The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-17
Traitor and hi. Treason.

A Traitor and his Treason.
The defeat in the House of the Bow
YER bill for the amendment of the reg
istration law has occasioned considerable
stir throughout the State. So fair and
Just were it's provisions, SO necessary
were the safeguards it proposed to those
around the tight of suffrage, that it:
passage by the House was looked upon
as almost certain by the reasonable men
of both parties. When it was beaten
inquiries naturally arose as to the cause
of that result. And when it was found
that the votes of several gentlemen
elected as "let ups" by Democratic
ballots had brought about that end,
the pledges made by these gentlemen in
the late canvass naturally recurred to
the minds of those who had elected them
aud been disappointed by them.
The pledges of Mr.. THOMAS G. FARMS
WORTH, of Upshur county, upon ones
tions of prescription have been revived,
The maker of them might have known
that they would be revived, if he had
not been so completely absorbed in the
dirty and treacherous work assigned
him by his task masters in this city as to
be oblivious to consequences. When
the opportunity was presented Of offer
ing for House Bill No. 81 substitute OF
another mans preparing, the ambition
for such notoriety as might attach to
the ostensible authorship of the sub
stitute seems completely to have driven
, from his mind the pledges on which he
WAS elected, but which it is now GER
tain be never Intended to keep. The
poor pigmy, perched upon borrowed
s,ilts, strobe away into infamy.
The Weston Democrat produces the
documentary evidence of this mans
dishonor. We republish from that pa
per the following:
BUCKHANNoN, UPsHUR Co, w. Va,
| OctODSr IOlu, IcO5.
Thomas G FarRSworth, Esq, BuckhaRnOR,
WtSt JWgiaid:
DEAR SIR A large number of liberal
| and tolerant voters of all parties OF
Urshur county, believing in your honor,
patriotism, integrity and fidelity to the
| Constitution and laws OF republican
| form of government like ours, are de-
sirous OF ele2tiug = representative from
this county (Upshur) to the next Leg
!slature of this State, who will accept
and advocate intact, the true meaning
and intent of the following principles
which have been announclated leuun-
ciated1 by some of the most distinguish
ed members of thr Republican party OF
West Virginia
lst. We hold that the war beiug
ended, the rebellion crushed, the Con-
stitution and Union triumphant, and
the United States now again one great
and happy Republic, that all within its
limits shall enjoy the rights of American
citizens.
2d. 1--WE hold that the Suitors' Oath,
which prevents the honest creditor from
receiving his just debt-the Lawyers
Oath, which forbids a class of our citi-
zens from earning an honest livelihood
by the practice of their pro fession-the
SchOolmasters' Oath, which has frustra
ted the fair operation of our free School
system by diminishing the number of
Teachers-and tho REGISTRY OATH,
which prevents a large number of wor-
thy citizens and heavy taxpayers from
participating in the privilege of the
elective franchise, SHOULD BE REPEAL
ED"
After submitting these principles to
you for reflection and consideration, and
believing them to be consonant with
your views of justice toward number
of your fellow citizens who are now OPP
pressed and burdened with vINDICTIvE
| AND ABfioRREST LAWS OF DIsFRANCHISE-
MENT, and rs you have (verbally) an
uounced yourself as an independent
candidate, rs Delegate for the next
Legislature, we will, in the event OF
your APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE Gn
writing) of the within platform OF
principles, use all honorable means IN
our power to secure your election as our
Representative in the next House OF
Delegates of West Virginia. Awaiting
an early reply, We are, very respectfully,
Your obedient servants, &c,
THoS. j. FARNswoRTH,
HENRY SIMPSON,
NJ. j. FoGG,
JOHN NELSON,
editor Independent }
W. G. CARTER.
Gentlemen
l ENDORSE AND APPROVE THE
SENTIMENTS SET FORTH IN THE
ABOVE LETTER.
Respectfully yours,
THOS. G. FARNSWORTH.
Leieis County, To-,it: