The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-04


Editors Of the Register:
Being . reader OF your paper for
some time past and noticing divers
letters from several persons in different
parts OF the State Of West Virginia, l
thought I must say q word or two for
the good oftbe Liberals and Democrats,
if You will permit me to speak through
your columns. In the first place, we
take review Of the Radical Republic
Gao party by the lsboring class OF men
who have beeu watching the tide Of the
political atmosphere for the past twenty
years or more, with q sincere and hon.
est design; We have ever been thorough
Union Democrats Of the old Hickory
jackson, Jefferson, Douglas and Crit
tenden faith, believing in all honorable
and honest efforts to maintain peace
and Union in the government that we
have inherited from our forefathers,
without any bias or means to uphold
any strenuous measures used by any
party OF isms, North or South, East or
West, or any other source that would
have q tendency to cause a disunlon
amongst US. Therefore We will try to
examine into what the new Radical
Republican party claims to be. though
We will try to contrast it with their
doings. They claim the honor OF pre-
serving the Union by putting down the
Southern rebellion. They also claim
all the important offices in the gift oi
the people in return for their great valor
and services in 80 doing. Some OF the
Radicals have frequently said, Don't
you vote for Greeley with the rebel
party" Oh no, but come and vote for
General Grant; he is General with
the Union party that put down the
rebellion by whipping the rebels. Grant
whipped the rebels in the field ana he
will whip again on the 9Th Of Novem-
Der at the ballot box. Who ls the
rebel party now or who is the Union
party whilst Henry A. Wise, Mosby
and several other prominent leading
rebels will vote for Grant rather than
vote for Greeley because Greeley
is q rebel? Yes, rebel, fine thing to
harp on rather than trying to bring
about q union amongst the people.
In what way did they put the rebellion
down? Did they put it down by fight
ing in the field? Nay; by being sup
pressed with starvation, they were com.
pelled 10 give up, whipped. We will
20 back to 1860. How we're the poIiti
cal issues then aud who was the Union
party then, and who is the Greeley
party now. The Greeley party now is
the honest Union men OF the country,
North and South. East aud West, OF
Democrats and Liberals. When our
forefathers fought and gained our lib.
critics in the revolutionary war and
signed the Declaration OF Independence,
there we're how many States in the
Union? Thirteen only, and twelve OF
them held slaves OF the African tribe.
Yet it appears that they were aided
from on high to overcome England,
their enemy, when they had ten men
10 our one in some instances, and thou
sands OF dollars and supplies CT all
kinds, whilst we had comparatively
but little to compare with them. Again
they tried US in 1912. We beat them
again with all the a d they could get from
the Indians. We have always been q
prosperous ration ever since We have
been a nation, if We did uphold the iu-
stitution OF slavery from the date OF
the Declaration Of Independence down
to the late day Of 1860. Then our
forefath ers did not seem to condemn
slavery as q national sin while we were
80 prosperous and happy, tut it appears
to me iu late years there arose class OF
righteous people in operation 10 our
union OF States where the African
servitude was not 80 profitable TO
them who discovered that it was a
mighty great evil and sin and crime
almost u upardonable. 1t was talked OF
in the pulpit as remedy. 1t was then
carried into Congress and there the slave
holder and those good men ausrreled
over il for thirty years. Another class
of men who saw the fire kindliDg
offered resolutions and compromises
which abated the flames and kept the
fire asunder. There was another class
of good men for conscience sake, for
the liberty OF those poor Africans,
formed themselves into political party
assuming the name Of Republican, on
platform OF principles differing
from any other party to arrest this
great crime and sin that their Southern
brethren were committing, snch as car
rying it into Congress and there to stop
slavery from extending any further in
the territories, abolished it in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the srsenals, &c, OF
the United States. Their frst effort
was in 1856, with John c. Fremont as
their standard bearer again in 1860,
with A. Lincoln at the head OF their
banner, and again in 1864, with A. Lin
colu: The vote vas in
1855 1880.
Fremont (R)-lS42 81 Lincoln-.....-.l -s6,52
buCnanAn lDlIrooo'u-5 OOuZ
Fillmore (A)-. s7t,6.5 Breckenridge sFg
Bell......--.-..... so, 81
1854. 1875
Lincoln (R) .222S 01 iraot (R)-......s 1888
McClellan( d.. ,sll ,75i seymour tDl--2,1U,5'l
Now, you can see the vote in 1856
With three candidates in the field; in
1850 tour candidates which the Radical
party stood in battle array against the
Breckenridge party. whilst the Doug
las Democrats and Liberals and part OF
the Bell party offered compromises be-
tween them in Congress 70 settle the
matter between them; TO keep peace
and union without war amongst their
brethren over the African slaves, such
as the Crittenden compromise, and
many others VII ch the two contendipg |
parties would vote down And when il |