The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

TO make the acts Of this Legislature
odious. We, too, have constituents who
must live under these laws. Sir, pro-
test that we as Republicans desire other
than in good faith. But when we differ
from you in judgment 1t Is not pleasant TO
have party thrown In our faces It comes
in bad taste from any one who, in the
name oil party and with partisan spirit,
are bounding down Gov. Jacob. Take
away the appointing power and give 1t to
the Board OF Public Works, which ! pre-
sumo you will do, and still Gov. Jacob
will not 90 Under as you predict. He Is
Governor for four years and don't need the
appointing power to keep him in office.
When the party that are now logging
Gov. Jacob Is dead and gone and forgot
ten, he will still be regarded as an hon
orable gentlemen. In either event, this
is not our funeral. The responsibilities
are yours, and you must bear them up or
perish.
SPEECH OF Mr.. CAMPBELL.
MR.. CHAIRMAN-I am sorry to see that
the lower House Of the Legislature seems
to have resolved itself into Democratic
Mass meeting. The gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Davenport) has said that the only
question before this House Is whether the
minority or the majority shall rule. Hav.
ing been beaten in the argument on the
Constitutional question involved; not BUS
tanning o single point that they have adj
vanced; not rebutting the constitutional
objections which have shown 1t utterly
incompatible with that instrument TO re-
tain the Board of Public Works in the
bill, they suddenly take new departure,
raise the battle cry Of party aud propose
to drive the representatives upon this floor
as sheep are driven TO the shambles.
Wherever the Democratic wether jumps
the fence, there all the Democratic sheep
must follow. And this Is not all, but at
tempting to cast dirt in the eyes oil their
brethren and thus blind them, they raise
a howl about the radical party" during
It's administration being guilty Of great
atrocities, and also that the Republican
members Of this body are guilty Of mis-
representing the acts of the Democratic
party. Sir, It is strange and wonderful
exhibition Of the terrible spirit Of party
and the extreme to which men are driven
when it becomes necessary to break down
the barriers of a Constitution, which Is the
workmanship Of their own hands. II, sir,
it is the work Of this Legislature to make
q record for the Democratic party; TO
speak, work, vote and legislate In the in.
terests Of that party alone; and If 1t Is ex.
pected that the Republican members are
10 do the same thing for our party, then,
sir, think we had better disband and go
home at once. II tho interests OF party
are higher than the interests OF the peO-
pie, then I say may God take care Of the
State, for their representatives are not
equal to tho task.
The gentleman says that the same spir.
II OF prescription which characterized our
predecessors Of '65 and go, reigns supreme
in the hearts Of Republicans here to-day,
and as matter Of necessity, they should
place their feet upon Us and show us no
quarter. It Is strange sir, that feeble
minority should be 80 ruthlessly assault.
ed. Have we not the right Of free speechl
Have we not the right to raise our voices
against q known wrong without being In
sulted2 Sir, we should raise ourselves
above party. will know no party in fran.
ing laws. Twill not descend to the miro
in which some men are to-day wR!lowing.
Why should Republicans be assailed and
ostracised? Have they become infamousS
1t is true / am associated with men who
fought the battles Of their country, but
sir, Is that crime 7 don't think sir, that
we should be prescribed for that reason.
Had 1t not been for them and others like
them, VIC should to day, have no Union,
no State, no peace. The Republican par.
~ has record and history Of which am
proud, and II It's TO be asSAiled, let It DO
done somewhere else than upon this floor.
We are willing to Join issue with tho gen.
tleman and 60 before the country.
The gentleman has referred to bills
here, which were never part Of tho acts
oil 1865 or 1866 He has resurrected the
ghost Of a proscripLiv0 measure, which
was once before the Legislature but
never became law. You might as well
attribute to the accumulated wisdom Of
the Democratic numbers Of this House,
the "dried apple" resolutions aS TO hold a
Republican Legislature responsible for u
bill introduced by one its numbers, but
which never became o law.
The gentleman has referred 10 eloquent
and touching terms to tho transccndan'
wisdom aud Projections Of the new Con
stitu,ion, document which the gentle
man IRON Ohio (Mr. DAVenpor) says hsl
received more compliments than any borE
in tho sunlight Of heaven for tho last fifty
years AS Shakespeare says:
aye immortal gods, II doth amaze me-"
Perhaps the gentleman would have
made an exception had he spoken diSpas
sionAlely In the shape Of the Constitution
OF tho COnfederacy, which sleeps the BleeF
that knows no Weakening.
He quotes tho 9Th section Of the 4th ar,
ticle, and speaks OF the restrictions thai
the trainers Of tho instrument sought &c
throw around tho powers Of the Cover
nor. lie talkA as though It were the re-
suit Of the three months incubation Of the
Democratic Convention OF last year, and
yet, sir, 1t is taken rerbdtim from the Bird
section OF the Constitution Of 1868, which
was framedwhen the nation was on trial fol
iLs existence, and when the fato Of the new
born State Of West Virginia still hung
trembling In the balance. The gentleman
! u covetIng the glory Of the Republican,