The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-07
PROGRAMME FOR CONGRESS.


We publish elsewhere this morning, II
special dispatch to the Cincinnati Com-
msrcial which, lift can be relied on, fore
shadows most remarkable programme.
II seems that "Sone of the Presidents
friends" have agreed that the Civil
Rights Bill shall be passed as soon as
Congress assemblies, aS II means 'to secure
the Southern States for the Republican
party," or in other words aS "A means To
perpetuatc tyranny, robbery, oppression
and carpet-baggcrism in that section.
"Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they
first make mad" The Radical party in
Washington seems rcallyto he desperately
mad. If the mere threatening ofthc Civil
Rights Bill has had the effect to defeat
these madmcn, not only in the South,
but throughout the Union, how can
they expect that the actual passage of
that infamy will gain them power, I'M
less, indeed, as another despotic measure,
it would give greater power to the
Washington Administration to inter
fere with the States themselves, and arrest
and intimidate their citizens. But the
next proposition is more startling still:
"A stringent civil service bill shall be pass
ed to secure the retention of the present
Republican incumbents IN the erent Of tu-
tire changes IN the Administrations
This is the NEST impudently despotic
of all the many despotic plans of that
party. 1t means to say this to the peo-
pie of the United States. We do not
care how you vote; what your wishes are,
or how much YOU may say you are tired
of our rule. We intend to force ourselves
upon YOU, despite your will. Is we can
not do this at the polls, We will do so by
stringent legislation while we have Yet
the power. This is what these friends
of the President mean to say, and what
they propose to do. But it may be only
the mutterings of despairing frenzy. 1t
is hardly probable that even they will be
So far advanced in recklessness as to
made any such bold attempt at usurpa-
ton.
Further on, the dispatch says that the
President himself admitted his chagrin
Mt the result Of the elections, and that he
will, in the proper time, indicate his
preference for his successor. There's
the rub" Of course he is chagrined,
that in spite of his Msrshals, his army,
his navy, his PACKARDs, his MERRILLs,
and all his other creatures, Louisiana
and the South have still gone contrary
to his will, and their course has been en-
dorsed by the country. Chagrined,
more than by anything else, that these
elections will force him 10 speak, and
make him recognize the fact that he is to
have successor. Chagrined, that all !
chances of making the Presidential office |
II family perquisite, has passed away for !
ever.
He may, as stated in this dis
patch, take active grounds against
the Credit Mobilierites and other Con-
swindlers now; but after foster
ing and encouragement of them for six
wears, it is not likely that the American
people will be so easily duped as to be-
ieve that at the eleventh hour, his dis
of them is sincere, or called
orth by any other motive than that of
,olicy.
But we shall see what We shall see.
The Radical party is seriously If not IA
ally wounded. We shall see whether
" such course, as is here prescribed, It
viii itself save the people the trouble OF
living it finishing stroke. II