The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-10-02
For the Weekly Register.
TERRE HAurR, Ind. J
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Sept. 90, 1862.

Sept. 90, 1862.
Dir. tor:-Through the kindness
OF some friend, I, few weeks since re.
seived copy Of your interesting sheet,
the Weekly Register At first, so tiny
seemed its proportions that | deemed it
but waif estreY upon the great sea Of
Literature, and feared that without q
master hand at the helm it must be over.
wheImned amid the turbulent waves Of
excitement through which we as o nation
nse now passing. But ! find that the
guiding hand is there, for repeated IA
yors Of similar character from some
friendly source, allayed all fears as to the
stability Of it's foundation, and assures me
THAI fol serling loyalty, graphic delinea'
tons, and gigantic trulhs-those con-
densed within the small pages OF the
Register are unsurpassed by any peri
odicaI welcomed on our table. And
will you pardon presumption that [
through this medium should warmly greet
tho friends Of "lSng syne!" Away at
my home in the beautiful "Prairie City"
Of the West. my hoart has ever turned
with ready symp thy, to those friends Of
my remembrance who are now passing
through the trbuIstion which was
brought upon US at the Inauguration Of
this uuholy rebellion, AS people who
has thoroughly imbibed The principles Of
our Revolutionary sires, the whole North
has felt the hapl Of disuuion laid among
the heart strings of the nation,-and SO
we have sen, forth our dear ones 10 de.
tsnd those institutions so rudrly assailed
by the fratricide; and TO preserve inviolate
purity Of that ensign of peace and unity.
beneath whose folds the weary and oppres.
sed have ever found quiet refuge. Yes
we feel, that you Of Western Virginia are
peculiarly situated and are more entitled
~ our prayers and assistance, as sufferers
u one common esusa-becnqse with you
the danger is more imminent. We have
looked on in admiration at your resist.
ence to the attempted secession Of Vir.
sinis-ond when she through the cor.
nption Of her "chiyaIry" voted herself
out Of the Union .-sundering natural ties,
,for the "mess ofpo,tage' at the hand Of
an alien You Of the Western part prov.
cd your loyalty to turbu enl foes with.
out. and sympathizing at home, by keep
ing the fires of patriotism brightly burn
ipg upon the-aitars of your hearths, and
by your deeds causing the world To cry
"bshold tho spartan band" A beacon
ii&a; will youRroye tofume generations
similarly tempted. Nobly have you slriv,
en- to rcpel the emissaIias of the Arch
Prototype of secession, and, your day,star
will beam the more brightly when these
'Iroublrs are over. for having been OBJ.
seured by cloul'. Will you not listen
for,:iie slogan of yourieiivcrance, which
is sounding even now unsteady in the
distsnce. Tie deep snalhema marana-
tina of an outraged people, of abused
humanity and justice--is resting upon
the foes Of Freedom and of Col The
need of their mi 4eity is fast fling up
Soon the waves no tossing and surging
will encompass and close over them for.
ever, when We also nay sing at our de.
lireran,c
Sound the loud timbrcl o'cr" secossia's" sen,
Jehovah has ;riupphed his people arc free"
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