The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-21
WHAT WE ARE GOING To M
ABOUT 1T.

against the honesty and the patriotism of
the present administration, and for
having had the temerity to do so, the said
correspondent writes US down as "a rebel
lious sheet" Well. all that we have to
say of soothing nature to quiet the sore
Iy vexed Custom House scribbler is, that
what we have had to say in the past land
eur future policy will be the ssme) has
been spoken distinctly without any eff
fort to prevsricate or dodge an issue,
fearlessly, and IN that independent man
ner which journalism must practice or
lose It's influence, and fail to COM
mand the respect of others. We
have said nothing for which we
wish to apologize We have written
nothing that we desire TO retract, and
have always confined ourselves strictly
to the bounds of truth. In pursuing this
policy we have denounced the admins
tration.of President GRANT as guilty of
the grossest usurpstions aud violations of
plain law. We have said that the Ad-
ministration has been prostituted to the
vile use OF manipulating the military for
the purpose of assisting in the work of
defrauding the people. For this we have
held that the President has been guilty
of high crimes and misdemeanors, and
should be impeached and elected from
office. On the other hand our enemies
do lot meet US with arguments or with
facts to reiute our assertions, but
indulge in bitter invectves de-
nouncing us rs rebels and traitors. We
are accustomed to this, and have
ceased to pay any regard to it. But we
do hold that tealty to party Is not
loyalty to the Republic, especially when
the teachings and practices OF that party
are wholly at variance with the funda-
mental principles of the government.
The Republican party entrenches itself
behind its assumed loyalty: and de-
nounces its opponents as traitors to the
general government. This is an old
trick and too we'll worn to succeed any
longer, the people having come to learn
the difference between party allegiance
and loyalty to the country. When
band of ex- u ion soldiers assemble IN
the private parlors of a hotel, as they did
in Cincinnati, for the purpose OF consult
ing as to ways and means to
thwart foul conspiracy on the
part Of the Administration leaders
to overthrow the government for
which these soldiers had fought,
a Radical mob breaks in and by superb
or numbers crowds them out and de.
nouncing them as rebels and traitors,
we can form some idea OF the standard
of Radical loyalty.
Another illustration: "Look on this
picture and then on that" There are
two inaugurations in South Carolina.
HAMPTON stands in the free air and
warm sunshine of heaven, surrounded by
honest people, supported by nothing but
the iustness OF his cause and the strength
that comes from the consciousness OF
right. CHAMBERLAIN, afraid of sun
shine, afraid of his own shadow, snesks
into the state house under the protection
of GRANTS bsyonets, and in defiance OF
the courts. ignoring the will OF the peo
pie, he usurps the office of Governor and
denounces those as traitors who do not
assert that he has legal title to the
stolen property.
If denouncing fraud and advising re-
sistspce to usurpstlon is rebellion, then
we have nothing to say in denial or IN
psllistion of the charge of being "a re-
bellious Sheet" but if veueration for the
handed down to US from the
fstbers if love for the Constitution OF
our country and desire to perpetuste
tbs liberties of the people and cement the
bond of the American Union is loyalty,
then ,os are loyal, and will not submit to
have our loyalty impugned by those who
pervert the meaning OF the term ana are
trampling constitutional government
snder foot IN order to perpetuste the
mower of a sectional party. Our policy
as political journal is best dehned IN
the platform of the Union party in loOo;
"rHE UNION, TIE CoNT1TUTIoN AND
THE ESFoRCEMENT OF THE LAWS
IJpon this we plant ourselves, and II II
falls. we are willing to fall with 1t. we
want no war and have an abiding conn
dence that just God will open to the
orntrv wsy of delversnce from the
impending danger. Neither do we want
a nsaeeabls despot,sm-that peace which
will prove the peace of death to our lib
srt;es Our Constitutional rights are as
dear to us as was Magma ChdrtG to the
English, and we intend to have them'
peacesblv if we can and as we desire, but
have them we will, if we have to get
them as the feudsI bsrons did theirs
wrest them from the tyrant by the power
of the sword. We can afford to walt Tor
foot. and if the Investigations now being
made in the South show that Governor
HAYES is fairly entitled to lS5 electoral
votes, he will be inaugursted without
d.. 70 ON the other hand IL Il