The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-12-03
SPEECH OF HON S. CRANE

F5llow- Comtrymea' The inrodu,,
lion have received to you tonight
.eauses me to remember what hal 9th.
erwise forgotten. | have lost al tecol
lection of geographical lines, know
now of nothing bur my country AMI Of
the Union Of the States for which so
much blood hes been she'd. have VI
most lost al recollection of geolraph
cal lines. though | was horo 10 Rich.
mond, Graded among Southern insli,u.
tons a,d filed wi'h lh- preiudicrs and
sectionali.ms OF Virginia society
In West Yirsirje we have beoom a
Brotherhood. There wes dag when
our principles wrre anugoust,r to eagh
other | then locke upon You. as I'D
most around, il The light Of a sord I'd
aud W generous people | fought you
Ihen as nui,anres; | chase you in hill
and valley as dislurters Of The public
peace. AS the Apostle Paul said he
felt when holding the garments Of the
rebels who stoned Stephen to death, 81
believed wSs doing God service"
. AS the light of heaven breaks in up.
on the soul oftbe poor sinner when God
saves his soul aud s,i6e pearl Of gren
price" is in his gasp. itwasfo ma when
| saw snl Iolsook this error inst ll4d in
to ne from earliest childhood by the
daily lessons surrounding mr. | gave
'up1he graves of my lalbers. the ri nds
of m, youth, my home, my property
everything had-aad Tor the sake of
freedom gave up the country for which
my own father gave his life
come 10 you now from West Vir.
ginin-frer Wesl Virginia The audi
snce here in errppted he tpcaSer by
cheering for some MINUTES. come
from The mountains Of our glorious West
Yirgioia TO nrgs upon YOU to unite with
US to carry on this war for the integrit,
oi the Union, until we crush out tn at
rccious oiigarebel rebellion or persh in
one common grave, Cheers | am
proud to come from West Vir-inia--a
free State, peoplcd by free men. Hers
is no common history We have moth.
ing but Unlon Ncp there. W. are mare
loyal than you are here under the stea
pie of Independence Hall We haveu't
a coPpefhead iu West Virginia Let
any scouodrel dare oren his mouth for
any other peace than that which follows
the suppression Of the rete'liou and the
restoration ofahe Union. and I'VE. run
him INTO prison or into tho Ohio. Tu-
multuous applause
We own West Virginia. ! is sacred
to liberty. We have bought its soil aud
paid fo'ithy tolls and blood. sacrificed
for it everything, and all are as loyal ss
| am. 10 West Virginia the uinging
Poltroons who would cry peace must
hold their peace or 60 for it to fl Da
Wis. Laughter. | have been a Dem.
ocrat all NY lie am Democrat by
birth and by education Nv life HIS
been spen, among Democratic iolnsn
ces, but rhauk God, | never vet was
stained by cornection with the dirty,
miserable and trnacherous Breckinridrr
Democracy, was a Douglas Democrat
Lchcefs, and seventeen thousand more
oI us showed our Independence ~ gath
erina around the banner of thai great
state man. Cheers These crnging
coworisl They steal the name Of dem
ocracy and have t the spri; to wear
ii, wait until East , irglnia is reAe
ed -unt herhag. now buried in the
dust, is again brought forth to the light
Of liberty W. Democrats of West Yir
ginia will be there. aui no contemplate
po!'roon who aow sympahzcs with the
oppresSnr' of the Union men shall look
upon that sight Long cheern
am ashlmed of you here n Prdosyl-
vanisl We in Wcsr Virginia have no
peace party" W don't think of pcrca
except peace following victory What
do we are for negroes? West Virg aa
has freed hers Ia old Virginia sac
Tifced large fortune in slave properly.
| huvc owned slaves all my ile, bur
when slavery stool in the way Of the
usjon lct-thenl gc.-- Chez So / am
utterly ashamei to rome here. and hear
Of a peace party IVES, Virginia knows
no such term. Will you prove the
truth Of what have all nv life hoard Of
you, "thatyou are a low set of sueaking,
cowardly Yankees, given up to mere
money making and loving dollars bet
TEL than country or kindred?" THIS j.
wbal the rebels say of you know all
about the rebels and the rebellion |
opposed Mommnrer when he first wan,
ed to lake Yirgini. ont Of the Union,
aud whir the debate was in progress a
beauliCu flag from PENNSYLVANIA arrived
there, rift from Union men 10 Vr
gnia They said it was only f. to hr
contemned, and refused 10 permit irs
glorious stars and stripes to be unrurl
cd For two days fought them. and
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