Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-07-15
To our old friegds aud Patsons, and the
Public generally.

Register, after suspension Of over four
years, we feel very srnsiby the delicacy
Of our position and The responsibility an
der the peculiar circumstances that sur
round US. bu, we hope To have the sym
patty Of our old friends and To receive
that charity which "sufIerelh long and 10
kind" while We sndeayor 10 do our duty
As 5 Journalist.
Oar lssi issue was on The 9Th Of june
1861, snl since il was cei,ed great aud
mOmenIuus svehts have uansii-ed. An,..
Iaxny and imPot!sni changes have taken
place IN our couE!ry. The Southern
States had then, acting upon whss lheY
deemed their reserved Iighs. just sece-
ded fro 81 the Union and formed confed
eracy o. their own. The mighty s1rug-
gls had no, fairly commenced, which has
been wsgsd for the lat four years, and
hss completely dsoIganlzed the Southern
OIeWS. ANU "hiSu' si'oi Sto" s"He'hk
untold endurance and iorlilude, have been.
compelled 10 yield 10 overwhelming Num-
bers anil resources, and relurn TO their.
old allegiance. And here we witness The
grand spectacle o:a people tina, have seen
their country made desola,e, yea, almost
dFesry waste, their property and their
homes destroy ed, their beautiful cities and
towss laid in sshes, their susiensnce con-
samed and exhausted, their great high
~ays OF travel and commercial broken up
and farming operations sffsctually stopped
by the destruction Of animals and imple-
mems, showing 8 commendable spirit and
m homes. purpose 10 accept the present
order Of things and 10 labor to restore
evil law 10 their midst.
The people Of Virgins have given in
their adherence to the governmsn' OF the
United States, and 'iis worse than use.
less now TO be discussing old Issues and
old s,ri.es which the war has settled.
Slavery 10 dead. States rights are .hipe'
unknewn, and Secession having been on
trusted 10 the arbi,ramen, OF the sword
has been decided to be impraetcable, and
The duty Of every good citizen is 10 throw
oil upon the troubled ws.ers and endsavor
to mitigate the sufferings OF our afflicted
country.
In referring the issue Of the sword. ii
was decided against Virginia. bu. in thus
yielding 10 Providence there is no true
son of the Old Dominion that will blush
a, the record she has made in the last
four years or be ashamed to call her
"Mother." The pen Of the Historian
can record nothing srandsr or more sub
limo than the sacrifice she has made for
the protection Of her Southern sisters.
She has produced race Of heroes that
pos,eri.y will not willingly lei die, and
having been i,ithful unto the end. she
now sits a widow in her lonelincss--s
Niobs in her voiceless woe-sirippsd oil
her possessions and bereaved OF her chill
dren. Her sons 10 obedience 10 her &C.
ton and her command took up arms in,
her behalf, and many have fallen upon
the CORY field or quietly sleep in some
dis,sn, grave, the victims Of disease, and
Others have returned to their homes, now
tina, The conflict 10 over. and are quietly
pursuing their peaceful avocsuons, and
yielding to none in striving 10 advance
the interests OF their country, aud we
tnst may continue TO cultivate peaee with
all men. lis the mark of "smsll
mind" to insult and harrsss fallen enc
nv, sad brave men neFsf- -ttesp ass .apon
The feelings of fallen foe.
This much We have said IN apology.
for our Ioug silence, and We congratulate
ou, readers that We are able once more 10
nd forth the Register. and hus, IL may
prove rs heretofore a welcome v'siIsr 10,
every family. We hsve no taste Tor pc.
G,ical discussions. either as 10 the past.
p,esen, or future. and our culnmns will
NOT be open to such, but any thing Of
literary character or Of nature to de'el-
ope tho resources Of The country Or adj