The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-02-05
POLITICAL SITUATION.
NUMBER Q.

other, either ancient or m0Aern, 10 the
general diffusion Of knowledge. We
boasted Of publishing more newspapers
than al tho world besides. How comes
it TO pass, then, that so many have be
come estranged from the present Ad.
miniStration in It's death.grapple with
armed treason? A party accustomed to
govern, had, BY tho natural course Of
events, been oustel from power, and
though the people cheerfuIly acquicscod,
Some of the leaders Two speak not of the
Southern leaders) could but lily brook
the supplanting. These lifelong Office
holders, therefore, were not unwilling
that Southern frc.eators should so ma.
nipulate the unstable, no, Ia say trcaGh.
erous, Buchanan, as to make the posi-
ton OF his ccessor uncomfortable as
possible. They besides, desired Mt the
Threshold. to break the power Of their
successful rival, and Indirectly encoura.
ged Southern rebels 10 persist in unrea
sonabc demands. Many Of them would
gladly have struck hands with those in
tolerant Southern leaders in their pre-
determined, open revolt, but were DETER,
cd BY the innate patriotism Of the loyal
masses. The irtepressible outburst of
patriotic indignation consequent upon
the firing upon the Star Of the West, I'D
monished these despicablc northern trick
sters,of the danger of too open an espon,
Sal of rebellion. They proceed will
more caution, they anxiouslv watch the
popular pulse, meantime giving all the
aid consistent with the retention Of their
wonled hold. upon their hitherto willing
followers. Consequently they eagerly
seize every specious bait thrown out to
beguile loyalty till treason is more thor,
oushly prepared for the impending con.
fict; Estate sovereignty" Secession
Constitutional" mo coercion" "com.
promise" and the ''et alone policy
All these were charmingly subscribing
their intended purposes, when the fatal
firing upon Fort Sumter, swept them
like tornado, from their grasp, and so
intensified the loyalty of the masses, that
these covert friends Of treason cover
before the gaze of IEe still honest peo-
pie, and scarcely escape the halter by
conceal cent. Such being tn situation"
then it remains to consider it nQlc
As previously said,we regard the news.
paper press the potential instrument in
comprising this deplorabe change in
popular sentiment. While an immense
majority of the journals published in the
loyal States, were then and ramain,
stanch supporters Of The government,
and while it continues as true now as ev-
er that terror may be tolerated with i'm.
puaity as long as truth is left to combat
IT, yet il The patrons of truthful papers
;afG, by whatever cause, placed beyond
the influence and support Of loyal expo.
nents, those papers lose their Prerogs.
tive of successfully combating error"
Such result has at last been reached -
True, the tOmerity Of the conductors Of
su cb vilG pbeiors OF treason. as The
New York News AMI Day Book, the
Dayton Empire, the Dubuque Herald,
the St. Louis Evening journal and Lou,
isville Courier, insured the suppression
Of those infamous sheets or the linear.
ceration Of their reasonable editors, yet
those oil "easy virtue MS The New York
Herald, Express end World, the Newark
| IN. J,) Evening Journal, the Wheeling
Press, the Ohio Statesman. the Cincin,
na,i Enquirer, the Chicago Times, the
Springfield (Ill.l Register and tie ST.
Louis Republican,, &c, though ever and
anon exhibiting Q Union garh, have
nevertheless givON the rebellion an un.
wagering support for by their OCCASION
ally simulated Unionism they served the
enemy ,loro cf1etually than il assuming
their true character, as that involved the
loss of tho power to deceive their still
honest readers, by insuring thOi' disgust
contempt and consequent abandonment
The "lcsSer lights were "cocrcOd" into
following suit" and thus, with many
{ honor,hla eycenLiona the itDrmncrpIirn