The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-09-26

Treqspryhbsjp lhst dark hour oisippr
spuglT's history, vent 70 Well slFogi,
Nav York, determined TO strife q blow
Il our nanboSl rrdib, rhat wa rhight a6i
ihpye thu sioeEs Of yaf5t6 puI JoWp ike
Issbolion, 'ie ldlt thoai "a Wat stiSel
lbit the oountrY %asia'taihs, and 'tiat
if they loaaelltHE Government say iimht
asl theYmight EXPECT nesprs 70 ,bo ptia.
IPhe Seeretsy altlbsiWafJohh B Floyd
ifcslisfs5yopt @mias 10 the ends Of the
,mRublie, 80 that the President should
NOT hqye The power of military 10 il,
4 sid lhe tfSi,Sfs, Nc eNplied tie Brseu.
ais Gti oy0ptle North, aud dsfilied tlioae
Observation-Disclosures, Togegy tip Sepi
Tetary Of the Navy, scattered your ships
~ var uReRI Ilislsahaseal sailbssWhas
the rebfilion broke out there was but
ono ItiGste The Brooklyn, 10 be had, and
she IL was wen known, drew t6o much
water to phss over CharleslontbAt This
is not oil, From all over The land, when
the rebellion broke out, went forth
words Of encouragement 70 these rcd,
handed traitors The Democratic party
North gave them Iull assurances that they
would resist any attempt 10 eoerUe or
subdue them Without Ihis Assurance il
is unquestionObly true hatlbcre would
have beon no rebellion. Nor was this
oil. The rebellion was uurturCd by
Democrats, All through this contest,
every man who encouraged tho rebel lion
at the North, and sought to discourage.
oil attempts to put it down. was Dem /
ocrat, From'lhjs Democratic rebellion
sprang the great debt, which tho nation
now has to pay. ts'al
He (Colfox.| y would rather retire into
private life forevetthau 10 rcpudiote one
dollar Of that debt This great party
with which he ncted in Congress-, was
determined to pay every dollar of it,
A low years ago, Democrats were slaGdf
ing round street corners, advising pco-
pie rot to buy Government bonds-io
buy gold for, tho Government would
certainly not redeem the bonds. Bat
they did not succeed ia persuadiug the
people mol TO support lheir Government.
The bonds were laken, and by them the
nations life was saved. But Democrats
had suddenly became ennmored OF green.
backs, aud wanted to push them out by
thousands Of milious--thal il might
come 10 pass, as they had prcdictod-
that it would take bOshel of them TO
buy peck Of potatoes. AppIau se.
But the Democrats hadlanolber nrgu
ment upoD,which they wcrd as eloquent
as upon -ths debit They wets- tcliing'
Che people that Congress was guilty Of
unsurpition, because il would not per-
init ed-handed rebelsto take their seals
in the Senate and House Of Representa-.
tivOs. Senator Doolille, WAC wae form.
erly so good an adherert Of tho prioci-
pies Of The Republican patty, had visited
his district in Indiana, last year, to
plead FOR tho South and ask that the
North treat herebildreno os tho father
treated the oprodigal SON II should be
remembered that the prodigal son repqn-
ted before he was forgiven. II he had
not repented il lie likely that the lated
calf would not have been killed. In
deed, if he hadn't fapented that calf
might have lived to this day. Laugh
teri Theirebels had shown ,nogslgns
of repentance, They had not even vol
unfairly surrendered a single gun. oni
now they wero Ii hot haste 10 get back
TO the seals which they surrendered "a
few years hgo. They hnbnG gotRlhQsO
seats yet [LaughtcL Ike should be
willing, when the work Of recoustruc,ion
was completed, TO grant g general amnes
ty to all except lew whOeOucoeied the
rebellion while holding hieb places Of
trust ondproGt under the Federal Gog-.
ernmpnsa These heHhould never con.
sent to restore to place aud power iplhis
land, They should neverBy'his consent,
hold Office under The Goyarnmedt. aaTho
Southern States most ,bd arec constmttea
under tile leadership OF mep IN heyS1ulh
who were faithful among the fajthless,
loyal among the disloyal.
But our Democratic friends tell us
they accepl tho situation. Milton tells
US Of an individual who accepted tho
situolion. He had besn engaged ln5ia
conflict which ended in his bning thrown
from the battlomsnls, Of aeayen. new
heard, said Mr. Col(qx, that because he
accented The situation he was permitted
to return ngnin 10 the shining courts
above There was another who accepts
ted the aituation. i. Has PagGe. the.
man who sought, with his bowie knilc,
to slaughter your Secretary Of Stuto.-
The somo dey that lhe1p0 Spiril. Of
Lincoln winged its fight 10 the bar Of
God, ho was captured. and soon ,aIier
waslbuug between heaven aud earth os
unfit Tor either. He reponled jus; is