The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-12-15
The Border states.

II has been boastfulIy and shamefully
said, but only by few Northern papers,
that another raid, and another burning
like that Of Chambotsburg, would settle
the Peace sentiment in Pennsylvania. =
We also think il would, in a sense Of our
own; and have no wish to dispute the
cause of Pennsylvania, but merely pp.
peal 10 the example Of the States nearer
10 the border, as shown in the verdict Of
the past election. Delaware, hardly TO
be called border State, always safe
and insular in its ancient opinions and
properly, and heretofore, small asylum
for the retired and rocluae ideas of 9th.
er localities, has, nevertheless, given q
progre ssive and tedeeming vote. Mary
land, with its old penehant for chivalry,
once the refugee Of rebels, the home oi
pini6g Secsasionists, has adopted a'fres
Constitution, and nmanaclcd It's slaves.
None can truly say that so grand re.
suit is unsatisfactory to The wishes and
interests of the people, or doubt that the
party which carried the election was a
thoroughly earnest one. Maryland, raj.
dcd and reraided, grew more and more
anii'rebe and anti.slavery, and in her
last vote sealed her final conviction OF
rebel treason. Kentucky, large borl.
er land, with more room for opposition
and disloyalty, and with a wider spread
and more ingrainel depth of the evil Of
slavery, has been slower in the move
ment of reform; but, she, too, has been
taugh lesson from rebellion and inva.
sion. Buckner, Brerkinrijge, and Nor.
gan took away with them in their trea-
son considerable part of the spelling
"chivalry" of the State, but left meaner
confederates behind. Kentucky was a
nearer and greater neighbor 10 treason
than Maryland, and le's exposed to and
less tolerant Of the advancing intelligence
Of the free sentiment. Her case has
shown all the worlhlessness Of neuirali.
ty; but at the late election, which dis
closed so large a competition for The
Union and the North, Kentucky heard
the reveille, and is now on the march 10
freedom, an older and wiser Breckenridge
taking the lead into the future, in place
of the younger Bfcckinridge, who leads
the rs!cogade movement ia,o !ha past
Tennessee has had all the wasting expe-
rience Of war, but the crucible has only
made its patriotism more bright. The
devoted loyalty ofEast Tennessee was
almost phenomenal, SO long and nobly
did this people endure the most intense
affection ofrebel haze for the sake of a
cause dear to them as religion. No
wonder, then, that the Unionism Of Ten.
nesseO is Of the most earnest and radical
character, and that people who have
suffered so much apply the strongest
tests 10 their citizenship. 1t is Of the
'&gheS.sign gnieance,has measures of this
character have been chiefly selfimposod,
90 personal safe guards, by the people.
Missouri is another instance Of rcsurrec.
tion from secession and slavery and here
as in Tennessee, the free element is sin.
corO and irresistible, Union mJoriies
are counted in nearly all Of these States
vast anti slavery gains in evOry one.
Louisiana and Arkansas show an organ
lied native sentiment OF freedom which
cannot be diminished or driven back