Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-14

FkELEU
pie OF tie South for these oAenses, commit
eduLcer the color Of Stsle laws, then under
rbe Fourteenth Amendment to The Copsti
uuon, We may fairly appeal to all h,
NortbeIL States 10 s,sLd together to r.
duce the representation based upon ,hr
co.ored vote, aud on this question G,ger
nor Hoadly ought 70 be wtsre he was dur,
ing the war"
Under the color Of
What Stale Laws" Dir. Sherman
You know there are none. repeat de-
hEoIately that from the Cap.s of Delaware
10 he Rio Grarde, there are no laws no,
Clc, IN reoy the right Of a colored mau 10
" S IL The least degree 3b,tructed. and
jCbu Stern an. you 4now i. Poiot oat the
~. SPECIFY booA and page. or go 70 the
lot, ct the Gloss. This Is not YOUR real
.gc@5ic. The Fourteenth amendment
provided hat il "the right to vyle
should be abridged, excrp> Tor d,sloyslty,
representation in Congress should be pro-
yor:iluately diminished. But the Fifteenth
ameucmen; prevented lis being ABRIDGED
aLc the Fifteenth amendment thus render
d he Fourteenth amsnd meudment in part
imperative. Nc. sir No, sir; the Con-
-resslonal ROVER 20 absidge may eyteud to
r publican Rhode Island, which maintains
a Know Nothing discrimination a. inst the
right Of toreign born citizens to vote, Oh,
does not apply to the south, where the
colored mans right to vote is as free as air.
You refer TO my signature for the par
don OF
Lieutenant Mullen.
| am glad signed it. | not only signed
that petition. but | went in person 10 the
President and solicited the pardon. | also
wroje a letter asking Mr. Cleveland to par
don Mullen before he took his vacation,
which | am glad he did. | ON proud not
ashamed, OF the stand | took in toe Mul-
len case and | hope that my efforts con
trlouted 10 Mullen's pardon. Cndoubted.
ly there were eight or ten legal
voters in the crowd which Mullen
captured at "Hoghead Johns gambling
house and other low dives along the river
in Cincinnati. He was notified by tele-
phone from the police of Covington that an
invasion of Ohio by Kentucky Republicans
was in process. In his anxiety to defeat it
he took in a few too maDy-a few who had
the right 10 vote-and therefore it was, aud
in order 70 save his co defendants, that he
plead guilty and served for eight months in
the Hamilton county Jail on a one years
sentence, but he is
An Eticient Otficcr of Good Character,
sober habits and experience, and | thought
that the term of service which be had al.
ready passed in Jail was far more than sde-
Quatc punishment for the possible o.iense
he might have committed in not more care
fully discriminating between the scamps
from kentucky and the scamps from Ohio
whom be gathered in-ior, Mr.. Sherman,
these were scamps from Ohio-among the
fellows he captured, who had the right to
vote. They were aiding Kentucky scamps
in the Republican attempt, Of with Lot
Wright vas the nominal chief, 10 corrupt
our sufirages. 1t was proved on Mulleu's
trial that John Nenable, better known as
'iIoghead John, offered to sell the votes Of
thirty-Gye OF mis- dodgers for $3.50, and the
gentleman TO whom this offer was made, re-
pied very promptly that he would not give
scye,t y five cents for the lot.
You complain that | cannot see q diiler
sLce between the Ku.KlUx-klan aud
hey and Alderman,
who did all they could to put it down.
Have YOU forgotten that David NJ Key pre-.
tended 10 be a Tildsn Democrat. Have
you forgotten tina. this was true, even ut so
la;e a day as that on which he vas con
frmed as Postmaster General? Have you
forgotten, you certainly knew it then,
to- be was 9 member of the
Senate with you down to March 4th
1917 that be did not DO anything against
the ku.Klux Khan, that he never became a
Republican until after he became = mem
Der Of the &c facto Presidents Cabinet;
that ;akiu- this pseudo Democrat into the
Cabinet Was one Of ". Eiaves' patents, or
would have been, had i, been as useful as
novel, as il was intended 10 caioie the white
people OF the South into his support, and
the revival OF the VIII party. lou we're a
member Of the Seua.e and OF the Cabinet OF
Rutherford 3 Hayes. With d VI. Key. Don't
p.rAGe Mr.. Kew nov more before the Amer
lean people as q r'genera.ed Confederate,
when, what re.eUrra'ed him, i ANYTHING,
was not the offer OF Office, bur the aCtIal
perception Of its profits. | do not doubt
but that you could make fully twenty cNbi.
nets with ex.Confedt rates like Mosby, Chal-
ue.s. LonIstreet 4 Co, on these terms,
but
Fortunately For the People
the sceptre OF power has departed from the
Republican party, and no gentleman will
ever hereafter be invited into the Cabinet
on the condition Of abiuring the political
principles which he is advocating in the
Cni'rd States Senate.