The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-25

auch laws, Whether he helped to get them
enacted, or sustained their constltutionali.
ty In the Court Of Appsals, or both or mol.
tber. II makeH no difference. maintain
that the Union Republican party has
nothing Of which 10 be ashamed In ita
record a. party, other State or National.
Bat on tho contrary, every &C. Of the party
IL Sc something al which every lover Of Union
and prgresa should be proud. should
losea large part Of the confluence and re-
spect have for our party II It should fear
to meet its old enemies on any Of the 6elds
Of victory and glory which have been left
behind. ,N
The truth Il, such men az James Neeson,
E. ]. Armstrong, G. D. Camden, G. W.
Newton, All. Raymond, Sam Woods and
Others, disiranch'sed not only those sctnal.
" In rebellion, but oil Democrats IN West
Virginia by q circular issued by them
from Richmond, Va, calling on all true
Democrats Ia what they called that portion
Of Virginia known as Western Virginia,
not to counteranca bv act or vote, the
movement Ia Wtst Virginia for new
State, nor BY act or rote countenanca the
ac,ion Of cerislN rarsonn in restoring the
government oil Virginia. They we're all
told 10 e,By away tn IN Nil elections under
such authority, lest ,nsy he par'akers o.
the treason Ct which tho Union people Of
IVES. Virginia wero gully. And y Ia 3
fact that tho Democratic generally obeyed
that circular. Up tho close OF the war,
they hored 10 SEQ recession triumphsnt,
and oil inst had been Gons toward Great.
ing new State OF West Virginia blot.ed
out-apd all, especially leading mon who
had ahtttUd the movement, brought to
trial for tres8an avaipa. the Common wealth
O. Virginia or forced to leava the State.
To this end aud view they always called
tho State f. hcSuB enc, that had no iegfti.
mate Baudug. But on the close oil the
war, which rtanhed dssstrously to their
hopes sLd wishes, they concluded that
With their votta UNITED with the returning
rebels they could overthrow what bad
been in Wis. Vlrginia. Now right here
came tho Necessity for the distranc'slnH
and registration lave, though hereia was
not all tho necessity. The rebellion States
and lately freed men Of the South had
not been brought in their true and proper
relation 10 tee Union. Now !, for one
will ever maintain that 1t %ss right and
proper that thuse who bad been directly
and indirectly engaged il trying to destroy
the Union and the Constitution, and were
tn,urnintd 10 overthrow the State OF Wes'
Virginia on the first opportunity, shoult
have been held away from tsking parti the
government until all questions OF govern
, mcht growing out OF iAe rebellion wert
. finally settled.
Tnistht Rspublicans-then called Union
men@did, and AZ coon aa thoaa question:
we're settled tho Republicans III. mselves
againt. the wish o. the Democrats. brought
forward lhs "lct up" policy, under The
Flick amendment" introduced by the
Hon. ". II. II. Flick, at present United
Sia,es D srct Attorney for West Virginia.
said this let up nova by the Republicans
WIS against the wish Of Democrats. 1now
have in mind spstCh whicl! heard The
Hun. d. I. alsrtln make in Grafton, pend
ing the election on the Flick Amendment,
in which MIR. Martin begged bis Demo
cratic hearers to vots against the amend.
men., because, as he alleged it wss 9
Radical baby" The amendment was
adopted, nevertheless, ant all ''proscrip'
tion," SO called, wss thereby abolished. :
] | don't krow, ss | said before, what, il
any, action Judge Maxwell had, favorable
10 that Acknowledgement, but If such action
ia to be ruled against him by his old enc
mics, Tor ono aui the more for him.
In vindica,ion OF the wisdom OF those
laws, ut ,he, time, I have only to challenge
any Democrat OF this State to say, ovsr his
own signature, that tle believes West Vir.
giuia il \ topus State and that be would
prsitr now that the S ste had never been
created wi,honsspecfc reference to these
grand achievements by way OF amend.
men,s to the Constitution Of the Urited
S,ktes, sonic, at least, Of which would urot.
ably not now BIZ 4 pa,t Of thar Magma
Charter but for the vote Of West Virginia.
JoHS 7. LATHAM.
b,L,J,r, ~ IN him ~