The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-05-15
To the Moral and Religious Voters Of
the County.

in throwing out rome important sGgges'
TORS as we conceive, for your consider
alton at this important time. You are
aware that on tho fourth Thursday in
this month there is to be an election to
fill some important Offices in our State
I and county gcYornronts.
And ! have long been fully satisfied
that the moral and religious element 10
the oOattry have egregorousIy failed 10
do thci+ duty 10 The exercise OF the right
OF franchise, which they as American
citizens enjoy. Asa general thing The
people don't seen TO reflect properly
upon the great responsibility attached to
our actions ii thie all imporlan! matter
We suffer orr prejudices and party
spirit to control us 100 much when we 60
to cast our yotes-thisis certainly crimi.
nal, yea, very wrong indeed.
Is 1t not fact that should frequently
cause US to blush with shame, that it very
seldom becomes a question at oil with us
with regard TO the night or wrong Of our
doiugs in casting our votes for men for
Office. We act as though there was TO
be no future reckoning between us and
the great Jehovah for these lhings. All!
what grant mistake.
And in as much athe different candi-
dates for Office are beginning to an
nounce themselves 10 the people, we
Would suggest the great Importance OF
the good citizens of our county looking
at this matter in the light Of tho lolloy.
ing reflections.
There ara two important consilora-
tons that must present themselves with
intense interest to the mind of every
good and loyal citizOn Of the county.
And they are these-frs, has this can.
didate who is now asking US for our suf
fersge teen, and is he nov sn I'm
compromising loya! citizen 10 his
Government? Secondly, is he fully
qualified to discharge the functions con
nected with the Office for which he seeks?
Should it DO discovered that he is not
an incorporating Union man -onc
whoi is not willing to sacrifice his all'fdr
the good of his codutry--one against
whom no charges Of treason either d.
rsctly or Indirectly Gao DO prgsd--do,i-
touch the monster better hang your
self and become food for the fowls Of the
air, or Tho beasts Of the forest, than to
give encouragement to treason BY voting
for traitor But presume, that by
this time, the loyal people Of Mason
County have seen enough, not to suffer
themselves to be bitten again by these
vipers, who have been carrying on their
hellish treason for years under the garb
of pretendc fidelity TO their constituents
Gnd their country.
But the other question. Is the man
in every other respect Fl for. and worthy
Of the Office, that he is asking Tor at your
hands? Is he an honest mal-not only
so far as the transaction Of his official
business is concerned butts he morally
honest, this is tho great question after
oil, for we hold that man who is not
morally honest, is not an honest man.
And this Is the question above all others
that should present itself, especially TO
the christian part Of our people. We
hold it to be self.ovidenl, that chris.
tan community should never encourage
immortality 10 supporting b. their votes
CdHI'ud' lul WI OlhOcI 'NuuSe lHulal
character they know to be corrupt. fol- it
is a truth that shines forth from the in
spired Volume os clear as a beam,
that foreyory act that man does he shall
have to renderan account,
Then l would ask how can = christian
.yo!w 4;a s.:NHiy s@sN5jadm. .ptsr=ebuS
how can any individual who has any
conceptions whatever, of what human
action ought to be, both between man
and mar aad between man and his Ma.
ker. go to the polls sni cssi Ills voc for
man whom he knows !, not only inn
moral. but ontrageousIy wicked, Here
I wish to cal the attention Of the poo
pie to one particular practice, which is
INDUCED in to frighIful extent, by raa.
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