The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-09-22
OUR TERMS.
"co.sn,lonn Natlonnl DESTRUCTION.

"Ccssa,lono National Destruction.
Tho key note Of the Opposition plat
form is cessation Of hosiililies." An
irresistible and inordinatc love for the
emoluments Of Office nccessitated the or
ganisation of this new tangled party and
We can but regard it Os q high compli-
ment to the integrity and ability Of our
'honest President" that the disaticcted
mud dieloyOl clements in our midst were
impeled TO the PRONUNCIATION of doc
trne so radical as an "armistice" in or
der to satisfy The demands Of party in
the forth. coming election. Though du
ring three years these astutc and insili'
Gus lcaders-these restless. ambitious
indictments invoighcj agains! the
prostitution of the war to the subversion
Of the 'institutions of sovereign States"
yet in their platform that plank is isno-
red; though the championcd "MonrOe
Doctrine" has for near half century
been considered an Indispensable plank
in all democratic" platforms aud its
alledged violation in the case of Mexico
during the incumbency of our present
Executive has long been "roilcd like q
sweet norsal' under Democratic tongues,
yet it is uncerGmoniously rejected at
Chicago; though demagoguic orators
have in season and out Of season" in
the press and on the rosirum arraigned
The administration for the Amnesty and
Emancipation proclaim stions, charged
1.-The war upon the "accession 10 power Of
a sectional President" dilsted upon the
,;s.ter ispesEBilit5 Of ever liquidatiag our
national debt, tislhhhfea mr. Efrfep-
fbaeie currency IS intsiusicelly worth.
less, aud plaiSIy told the unsuspecling
people that they we're now living under
insuffsrable tsxatiou; yet, each and all
these blanks have been laid aside, and
dashed across the remaining planks as an
orerrider is, "c.ssotion Of hoailt;cs."
But the declared position of this "sec'
ionol party" is not only remarkable for
these garing omissions of cherished
principles but is still more inconsistent
in regulating the temperate exercise by
President Lincoln Of an hitherto admit.
ted "war power in times of great pub
lie danger, in the "nterfcrenco OF the
military in elections, in "the subversion
OF the civil BY military law" in "the ar
bitrary arrest, imprisonment, trial and
sentence of citizens in States where the
civil law is in force" in "thc disregard
ofstatc rights" and 'Iho employment Of
test oaths,'-while dteir candidate has
led the way III each and every one Of
these particulars.
Waving all those peccadlIloes' and
granting that the chief, central and con
trolling dogma Of their new gospel is not
stupcndous cheat to ilc the I'M
wary into The support Of their Janus,fa'
-ess'e.i-lAL-.lAt us. cauliIIY aud seriously
consider the Inevitable results OF Ibts
summons for "a cessation OF hostilitcs,"
ifthe people should be cajoled into its en-
dorscment, In tho contingency Of the
success at the polls Of this white feath.
er" party, the present administration be
Ing unaternbly opposed to, and for the
lhousandm time pledged Against, any par.
Icy with armed tretors,about six months
must intervene ere tho issutnce Of the or
der ior hosting the white flag and who
Shall say Judging he future by tho past
SIX months, 10 what straits our rt.enior-
eed army will lhvO ere that, reduced
the already sheltered, dcoimated ond
dis.iitcl ronnsdtS Of tho pnOe powerful
and Jeiiant rebel Ssaltes? A pursuance
ss0l the sPeciOus programme, however,
Z pfootudCs consideration Of the relative
situation o. Tho contoniiug forces upon
tho accession to The Presidency of Tia
nominees and the "teSadonr rooni,s.
,meut bong imperative, We may no, do.
maud lEc cessation hon our Zoe, ADD