The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-08-29
CAN YOU DISTINGUISH a REBEL
OR, a REBEL SYMPATHIZER,
FROM A CONSERVATIVE OR Is
DEMOCRAT

INNu NpNHEh a RIVE Oh n
DE&oCRATl
Week before last wo exhibited nj least
a dozeu prominent marks common 10
each Of the above classes; aud may hero.
after continue tho comparison. In The
meantime ii may moi bo Improbable to
show some Of the marks of coniraa-
their nlike0ess First observing, how.
ever that tho Conservative JowaaI Of
this PLACES Units columns last week, while
i! complains Of our mode of reasoning,
does not object 10 our conclusions, nor
question the accuracy OF the comparison,
and likeness which wc drow Of the four
Glasses, of whom its anti-ropubIican
party is comPoscdj but by lis silence, in
tina! respect, implicitly coniossos the cor.
rectnoss Of the likeness,
But to the contrast During the war
arebcI was known by his courage, his
daring and outspoken sentiments. He
was always 10 be faund in the ranks Of
the enemy The sympathizer, during
the same time, was equally we'll known by
the absence of all these manly character.
istics-b his reserve. and his i'll sup
pressed, or disguised feelings Of hatred
10 the Union, which he was TOO coward.
y to express in words,
The former claimed to DO Influenced
bypoAiticaI principles, and proved his
faith by his dcols Of vaor; while the lat
ter proved lis faith by bis professions Of
neutrality.
During the Same interval the Demo
CraI was neither rebel nor loyriist,-
be was simply and exclusively a peace
mani lilo vas opposed to secession and
equally opposed 10 coercion. Both par.
ties in his opinion were alike in the
wrong. His friends of tho South were
only erring brethren, and they ought TO
DO allowed to depart IN peace, and Meth.
or men or money ought 10 be voted by
Congress for the suppression Of the re-
bclion Thus during thai period these
three parties were distinctly marked,
and clearly distinguishahIo.
But the Consoryativc!-during that
long aud trying interval OF which We
have been speaking had no existence -
Butlike mushroom, on Jonah's gouri ho
has shot up, procociOu' political plant
and By extending his auLhers, polypus
like, seeks to embrace within their sui.
locating folds, parasite like, all of the
three former classes, He stands still.
and puts out his treacherous feelors,-
he neither advances nor recelos-is OPP
posed TO progress and everything new,
in science, or the arts, or in government,
Stand stil,-cOnservo things as they are,
is his motto,
These ,ccre tho principal the chief
marks of dissimilarly. Most of these
are now obIitcrated, and the hen for.
mor parties are folded up in the fond but
deadly embraces Of the latter No vital
or living principle inspires their actions.
They rest upon ncgatires. and esohcw all
forward movements,
In the South and the Border States
this misshapen body Of li'corlaat Gle.
meuls calls Itself "Iho Conservative
party"
In the North it is called "lho Demo
cratic party.'
Hence it may be fairly inferred, that
they ore convertible terms. Their abIest
and most distinguished leadoris Mr., Val.
landinghlm, of Ohio. He is their plat
form mak'r, and thoir great ezpounder
of political principles. Ia his great
speech, at Ploinvillo, Ohio, on the 10Th
inst, he made the following startling de,
cIanlion. We givot in his own words;
al tell you there Is strange a stamina
in the Democrat party which will assert
itself, 1t IS the party which has the
brain Of tho nation Iran imperial re-
public is to be established in this couu
Try, tho Democrats are the men who
will hold the power. Tho.mAd efforts o.
the Republicans may DO stayed before
the Government oil our fathers is clean
gone forever; but it not, then tho com
! Ing emperor of the American empire
will DO from the Democratic party, Sen.
sotiou, but no applause The Democrats
hoye fine pOwcr TO build up tho Repub