The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-11-14
pEuocRAr1c RLAspnEMY.

DEMOCRATIC BLAsPnEHY.
Editor Rcgitsri
We notice that ,ioce the Democratic
parry by the criminal neglec, ani stu
pidity oftha Republicans have succeeded
in carrying five States on! Of ttirty SET
en- Of this Uo,oa at the polls, are ur.
ging Andrew Johnson to cab an extra
day Of thank'g win. TO Almighty Col
for these D mocratia victories Now,
while we think it the duty OF Nations as
wsll a,iniyiInals to acknowlelso and
be thankful for the bcnifoence Of heav
4 en,ws DO think that for a party with such
record as this Democratic party has in
this counlrylo rome before a sio-avcng-
ing Deity With IT'S heart AMI soul cor
ruplcd and crowded within and without
with gnii! and crime to OFF, up It's Pc
onisms Of praise, wond be the most
bareficed blasphemy tina, vas ever con.
cciycd by man or devils. Tha.e men
have forgolleo The past and are blind to
the present Of their record. They for
cot thai it was this parry that in the city
of New York-that Sodom Of America =
(lhe place OF Their gtealesl triumphs) a
few year0 ago, applied tho torch to the
Rsylams, churches and school houses Of
the colorod people, for no cause under
heaven, blrnl to jea,h these alherless
children and ;ayishel their mothers in
the light Of their own burning buildings.
They forge,i,he 100000 lives " ich this
party compelled to be sacrificed that the
Union might be saved from the dcstruc.
ton threatened by the Democratic party.
They forget the so 600 graves filled with
worse than murdered Union soldiers Of
Aoderonyille They forget the assas.
siuation of the immortal Lincoln. They
forget tie effort to iorolnce small pox
and levers into our Northern cities. with
the design doubtless, 10 weaken AMI dis
tract the nation that treason might tri.
umph. They forget that this Democrat.
&c party is now struggling to crush into
slavery sgain more than 100000 Of
Goj's creatures (and who through the
interposi,ion Of Divine Proyilsnce have
Just been made free. for Thom Christ
died. And yo, in the face of all these
facts. Ibis patty, covered with the blood
of the innocent, and with pollution and
Grim, like black thunder cload hang
ins over il, with slavery written upon it's
banners, with the groans Of the dying,
the cries Of the orphan, the shriekS and
tears Of the wilog haunting II on every
side, now propose to Andrew Johnson
Its great head cer,et-to set apsrt u
DAY Of thanksgiving to a GOd of purity,
Pa God Of love, a God Of impartiality, n
Col ofiofni,e justice, for the triumphs
Of such principles as these. Better An
dy Johnson call q day OF mourRing and
lamenia,ion in sackclolh ami ashes for
your sins and to pray to Almighty God
TO save this nntion from the ave1ging
sword of Jehovah's wrah which must
fail upon it. il the principles advocated
by this bogus Democratic party should
ever gain the asccnlency. There is one
encouraging thought, however, JEFF.
Davis proclaimed many days Of prayer
and Thanksgiving during his Efforts to
destroy the Government, but the sequel
shows that they never reached the ears
of the Lord OF Sabaoth,
Now, il Andrew Johnson would set
apart a day Of thanksgiving to Bocus the
God Of the Democrats, thera would be
some consistency and might result in
some good to the country, from the fact
that it would ultimate in the destruction
OF much bad whisky. X,
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