The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-27
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL

EdilnI> oi The Register;
In my last ! gave YOU come account
oi the manner in which the ratification
OF The Fifteenth amendment vas cele-
DRAFTED here BY the negroe, and their
white trainers. The effect OF that
heavy performance, npon the people Of
hi, section. vas not fully developed al
that writing. Since then there has
been such Il general and emphatic ex-
preston OF public opinion as enables
one To form an accurate estimate of the
influence OF negro acknowledgements in
the Kanawla Valley. Through this
whole country. the people are thor
oughly disguised with the scenes and
incidents that accompanied the celebra-
ton on The Nth inst. Many had not
before fully realized the iniquitous fact
that every negro in this VALLEY had
been invested with the ballot, while
more than hall the white men were de-
MED it. The lawlesS disfranchisement
Of white citizens, useless save for the
most odions Of party purposes had laid
upon the shoulders Of Radiealism =
load TOO heavy for them 10 bear But
when in addition TO this the people saw
hinge drove OF negroes, bowling over
the possession Of rights OF which white
men are deprived, and publicly con-
graduated thereupon 10y numbers Of
Radical leaders and officials, who, TO
prove their own sincerity. mingled with
the blacks upon terms Of fraternity and
rqualitv-when this fine comment
npon Radical indency Wa Witnessed
the response from thinking and intelli-
gent people was emrhaticaily one Of
Indignation and adherence
Scarcely two years ago the Radical
party through its leaders, platforms
and papers, solemnly pledged their peo-
pie that the question of suffrage in all
the LOYAL States should he retained in
the control "f the people of those States.
Here where negro suffrage was e.
pecialv obnoxious, the pleig" was
uttered and confirmed in the most
solemn manner IL represented ali the
rarnestne-s. trnrh and honor Of the Re
publican party of West Virginia Now
that il has been shsmelessly violated,
now that the betrsyers Of popular conf
drnce are seeking occasion Ia rejoice in
the presence Of negro audiences over
the shame Of their broken promises and
10 glorify their personal and political per
1idy, a great reaction follows, and the
people are holding these public swim
oilers 10 fearful responsibility For
every negro vote gained here TO the
Radical party by the Fifteenth amend
ment, two white votes, owned by men
who will be true 10 themselves and
their neighhOrs in spite Of the falseness
Of their party, will Ice lost 10 the Repuh-
licans and cast with the Democrats in
favor of white emancipation. il has
long been suspected that such would be
the effect Of negro acknowledgements.
The Ethiopian entertainment OF Ste
venson and Harris, on May l4th, has
brought out the fact thai in October
Radicali-m will he laid out in this Val
lev as cold as Sir John Franklin :
home
THE CAMPAIGN 0rENIN".
Om the Radical siie ot the House,
there seems To be the most thorough
apathy. except among few candI-
dates. For reasons already stated the
better class Of Republicans are dis
gusted and are coming out daily against
the PARTY with which they have hereto
fore acted. The remainder are dis
pirited and disorganized Their leaders
lack brain. and money, and there being
wanting a party which has nothing but
rottenness in its principles and nothing
but defeat in its future can make but
poor rally.
Stevenson will probably be the choice
, OF the Radical remnants in this region
for Governor. Witcher thinks his let
nm record will secure his reelection To
! Congress if he can get the nomination.
He forgets that TO get "let up votes ne
ought to 90 where all true "let ups are
going. into the Democratic ranks. He
has another reliance in a speech de
livered by him in Congress on the farlt
question, in which the mineral and
manufacturing resources Of the Ka-
nawha Valley are discussed at some
| length. l have not seen the speech,
but presume it is a pretty good one. AT
least its author, who resides here, IS
able TO write a good speech, and when
he gave Witcher an outfit in buncombe,
have no idea he did II by halves.
Mann, bitter ender' from Greenbrier,
who violated the instructions Of the
Braxton county Republicans, whose
alternate he was, TO nominate Witcher
in 1868, is also an aspirsnt for Con
gressional honors. lie belongs TO the
tribe of Nat. Harrison and Joe Cald
well. and is no end Of sealawag
Witcher had him made Collector fol
this District, and when Mann proved
J utterly worthless and incompetent, hat
1 him turned out Between thu
] two the warfare is relentless
As the bitter eDdes of Mann