The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-27
A SETTLEMENT WANTED.
business Demands Ii and the COun-
try Cries for IL.


The following circular was yesterday
forwarded to Washington from Phila-
delphia:
To the Honorable the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States
ia Congress assembled:
The undersigned members Of all polit-
ical parties, beg leave respectfully but
earnestly 10 represent to your honorable
bodies that in their belief the citizens OF
the United States are almost unanimous
in the demand that the questions arising
from the late Presidential election shall
be dealt with IN spirit predetermined
to harmonic conflicting v.eSs, lrrespec-
tive of the success or defeat OF individual
candidates.
The undersigned teel that sny other
course involves perils to the very struc-
ture of our government which no
thoughtful man can contemplate without
dread Even should such peris be
svcrted, partisan contest in Congress,
resulting in the proclamation OF fresi-
dent, without the acquiescence OF both
houses, would destroy the confidence OF
the people in the justice of the decision
adopted, would weaken their respect tor
the forms of Law and impair their faith
in the adequacy OF the Constitution to
preserve substantial Justice between con-
tonding parties.
The consequences of such action could
not tail to be dep!orsbc to the country
and ruinous to the party which mig mt
achieve u temporary triumph. No adj
mnistratlon placed in power, in any
manner that may offend the popular
sense Ofright, could conduct the affairs OF
the nation with credit in itself or advan-
tagr TO the country. Under sach an adj
mnistration the opposition would ENJOY
An overwhelming advantage, and short
lived party triumph would be followed
bT inevitable down ,all. 1t may be EN-
phatlcally asserted that the future will
belong to those who now show themselves
superior to the blind psrtlssnship OF the
moment and ready to promote harmony
aud 10 avert strife.
Even prolongation of the existing
uncertainty is greatly to De deprecated
entaihng as it must do, a paralysis OF IN
dUStry and II proStration OF all material
interests which will work incalculable
evil by destroying the demand for labor
and depriving OF support the poor and
the unemployed.
The undersigned, therefore, confident
~ hope that your honorable bodies Will
earnestly seek some mode of reaching y
decision 81 the pending questions that
will satisfy the conscience of the country.
They feel assured that when Senators
sud Representatives of the United States
urr called upon to exercise judicial
powers irGught with. consequences so
l,puentouS they will bring to the dis.
charge of their nigh functions spirit of
fairness and impartiality that will resul:
in virtual unanmity of judgment. A re-
alt So reached whatever it may be, will
uuqucstionably command the willing
acIuiescence of the whole nation.
WILLIAM WELSH, j. &. BULLITT,
HENRY A. Brown, JOHN o JAMES,
ions WELSH, JAMES 5. BIDDLE,
r. ). MILLER, f. b. GowEN,
A. j. DREXEL, ii. ID. WELSH,
:. =. NEwBoLD, SAML Dickson,
j. G.. RosENG NRTEN, l.. MoRwITZ, 'lSS
HENRY G. LEA, JAMES K. GowEN,
NgNNK. B. DICK, Jos. l. DORIAN,
l. K. SMITH, IL. &. THOMPSON,
WM. VI. TILGHMAN, II. b. LATHAM,
EDWIN NJ LEWIS, Il. NJ. PERoT,
.Iu,krm PATTERSON, & Ii. CLARK,
T.. l. ASHMEAp, j. MCLAUGHLIN,
l.. K. WOOD, And mary others.