The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-08

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nifty of the Constitution of my country
[Applause.]
The army was mustered out on y in
June. 1865. What was then to be done!
Here were eleven States lying PROSTATE
You remember that Provisional Cover.
nors for these States were appointed
They called Constitutional Conventions;
and from the 18th of April until the first
Monday in December, when Congress
met. under executive influence, all these
States had resumed their proper iunc'
tions with the exception Of two, and they
were taking steps i" do "a. W hen Con-
grcsS met the President sent
in his message reciting what
he had done. Then the storm
commenced. The committee ofthirtren,
the Committee of Reconstruction. refused
to admit men who had been elected to
represent the South i'll the Senate and
House of Representatives. Then the
Freedmen's Bureau Bill was passed. The
next thing WAS the Civil Rights Bill that
YOU have heard so much about recent y;
and / have been asked how ! stood on
the Civil Rights Bill. Laughtcr.1 Th"
first Civil Rights Bill which ! vetoed in
1867, contained germs of the present hill.
The bills laying the South oil int" mil
itarv districts came next. and th">" !
vetoed.
The Presidential SetOes.
Against this time We began 10 have
things pretty livclv~ Tn" executive
powers wholly negative. 1t j. not NJ
grrssive with it. You can simply inter
pose veto, and postpone Il measure until
the people have time to consider 1t. Tins
veto power is one Of thr most harmless
powers in the world. 1t can do nothing
but only prevent wrong from being done.
1t seems To me that what ! don" for the
people, "f the South WAS pretty fair i"r an
EN-Rrpuhlic;n President. Laughter.
While exercising this vet" pow
or. distinguished Senators would
come in and say d---m
the Constitution: We have numbers,
ana tell you, friends that Congress,
with twu-third, majority, "NrrriN"> Il
power greater than that of tn" Awt"crat
of Russia.
1t does very well /" talk about Sl"k"s
and Hawkins, but let mr trll y"u -"m"-
thing about Hawkins. They can say
what they pleas. about him, but when
the country WAS in danger, and when
Custer wa, being trarnpl"d upon. llaw-
kinS came to the rrScu" of III" p""pI" of
his own State. In speaking "i tn" can
vaSS " 1872, Il" say: was lighting
against Mr.. Maynard, and my friend
Gen. Chratham against whom ! hav"
nothing to Suy. I"u know what an able
and witty man Mr.. Maynard is. liz"
pressed me t. SAY whether ! >upp"rtrd
the nominee ot the Democratic party or
not, and was finally compelled t" say
that ! used Horace Greeley a | would
Use crooked stick /" beat back "a mad
dog. Laughter. hnv" said this
much IN regard to the past, in order To
set history right. WAS arraiGmri and
tried for doing my duty. by that very
party that it is inslnuatcd | belong To.
| am free to say Ia You, my country
men, on this subject. that could he
sent back To the Senate agaIF.'
From my knowledge Of tho man, from
my experience in public life, from myia-
with the corruption> that hay"
been transpiring ther" | could render
nv State some service, and 50 thinking.
my name WAS presented 10 the Lr-i>la-
turc four wears ago. TIL" Democrats
had majority in that body. and four
DAYS were consumed in hall"ting, hut
without result. Iou know ! WIS beaten
by tw" votes. and YOU know th" steps
that were taken To Sccur" those two votes
in that race. Th" fniH, v .im"r'"""
was my friend and | was no more Re-
publican then than now. APpIau>".
AT midnight secret and foul coalition
was formed at the City Hotel. Nash
villr which defeated mr.