The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-20
Letters from the People.
LETTER FROM UNCLE GUS.
A Chat with the Legisiature-How 10
Sustain the Loyal Cause.-The Reg
ister and its Impudence.
RADICALDEPoT, Feb. ls, 1867.

lister and Its Impudence
RADICAL DEPOT. Feb. Is, 1867.
WEST VA. LEGISLATURE, LII D.-Dear
Boys:
Thinking you'd like to hear from me,
1 thought I'd just drop you a sort OF
family letter, as there are too many OF
yon to write to each.
Well, my hearty lads, how do you get
along these times, anyhow! No doubt
YOU feel little shaky sometimes, with
SO many poisonous reptiles gathering
around you out there; but cheer up,
you've got the right recipe for drugglng
the sinners, and no mistake. Give 'em
the medicine and let 'em struggle. But
1 toll you boys, you mustn't be so timid
and babyish about making your pills
too strong. Put in plenty of the extract
and oil of vengeance, or the first thing
You know the huge cOpperhead that
frightens you so will wind itself around
you and squeeze your loyal innards
out.
Hav'nt YOU tried everything that
charity and generosity could invent !
Hav'nt YOU offered the ingrates all the
blessings of peace and liberty, if they'd
lust take your oaths and not go abont
the polls on election days, and not SYM
pathise with anything any more, nor
sue anybody, nor practice law nor any.
thing else to make money, which OF
course they ought not to expect when
there are plenty of loyal people to do
these things. l tell you boys it is no
use. That Iatelligencer chaps mighty
sharp. He sees il. Take his advice and
put the screws down on 'em until they're
glad to acknowledge your christian
Kindness and mercy toward them. The
wars not over yet. Keep pouring in
yoHr broadsides of iron-clad oaths and
registration laws. It's the only ammu-
milton that will bring 'em to terms.
Don't you remember, Arth. told you
in the winding up Of his piece, thatyo
chief end was to sustain the great 10y
al cause" OF course you know what he
meant by the "loyal cause" and yon're
fools if you don't sustain it, is all I've
got to say. The country's plenty old
enough to take care of itself, and you've
rot a good thing of it if you manage 1t
right-no trouble about it at all. SeD
preservation is the first article i'll any
common sense constitution. Keep your
ewes open, and il n conservative chap IS
mean enough to climb over your oaths
and registry laws and come into your
fold. call him a thief and n rObber, and
let some brave boy that hasn't got any
scruple and is otherwise qualified, con-
test him and cast him out into outer
cussedness, and make him pay the ex-
penses. Then you can make law TO
tit the case afterwards. It's much the
handiest way, and ex-post factory laws
are great deal the best, anyhow. Al
ter thing is over you can tell so much
better what sort of law You want
for it.
That REGISTER fellow needs attend
ing to. | wouldn't take his sass the
way YOU boys do, any way yon could
fix it. But hardly see how you're 60
ing to help it. He's pretty spunky
sort of n cuss, and may be you'd better
forgive him. don't know-why, that
libcl-suuib you fred at him t'othcr day
didn't scare him bit. He just turned
around and wiggled his fingers at .you.
By hokcy, believe I'd impeach HIM
little. You know that's what the Con-
prcss fellows are at now, though the In
elligepcer chap thinks it will only make
the President madder. Perhaps you'd
better not impcach him very much. 1t
MIGHT make matters worse. Go it kind
o. slow like, as the Congress fellows do,
and see how he takes it," But all the
names he's calling you about stealing
and such things, wouldn't mind
that; nobody can hurt you calling you
bad names. What if Fergy did get
drunk and steal n caXpet-sackf Hasn't
he rot pardon, and don't that make
him all rightf And what's the use OF
picking at the Darnsworth boy about
taking poor, miserable hog l reckon
there's plenty O. more hogs left if any
of Won want meat. Hairy Tom says the
bows didn't do wrong, and he's been to
bigger places than the REGISTER fellow,
by darn sight. Calling names won't
hurt Won boys-don't be scared.
hardly know how that investigating
business will work. don't think I'd
much. But if you be care
full about your witnesses, and let Tom
kind a. talk il over with the committee
and make ont report, maybe it will
do.
Well boys-I havn't written half l
wanted to say-but your Aunt KEYS
scolding at ME to come to bed, and III
have to stop. Kizzy sends her love to
YOU all, and hopes you'll go on conquer
ing and to conquer as long AZ you can
find n bit of human nature left-and
now boys while you're in the appropria-
ting way, couldn't you think of
Your UNCLE CTS.
FROM MARSHALL COUNTY.