The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-26
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ssNo one. who reads the Eastern Lincoln
papers, can fail to be painfully struck by
the utter indifference with which they
treat the unparalleled disasters providing
upon our unfortunate State OF Missouri. In
4 remote corner Of the papera feWteie.
graphic lines, representing the horrors OF
our actual condit on In the smoothest pos
sible phrases. This is all the Lincoln men
of the East have, to spare fer the State
which, above all others has proved itself
most faithful to the Union, and has voiun.
tarily brought more sacrifices to maintain
its position in the Onion, tx
While dessolation overwhelms our State,
while our entire population is being reduced
TO a condition worse than that of beggars-
since there are none left from whom to beg
while murder, robbery and ars make
4 desert Of our once happy and prosperous
State. the Shoddyites of the East revel In
all the dissipation greenbacks can afford,
and scarcely find it worth while to rest
their ewes for second on the short and
meaningless paragraph in their morning pa
pers devoted to Missouri,
This is not mere negligence and careless
ness; not mere immortality and hardness
of heart; it is also necessary consequence
of the systematic plan, now being carried
ont. to force Abraham Lincoln upon peo-
pie who despise him, for second term OF
office. To favor his chances of re election
to allow him "to manage his side OF the
contest in his own way"-telegraphs aud
newspapers are instructed to give Proml"
nence only to what may be construed into
victories while the shameful imbecility OF
his conduct Of the war as now again manlo
fested In the Missouri invasion, must be
hidden under ambiguous phraseology IN
q hidden corner of the public papers.
We call upon the impartial journals Of
the East to expose this disgraceful and
criminal electioneering trick. We call up
on them to publish, from the papeIs OF MIS-
souri,, accounts of the actual condition Of
our State; to point out to the people how a
loyal and patriotic State is being sacrifice
to the lust of power of one man, merely
that he may obtain its electoral vote. we
call upon them to CLEAN from the history
of our State during this momentous strug
gle, more fatal instance of the inc'paclty
Of Mr.. Lincoln's Administration than the
history of any other State can furnish. 10
enable them to do 80 we have fer long
time past given translations from the Ger
man journals of our State, which are surely
not favorably disposed towards the Demo
cratic party, but which. let US confess it.
are impartial and honest enough to speake
the truth, as they see it. From the edlto'
rails of such papers as the WsstIiche Post, as
we'll as from the representations of every
journal published in Missouri, let our East
ern Democratic journals derive just Con-
dition of the outrageous treatment our
State has received from Mr.. Lincoln. 1t is
their duty to thus expose the utter incom
potency Of Mr.. Lincoln's military Admins
tration, the selfish purposes which dictate
it's measures, and the criminal cold blood
ness with which he sacrifices the lives and
property of the citizens of whole State, tc
obtain for himself few votes at the next
election