The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-01

ne hepuOIlCans or Inst susie owe 70
day 10 the clemency of the victors what
ever protection remains them, and no
to the administration they believed in
toiled for and inaugursted. The,
would have suffered in silence an,
borne the ills that Republican
ism is heir 10 in tina. regIor
could they but discover elsewher
in the South that ers OF good teelin!
disintegrstion of their opponents, or eyeI
the uprising of the old-tine Wing elc
ment, which was SO confidently prophe
sled and SO fondly anticipated. Th
good feeling Is confined to the exultstioi
over the Southern Democratic domini
tion. The South is solid, and the OLD
time Wings remain undiscovered, excep
the rough offer Of large premiums in th
shape Of lucrative foreign and domesti
appointments. With these strong incen
tiyes TO put in sn appearance, their mum
bers can be counted upon the fingers
and they have followed so many strang,
gcds siCce the death of that noble olC
party and have been so frequently repu
| dated in new costumes that they defy
recognition by their most iRtima:,
acquaintance, while the President wa:
known to be meditating this set
which let slip the dogs of WAT
upon the Republicans OF the South
Some OF the Republican Senators who
now sssail me with harsh criticisms be-
cause vote according to the dictates OF
my judgment and conscience, on = ques-
tion which Is IN no proper sense party
question, were either cOldly neutral or
were actively giving aid and comfort TO
the Hampton government. repudlate
and disown the authority of such IS these
TO psss judgment upon NY fidelity TO the
Republican party. remember, SIR, tho
tremendous political crisis OF last March,
when the fate not only OF the Republican
party but of this great nation seemed t.
hang in trembling balance There were
whispers Of holy and unhoIy alliances
then, and 1t was spoken in tones louder
than whispers thst the distinguished
Senator from New York, now the Re-
publican Achilles of the Senate, would
either join in n wsr against his republl
can compeers or retire in moody wrath
to his tent, bearing no psrt IN the bstt!e
that was big with the tate OF bis party
vet my voice did not swell the current o!
false surmiso that imputed moditsted
perfdy to the honorable Senator from
New York.
My motives not only have been i'm
pugned, and my character cslumnlatod
but | havc been denounced and Will fled
by torrents of billingsgato that would n
once sppal n Gshwoman. Distinguished
cabinet officers can lcsye party ratAs
snd vote for nominees of the Bal
timore convention. Leading daily jour
mails can do thesame thing and no hard
names arc called; nay, moro on their re-
turn the fa.ted calf Is hi lied, u tossL made
and robes from State aud Interior Do
partmonts placed upon the shoulders o..
the returned prodlgals--aye, more, tho
musty folds of the Confederate flag, are
gently unrollrd and key is found 20
lock the doors o: the Post Office De
partmcnts against Southern Republicans
and eli the Saints IN the luuCr Chamber
cry out with one voice This is peace
and conCiliation, from which Will NOw
that era of good feeling when the lion
and tho lamb shall he down together;
but in their ignorant and innocent
hearts, they did not know that the lamb
must consent to lie down with the lion
In nv case, how different. | belongeS
to the party from the moment II came
into existence, and now because In this
coniuncturo of circumstances ! feel com
PEELED to give this vote, the attempt is
made, not only 10 read me out"ot the
party, but to place my character beneath
contempt. Mr. President, when did the
question of the high privilege Of admit
ting "a Senator on this floor become par
tlsan? What has mere party allegiance
to do with it2 | have never before
heard such doctrine. The question ii
one OF law and justice, and each Senator
should vote according 10 the dictates OF
his judgment, and not with reference 10
mere party needs or e1pedIency.
Mr.. President before | conclude de.
sire 10 say word as 10 the Southern
policy, so-called, insugurstcd By the
President OF the United States in March
last, and since prosecuted by him with
most singular srdor and with an effect
most damaging 10 the cause Of true
Republicsnism in the South. | shall
speak with becoming respect OF the
President, but | must bear IN mind that
he ewes bis exalted position 10 the yotes
of the Republicans OF the South as well
as the North. As ! understand that
policy in its final analysis and ITS sure
It means the Abandonment
of political friends 10 conciliste foes. 1t
makes q mistake 10 assuming that II "
the Democratic South that must be con
whereas i. is tho mighty
Republican North that should DO con
ciliated. This scheme or policy Of con.
cilistion involves, am Informed, the
rehabilitation or revival Of the old Wing
party, As necessary agent 10 secure
it's permanent success. Ii the President
can effect this, fhe can 60 down iato the
political valley of dry bones and infuse
life and motion into the scattered ele
ments OF the old Wing party be will
stand the confessed champion resurroc-
ZIONIST OF the age II cannot be dsns.
AS we'll might some deluded architecttry
TO erect 100 palaces Of the grea. city oi
the broken and mouldering tOmbstcnes
of An ancient village graveyard. Bu; it's
an open secret. The President says he in
tends 10 reinforce or supplement- the
resurrected Wing party with the mer-
chant and religious element OF the
South and then incorporate this political
trinity thus formed into q national
Republican party. Am not aware Of any
line of.merchsnts in the South who are
without present party ties or political
identity. II there are any such, they
are not properly represented by the New
Onesns, Mobile, Charleston and Ssyan-
nah Chambers OF Commerce, and as tor
the religious element Of the South, they
worship God and Democracy, snd will
no. bow 70 this craven image called
Hayes Southern policy, which Nebu.
the king, hath sc. up, but
whatever this policy is in theory, We.
know Whist it is no; in practice. II GER
certainly is not for the protection Of Re-
publicans in Southern States.
The oueslion being on the substitute