The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-12-18

tue history Ol tue NOIlu VIC Hnu lnAL re-
bellion has generally been the result Of
tyranny, oppression and suffering; but
in the present instance. tits tho result of
pride and arrogance, begoilen by the acr
cusIomed dominion Of the master over
the slave, The great masses were con.
tented and happy. The leaders, weallhy
and overbearing, tired Of republican in.
stitutions and the equality the people
enjoyed in the exercise of the right Of
suffrage, knew they could only succeed,
by breaking up tie Government and by
re'modoling the Constitution under the
power Of military despotjsm. The
mode BY which they succeeded, is too
fam liar to all to need repetition.
b That they were tired of republican
institutions and Intended their overthrow
is apparent from their own declarations.
Theirpromiuent statesmen we're con.
stanlly impressing on the public mind,
in Congress and through the press, that
"lree iaslilutons, free labor and frse
schools were failure" that no govern.
ment was stable where labor was repro.
sented in the law making department;
that twas necessary TO stability that
capital should opn labor; that the work.
ing classes of the North were no better
than the slaves of the South; that slave.
ry and democracy we're Incompatible;
that the laboring man was only on an
equality with the slave, and ought not 10
vote because he had not sufficient intel.
igence,"
The Southern States had enjoyed re-
publican institutions since the adoption
Of the Federal Constitution. Not sin
gle right had been infringed in any State
Ifthey we're satisfied with republican in,
sdlutions, why inaugurate the rebellion,
as they do not propose to secure any ad
diuonal rights to the people. Their OBJ
ject cannot be to diminish taxllion, for
they abolish no Offices. nor decrease any
salaries 1t will cost more to maintain
tpo Governments than Que. There
can, then, be no other object than to rob
the people of their rights as freemep, and
impose on them heavy burdens Of taxa
ton. These facts must be patent 10 ev.
ry thinking man, and yet we have thou
sands in our midst, who are sympathi.
sing with the rebellion and many Of them
among the laboring classes,
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION OF SEP.
TEIRER 22D.
7 do not know any Of the peculiar rsa.
sons Of the President for issuing the
proclamation ofSepiembsr e2i, which
Ahaa- called forth 60 nlaoh.e disoassicil
throughout The country. That procla.
nation declares "aIl persons held as
slaves on the lst Of January, 1858, with.
in any State or designated part of State
the people whereof shall then be in re
bellion against The United States, shall
be then, ,thencsGOrwarl and forever Free"
but it also declares, chat if any State or
the people thereof, shall on that day be
in good faith represented in the Congress
of the United States. by members cho.
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stats sbaIl bovs n,r,icir0tsd oSa,l =. Iui,, ~
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timony bo doon,oJ 5on.i',,; oln,;a '',i..S le'-
that sncb State and ,bo n"o 'rs ev'Heuog .L,
ara not than in robailio0 poip'' s"gTaGt
tod S,,tos " ''''D ""'A'' 'ue o"' u,
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mes,ing of ina Gnya,oo.a NT%s'VL nf H. az I t"I
States ut Altoono bnT - ,bo 'aV e,,I ,G'a
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tLa yyJEc re,sans wGi"b oorsnS UH 'n' 80 ',"''
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formed their r1m.l;,@,ion I bo.aS las NJ "|o m'o
declaration thsr "Storer,, ,rds ;n ~ ot;"f S
co~nsr.stoae . AMI. mon KAT ,bov - ;,,u,,,; sy
rated tho rebejjion sn't br"nsrb; on ,a' sa sba
war, Nearly sirtesn mon,bs had Vn n,.sod ,o
since tbs war common"od % iala iST ".Sou ,,s"
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