The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-07

to vote the Radical ticket represented
by General Gotf and his particular
friends. Suitors in the courts were rob
bed of their property and right, and at
torneys, the peers of General Gott, wer,
prohibited from practicing their protrs'
sion because they could not subscribe t.
test oath which had been prescribed
and even teachers of the public school,
were denied situations if they would not
swear that they had not sympathiZrd
with the South. 1t i'll became General
Got' to talk about "r-r-rimgs when thls
record stared him in the face.
The convention which nominated the
General, 80 far from being composed
OF the people, irrespective OF
party, was the straightest kind
of Radical assemblage. The only man
there who had ever been II Democrat was
General Morehead, of Parkersburg, and
he found himself squeezed to death by
Radicals. Talk about rings! Why
! there is Gotf ring III Harrison county
that controls its destiny; it hold mort
cages upon large amount of the prop
erty. and the people are compelled to
obey its behestS, even to the nomination
I of one of its members ~ Il candidate for
Congress.
Colonel Wilson then alluded 10 the
! financial system of the country, and adj
vocated such reform rs would compel
the holders of national bonds to bear
their just proportion of the expenses of
the government.
He said that he had been arraigned by
his opponent and by the Wheeling
Mtpltigencer, because of his refusal I"
vote on the ordinance Of secession inthr
Virginia Convention of lSGl. lit were
to be- done to-morrow h. would do nGnIm
IL he did then He had no apology /"
make. He rndruvurrd /" represent fair
" the will of his constituents. and. ~ hi
vote would count for ..n"thlm" either "n"
way or the other, the ordinance having
been passed before his name va. called
upon the roll he did not vnt" at ,,i upon
the question: Cnd"r similar rircu!m-
stances he would. do ~ he had
done. But he thought it >nrnr-
what singular that Il" should
be-, at this late day. arraignrd hy the
Wheeling Mt'iiig'"ctr for having voted
to arm the militia of Virginia and -"ud
representatives L. the Cumird"rat" Com
grr>S. Why, even Arthur |. Borrman
then member of the Virginia h.gi,ia-
turr, wanted I" appropriate "n" million
dollars I" put the State of Virginia "u Il
war footing nt that time, and ~ did sew
rral other gentlemen who have since "c-
cupicd high positions in the Radical
party in this State. During the WhuI.
of the present campaign have been
bounded by that paper, th" NhIH-
g"Hrrr, anl by the IN SIT
rir> of the Gotl' ring al
Clarksburg They have sent men /" Va
rious counties to niSreprrsent the Senti-
lnrnt of the people and to create the i'm
preston that there was Tremendous
uprising in favor of General Goh. Til"
wonderful speech published in tn"
MhHigsnccr n having been delivered
by the General at West Union was
not delivered by him at ALL nor was the
effect of it at all what has been stated
| have here the certificate Of several re-
liable gentlemen VIII" assert to III" con
trarv. In response t. the request of
many in the audience Colonel Wilson
then read II certificate signed
by citizens of West Union.
setting forth that the published speech
was not delivered by General Gotr at the
time and place mentioned, but that hi
remarks on that occasion differed very
widely from the >o-Callcd rcp"rt.l
Col. Wilson said that he had been grvo->-
lv miSrcprcScntcd blythe hfeiiig"~c'r ever
since the beginning of the canvass. and.
in confirmation Of thu, alIuGrd to and
explained the silly story published III that
paper about his having given -orn" per-
son in the city of Wheeling. ten cents
worth of cigars for his vote
At this iuncturc II reporter of III" IN
tcuig.Hc'r asked. "What did You rive
Jim Nubv to-day? The Colonel.
not hearing the interruption distinctly.
was proceeding with his speech when TN"
question WAS repeated i'll II louder tone.
He paused and asked what wa-. ,uii
when the reporter again proposed his
question, and the Radical part "f the
audience, thinking that there
must h" something in i
demand :" oft persisted in. i"gam L. ap-
plaud. Colonel Wilson, nj length hear
Ing thr question, laid, with withrring
emphasis, w hat did | civ" Jim Nuhy;
Precisely what your hopes of heaven are;
absolutely ""thD,g! | was intr"duc"d 10
Mr.. Nuby to-day; hr j. Il c"l"rrd man;
gave him nothing and hr gaN" IN"
nothing; and beiicv", from the best
evidence | can get, he is quite H. well h"-
hsved and respectable Il man ~ You arr.
sir
The effect Of the rrpartr" was wonder
ful. The whole audience shouted a"aim
and again and again with a tremendous
roar al applause, and thrr" wrr" Ia" fur
thrr interruptions from the reporter :
table during Mr.. Wilson remarks.
Attention was then called IL the Civil
Rights bill which 10 now pending in
Congress, having been ALREADY passed
hv the senate; and which ony awaits
the result of the Congressional "lrrtr"n-
this fall to determine whether az not It
shall become law. Concerning thI-
Colonel Wilson said:
One of the great questions in this con-
test is the Civil Rights Bill To this bill
] am unal,erably and uncompromi,ingly
opposed, but my opposition To il doe, not
arise from any untriendly feeling towards
the black man. On the contrary ! be-
lieve tha, h. and his children will b"
prejudiced by it, if it doe, become q law.
He is now a free man and citizen with
equal rights before the law. II" j. p'"-
trcted in his life, liberty and property
the same MS the white man; can acquire
and hold property. sue and b" sued. /,
punished and protected b. the law Just
a. white men are.
But more than that, he hs. the guar
anty that his children shall have tn"
benefit of common school education.
A. general thing the c1iored man J.
poor, and pays but little, if anything. to-
wards the school fund ont Of which his