Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-30

Fus y,T,S,,,s- allowed by colder: in Ohio,
sylvan bw Eigh: [, fresh variable "inds.
rain 'o", -. ------ --
,o,,red voter is beginning to open
This will he sc n from the pub
- in another column OF call tor a
III convention of cOloIed men to meet
u'' .,;,,,on in July. The call WAS IS
frrr PittsbuTg by the Emancipation
= ,,r,tioa Committee, representing the
.,,srs Of Western Pennsylvania,
=" ,.;o,,I convention of this kind has
- liked Of informally for some time,
=, ,nis call vii! give definite shape to the
,,.o,nsrt al over the country. The COM
,i,tse adopted declaration OF principles
rb;cb will be sent to emancipation com
,,i,t.es everywhere. They urge an uni
-, celebration OF the anniversary OF the
s;,,,ng Of the emancipation proclamation
-, p,ss;5ent LINCOLN. Then follows the
-.,.ors why = convention OF cOlOred voters
f,r the formation OF a National League OF
CoIored Men is necessary.
.,NTtiIe we have mad some representa-
,;r. r,s,. " saws the declaration of priDci-
,,r.s "thev, in their selfish greed, have
=, f,rs, 10 the interests of our race. As
,,. ,.o,,r af the time Of our emancipation
,rr b-nsE.ctor was ut the head Of the Re
,,,tI..-p marty. We we're in a measure Ohli-
,.ut.5 20 tie rarty. hut we feel that we
honestly paid that debt by our fidelity to
them for twenty-five years, we recognize
,b.t .,a rase of people We are now fac
t,r in the body polite OF the country.
while il is well-known fact that we
bgy- representatives in the Legislature
and municipal office holders in nearly eve
p, Southern State we have not one in any
N,~rrsrp State. The claju IS made that
w., are disfranchised in the South; IN
o,r wisdom We fail 10 see it," More in
dea,uGeucs among colored voters is called
tn,. ard until the coloreG voters awake tC
this imperative nsed they will continue tC
b. the unrewarded political tools of the
pn,i,,riaas. The call continues: ''The
Who'll, history Of the war shows that the
freedom OF the slave IS not due 10 any one
p,rtY. Slavery was an institution that
slor,rd the moral sense of the nation, and
when the time was ripe it fell, another
nt that i pregnant with meaning.
"E,rr~iuce the war the Republican party
has controlled the States OF Ohio, Pennsyl'
ylusl. Indiana and New York by the col
orrl vote. In view OF these facts, what
has been our compensation Literally moth
ius. Vow, in all candor and fairness, ha'
the Providence who has guided this nation
gwen any one party an eternal mortgage
on Oh, race ~ voters in the government
O, our nation9 And il so, what benefits
do We reap I. is certainly time that the
intelligent coiored men should throw OIL
their ~waddlipg clothes and step forth men
OF tree and independent opinions, and de-
p.and hy what right we are held in polit'
zeal bondage only second to the physical
sharLlrs with which we were held thirty
wears a,o. Eellow-citizens, all these ques'
tiors must he settled, and ~ We acquire
iutcilirence and education the result can
not be doubted. a. it is high time to at
lea>, giyr u. rs cclOred voters, small
p,tluce in ;he national copartnership."
Yr~. verify the colOred voter is opening
his r,,s and beginning 10 look about him.
Go,EgvoK WILSON has ordered sixty
militiamyn 20 Logan county, the scene oi
the HArrIELD-MrCoY trouble, in response
to petitions Of the citizens OF that county.
This IS decisive step toward supPressing
the ortrages, and one that should be i'm
mediately backed up by Governor Buck
SgR ON his side of the river. II blood
thirsty Keutuckians want to shoot and
stab let them do it in their own State. We
cannot afford 10 have them murder West
TIruiniaus and then blame the outrages on
the victims. 1t has been definitely aScer-
tanned that the HATFIELpS we're never the
aggrrssors, but are peaceably Inclined and
respectable citizens kentucky should
keep her bandits 20 LerSetan under con-
t,ol and the hest way to DO it is fol
Governor ByrENEE 10 follow Governor
WIIsaN'S lead and send troops to the
b.rdyr.
TIE Senate will nrestle with the edu.