The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-18
shall Grant be lmpeached,


every man has right to be heard. This
fact recognized, he who appreciates the
privileges and benefits that accrue from
wise administration of the government
upon the principles that actuated It's
founders, and whose mind is not dis
Quoted, and whose soul Is not stirred
within him as he looks out upon the bill
lows that surge around US, is not worthy
the name of freeman. To the mind of
the man who thinks, the ever recurring
question ls-what can be done? or in
another form, what ought to be done ?
Where IL the safest path to lead u.s. as 2
people, from the darkness aSd doubt that
environ US 10 the light of genuine peace
and fraternity, from the adversely that
psrayses to the smooth placid waters OF
prosperity and happiness. That the
constitution has been set 1T nought,
law disregarded, and the rights of
the people tramp.ed upon by the
acts OF the Executive in sending
United States troops into fou: States OF
the Union in time Of peace, for one,
do not doubt That no act, more sub
versive of the fundamental principles
of the government, more dangerous to
and destructive Of peace and national
quiet, could have been perPetrated, l
do not heststeito declare. That it Is so
regarded by many in the legislative
branch of the government we have seen
By their action since the assembling o.
Congress.
But think the first great duty of
those who are in authority and who have
been commissioned By the people 10 act
for them and represent their will, Is to
see that that will so emphaticslly ex
pressed at the late election, is respected
aldXenforced. | hold that no one who has
tried to inform himself, and who has
proper regard for truth and honesty,
can for moment question the fact
that Hon S. j. Tilden, the democratic
candidate for the Presidency has been
fairly and honestly elected.
True the Returning Boards of LOuisl-
ana, Florida and South Carolina,
the three States upon whose
votes the question hinged, have
for the electors of the opposing candi
date. That sucn result was reached by
the preparation of the most glazing, rs.
founding frauds, that ought TO brand the
perpetrators thereof with iniamy b!acker
and more damning than that that
marked the brow of Cain, Is very appa
rent | am aware that the returning
boards, and those, who from Ignorance or
* OF honesty commend their action,
claim tina. the majorities for Tilden Us
SHOWN upon the poll books Of these
States, were secured by Intimidation of
the negroes by the whites, thus assuming
tina. the Negro vote OF right belongs 10
the radical party. This is not only q
groundless assertion, but Que that is
amped with the basest, falsehoOd.
Passing by the fact, astounding as it is,
that in all cases where such INTIMIDATION
was claimed. the negro population far
ouLnumbered the whites, | look at anoth-
o. tact that to my mind Is more remark
able still, and so convincing in its nature
AS TO remove all doubt In those States,
according TO Radical 1lthority, are men so
lost to all that should be sacred to every
American as to disregard ali law, ard,
though in the minority, claim the right
not only to dictate to the majority how
they shall VOTE but by force b. compel
that majority 10 respect and ca'y their
wishes and act accordingly.
These lawless rutfians-S0.cp,
in such numbers and so bold that the
State authorities were inadequate 10 pre-
serve the peace and secure iair election.
and the intervention OF Federal authority
must be invoked TO that end Further
still. the calls on the Executive are an
swcrcd, and armed men, United States
soldiers, under skilled officers, were sent
into these States to enforce the oOsCrv-
arCa of law. Yet these same lawlcss
rufiisns, unawcd by United States Mar.
shals, created at will and as it seems al in
finitum, in the lace OF tho Federal troops. !
paused not in their dirty work, but nc
tally succeeded in accomplishing their
fell purposes. And yet Wells, Kellogg,
Packard, Anderson, StearuS, Chamber |
lain, et ld onlne genus, known to |
these lawless rutfians rs the leaders the |
Opposite party; the vampires who are |
sucking the h!e-blood Of the people o, |
these States; the very parties whose or
position is most formidable and who are .
the res. tomentoEs OF discOrd and strife, .
these men, though for years they have
set upon these States Ike the lOcuStS of
Egypt, still live and fatten on their i'll.
gotten gains. Other lesser lights
smaller fsh-have been prosecuted TO the
death by these rufiianS, according to Rad
icsl authority, while these men are lett
unframed and untouched, and with a
bold etfrontery that shocks honesty, still
plot and consummate their neiarious
schemes In view of these facts, what
conclusion is forced upon every honest,
thinking mind? This, ana only this:
That the charge Of Wholesale iutimIJa.
ton is a willul ia!schood, and that the
voice of the people has been stiled and
their will thwarted by a set os unprinci-
pied scoundrcls with 10 regard for truth,
no respect for law and no claim to
honesty.
These being facts tina. are automatic in
their character, | contend that the first
great duty Of those whom the people have
called to places of honor and trust as their
rulers, but only their rulers in Repub-
licsn sense, is to ferret out these wrongs;
hold up these vile otfShOots from the
scum OF corruption to the view of an
outraged, iusulted people, and thus car
rying out the expressed wishes OF their
constituencies, secure republican form
OF government, not m>roly in name but
in fact, TO these down .trodden States. As
10 the means 10 secure that result | pro-
pose to speak in subsequent article.
The first step has been taken and no fur
Their action can be had IN that direction till
the committees have discharged their
duties and made their reports.
=. But shall the usurpstion Of Grant pass
unnoticed? Shall the Executive with
out a shadow of law, assume to himself
royal prerogativcs and by his proclama-
tons, override the constitution and law,
and meet with no opposition from the
people whose confidence he mas abused?
A thousand times, no! The fanatiCism
that has ruled in federal relations for years