty minutes OF his hour and a alfstill
left, spoke his piece over again and fell
back.
Mr.. Davis, On taking the stand to re,
ply, thanked the young gentleman for
making his position known. The FIT
teenth Amendment reminded him Of a
story-a chicken story. Tradition tells
us, he said, of little bantam hen whose
vanity proved her un;imely death. She
was conceited enough to think that she
could lay the biggest egg ever dropped
BY hen; and the barn yard echoed
with her boasts. At last a quiet fowl
rebuked the STRIPPING, and laid an egg
which surprised even the patriarchal
hens. The young bantam, determined
not to be outdone, went to work and,
after fearful process Of incubation,
laid an egg far exceeding the old hens
egg-but, sad to relate, laying the egg
busted the hen!
So it is with the Radical party and
my young friend. They determined to
lay the biggest egg they ever had laid,
and laid the Fifteenth Amendment; and
my little friend will find that the Fit:
teenth Amendment has busted the Re
publican party. 1t is TOO bigan egg for
the American people. Mr.. Davis was
glad to know, however that his young
friend was in favor of the Fifteenth
Amendment, and was ready to receive
the negro into full fellowship. lie re-
pied at length to the arguments of Nate
and fully and explicitly discussed the
Constitution and the rights OF the States
hereunder. He read from Mr.. Madi-
son and from the inaugural address Of
General Harrison, likening our Confed-
eracy to a vast corporation, and remark
ed that had General Harrison liyei
in these latter days, he would
probably be mathematical 10y the
youthful expounders of the Constitu-
ton He claimed and proved that the
Fifteenth Amendment could not be re-
garded as an Amendment, but as a sub
version ofour form OF government, and
had no binding force or validity. As
to the Democratic party being opposed |
to enfranchising the rebels there was
not a Democrat in the State who was
not pledged to this measure He did !
not wish to deny that he had voted |
against the Flick amendment. He saw
that it was Il trick, and events have
proved it. By the neglect Of publish
ing it, 1t could not be constitutionally |
adopted; but of course the constitu-
lion was not in the eyes OF his young
friend. Mr. Davis then gave very in
eresting account OF last winter legis-
alton and the Radical caucussing, in
seemed to have been con.
'iderably interested Mr.. Davis then
'eviewed and answered in a very able !
manner his opponents argument upon
he financial question, and gave way
about six o'clock to Judge Brown, who
desired to open court.
Mr.. Davis made many friends here,
and more votes. The people of this
county are not sufficiently educated to
swallow nego suffrage, nor candidate
who endorses it, and denies this to be a
white mans government,
At the conclusion of the speaker |
several radicals came forward |
and publicly congratulated Mr. Davis !
IN his speech, and severed their cOnnec-
ton with the Radical party. His posi-
ton on the Flick Amenment is under
stood, appreciated and endorsed in this |
county, and it intends giving him a
rousing majority.
Whilst General Golf was endeayorng |
in very arttul manner, to show that
his party, and by inference himself, |
were in favor of the Flick Amendment, !
some gentleman present wrote him a
note requesting him to state positively !
whether or not he was in favor of this !
scheme, but the General, after reading
it, went on with his speech. and did not
leign to answer it. He would not COM
nit himself upon the question, thus
giving a striking illustration Of his own
and Radical insincerity.
We have registered abont one hun
ired new voters, are thoroughly aroused, |
and you may expect a good report at
he coming election from GILMER.