The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-11

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which there could be no interference
with the rights of States. They saw the
danger of the single republic, and the
safety of the federate republic. He ex-
planned at great length and very beauti-
fully, the harmonious working of this
system, explained how the Federal Gov
! ernment and the governments of the
respective States exescised their powers
without the least jar or discord the
States regulating their courts, their inter-
nal municipal affairs, while the Federal
! Government regulates our commerce and
foreign affairs, etc. The richest legacy
left us by the fathers, which was claimed
by Washington, Madison, Adams and
Jackson as the great sheet anchor, that
was intended to save us from the fate Of
Rome, is contained in Art. ", Sec. of
the Constitution of the United States
But this Civil Rights Bill now aims
death blow at this very legacy. The Re-
publican party now claims that by virtne
! of the XINth Amendment they can
! legislatc for YOUR railroads and other do
mcstc institutions, your hotels, your sa-
looms, etc, not sparng even the ceme-
tcrieS.. You cannot have the privilege of
laving your child, it may be your hearts
darling, nor your gray-hared father in
| the grave in your cemetery, without being
Inundated by having this party, with
this bill as law, open the gates of your
cemeteries and bury by the side Of our
child-a negro. The very rights and
privileges our fathers aimed to secure
Us are to be swept out of existence by
| this bill. The States are not to bo al
lowed the privilege Of regulating their
own internal affairs.
He referred to the case o. certain
parties wishing to erect slaughter houses
| in New Orleaus, who were Prohibited
bv the State authorities (for sanitary
reasons to do so, and they applied to the
Supreme Court for power to compel sub
mission upon the part Of the STATE au-
thoritics The Supreme Court, conpos-
ed exclusively Of Republicans, denied
their application, and in their decision
alluded to the vital importance Of the
question: this unwarranteG exercise Of
arbitrary power over the States by the
Federal Government, and yet i'll dci- !
ance of this decision, this party seeks 10
enforce upon the people this infamous
| bill. The great question is: Has tn"
Federal Government the right to inter
frrc with our municipal affairs? Pass
| this bill. and we have no States, no coun-
ties, no schools. Are the people prepared
| for such state Of affairs.
He then reviewed at considerable
length the
MOTIVES OF THE REPUBLICAN, LEADERS
He had no harsh cpithcts to apply to
, members generally ofany political party.
The masses of both parties desired to do
right, but he desired to speak of the
leaders Of the Republican party, Of the
trickstcls who wish to ride
into office by trickcry and deceit.
Here WAS the motive. The patronage Of
the government was som cthing they
| could not give up. 1t keeps one army of
politicians in power at the expense of
the tax payers, half Of whom could be
dispensed with. Already there are evil
| dcncrs of II change Of feeling on the part
of the people. The recent elections hold
ont no induccmcnt t. the party in power.
| Hence, the cry with thCm as with one of
| old. is " What shall we do to be saved?"
! He read, few days ago, an article in the
| HtcUiqcucer, by his friend Campbell,
which states that the Republican party
will lose probably sixty members of Con-
rrcSS in the coming election and to save
| themselves they must mHHdge to secure
tie black rote&! There are 100000 black
votes, and, say the Republican leaders,
they will stand by us if we pass the Civil
| Right, Bill. Senator Morton, the mouth
| piece of Grant. says: "Stand firm. We
must pass this Civil Rights Bill. We are
pledged and bound to do it, And Sher-
man. of Ohio, says: 1--WE must pay the
bonds in gold. The integrity
of the Republican party depends upon
the passage of that bill (thc Civil
Rights Bill If gentlemen here in West
Virginia desired to see this bill become a
Iaw-scc the white children educated
with the black children, and witness the
outrageous workings of this infamous
bill-thcn his desire was that they should
send some other man to Congress. lie
was not the man. He claimed
that thousands of negroes do not
comprehend the nature of that bill. Their
ideas rs to its nature and design he could
| best illustrate by relating u conversation
| between two negroes, but he had hardly
time to relate ii. Cries Of "Go on"
| He continued: Uncle Bill and Josiah
were discussing the merits Of the bill.
| Josiah did not care so much about the
idea of sitting at the same table with the
white trash, But, said he, "dere is od-
| der pcrwiSiunS in dc bill.' Good Laudl
| Am dcrc pcrwisons in dat bill too2 If
deere is. list send me barl OF -four
Loud laughter. But | don't mean
dem kind Of pcrwiSionS. | mean dat we
! is to hub civil rights; we can marry all
de white women we wants to-"
"And when we
die we is TO be brrrid in italic collins, wild
a great big glass in de top, so dat when
Gabriel comes along wild his great long
trumpet he kin just look in, see da is cul-
| lud folks and tell us to come out and 90
! into de Kingdom. and den tell de dam
white trash TO 90 to de dcbble as fast rs
| dcv can" Loud and prolonged laughter.
He Mr.. Wilson,, however, desired to
see this bill defeated. 1t could be If the
! Democracy would do their dutI, ana ne
believed they would hurl the dominant
party out of power and re-ostablish the
good old Democratic party. Drive bad
men out of power, and if We have bad
men in our own ranks, for Gods sake
| punish them also.
He closed with most eloquent appeal
| to the masses, the honest, conservative
members Of AL parties to give their aid
in this effort to purify the government,
and save the country. He was loudly
checred and applaudcd at the close of
his speech, and during its delivery was
| listened to with the closest attention.
The Band again furnished the audience
with music, and they rendered the Red,
| White and Blue" with very fine effect,
which reused up the patriotism ~ of
| ono our old settlers who could not re-