The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-03
THE SOUTHERN oUTisAGEs.

Tho permanent pacifcation Of the coun-
try ~ Tho complete protection OF all citl-
cons n eyery Civil and political right con
tinues TO be Of paramount interest win
tic great body OF our people; Every stSp
in this direction is welcomed, with puoIc
and every interruption Of steauy
md uniform progress TO the desired CON on.
awakens general pncaslness
md widespread condemnation. me re;
cont CONGRESSIONAL elections have furnished
4 direct, and trustworthy test OF the ad-
vance tlfus i..r made In tho practical es-
OF the right OF suffrage, SC,
cured by The Constitution to the Liberated
rocc in The Southern States. All disturb
inc Influences, real or imaginary, had peeh
rs,novcd from all Of these States, q, ~
The three constitutional amendments,
wh;cb. conferred freedom and equality oil
S;v;I md political rights upon the eoiored
neonle OF the South, were adopted by the
aroncr,rrent action OF the great body OF
,,ooJ citizens who maintained tho authors
49, y, u IN National Government and the
;5tSsrity and 'perpetuity OF the Union AZ
sncit a cost 81 treasure and life, as q wise
s amJ Necessary embodiment in the or
"nn;c inv OF the Just results ofithe war.
ESn neonlc OF the former slave
holding States accepted salc cse
suits, and gave, in every p raGI1'G;a aUr
form, assurances, that the thirteenth, ion Ut,
teenth and fifteenth amendments and anu i"% "
nasscd in pursuance thereof; siioulp' III
GOOD faith, be enforced, rigtdiy ah9 IN.
PARTIALLY In letter and spirit, TO the emu INA,
tLn huinblest citizen, without disuhcho .!
" ~, rsce or Color, should, under them, re;
co 20 fnlland equal protectioninlperson ana
nsonertv and in political rights ana pfiVl'
onas N these Constitutional amendments
~ Southern section OF the Union on.
.n;,ed n large increase OF political power ~
G ', s,rcss and in tho Electoral College, ano
tSo Country instly. expected that elections
w. ,.ouIJ nroscel. as 10 the enfranchised race
49,, tbc same circumstances OF legal aha
uipnst;t,,tional freedom and protecuot
S.I';"h obtained in all the other States o
.Ea Trninn. The friends OF law ard ordel
insL al fSr,yartii TO the conduct OF thsst
NIoc,;ons, as offering to tho general JUG
wont Of tho country an import4nt o.
.ar,vnitv To measure the degree y
asL;cht the right OF suffrage couin "
nm,nrc;aoI nv the Colored people, and woah
Ie eS raessnected bv their tellow.citizens; Du
DC r y u sscnSrai endowment OF freedom o
u. I Gs"Sc by the colored people. and
more lust and generous professor! " ,ht 'aa
freedom by tho eonmunlnes 2. s w
they form part, were seheriy ~ as,t An
mated than tho record OF the elestlohsh VI
Closes, In some OF those states ~ NJ, naa |,
fhe colored people have pceh uIApIs '.
make their opinions ielt ~ mae SeSy M
sa ,s IS ,N ensured or rcmedied by legal pro
sastiS but in the States Of Louisiana an
SeS!SS aroiina At large, and in some pal
t;onIS, a. fiSrcssionat districts outside {
uc tna StOtSs the records OF the election
s .nOs' 10 compel the conclusion that III
s sishts Of the :colored voters have pee
Inyerfidd et,, and their PARTED at,on
Inc elections not permitted 10 D
! either general or free, fl